Random Curiosity

「ROUND 16」

Never has a series more thoroughly earned the phrase “better late than never”.

Now that every show has had a few episodes to make its case, it’s time to tell you what we’ll be blogging this season. This is Random Curiosity’s Fall 2019 blogging schedule.

As always, this is a tentative overview of our plans for the new season . . . is what we used to say, but with oodles episodes under our belts, we’re pretty confident in our picks. Will some of them lead to despair and regret? Probably. This is what we’re going with for now.

Reignite the passion of youth.

「北の地にて」 (Kita no Ji Nite)
“In The Far North”

If only you could have seen my face throughout the entire episode.

「スクープ雄英1年A組」 (Sukuupu Yuu Ichi-Nen Ei-Gumi)
“The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A”

A recap episode that stealthily illustrates the worldview of Boku no Hero Academia.

「夢を継ぐ者」 (Yume o tsugu mono)
“The Inheritor of a Dream”

Move aside, Shokugeki no Soma. This is the real cooking show.

「暴走拡張者」 (Bousou kakuchousha)
“Renegade Extended”

Some of the best reveals and action sequences I’ve seen, and we’re only just getting started.

「はじめまして探偵諸君」 (Hajimemashite Tantei Shokun)
“Hello, Detectives”

Kabukicho Sherlock is not exactly progressive, but it is different.

「暗殺者の慈悲」 (Ansatsusha no Jihi)
“Mercy of an Assassin”

The chest never lies.

“The full moon chooses which beast to illuminate”

Anthropomorphic society, teenage angst, theatre club, bullies, politics, murder, and so much more. That’s what Beastars has promised its viewers after premiering this week on Netflix Japan.

「ずっとこの日を待っていた」 (Zutto Kono Niitsu o Matteita)
“I’ve Been Waiting for this Day”

I’m sorry, I keep expecting this guy to be catching Pokemon or killing zombie demons.

「闇を払う光」 (Yami wo Harau Hikari)
“The Light That Drives off Darkness”

There’s been a great deal of trepidation coming into this season. It’s too early to claim this episode ameliorated it, but it was a decent start at least.

And here I thought I wouldn’t be able to stomach another isekai. Luckily, Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne managed to scratch all the right itches and made me cognizant of some that I never knew about.

「天才と彼はその[X]なる判定に銘々慮る」 (Tensai to Kare wa Sono [X] Naru Hantei ni Meimei Omonpakaru)
“He and a Genius Each Consider a Decision Pertaining to X”

Bokuben is back!

[Episode 1]

Note: not at all the same thing as Babylonia.