MM! – 09
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「MFCの華麗なる陰謀」 (MFC no Karei naru Inbō)
“MFC’s Elegant Conspiracy”
And it finally arrives! Mio’s first true love development episode has come, and did I ever love the fuck out of it.
To Aru Majutsu no Index II – 08
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「大覇星祭」 (Daihaseisai)
“Grand Champion Star Festival”
And we finally arrive at Daihaseisai, the great festival where espers from all over congregate to test their skills against one another.
STAR DRIVER: Kagayaki no Takuto – 09
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「そんなミズノの初恋」 (Sonna Mizuno no Hatsukoi)
“Mizuno’s First Love”
Suffice to say, this episode pleased me on many levels, both in terms of story and my own personal gloating rights.
MM! – 08
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「BでLな変愛模様」 (B de L na Hen Ai Moyō)
“A ‘B and L’ Patterned Love”
Considering that I thought this episode would be another Noa centric one judging from the preview we got last week, I was prepared for more craziness, but sufficed to say, nothing like this.
STAR DRIVER: Kagayaki no Takuto – 08
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「いつだって流星のように」 (Itsudatte Nagareboshi no yō ni)
“Always Like a Shooting Star”
I certainly didn’t expect Takuto and Sugata’s confrontation to turn out like this, and truthfully, I have mixed feelings about it.
To Aru Majutsu no Index II – 07
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「座標移動（ムーブポイント）」 (Zahyō Idō (Mūbu Pointo))
“Coordinate Movement (Move Point)”
Well, that was certainly a quick finish. As I mentioned last week, this arc (volume 8) was set to be covered in two episodes, and thus this felt a bit rushed, but at least the pacing wasn’t as bad as last week’s episode.
MM! – 06, 07
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「騒乱だらけのマイホーム」 (Sōran darake no Mai Hōmu)
“My Mayhem-Filled Home”
Now this is my kind of episode, a simple love comedy involving Yuno and Tarou; well, maybe sans the simple.
STAR DRIVER: Kagayaki no Takuto – 07
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「遠い世界」 (Tōi Sekai)
“A Faraway World”
So, who didn’t see this plot twist coming?
To Aru Majutsu no Index II – 06
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「残骸 (レムナント)」 (Zangai (Remunanto))
“Wreckage (Remnant)”
So we’re back this week for the sixth installment of Toaru Majutsu no Railgun II.
Kawada Mami – No buts! PV (To Aru Majutsu no Index II OP)
Kawada Mami, member of I’ve Sound, is an artist who probably needs no introduction among anime fan circles, having produced singles for several highly popular and prolific series such as Shakugan no Shana, Hayate no Gotoku!, and of course, Toaru Majutsu no Index. Looking at that list, it seems like in the roughly five years since the release of her first single, SEED, she’s become J.C.Staff’s go-to-girl for songs for their higher budgeted and advertised, multi-seasonal shows. Being a rather big Mami fan myself, enjoying every song she’s put out for Shana and Index, I immediately went to listen to the single of No buts!, released last week (11/3) the first chance I got.
… More after the jump.