Anime

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Seen “Hi Score Girl” on Netflix yet?

Reminder seeing this listed a good while ago and filling it under “Watch later, maybe.”

Many of the games depicted flash my brain back to my childhood. There’s more than a few, probably most of the ones shown that either landed American Genesis and SNES releases. Not to mention the reoccurring bits of Street Fighter II; which probably was the fighting game my brother and I played the most of in the early ’90s.

Catching up on Fruits Basket

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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.

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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 😜

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Watching Astra Lost in Space made my trip to Hulu well worth it.

The series kick off interests me enough that I may need to check into the availability of the manga. Surprisingly good stuff.

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Watching Demon Lord, Retry! in Hulu reminds me that not all simulcast goodness it’s limited to Crunchyroll territory.

Also when being summoned to another world: always end up the demon lord and leave a note about erasing your hard drives.

Tonight’s season premieres

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Fire Force s01e01 – Shinra Kusakabe Enlists

Is looking to be a very promising series this summer. The opening bit with the two girls and the lieutenant in the background was especially nice 😃.

At first glance it combines various concepts that make you wonder: is this a crap idea or a scathingly brilliant idea. I think I’m going to lean towards the last one 😜. The blend of action, comedy, and personality makes me think this shall entertain, much.

If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Default a Demon Lord – s01e01 – The Young Man and the Little Girl Meet

Looks to fill a small collection of genres that typically pop up every season. Perhaps even as an adorable slicity. At least, none of the usual eye rolls and worrisome bits rather than a wholesome start off.