Random Curiosity

「毒羽根は竹林に舞う」 (Dokubane wa Chikurin ni Mau)
“Poison Wings Dance in the Bamboo Thicket”

I find one of the humorous points about this series is how all the Yokai go around and do bad deeds because that’s what they are. It’s similar to Monsters, Inc., where all the monsters scare kids because that’s just what monsters do.

「文明の到来」 (Bunmei no Tourai)
“The advent of BUNMEI”

In addition to the occult, we have espers, time travelers, and aliens. Hmm, now where have I seen that combination of characters before…? Anyway, while the ingredients are similar, the mix is completely different in Waldstein Academy.

「風立チヌ」 (Kaze Tachinu)
“Restless Wind”

The start of this sequel is focusing a lot on Benitsubasa’s grudge against the ass-kicking she received at the hands of Yume at the end of season one, and I’m loving every minute of because she’s proving to be good comic relief.

「Escape from the DEAD」

With hype this big, how could the second episode even top the first one? With hype this big, how could any anime episode top the first one (joking of course)?

「#15」

So as expected, the return of ETU’s Natsuki Youtarou (Kusunoki Taiten) puts pressure on Sera to step up his game if he wants to keep his starting forward position. What I wasn’t expecting however is for Youtarou to be ETU’s top scorer, meaning Sera’s got his work cut out for him.

「時に君はSかMか？／ならば君のその力を試させてもらおう／きらきらと輝くこいつはお主のなんだ？」
(Toki ni Kimi wa S ka M ka? / Naraba Kimi no Sono Chikara wo Tamesasete Moraou / Kirakira to Kagayaku Koitsu wa Onushi no Nanda?)
“By The Way, Are You a Sadist or Masochist? / In That Case, Let Me Test That Strength of Yours / Is This Shiny Sparkling Thing Yours?”

The humor in this series hasn’t been nearly as hilarious as Mitsudomoe, but I still find it amusing on an unassuming level thanks to Shino and Aria’s perverted minds.

「ちきうにおちてきたねこ」 (Chikiu ni Ochita Kita Neko)
“The Cat That Fell to Earth”

For a science fiction series, I probably should have mentioned back in the season preview that there’s more to this one than a beautiful alien catgirl falling into the lap of our unassuming male protagonist Kakazu Kio (Tamura Mutsumi).

「第遺血話」 (Dai Ichi Wa)
“First Blood”

Taking the second half hour in noitaminA‘s recently expanding time slot is the adaptation of Ono Fuyumi‘s light novel Shiki (“Corpse Demon”). She’s best known for her work in the Twelve Kingdom series, but is no stranger to the horror genre as her Ghost Hunt series has already been adapted into a very enjoyable anime.

「入学」 (Nyuugaku)
“Entering University”

Being a drama, this series didn’t get any mention in the Summer 2010 Preview, but is actually airing in the top noitaminA time slot this season. The 11-episode anime adaptation aired in the noitaminA time slot back in fall 2007, and most of its episodes were covered here.

「三つ子がとまらない」 (Mitsugo ga Tomaranai)
“The Triplets Don’t Stop”

Oh man, there’s nasty and then there’s jet stream of snot and swimming in urine nasty, the latter of which Mitsudomoe dives into head first. It may be unsanitary as hell and downright disgusting, but that doesn’t stop it from being absolutely hilarious either!

「学校見学会で眼鏡うさぎ」 (Gakkou Kengakukai de Gankyou Usagi)
“A Glasses Bunny at The School Tour”

The outcome of last episode’s cliffhanger was anticlimactic to say the least, as Misaki didn’t even fall asleep thanks to all the sweet talking from Takumi. To her, it was just his perverted idiocy that kept her up though, which I wasn’t the least bit surprised to hear.

「森島はるか編 第二章 セッキン」 (Morishima Haruka-hen Dai Nishou – Sekkin)
“Morishima Haruka Chapter 2 – Getting Closer”

Jesus Christ, Haruka is the biggest flirt ever. I’m inclined to believe that she’s aware what a huge tease she is now, but that flirtatious Itou Shizuka voice is like a damn Achilles’ heel of mine so I’m at her mercy too.

Divine posted about the opening and ending songs so I won’t talk too much about them here. The OP sequence was great all around, with a aesthetically pleasing pop rock song and featuring a nice video as well.