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「ああ、マイダーリンはロクデナシ」 (Aa, Mai Dārin wa Rokudenashi)
“Ah, My Good-For-Nothing Darling”
This week, Ayumu meets a busty, red-headed doujinshi artist by the name of Naegleria Nebiros (Koshimizu Ami), and Sarasvati turns on the deredere. Fantastic.
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「ゆううつフォートリップス」 (Yuuutsu Fou Torippusu)
“Melancholy For Trips”
This episode was aptly named, but let me suggest an alternative: Mizukoshi Saki no Yuuutsu. Except this time, the monsters are reeeeal!! Naw, just kidding, they’re not. The melancholy definitely is, though.
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Yes, I’m sticking with the absurdly long titles for these posts. To make up for this, here’s a cute picture. Nyaaan~ |
And we’re back with another edition of Branching Out. This week, we’re going to be talking about the genre that is responsible for the creation of this series, Slice-of-Life! Get excited people. I know I am.
More after the jump.
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「フー、京子ちゃん合コンだゼッ！」 (Fuu, Kyouko-chan Goukon da ze!)
“Heh, It’s Party Time, Kyoko!”
At the risk of repeating myself, korezon is at its best when it takes the ridiculous (and ridiculously funny) gags it does so well and layers them on top of just enough plot to keep the story moving forward. This week we see that again with the return of Kyouko-chan, the masou shoujo with a heart of gold murder-hate-kill-stab!
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「信念」 (Shinnen)
“Conviction”
Arata and Shizu’s turns were fraught with difficulty, as Senriyama continued to steamroll and the other two teams reminded us of why they deserve to be there. Of the two, Arata’s was…
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「雨にオネガイ」 (Ame ni Onegai)
“A Wish on the Rain”
I can’t help but think that the way this episode was told was sub-optimal, but the feelings it delivered were really nice. That’s why when I finished this episode and leaned back, I was quite satisfied, and it was only when I started thinking about what I was going to write that I was reminded of the flaws. That just goes to show you that yes, thinking too much probably is unhealthy sometimes. Whoops.
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「うん、先生が最強だよ！」 (Un, Sensei ga Saikyou da yo!)
“Yeah, Sensei is the Strongest!”
This was a superb episode. My main qualm with season 1 was that while the comedy was great, the plot was weak at times. Not so here.
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Objection! Does this post need to exist? o.O |
Generally, I’m a pretty happy, optimistic guy, at least when it comes to anime. Sure, not every show is a masterpiece, but what’s the point of getting worked up about at TV show? It’s far better to just enjoy it for what it is and get worked up about important things, like why the couple who lives next door always comes back and blares music at 2 o’clock in the morning when I have work the next day and IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO PUT YOUR TRASH OUT IN THE NUDE!?!?
Ahem. Anyway…
More after the jump.
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「奪回」 (Dakkai)
“Recovery”
Excellent! We’re now seeing some proper crazy mahjong, and what’s more the episode didn’t progress exactly as I expected it would. I like it when I’m pleasantly surprised.
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「夏海のダブルス」 (Natsumi no Daburusu)
“Natsumi’s Doubles”
Somehow, I’m starting to really feel the slice-of-life aspects of this show.