There were two Valvraves previously. One the batshit stupid waste of time that baffled and infuriated me last spring. The other was the borderline ok, mostly mediocre show the series had turned into in season 2 this fall. When things stood out they were either decent or downright horrifying. Nothing so far has made me go “WOW SHIT FANTASTIC!” Nothing… until episode 21. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOY! So yeah that douchenozzle ARUS president? Well now that he’s got footage of Saki getting…

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Sorry about the delay on this week’s writeup. There was this little thing called “Thanksgiving” getting in the way. That said, there was hardly anything to talk about this week, which is a surprise since we’re entering the final stretch. After successfully disabling the pink space sub from three weeks ago, the kids are finally back home from their little adventure on Earth! …albeit minus Marie, who died ya know (can’t stop abusing that MST3k joke, I’m sorry), and Saki……

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Last time, Sunrise recycled itself for the umpteenth time. This week… EXPLOSIONS! We begin with a replay of last week’s cliffhanger featuring L-Elf and Lieselotte where Michael finally confesses his love to his lost amour (well this isn’t going to end well now is it?). The two attempt to flee the palace but are stopped by Q-Vier who challenges L-Elf to a knife fight… or more precisely a “Q-Vier attacks L-Elf with a knife”-fight. Meanwhile, after releasing all the hostages…

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Author’s note: Sorry about the wait on this one folks. The episode had not yet been made available when I had time to watch it due to apparent system errors over Daisuki. What’s worse, apparently this weekend’s Magi is getting delayed as well. =( When last we left our heroes, they had discovered a large battleship was being sent to destroy New JIOR once and for all… however that’s not important right now. This week its all about Haruto and…

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Last time on Valvrave: Marie died’ya know! …yup I’m not coddling you, she’s dead. Bye bye. This week’s episode begins with the grieving of the high schoolers over Marie’s lifeless husk of a body. Meanwhile Haruto and L-Elf try to get answers from the now very chatty Pino. We learn that once the Valvrave completely sucks up the pilot’s blood and ragging libido, the brain will go next. And shocker of shocks, Haruto is dead man walking! Yay for that….

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So last week Valvrave suddenly and rather abruptly stopped being utter shit. Naturally of course it should turn back into shi-SURPRISE! It doesn’t. So yeah remember Marie Iobi? She was that annoying character that hung around background just to deliver punchlines to stupid jokes. Well it turns out SHE’S THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER ON THE SHOW ™. She was apparently the test case for VVVI, however instead of needing a constant supply of blood and sex, she just loses her…

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I, in my position as a snooty stuck-up asshole critic, have a firm conviction that (with a few exceptions, I’m looking at you Master of Martial Hearts) every awful anime has at least one certifiably good episode, because eventually the writers have to cut the crap and just make a show. So far Valvrave had not yet demonstrated such a characteristic… until this week…. wow. We begin episode 15 with another time skip to the mysterious future year of GC…

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If its Thursday its must be… KILL LA KILL DAY!!! YAAAAAAAAAAYunfortunatelyitsalsoValvravedayBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! After breaking through the Dorssia blockade (pfft that was easy), our fearless band of JIOR nerdowells are about to fly through a series of special rings ala The Man of Steel 64 to make their landfall onto Earth. That means… its going to be another “off-week” episode. Those who stuck around with this show probably remember when Valvrave had a lull in the plot last season they’d fill it…

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DISCLAIMER: Let me make perfectly clear that, contrary to popular belief, I do not hate every anime ever made. In fact off the top of my head, there are about twelve shows this year I enjoyed to a large degree. It just seems that I do, because as of late pretty much 90% of what Japan churns out every cour is bound to be shit on some level. Whether it be bad writing, bad animation, and/or overall indifference from a…

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