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The end of the year is here and it’s time for the 12th Annual Reader’s Choice poll. Do you have a favorite series you’d like to see win? Are you just curious to see what everyone else enjoyed this year? There’s no electoral college here. The anime with the most votes wins!
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「錬金術師／残党狩り」 (Arukimisuta / Zantou Kari)
“The Alchemist” / “Hunting the Survivors”
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about food…
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「囚われの女王／火蓋は切られた」 (Toraware no Joou / Hibuta wa Kira Reta)
“The Imprisoned Queen” / “It Begins”
Where has the food been at?!
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「翳りゆく食卓」 (Kageri Yuku Shokutaku)
“The Darkening Dinner Table”
The plot has just taken a huge turn…
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「月饗祭 ／ 若き獅子たちの群れ」 (Tsuki kyou sai / Wakaki Shishitachi no Mure)
“Moon Festival” / “A Pride of Young Lions”
The Moon Festival begins!
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「麻と辣」 (Má and Là)
“Má and Là”
Mapo tofu! One of my favorite Chinese dishes – and I don’t even like Chinese food.
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「十傑に挑む」 (Juu Suguru ni Idomu)
“Challenging the Elite Ten”
It’s officially back! And no one is happier than me!
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「しかし概して人々が運命と呼ぶものは、大半が自分の愚行にすぎない。\ 天才とは、狂気よりも1階層分だけ上に住んでいる者のことである。」 (Shikashi gaishite Hitobito ga Unmei to Yobu Mono wa, Taihan ga Jibun no Gukou ni Suginai. \ Tensai to wa, kyouki yori mo 1-kaisou-bun dake ue ni sunde iru mono no koto de aru.)
“What People Commonly call Fate is Mostly their Own Stupidity.” \ “Genius Lives Only One Story Above Madness.”
I was really hoping that the man in last week’s cliffhanger was Kiyotaka. D*mn that would’ve been an amazing way to end.
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「裏切者の中で最も危険なる裏切者は何かといえば、すべての人間が己れ自身の内部にかくしているところのものである。」 (Uragirimono no Naka de Mottomo Kiken’naru Uragirimono wa Nanika to Ieba, Subete no Ningen ga Onore Jishin no Naibu ni Kaku Shite Iru Tokoro no Mono de Aru.)
“Every Man has in Himself the Most Dangerous Traitor of All”
With a little more time on the island, we see how each of the classes actually treat this “test” differently.
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「汝等ここに入るもの、一切の望みを捨てよ。／人間は自由の刑に処されている。」 (Nanjira Koko ni Hairu Mono, Issai no Nozomi o Sute yo. / Ningen wa Jiyū no Kei ni Shosa rete Iru.)
“Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here.” / “Man is Condemned to be Free”
A survival challenge to finally put to test how each of the first-year classes will perform. Will they sink or swim?