We open onto a school full of people walking, guys playing, and girls stalking each other. The obligatory underage girl with bare feet makes her rounds, while girls gawk at our main protagonist for a reason that only gets more stupid as the show goes on. See, this boy has the stigma of being an abominable half-breed nihonjin with blonde hair. And because Japanese people are either horribly racist or fearful of an oncoming Super Saiyan attack, they quickly run…

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Leave it to the most comedic member of the Justice League to spark one of the most significant elements in the show, one that involves talking gorillas of all things. The first act just seems like pandering to Wally West fans, showing how spectacular he can be by chasing a truck while saving civilians along the way. Then as the episode progresses, the Flash is portrayed in a more negative light as cops yell at him while even his companions…

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A distressingly consistent theme within these episodes is that Superman’s been pretty useless. More often than not, his only purpose is to be a meat shield so the villain will be shown to be threatening enough for the other heroes. While it proves effective in trying to show that characters like Hawkgirl are just as useful as everyone else, it ends up devaluing Superman and turns him into the Krillin of the group. As a result, the show ends up…

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Oh crap, the robot’s back. And this time, it’s in a field, since that’s where robots usually roam at before getting poached by local resistance fighters. I can understand a robot having stiff dialogue, but hear what the girl says. “Wait a minute, to think that something is strange means, you have knowledge of that which is not strange.” She speaks the dialogue that people use to be deep, when in actuality, they’re just being pretentious in their tedium. Like…

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Episode 1: 3D Girls Have Cooties The story begins with our hero’s latest in a long line of romantic conquests. Of course, immediately after a riveting montage of saccharine high-school dating moments, it is revealed that his relationship is nothing but a charade; one confined to the circuit boards of his portable game console, the PFP. Meet Keima Katsuragi. He’s really good at dating sims and only likes 2D girls. Yeah, Keima’s one badass motherfucker. So badass that Hell’s demons…

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“The wind cannot blow eternally… There will surely come a time when it stops.” – Ziko; Kiba, Episode 2 I scratch at the scabs on my wrists, tears welling up in my eyes. I can’t do it. The realization rushes through my brain. I just can’t. I glance at the bloody razor blade sitting on my desk. It’s impossible. I strain myself to prevent from vomiting on the carpet. “It’s fucking impossible!” I scream, exasperated and struggling to maintain a…

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Rather bold to name your episode after John Milton’s classic, huh? As such, it provides an interesting contrast between portrayals of the underworld. Where the epic poem shows Satan as a sympathetic being raging against an evil creator, this episode’s interpretation of Hades is more in line with Rita Repulsa in terms of character depth. There lies a brief moment of empathy for what seems to be genuine love for Hippolyta, but little else to make him more than yet…

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