A-Channel 10
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「炭酸 – Act Up」 (Tansan)
“Carbonation – Act Up”
With winter finally upon us, it seems fitting that we’d go through every single season in a single cour. I’d have to say that the best thing that’s happened thus far would be watching just how much our main cast of characters have (or in Run’s case haven’t) changed.
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II – 09
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「2年B組長瀬先生」 (Ninen B-gumi Nagase-Sensei)
“Year 2 Class B Nagase-Sensei”
Time to start another capture, and this time it’s student teacher Nagase Jun. To start off, I came into this thinking that Keima would have to capture a real teacher; something that I think would have been pretty interesting to watch. Looking past the inherent problems with dating your teacher, it would have made for a some interesting situations and a great arc right?!
Hanasaku Iroha – 10
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「微熱」 (Binetsu)
“Slight Fever”
Isn’t it lonely when you wake up and don’t hear any voices?
Nichijou – 10
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「日常 10」 (Nichijou 10)
“My Ordinary Life 10”
I’ll admit that I have slowly been warming up to Mai. While I’m a big fan of being a good friend, I was dying when she was being a total jerk without being a jerk. In a match of wits, I don’t think anyone would be able to stand up to Mai and it was pure genius what she did to Yuuko this week.
A-Channel – 09
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「プレゼント – Abstract Art」 (Present)
“Present – Abstract Art”
While I can’t put my finger on it, something didn’t feel quite right this week. Unlike Nichijou which survives off of its unique humor and extreme randomness, A-Channel just doesn’t feel right with all these different random elements coming into play. At the same time, I wish that they’d integrate the “different then the norm” pairings. Instead of seeing Nagi with Yuuko and Tooru with Run, it was really fun watching things get jumbled up.
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II – 08
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「はじめての☆おつかい & 3人でお茶を」 (Hajimete no Otsukai & Sannin de Ocha Wo)
“First Errand & Tea for Three”
What good is an episode that doesn’t start another capture? Well, it means that we get a nice dose of Elsie goodness of course!
Hanasaku Iroha – 09
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「喜翆荘の一番長い日」 (Kissuiso no Ichiban Nagai Hi)
“Kissuiso’s Longest Day”
If only all series could recap as well as Iroha does. Instead of wasting precious minutes of my new episode, they managed to bring back that tense feeling I was left with at the end of last week’s episode. I’ll admit that watching Ohana stumble around trying to find Tohru wasn’t really doing it for me, but the drama building inside of Ko and the end of Kissuiso’s longest day made things a ton more interesting.
Nichijou – 09
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「日常９」 (Nichijou 9)
“My Ordinary Life 9”
The pure randomness of this show never fails to brighten my day. Boy do I wish High School was this awesome over here in the states. Announcing marriage plans, thrusting teachers into the air, and even getting free bags of rice — WHO WOULDN’T WANT A FREE BAG OF RICE?
A-Channel – 08
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「新学期 – Abnormal Circumstance」 (Shin Gakki)
“New Semester – Abnormal Circumstance”
In what feels like an answer from the gods, everything’s been turned upside down and inside out — but in a fun and entertaining way. It felt really refreshing to get a closer look at some of the side characters who populate this show. Instead of constantly watching our group of four live their lives, I was overjoyed to watch Miho and Yutaka get nearly half the episode to themselves.