Up to Snuff 2/18/19 – Just a Box of Rain

Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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「VSイマジネーター 5」 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
“VS Imaginator 4″
It’s probably fair to say at this point that I find the longer arcs of Boogiepop wa Warawanai more involving that the really abstract ones.
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「孤独なホワイティー」 (Kodokuna Howaitī)
“Lonely Whitey”
I’ve noted it before, but the thing that really makes Reigen such a standout character is his paradoxical nature.
Change is in the air here are RC – but I don’t want to spoil it.
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「VSイマジネーター 4」 (VS Imajineetaa 4)
“VS Imaginator 4”
For an episode with no Boogiepop, Boogiepop sure gave us a lot of Boogiepop this week.
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「不和 ~選択~」 (Fuwa ~ Sentaku ~)
“Discord ~ Choices ~”
“Come into my parlor”, said the spider to the fly.
When it comes to our collective zeitgeist about Winter 2019 in anime, it’s really “two rings to rule them all”.
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「VSイマジネーター 3」 (VS Imajineetaa 3)
“VS Imaginator 3”
What strikes me after six episodes is that Boogiepop is narratively like a body of water covered by whirlpools which are constantly on the move.
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「中身 ~悪霊~」 (Nakami ~ Akuryou ~)
“Inside ~Evil Spirit~”
It goes without saying that Mob Psycho 100 is a series with tremendous tonal versatility, and we’ve seen a good chunk of that range in the first four eps of this season.
The King is dead – long live the King! Well – wounded anyway. Peeved, at least.