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Medalist ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
If Medalist can keep up the presentation from these first two episodes, I’m willing to put my stakes in it taking home the gold for this season.
ZENSHU. ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
ZENSHU could be the series I've been aching for for a long time.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 11
The direction in these sequences is quite deft and really brings home to the audience how much pain and violence was part of Jinbei’s actions.
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! ‒ SERIES PREMIERE
God, I wish I could go back to thinking that this would just be boring.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 16
This episode opens like a Michael Mann heist movie, which is a very cool aesthetic space for a period drama like Orb to work in.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 39
This climax emphasizes some of the best the show has to offer.
My Happy Marriage Season 2 ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
I think we can all agree that Miyo deserves a break from evil mothers.
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
How do you make a character “powerful” without making them “overpowered?” The answer is simple: rules.
Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga ‒ SEASON PREMIERE
Rin is warned the story he's seeing will end in tears, and these first episodes won't let us forget that.
Blue Box ‒ Episode 14
How Taiki responds to these critical junctions with Hina and Chinatsu will change his relationships with them forever. There's no going back to the way things were, after this.
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 13
After taking a week off, Dragon Ball Daima is back, and just in time for the premiere of the English dub.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 10
But dear reader, have you ever been so down bad, so catastrophically fiending for it, that a reindeer child burst into tears that your thirst might kill you?
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 38
I don't necessarily like the way the show structures its detours, but at least we get a significant payoff here!
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 15
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel sorry for Nowak.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ SEASON FINALE
For better or worse this sequel just felt like more Fairy Tail, and if that was the goal, I'd say it succeeded.
Blue Box ‒ Episode 13
This is exactly the life lesson that Taiki needs to learn right now, and I'm glad that the new cour of Blue Box is starting things off on such a positive note.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 37
I don’t know why, but there’s something really satisfying about seeing Lycagon get repeatedly smacked in the face during the course of this fight.
BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ SEASON FINALE
The finale of this match wasn't just good from an animation standpoint, it was also incredibly strong from a narrative one.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episodes 13-14
Hope always walks hand-in-hand with despair, and at this point, that may as well be Orb's motto.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ SEASON FINALE
Needless to say, I’m very excited to watch the fourth and final part of Thousand-Year Blood War, whenever it may come out.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 9
I know murder is bad and all, but not washing his hand for years just so he can commit murder is extremely unhygienic and probably the evillest thing about Vander Decken in my opinion.
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ SERIES FINALE
As much as we all want to believe that love conquers all, the simple fact is that it isn't true.
Whisper Me a Love Song ‒ SERIES FINALE
It has been a while since we last saw Whisper Me a Love Song , but at long last, we're finally getting the last two episodes of its rather tortured season.
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 12
While Vegeta isn’t as smart as his wife, he is at least smart enough to solve brain teasers.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ SERIES FINALE
It cuts right through the typical romance faltering, allowing them to get straight to more interesting stuff, like Kirishima suggesting they start with some hand-holding.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ SEASON FINALE
At a time when a small percentage of humans do everything they can to crush the rest of us, it's important now, more than ever, to remember that nobody can take away our ability to experience beauty.
BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ Episode 36
Are you doing OK there, Rin? I think your edgy teenage angst is starting to show!
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 36
I never thought we would actually get to this point, but I am so happy that we did!
Nina the Starry Bride ‒ SEASON FINALE
This is fine, but it could have been so much better, as the source material demonstrates.
You are Ms. Servant ‒ SERIES FINALE
Forget being a maid anime, this is a mid anime.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ Episode 38
I guess the “B” in Bazz-B must stand for “Bitter ex-boyfriend.”
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 8
This is just terrific cartooning and expression work, with lots of goofy expressions, and delightful sound work.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ Episode 24
Hopefully we'll at least get a big enough spectacle next week to make up for this week’s events being a little anticlimactic, because I’d much rather see this season end on a bang than than whimper.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ‒ SEASON FINALE
With Karen becoming comfortable in her own body and diverting Pitohui's obsession away from recreating the Sword Art Online experience, a question arises: Why is Karen even playing Gun Gale Online anymore?
Ranma ½ ‒ SEASON FINALE
While I've long been a Ranma/Akane shipper, though, the conclusion of this arc leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 11
This episode does remarkably well in depicting humans figuring out their relationships, allowing them to communicate and talk out their feelings.
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ‒ SEASON FINALE
It can be easy to get lost in the sauce of everything happening on-screen, but it looks and feels extremely cool, which is like 75% of what magical-girl-ing is supposed to be about.
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians ‒ SERIES FINALE
In the series’ own terms, this finale was modern magic when ancient magic would have worked better. That’s probably not what they were going for, but for these twelve episodes, it’ll have to do.
365 Days to the Wedding ‒ SERIES FINALE
That finale wrapped everything up at once, didn't it?
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 11
As much as I’m enjoying the action in this show, it’s nice to see how much it's leaning back into the comedic roots of the franchise.
Blue Box ‒ Episode 12
This entire tanabata festival adventure is overflowing with palpable adolescent uncertainty that it would be difficult to watch if it weren't so entertaining.
DAN DA DAN ‒ SEASON FINALE
The craziest thing about the cruel cliffhanger that DAN DA DAN leaves us on this week is that I already know what happens next, and I'm still dying over the prospect of having to wait until next summer for this show to return to us.
Negative Positive Angler ‒ SERIES FINALE
Hiro and Takaaki use their angling small talk to probe each other's waters. The mundanity of their chat belies the anxiety in each of their psyches.
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ SERIES FINALE
I’ll repeat myself again – Mecha-Ude is a great show, but would have been even better at twice the length.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 11
Although Cassandra says at the beginning of this episode that the wind will blow in Hestia Familia's favor, it's hard to see how.
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 12
Being confronted with the idea that you're subconsciously mind controlling all of your friends and they don't actually like you is one hell of a thing to have sprung on you.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ Episode 11
Natsume's yokai adventures are always sure to tug at heartstrings, but who had their money on Reiko one-upping him?
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 12
The evolution of the relationship between these two unlikely comrades—these brothers in heliocentrism—delivers the episode's strongest image.
Ranma ½ ‒ Episode 11
SHAMPOO IS HERE! SHE HAS ARRIVED! IN ALL HER BLURPLE-HAIRED, BROKEN JAPANESE-SPEAKING GLORY!
Nina the Starry Bride ‒ Episode 11
Complications have arisen during Nina's time in Galgada, complications mostly named “Sett.”
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians ‒ Episode 11
Was Northern Harris trying to keep magic for the elite few? Yes, absolutely. But he wasn't, it seems, doing it out of snobbery.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ Episode 37
This has been a pretty jam-packed season of Thousand-Year Blood War, and it’s well on its way to being my favorite of the three thus far.
You are Ms. Servant ‒ Episode 11
I can’t decide whether it’s more impressive or embarrassing that this anime could fumble so hard this week.
BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ Episode 35
Was anyone else expecting that to happen? I certainly wasn't.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 35
This episode might have one of my favorite line deliveries in the entire series thus far.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ Episode 23
While it’s not really enough to salvage the rest of this arc, I’m glad that the show has finally cut Lucy a break.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ‒ Episode 11
When you're facing god-tier NPCs, who do you turn to? The devil—or in this case, the next closest thing: Pitohui.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 7
The water isn't boiling quite yet, but bubbles are starting to appear.
365 Days to the Wedding ‒ Episode 11
You could cut the sexual tension in this room with a knife!
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ‒ Episode 11
If Magilumiere wants to keep my attention, it just needs to keep throwing cool new magical ladies at me.
Blue Box ‒ Episode 11
I can only hope that Chinatsu sees the moves that Hina is making and starts acting like the championship athlete she's ostensibly meant to be. Start blocking those plays, girl! Foul-up some three-pointers before Hina makes it to the goal line!
Negative Positive Angler ‒ Episode 11
Hana's advice gives Hiro the kick he needs to flip from negative to positive angling.
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ Episode 11
Mecha-Ude continues to delight with its earnest yet creative use of standard shonen storytelling tropes. I’m going to miss this one when it’s done.
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 11
This week, the chaos caused by Liz's powers allows Alicia to step into the spotlight and shift the paradigm of the school.
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 10
Within five minutes, Daima might have just destroyed our previous understanding of Dragon Ball’s cosmology.
DAN DA DAN ‒ Episode 11
Jiji is essentially the Paul Atreides of Being Too Cringe to Live, and Yet Too Inhumanly Stupid to Die.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 10
Every great mystery must have a parlor room scene; every heist story ends with an explanation of how they did it.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 10
I’m not sure anyone is convinced they can win this Game.
Acro Trip ‒ SERIES FINALE
This isn't the worst note to end the season on, I guess, but I can imagine a lot of ways it could have gone better.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 6
Episode 7 of One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga is one of the best implementations of my least favorite trope.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 ‒ Episode 34
Let's be honest, Psyger-0 hasn't really been a character in the show despite being featured so prominently throughout it.
Ranma ½ ‒ Episode 10
It’s the fan-favorite Shampoo! She’s here! She’s cute! She’s unafraid to commit murder!
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ Episode 10
Buckle up: it's once again Fujoshi Time because nobody stopped me last week.
You are Ms. Servant ‒ Episode 10
I’m so glad that this anime finally took a much-needed beat. I only wish the episode itself were better.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 11
Nowak is the scariest character of the year.
Nina the Starry Bride ‒ Episode 10
I’ve seen and read a lot of shoujo over the years, and I can confidently say that Nina telling the king of Galgada that she doesn’t give a rat’s ass stands out as a highlight of a heroine standing up for herself.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict ‒ Episode 36
This episode made me realize just how little we really know about Nemu.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ‒ Episode 10
In the end, this episode is an action-focused one, putting the more personal worries to the side to have some fights and properly introduce our protagonists.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest ‒ Episode 22
In the end, it’s hard not to feel like this whole yokai transformation thing was mostly a waste of time.
BLUE LOCK 2nd Season ‒ Episode 34
This might be the best-looking episode of the season thus far, and I will take what I can get.
365 Days to the Wedding ‒ Episode 10
This is the funniest episode of the show thus far.
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. ‒ Episode 10
The introduction of Ginji, elementary-school-age child genius BROOM engineer, stretches the credulity of what makes Magilumiere's setting work.
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians ‒ Episode 10
Why does Rettoran have both a magical and a standard track? The better to use the Standard students to fuel Northern Harris’ mad dreams of unencumbered magic, my dear.
Negative Positive Angler ‒ Episode 10
It's right there in the title. Things can't stay positive forever. Sometimes, you have to confront the negative.
Blue Box ‒ Episode 10
I would love it if our protagonist's romantic interest actually seemed a little more interested in romance with him?
Dragon Ball Daima ‒ Episode 9
If there’s one moral to this episode, it’s that no one should trust Goku to be responsible.
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms ‒ Episode 10
While Alma has mourned the loss of his friend Yakumo for over a century, Fist has ridden his rotting body like a fleshy mech-suit during that entire time.
Acro Trip ‒ Episode 11
It's just nice to see the show step up its game in some way this close to the end of the season.
DAN DA DAN ‒ Episode 10
Sincere, funny, and expertly crafted romance is the lifeblood that fuels my existence. Folks, let me tell you: This one episode of Dan Da Dan is enough to keep me going for the next seven years straight.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V ‒ Episode 9
That's Freya in a nutshell – she's not just one thing, she's many, and all of them together make up a single person.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii ‒ Episode 9
Kirishima and Yoshino's plot to foil the chinpira out for their blood makes this the most action-driven, gangster movie-esque episode yet, but to mixed results.
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History ‒ Episode 10
Liz can't really understand that Alicia doesn't want to be friends not because of hate or misunderstanding but because of a difference in core values.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 ‒ Episode 9
My most unpopular Natsume's Book of Friends opinion is: “I don't trust Natori.”
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga ‒ Episode 5
If you are like me (which is to say, a person of taste and sophistication), then you enjoy watching the Straw Hat pirates interact with one another.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ‒ Episode 10
Badeni may not be invoking the specter of social media when he talks about the propagation of unreliable information, but Uoto, the author, sure is.
Nina the Starry Bride ‒ Episode 9
It's fairly obvious to us that there’s a significant difference between what Nina feels for Sett and what she feels for Azure.
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