Oscar has some fun with Alice and Yune after finding some stuff in a storage room. At the same time, Claude departs to see an old client of his father’s.
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Episode 10 – Oscar’s Playfulness and Jean’s Shadow
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 23 – Ko’s Sudden Optimism
Takako decides to track down the con artist in Tokyo that ran away and took the money with her last effort to save the inn. Ohana also tags along to confront her mother about her future and of course, meeting her crush, Ko.
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True Tears – Episode 4 – Tears to the Sky
Shinichiro becomes dismayed over Hiromi’s revealing of her crush on Noe’s brother, Jun. This causes him to avoid her until a certain someone tries to cheer him up.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 22 – Catfights over “Crushes” and the Uncertain Future
With Takako’s and Enishi’s wedding approaching, Minko has yet to resolve her differences with Ohana until now.
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Episode 9 – Camille’s Sorrow
Continuing Alice’s tea party with Yune, Claude becomes absorbed through his childhood memories with Camille.
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Tears to Tiara – Episode 11 – Unfinished Business
Octavia has officially sworn her loyalty with the Gaels after realizing that she will never change the empire and wanted a different outlook in life. Since then, Lydia wants to resolve some unfinished business with her
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True Tears – Episode 3 – Brief Thoughts & Hurricane Updates
Following Noe’s first meeting with Shinichiro, she became increasingly interested in him. Meanwhile, Hiromi becomes anxious of him getting a girlfriend that she needs to get a boyfriend too.
Additionally, there are updates regarding the hurricane below the impressions.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 21 – Love = Double the Trouble
After focusing heavily on the side characters, plot finally returns when Enishi and Takako decides to marry each other. Unfortunately, the planning of their wedding sparks some love triangle drama between Minko, Ohana and Tooru. Poo has certainly hit the fan for sure!
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Episode 8 – Alice’s Fairytale
After Yune is finally cured from her cold, Alice invites he and Claude to a tea party. While Yune and Alice tell each other’s fairy tales, Claude reminisces a few moments from their childhood when he was with Camille.
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Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe – Episode 7 – Claude’s Cold Attitude and Yune’s Illness
After Yune spent a whole day taking pictures in cute dresses, it’s noticeable that she has caught a cold with a subtle sneeze from the last episode. Sadly, her cold worsened along with Claude being a big jerk eventually led to the inevitable.
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True Tears – Episode 1 & 2 (First Impressions)
For a while now, I wanted to watch True Tears, PA Works’s first production before they produced other anime such as Canaan, Angel Beats and the now airing Hanasaku Iroha. While the latter having a few similarities since Mari Okada worked on both series, the focus is primarily on the love triangle that slowly develops with Shinichiro and the two girls, Hiromi and Noe.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 19 – Aloof Minko and her war against Omurice
With the school festival coming in a matter of days, Ohana is very excited about her class’s plan to do a Princess Cafè. For Minko, she takes it a bit too seriously…
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Ano Hana – Episodes 3 & 4 – Finding Menma
After Poppo finally brought Jinta and Naruko a bit closer, things are starting to look brighter for the revival of the Super Peace Busters. Also, more things are revealed about Jinta’s hikikomori along with a shocking surprise.
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Ano Hana – Brief First Impressions (Episodes 1 & 2)
This year, there doesn’t seem to be any shortage of anime filled with drama and tear-jerking moments. Madoka Magica, Hourou Musuko and to a certain extent Hanasaku Iroha have shown us some of the most dramatic scenes thus far. However, Ano Hi Mita Hana No Namae O Bokutachi Wa Mada Shiranai, which perhaps holds the longest title in anime history takes it to an entirely different level with a childhood friend tragedy. (Image Source)
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 17 – Wait for it…
Enishi did not see this one coming at all… and fell into a SCAM!
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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha – Episodes 10 & 11 – The Final Battle and Precia Testarossa’s Hidden Secret
With the remaining Jewel Seeds found and capture, Nanoha gets a brief break with her friends before the final showdown against Fate.
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Gosick – Episode 24 (END) – End of the War and the Heartwarming Reunion
The war is finally raging, will Kazuya be able to pull through and see Victorique again? Well, the outcome is obvious!
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 13 – Family Bonding
Since Satsuki finally decides to grant Ohana’s wish to visit the Kissuisou Inn, it looks like things are about to get crazy… or maybe not as she wants to make up with her mother.
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha – Episode 9 – Final Jewel Seeds and Breaking Fate’s Lonliness
Since Nanoha and Yuuno have accepted the Time and Space Administration’s offer to help collect the remaining Jewel Seeds, six more remains in the ocean. During the time of finding the remaining Jewel Seeds, Nanoha recalls the time when she was lonely that will influence her to help Fate.
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Gosick – Episode 23 – Cordelia’s Revenge and the Sea of Grief
Since Albert opened his Pandora’s box of evil, the storm has begun and there is no turning back… Or is it?
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha – Episode 7 – The Aftermath…
Providing that decent subs for Hanasaku Iroha isn’t out yet, I may as well try to complete a very familiar magical girl series that I left collecting dust from the summer. That’s right! It’s Nanoha and hopefully I’ll finish this before watching the movie in the coming weeks.
Since the post I have written for Episode 7 got deleted when I tried changing the URL, I may as well revisit it.
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Gosick – Episode 22 – Tragic Separation and Start of the Storm…
The preview lied… Kazuya and Victorique really got separated!
As unexpected, the preview from the last episode was really misleading. I thought they would have some fun together on Christmas considering that it’s Victorique’s birthday! Sadly, things don’t always turn out as Kazuya wanted to… thus leading us to the finale of their story.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 12
After Ohana had her world turned upside down in the last episode, things turn out for the better for her mother. As for Ohana’s love interest, well…
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 11
Even with the hard effort Ohana puts into the inn, it’s not enough to stop the slanderous reviews that swept through all the inns in the Yunosagi Hot Springs. In order to make things right, she goes on a journey to fight against the person who wrote those reviews until she finds out the shocking truth.
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