Weekend Anime Review

So... Sadly... a number of anime is ending either this week or next week. 

Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou - This show was probably one of the most light hearted romances I've watching in recent seasons. Sadly, they never actually get to the romance between Usa and Rit-chan but its kinda implied that although he's had a thing for her the entire time... shes slowly coming around to reciprocating. This last episode kind of delivers the feels but you just... really, really want them to get together. If they make it to season 2 then they HAVE to end up together... that would be dicking around with our emotions too much.

Nanana's Buried Treasure - Ended on Thursday, this anime started off a lil' shaky but quickly became something I looked forward to every week. Just enough action and adventure sprinkling in small hints of an impossible romance... 3 way romance on top of things, that would make it complicated. They did leave this with a lot of room to open it up and I wouldn't really be surprised if there was a 2nd run of this. I liked it and would welcome the next season with open arms.

Blade & Soul - This show has one episode left and I'm anxiously awaiting its conclusion. Although skeptical at first (I mean really... an anime based on an MMORPG that hasn't even been released yet), but the art style is awesome and this story isn't terrible. The story premise is good but has a lot of holes and is a bit vague. The main points are easy to follow and its moving the plot along quite nice... Just hope they explore more about why Alka and Jin are polar opposites and what brought about the slaying of her clan/master to trigger the vengeance path for Alka. I'm the kind of guy that likes lore and stuff like that and we just weren't given everything... Whether or not they make up for it in this last episode only time will tell...

Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara - Technically 2 episodes left... This seemed like a typical harem/shounen gig but they whole seeing flags and having power over them is a pretty cool dynamic. Plus, up til recently he's been this gloomy kind of anti-hero who doesn't want the attention. Now he wants to make things better... that is, til he disappeared. But... only Nanami remembers him. What twist or turns await these last 2 episodes...

>>Eps to Finish<<

• Dragonar Academy (Downloaded)
• Akuma no Riddle (Downloaded)

There are a few more... but I'll just save them for another post... Plus I wanna talk about the shows that are continuing on through to the next season. Those are pretty good too..

またね...  (Matane)

No Game No Life and If Her Flag Breaks

Sadly, it's been a week since I've posted and I really didn't mean to be away that long... Work is just a pain sometimes and when I get home I don't just hop on the computer. It's usually family time and then later on when they all go to bed I stay up a lil later and watch and play whatever I want. That being said, there were some really good episodes this week... 

• Black Bullet is getting better and better. 
• Nisekoi is sadly gearing up for the final episode next week. 
• One Week Friends is still and enjoyable lil slice of life romance. 
• Captain Earth is still the most surprising for me... I did not expect the show to be that good. Especially with that premise... The whole save humanity kind of thing.

But I'm making this post for the sake of No Game No Life and If Her Flag Breaks... 

I think that Flags was relatively weak this time around... Good ep, and Souta learns alot, but now he can't get anymore because looks like the girl has been tampered with.

No Game No Life was good but they spent the who episode in dialogue. The previous king lost on purpose to an insanely strong Foe so he could learn the secret to the game. He did and they find a secret room with the info... Sora is now fired up to take on the challenge. Can't wait for more.

Tonight I Watched Some Shows... And Read Some Things.

Let's see here...

No Game No Life episode 3 was pretty good. Not as good IMO as the first 2 but its moving the story along. Sadly it ended without a conclusion to the game but its fine i think. You already know they don't lose if its a game so they will become King/Queen of Imanity more or less. 

Kanojo Ga Flag Wo Oraretara episode 3 was fine as far as the episodes go... I know its still early in the series but again i think the first 2 left more of an impact. They did, however, introduce another girl for Souta's harem... Another childhood friend. This time it's a tomboy girl who is now a man-hating battle girl. I'm sure she'll soften up and show some nice Tsun-dere moments. I look forward to them.

Here's a new one... From out of the blue actually. Picked it up on a complete and utter whim....

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Captain Earth!

What no applause? So i wasn't sold on the idea... I only read the synopsis like once but was trying to find something to waste about 45 minutes on before bed tonight and gave it a shot. I have to say... Impressed! Enough actually to watch all 3 eps that are available. Wasn't really blown away, the story isn't really that original, but the way they are going about pulling it off is pretty novel and i enjoy the animation. Character designs are good without being overly generic. 3 1/2 or 4 outta 5 I'd say. Good show. If you haven't watched any of this... take a peak, you might be surprised. 

Thats all for now... Well, just one more thing actually... Have you ever had a manga that you just couldnt put down? I'm not perfect, I like to buy the volumes if i can but i DO read most of my stuff online. Usually because they don't sell it in my area in my language... For the life of me i cannot seem to put down Baby Steps. Just completely enthralled with that series. Was glad to see it get animated but im anxious to see how far they take it with a limited number of episodes... Plus the manga has time skips... sometimes months at a time. Going to be interesting going forward. 

-Blackhawksnip3r

Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara

Simple and effective. This show puts a fun lil twist on what you'd imagine being a dating sim premise. 

So the MC can see 'flags'. Flags we all know more or less are like events usually in dating sim games but they appear above peoples heads. Not just good but also bad flags... like death flags. He also knows how to break them which he does and saves a man from dying at an intersection from an out of control truck. A girl in his class sees what happens and gets suspicious and calls him out to the roof. Confronts him claiming that she's going to get to the bottom of the mystery and he spills the beans about being able to see flags... The hijinx just continues from there. 

Good mixture of Harem and comedy in this one. Not sure who the romance is going to be just yet but you know its in there. I think its the girl from his class that likes mysteries but who knows... Too early to tell, plus all the girls kinda have a 'thing' for him.. thats typical harem fashion anyway. 

They also introduce some more characters in episode 2. An 'onee-chan' childhood friend character and a gender bending boy who is too 'kawaii' for his own good. The older sister is kinda funny too, shes always carrying around like a soup ladel... Kind of reminds me of Chuunibyou Rikka's older sister. She was a chef but still.. Always having one is kind of funny. She even has one when they go into the bath together with everyone.

The gender bending Megu-chan... Yea, I'm keeping the female reference because in my head... its a she and not a he. Super funny tho when she tries to be a boy and man like. She tries to make the MC look into the bath while the girls are bathing. Even gets a lil 'man' flag over her head. For some reason this show feels a lot like NuoCome... Its not as funny but has the same feeling as that show did. Also, when Souta recognizes it as a man the friendship flags fire out like streamers at some used car sales lot.