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orange – Episode 1 (Meet ‘n’ Greet)
Prepare your heart for a summer full of feelings! Now that my schedule has settled down somewhat, I’m back to blogging weekly for the good folks at Anime Evo again! While I’m still not 100% certain if...
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Tanaka-kun is Always Listlessly Defying Appearances
Delinquency is only skin deep. Welcome to Part 3 (of probably 5?) in my ongoing Tanaka-kun mini-essay series! This time we’re taking a look at how the show uses its characters to contrast appearance...
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Panning the Stream: Summer 2016 Premieres, Round 1
Let the taste-testing begin! I’ve been up to my ears in family gatherings, travel, and spotty WiFi this week, but I finally managed to watch enough premieres to compile them into the season’s first...
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91 Days – Episode 1 (Meet ‘n’ Greet)
Yeah. This has my name written all over it. Evo let me gush about my other favorite premiere of the season (that doesn’t involve puppets, anyway). Prohibition-era gangsters, an atmosphere that...
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Panning the Stream: Summer 2016 Premieres, Round 2
One final explosion of titles before we settle into the new season. I somehow managed to stop hunting Pokemon long enough to write my second and final batch of premiere reviews. With one exception...
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orange – Episodes 2-3
I’m not sure if I’m happy or just relieved. Adaptations can be a minefield, but orange has so far met my expectations, endearing me to its cast and sucking me into its story all over again. It’s easily...
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91 Days – Episodes 2-3
♪ I’ll be spending Friday nights writing ’bout a gangster’s paradise… ♪ 91 Days had possibly the best premiere of the season, and two episodes later it continues to dig its hooks into me with twists,...
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orange – Episode 4
Relationships are hard, y’all. Friendships, romances, family ties–no two are the same, and they all take different kinds work. I’m not sure there’s ever a time when relationships get easy, but like...
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91 Days – Episode 4: “Losing to Win, and What Comes After”
The mob acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. I know I joked last week that 91 Days was going to turn into a road trip buddy comedy, but. I mean. I didn’t think it actually would. Our tense gangster...
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orange – Episode 5
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. After watching Naho and Kakeru’s relationship almost fall apart last week, this week we slide back into the comfortable, content group dynamic and...
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Rule of Three Review(ish): Summer 2016 Anime Digest
Guess I oughta call it a “Rule of Four Review” at this point… Between the two shows I’m covering for Evo this season, the standalone posts I still need to finish (I solemnly swear those last two...
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91 Days – Episode 5: “Blood Will Have Blood”
The best-laid plans of mobs and men… Happy to prove that it can keep balancing tangled gangster intrigue with character-focused drama, 91 Days returns us to Lawless and pours a potful of plot (a...
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orange – Episode 6
Getting by with a little help from your friends. When you say “shojo,” a lot of people’s first thought is probably “romance,” but what drew me to the genre as a kid and what continues to bring me back...
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91 Days – Episode 6: “To Slaughter a Pig”
A bitter pill lasagna to swallow. We can talk all day about craft–character development, narrative tension, dramatic irony, visual motifs, conflicts both intimate and social–and don’t worry, I’ll touch...
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orange – Episode 7
Guess we’ll be putting out those birthday candles with a steady stream of tears, then… It’s Birthday Week on orange, and with it comes a mess of conflicting emotions, much like the holiday itself. We...
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Panning the Stream: Summer 2016 Midseason Review
Smooth sailing through the summer stream. I’ve trimmed my watchlist down to a manageable number and am happy to announce that pretty much everything is either holding steady or improving on itself. So...
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91 Days – Episode 7: “A Poor Player”
All in the family… 91 Days outdid itself this week, zeroing in on the Vanetti siblings in an episode packed to the rafters with layered characters, conflicts political and personal, and a tense,...
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orange – Episode 8
Five heads are better than one. Even though a good portion of orange focuses on realism and day-to-day high school events, I don’t tend to think of it as a “slice-of-life” because it has such a clear...
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orange – Episode 9
Alas, poor production schedule! We knew it well. There’s a version of this episode, somewhere, that’s a perfectly fine bridge episode, unexceptional but competent, hinting at future conflicts,...
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How Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE’s 2nd Season Struck Comedy Gold
Dumb chats, silly spats, and the absurdity of adolescence. MyAnimeList hired me as a feature writer, and I promptly used my new power to write an essay-length article about magical boys. 13-Year-Old Me...
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