Anime

Horrible temptation befalls me!

Doing a quick Google Search to see of there are any affordable cushions like those featured in the OVA/OAD, I see that the Crunchyroll store has a pre-order up for the first part of season one. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime is also supposed to return for a second season next year, I believe. Plenty of time to get discs of season one, probably.

By the time you factor in shipping costs it also looks like the Crunchyroll store’s plushie would be cheaper than Amazon. Although I’m kinda afraid the dogs would claim it as their personal pillow….lol.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – s01e24.5 – Tales: Veldora’s Diary.

Cycling back to finish the season, and catch up to the recent OVA, I’m kinda enjoying the extra episode in between.

After Ifrit got gnoshed back in episode 7, we only saw a glimpse of Veldora greeting him. The point five episode serves kind of like an annoying commentary track as Veldora and Ifrit chat and play Shogi. Despite being a bit of a villan, Ifrit ends up rather polite company for the Storm Dragon.

Given the “Interesting” personality that Veldora exhibits in the series’ beginning, and that he doesn’t really reappear in a serious way, I find this strangely fitting. Hey, if you spent over 300 years locked in a cave, you might become a lonely tsundere of a dragon!

Strangely interesting episode ^_^.

Edit: oh my @#$% was the finish funny 🤣.

Fruits Basket – s01e14 – Thats a Secret.
Fruits Basket – s01e13 – How Have You Been, My Brother?

Catching up on the last several weeks, I find episodes 13 and 14 both remarkably great and strongly contrasting. These are both episodes I’d clip if Crunchyroll had something like Hulu’s “My Episodes” feature.

13 is a fairly light hearted episode fueled by twisted humor, in a sense of twisted. While rather endears it to my funny bone thanks to the antics of the senior generation. I’m pretty sure that Ayame, Hatori, and Shigure would have been an entertaining handful in their youth.

14 on the other hand if painted in a totally different, more somber shade. The story of Momiji and his family is one that I think serves well to bring out his statement in the end. Humanity would do well to remember Momiji’s view about memories; Tohru’s reactions being both very human and very Tohru, IMHO. The visit to her mother’s grave also stands in contrast to the rest of the episode while keeping the somber attitude despite some rather fun “Crimson Butterfly” highlights along the way. We can but conclude as usual that Tohru’s mother was quite a person.

Both are great episodes, but for different reasons.

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? – s01e01

While a touch unusual a spin on a familiar concept, I admit that as a member of the NES generation I find this quite amusing. Especially the reactions when Mamko selects her weapons. It’s a bit over the top but leans in the direction of funny and that suits me just fine.

I’ve generally figured that when my generation gets old, we’ll either be some rather interesting or particularly weird old farts compared to our grandparents.

Actually, now I rather feel like rewatching KonoSuba 😜

Magical Sempai – s01e02

The frequent chuckling continues, this time with some slightly lewd humor to round it out.