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The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess Ep. 14: Retracing her father’s steps
Last week, I thought Lucas would have no problems treating Athy during their trip outside the palace. After all, he not only tutors the princess, he is kind of like her doctor. Someone in that position must be paid pretty damn well, right? But no, he didn’t pay any of the merchants a goddamn thing; he conjured up fake gold coins that will eventually disappear. Athy and Lucas visited all sorts of places on their little excursion. I have to imagine that some (if not all) of those business were run by honest, hard-working people. Those poor folks basically got conned. So great, I have yet another reason to dislike our favorite centuries-old wizard. If he had real money, then why didn’t he pay them in the first place? Just terrible. Then to top it all off, the loser doesn’t even apologize to any of the people he scammed; he’s letting Athy do it instead. No shame whatsoever.
Continue readingSPY x FAMILY Ep. 48: Ferreting out the moles
The Forgers’ marital problems continue, because the first thing Yor worries about in the morning is how she embarrassed herself last night in front of Loid. I get it, but hey, if you can’t be silly and vulnerable around your spouse, then what’s the point? If anything, this should at least endear herself to Loid even more. His problem is that he’s always worried about “the mission.” As such, he’s always worried that maybe Yor is lying to him. You can’t fake what she did last night, though.
Continue readingSanda Ep. 11: Every kid needs a hug
Once again, Fuyumura comes to Sanda/Santa’s rescue, but this only breaks the initial deadlock between him and Namatame. For round two, Sanda/Santa decides to confront Namatame as his kid self. Why the change in tactic? Well, his logic is simple: if Santa can’t fight back against a child, then surely a kid can. We get this discussion between the main characters about how kids can be violent to each other, but when adults do it, it’s called abuse. I dunno, man. I don’t think you can say that when every other anime features schoolyard bullying in some form or fashion. Sounds to me like kids can be pretty abusive too.
Continue readingMay I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 12: Top ten anime betrayals
For better or worse, the early part of this episode is very video game-like. The party descends into the deep, dark dungeon full of traps. Ooh, what scary encounters might they face! There’s even a falling boulder that Scarlet has to fist out of the way. As you might have expected, our heroine makes short work of everyone and everything in her path. Eventually, the party makes its way to a large room full of Palmian adherents, so it’s time for a multi-stage boss fight.
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