I don’t always eat sweets, but when I do, I prefer deserts that have apple.
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No Game No Life – Episode 6 – Jibrii’s Curiosity and a Lesson on Atomic Theory
Finally, we get to see what Jibrii is capable of.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 6 – Halloween Costume Brainstorming and Trying to Make an Impact
Yep, it’s the Halloween episode and apparently, everyone in Muse is determined to beat A-RISE, but at what cost?
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No Game No Life – Episode 5 – Steph’s Endless Losing Streak
When will Seph understand that she can’t possibly beat Sora and Shiro?
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 5 – Rin’s Girly Streak and Getting Over Her Short-Hair Complex
While Umi, Kotori and Honoka is on field trip, Rin goes in the hot seat to become a leader temporarily.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 4 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 4 and Nisekoi Ep 17
Finals week finally arrive and of course, the best way to start that week off is with moving animal tails.
As mentioned previously, I will only be sharing Anime Impressions for this week only for obvious reasons.
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No Game No Life – Episode 4 – Royal Rule Achieved! Next, World Domination?!
We already know who won from the looks of Kurami’s face. Now, what Sora and Shiro will do to restore faith in humanity?
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Nagi no Asukara – Final Review
For a while now, I haven’t watched anything from Mari Okada for a while mostly because the first two episodes of AKB0048 left a very bad taste in my mouth back in 2012 (to be fair, I haven’t watched the Hanasaku Iroha Movie nor Sakurasou either). To me, I feel that her strengths lies in coming of age, love triangle romance and melodrama types of shows, which is one of the reasons why many people liked Ano Hana, Hanasaku Iroha (despite its flaws) and True Tears as the drama is not necessarily clear-cut and the complex character development. Not only that, she is one of the prolific female Anime directors in an industry that is male dominated.
With that, will Nagi no Asukara live up to the likes of the big three? Maybe. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 4 – Nico’s Dark, Sad and Hidden Past
The results are in… Will they make it to the next round? Also, what is up with Nico?
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 3 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 3 and Nisekoi Ep 15 & 16
I admit that last week was a pretty exciting week, at least for Anime. (Image Source)
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No Game No Life – Episode 3 – Epic Strategy Chess Game and Fighting for the Future of Humanity
Sora finally decides to challenge Kurami to a match after he saw through her tricks.
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Sakura Trick – Final Review
In the past, I only watched a few shows has some yuri, mostly magical girl shows since it’s one of my favorite genres. Since I haven’t watch any that focus mostly in a school setting, I decided to give Sakura Trick a try. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 3 – The Start of a Formidable (and Friendly) Rivalery
After the massive preparations from last time, the preliminary rounds are finally here.
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Spring 2014 – Week 2 – Atelier Escha & Logy Ep 2 and Nisekoi Ep 13 & 14
I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable Easter. Now, let’s focus on this weeks impressions. (Image Source)
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No Game No Life – Episode 2 – Stephanie is terrible at Game Theory
There is one obvious reason Stephanie always loses and cheating is not one of those.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 2 – Writer’s Block and Team Building
As Honoka decides to participate in the 2nd Love Live, she doesn’t realize a nasty roadblock that lies ahead.
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Atelier Escha and Logy – Episode 1 – The First Day of Alchemy
Back in 2012 when I regained interest in Japanese RPGs, I decided to get a copy of Atelier Totori Plus (in Japanese) and Atelier Meruru. While the Arland trilogy is more light-hearted compared to the Dusk series, I enjoyed these games mostly for the fact that it was not a traditional Japanese RPG featuring a teenaged male hero going off on an adventure to save the world, but rather one starring a young cheerful female character (with a few exceptions) that make weapons, gather items, do quests, battle monsters and make items through alchemy. While the first several games only got released in Japan, the Atelier games definitely influenced Japanese RPGs in general as many of them implemented some type of item crafting, especially weapons and equipment.
Atelier Escha and Logy is the 15th game in the series and since I played most of the game already, I was excited to see the first episode of this adaptation.
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No Game No Life – Episode 1 – Escaping Reality
From the looks of it, Shiro and Sora are indeed god-tier gamers.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth2 Sister’s Generation – First Impressions
Just a few months ago, I shared my final impressions of the first Rebirth game and I thought Compile Heart and Felistelia did a great job fixing all of the flaws from the original game such as having all the goddesses join throughout the story, using battle system from Victory and having improved graphics.
Just a few weeks ago, Neptune Rebirth 2 Sister’s Generation got released, which is a remake of Mk2. This is odd considering that the second game wasn’t nearly as flawed compared to the first. Despite this, since I played 14 hours, it’s time to share my initial thoughts of the game. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 1 – Honoka Becomes President!
With the school finally saved, what will Honoka do now since she is student council president?
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Ren – Final Review
During the fall of 2012, Kyoto Animation started to shift their focus to in-house intellectual properties rather than adapting source material. The first show in this new effort was Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai, which focused on delusions and hints of love. While the first season had a lot of enjoyable and adorable moments, the drama towards the end felt a bit out-of-place. They notice this and decide to make the sequel have a more lighthearted feeling. (Image Source)
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Mari Okada Considers Reviving Miuna After Being Moved by TwitchPlaysPokemon
Toyko, Japan – In the recent episode of Nagi no Asukara, Miuna sacrificed herself to save Manaka, which left viewers with buckets of tears, especially those who wanted to see her with Hikari. After several days of fans morning over her, Mari Okada announced that Miuna would in fact not have to live life as a wooden maiden for longer. The main reason she changed her mind is because she was moved by the emotional journey of Red being controlled by thousands of people in a stream known as Twitch Plays Pokémon. In this adventure, the main character revives a Helix Fossil after beating all the gym leaders with some sad happenings such as a bunch of Pokémon being released and of course, political fights over democracy and anarchy. After watching the players finally beat Blue, the Pokémon League Champion, she couldn’t bare seeing the extreme sadness of the viewers again after they were heartbroken by the ending of AnoHana, so she did something that is extraordinary to give Miuna a happy ending, use the helix as a deus ex machina!
Mari wants to resolve the hardships the Sea God was facing by having Hikari and Manaka bring back the precious Helix Fossil containing the spirit of the girl the sea-god loved. While Miuna suffered for these years since she had to sacrifice herself during the 2nd Ofunehiki festival in order to save Manaka, perhaps with the revival of the Helix Fossil, the sea-god might reconsider and release her in place of the fossil. Time will tell if Miuna is allowed to return to the surface.
Still, Lord Uroko, who refers himself as a scale of a sea-god declared that April 1st will be an unofficial holiday named “National Helix Fossil Day” in honor of Miuna making her sacrifice so that no one will suffer the same fate like Manaka did initially. Of course, the sea-god reunites his love in the form of a female Omanyte. He should be proud of this decision since Shioshishio won’t have to suffer a horrible fate. The balance is finally restored between land and sea!
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Weekly Anime Impressions – Winter 2014 – Week 12 – Nagi no Asukara Episode 25 and Nisekoi Episode 12
At last, winter comes to a close. Therefore, this marks the last Anime Weekly post for this season. Next week, I will be sharing my impressions for the first two to three episodes before resuming this (I plan on blogging Atelier Escha and Logy and Love Live 2).
In case you missed them, here are the final early impressions for Sakura Trick and Chuunibyou Ren. (Image Source)
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