Random Curiosity

「ボールルームへようこそ」 (Ballroom e Youkoso)
“Welcome to the Ballroom”

Think back on this for a second: how many anime end with their finest episode?

「伝統と進化」 (Dentou to Shinka)
“Tradition and Evolution”

I find myself torn about what I’d like to see happen in the final stages of this competition, and that’s not a bad thing.

「リーダーパートナー」 (Leader Partner)
“Leader Partner”

I must confess this episode of Welcome to the Ballroom had me a bit worried for a while.

「扉(ドア)」 (Door)
“Door”

I suppose it’s no revelation, but in many ways Chinatsu and Tatara are the worst possible pairing one could imagine in ballroom dance.

「友達」 (Tomodachi)
“Friends”

If I were to be totally honest, the last couple of episodes of Ballroom e Youkoso have not been the strongest in the series for me.

「敵(ライバル)」 (Rivals)
“Rivals”

One thing Ballroom e Youkoso makes clear – no one ever said life is fair, and competitive dance is no exception.

「背番号13」 (Sebangou 13)
“Entry #13″

Is this an irresistible force proverbially meeting the immovable object? Well, no – it’s really worse than that.

「表現者」 (Hyougensha)
“Performer”

The deeper we get into this show, the more what becomes important is that which makes Welcome to the Ballroom special, not what makes it flawed.

「四本足」 (Yonhon Ashi)
“Four Legs”

You know, one of the key measures of a series is whether or not it improves as it progresses.

「じゃじゃ馬ならし」 (Jaja Uma Narashi)
“Taming a Wild Horse”

One of the things I notice as we get deeper into Ballroom e Youkoso is the surprising extent to which it’s a creature of shounen habit.

「結成」 (Kessei)
“Formation”

It really seems that Tatara can’t catch a break – no matter what he does he never gets any credit, only criticism.

「お見合い」 (Omiai)
“Matchmaking”

I guess when you stop and think about it, finding a partner is pretty much everything in competitive dance.

「出会い」 (Deai)
“Encounters”

We may still technically be in the first cour of Ballroom e Youkoso, but the scene change unmistakably happened after last week’s episode.

「評価」 (Hyouka)
“Final Evaluation”

There’s a real sense that the story is just getting started with Ballroom e Youkoso.

「ボルテージ」 (Voltage)
“Voltage”

People are complicated (and so is this relationship diagram).