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Continue readingEverything Else: Fall 2025, Week 12
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Making (tentative) plans for the Winter 2026 anime season
The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess Ep. 15: Inception time
Claude has come all the way out to the countryside for the annual harvest festival. He also gives Athy an opportunity to carry out an important tradition with him. Basically, they’re going to hit up the magical wellspring and perform a sacred offering. I assume this is how the kingdom overcame the drought and famine all those years ago? Oh yeah, Lucas’s tower just happens to be the same tower that houses said magical wellspring. First, what a small world. Second, I honestly can’t remember if Claude recognized the wizard when the latter casually offered up his assistance to save Athy from her affliction at the start of the series. I’m also too lazy to go back and rewatch whatever episode that was.
Continue readingSPY x FAMILY Ep. 49: When spies face off
When we last left off, the plan was for Loid to stall the SSS, thereby buying enough time for the rest of WISE to locate and capture Wheeler. Unfortunately, the SSS had laid a trap specifically for Twilight. Surely, our super spy dad can’t allow himself to get caught, right? Of course not. You always gotta be prepared for all contingencies, so naturally, the park’s fountain is booby-trapped. “Naturally”, I say, as if I know a damn thing about being a spy. It also helps that the SSS have stormtrooper-level aim. They have Loid surrounded, but they can’t manage to hit him with even a single bullet. The bad guys aren’t exactly recruiting the best of the best, huh? I actually think it would’ve been better if Loid had at least been grazed by a bullet or two. It might not have been Loid’s fault that he fell into a trap, but mistakes should have consequences. Raise the stakes a little, y’know?
Continue readingSanda Ep. 12: An unexpectedly grounded conclusion
But before we get to the emotional climax of the series, we need one more battle against Oshibu. This is… what? Round three? Round four? The point is, I don’t want to keep tussling with this creep. If Sanda ever gets a sequel, I don’t want Oshibu to pull a Dr. Robotnik or Sigma and become a recurring boss for the series. I want a story that makes actual progress. I want to move beyond the confines of the school. I want to see what the rest of this dystopian world looks like. I want to understand how this world functions. But is this something that the mangaka even wants to do? Or are they attached to the school setting like the average anime series? Unfortunately, this bout against Oshibu isn’t the final battle. We’re not actually trying to free this school from Oshibu’s clutches. Rather, if Sanda/Santa somehow manages to win, Oshibu will agree to reinstate Ono as a student. So the plan is for all of them to continue coexisting together on this campus? Honesty, I don’t get it.
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