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「素晴らしき家族旅行」 (Subarashiki Kazokuryokou)
“A Wonderful Family Trip”
Given how we’re about half way through the series, I must say how impressed I am with how the story and the characters have managed to keep my attention even though there’s not really much happening.
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「闘争の渦」 (Tousou no Uzu)
“Maelstrom of Warfare”
As the task of writing about Shana slowly becomes more difficult with less and less to talk about, I did think it was pretty interesting to get a good look at what’s going on behind the scenes for the bad guys for once. While there was still enough dialogue to write a small but fairly lengthy book, it did put some logic behind Yuuji’s plan.
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「少女に何が起こったか」 (Shoujo ni Nani ga Okottaka)
“What Happened to the Girl?”
Only in an anime can you have a guy looking cool while holding a Band-Aid.
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「誰が為に」 (Ta ga Tameni)
“For Who’s Sake”
With enough dialogue to write a small book, this week’s episode managed to fill in a lot of the holes that we were left with after Shana and Yuuji’s previous encounter.
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「ワンダフルライフ」 (Wondafuru Raifu)
“Wonderful Life”
Now that things have finally settled down and most of the drama has been left in the past, it’s nice to finally have an episode where everything else that’s good about this show gets a chance to show itself. Especially things like the ridiculous situations three young girls can get into when left all by themselves.
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「再び、戦いへ」 (Futatabi, Tatakai e)
“To Battle, Once More”
It’s that time during the second-cour that everyone dreads — the moment everything starts to slow down and nothing makes sense.
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「泣いてたまるか」 (Naitetamaruka)
“I Won’t Cry”
With everyone’s emotions jumping from one end of the spectrum to the other, this week’s episode was full of laughs and surprisingly touching moments.
I’ll take this opportunity to say it again — if you still have reservations about watching this show, you need to give them up and give this show a shot. Especially if you love some good, old fashioned family drama.
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「雨中の敗走」 (Ochuu no Haisou)
“Rout in the Rain”
After watching Yuuji’s rise to power and the subsequent mental breakdown of roughly ninety percent of the Flame Haze throughout the world, I was afraid that this episode would be a big pity party for the Flame Haze. Thankfully, with people like Centerhill and Margery finally stepping up (or showing up) this episode did not disappoint.
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「家へおいでよ」 (Uchi e Oideyo)
“Come to My House”
It doesn’t matter if you’re related by blood or not, family must stay together.
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「大命宣布」 (Taimei Senpu)
“Declaration of Ambition”
Even though everyone’s making it seem like Sairei no Hebi’s return will bring catastrophe to the world, I found myself strangely siding with Yuuji. While I still don’t agree with his decision to keep everyone in the dark, I thought that his goal of creating a mirror world where the Tomogara could live in peace and away from Flame Haze and normal humans alike, was very noble.