Through some miscommunication, it caused Miki to get her hopes up a bit too much. Ultimately, Ritsuko’s rejection crushed her dreams and this causes her to change her mind and quit until the Producer convinces her to come back.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 26 (END) – Confessions and Goodbyes
The night of the Bonbari festival has arrived. With Ko finally making it there, how will Ohana react?
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Shinryaku!? Ika Musume – Episode 1 – Return of Chizuru’s Status Quo!
Finally, the second season of Ika Musume has invaded the blogosphere with the first episode. Of course, if you interested in watching this show and haven’t watched the prequel, I highly suggest doing so before jumping right in or you can get lost pretty easily.
Like in my previous posts of this show, I will split the post into three parts on each sketch showing by brief thoughts about it.
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Final Review
With the start of the 21st century, the so-called Iyashikei genre became popularized, especially with Aria through its gorgeous scenery, focus on friendship, and lighthearted feeling. I tend to enjoy them as it melt the stress from life that gives you a good feeling.
Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe is just that, except it involves a really cute and young Japanese girl living in a foreign country like France. (Image Source)
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Tamayura (OVA) – Episodes 3 & 4 (END) – Finding that Special Place…
At the last half of the story, we get to see Fuu and her friends searching for the spot where her father took that special picture. Through the help of Sayomi, whose driving skills is very dubious, she made this adventure possible.
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Episode 12 (END) – Claude’s Acceptance for Yune
We are finally at the end with Yune obsessing over cats once again. Underneath it all, there are some dramatic and heartwarming moments to resolve Claude’s concern for her.
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Tamayura (OVA) – Episodes 1 & 2 (First Impressions) – Pictures Tell a Thousand Memories
Before the Fall Anime Season begins, I decided to take a look at Tamayura, which is a four episode long OVA involving four girls. Of course, I always tend to like these shows because the nostalgia, lighthearted story and of course, friendship.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 25 – Turmoil and Losing the Kissuisou They Love…
As the employee’s refuse to surrender, they start to work long hours to win the battle. Meanwhile, Ohana becomes increasingly worried about the changes happening around her. She fears that it won’t be the same Kissuisou inn she knew and love once the festival is over.
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Nichijou and Kyoto Animation’s take on Creativity
In the past few years, the Slice of Life genre gained a lot of popularity. Many of these shows while similar have unique stories. As I explained in my editorial about the genre back in 2010, there is really no defined definition of what makes a show a Slice of Life.
In particular, Kyoto Animation has pushed few of the most popular shows of this genre. Lucky Star and K-On has a huge following for cute characters, but both of them have two different premises. The former focuses on the anime subculture and the latter, the true essence of friendship. On the other hand, Nichijou takes a spin of the genre with less emphasis on characters and more on ingenious comedy (Image Source).
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True Tears – Episode 6 – The Growing Tension of Love
Things get problematic as the situation between Shinchiro and everyone else gets tense. In short, poo has definitely hit the fan.
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