Since I have taken the reign in blogging Kill la Kill, now’s a better time as any to discuss the show’s counterpart this season. Kyoukai no Kanata, or Beyond the Boundary in case this ever gets dubbed, has proven to be an irksome watch. You might ask me why I would continue this show if I dislike it, but there’s a certain catharsis in seeing a show stumble like this. I often feel like I’m watching a mirror of the…
Last week’s episode of Valvrave was the Valvrave for people who hate Valvrave as hundreds of vapid teens were mowed down by underpaid government bureaucrats armed with submachine guns. It was disgusting, it was insipid, it was the most entertaining 24 minutes this morose lumbering trainwreck has yet produced. For my part, I can say that me and my colleagues in the Thaumatroop were quite entertained by the bloodbath, however judging from some random tweet I got after this week’s…
We are almost a few episodes away before mid-series, and there’s already a huge reveal involving the parasol girl, Harime. Harime looks like she comes out of a completely different show, which amplifies how disturbing her entrance is. She just appears out of nowhere, makes an ass out of Sanageyama, and reveals herself to be the real instigator to Ryuko’s quest. Normally, that would be horribly stupid and something only a hack writer could do. But here, it establishes that…
So, what role do the villains have to play in all of this? Villains, as you will find out, is a rather broad and vague term in the world of Hunter X Hunter. In this case, though, the arc chooses to focus on the Phantom Troupe as the primary antagonists. These are the so-called ruthless bastards that have been behind seemingly hundreds of crimes, including the massacre of the Kurata clan and the theft of their scarlet eyes. They are…
So on one side of the coin, we have Kurapika, who is basically the main character of this particular story arc. In that case, what exactly is his character arc? Well, at the start of the series we learned that he was a man out for blood on those who had wronged him. Aside from that, he was a pretty calm-natured dude. He was thoroughly stubborn in his viewpoints and rather naïve at times (not as much as Gon, of…
For those of you just tuning in… The most peculiar thing about Hunter X Hunter is that it’s a series that is consistently….inconsistent, in regard to its tone and narrative. While I like the idea of having varying different styles of story-telling coming into play to keep things fresh, it is not without it’s flaws. However, what it does allow for is to give Togashi a bit of a clean-slate to work with-in each new story-arc, so by the time…
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…
So this episode gives us two fights, with Ryuko going at it against Inumuta and Jakuzure. Inumuta, in particular, was a character we knew the least about. The rest of the Elite Four have their personalities established right off the bat, but Inumuta remained an enigma. He still is after this episode; with the only sure thing we know is that he has a damning interest for information. He reminds of Colress from Pokemon, due to how he only allies…
Issue #9 or “When Fate Attacks!” Equinox continues his rampage of equality across the world, but Batman has finally tracked him down to a remote area in the middle of nowhere. However, this time, Equinox has finally found the edge he has needed to top our caped crusader, and possibly the entire universe! What is Equinox exactly and where did he come from? Well, in this issue we will learn the answer, bat-fans. With the world crumbling around them…
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……