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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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 13 – Family Bonding
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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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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 10 – Ohana’s Fever and Homesickness
After Ohana’s big success from the last episode of dealing with the flood of customers, she has become too dedicated that it eventually caused major fatigue. This leads us to one of the strangest sick episodes I have seen so far.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 9 – Brief Thoughts
From the last episode, the Kissuisou Inn had a sudden surge of customers. With Ohana’s grandmother in the hospital after collapsing, things got stressful rather quickly. After Ohana fetched the notebook with all the customers out and called Nako for help, Ohana sets out to find Tooru.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 8 – Troubles at the Kissuisou Inn
The first time since Episode 5, things get a bit serious as the sudden surge of customers pour into the inn with Takako making the situation even worse with a stream of bad ideas.
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Spring 2011 Midseason Impressions
We are finally at the midway point of the spring season and so far, the shows airing for the most part are very enjoyable. (Image Source)
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Hourou Musuko – Episode 12 (END)
It may have been several weeks after I finished Hourou Musuko Episode 12, but the show was so amazing that I want to share my thoughts on the last episode and the series as a whole.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 7 – Tomoe-san’s Shining Moment
It’s Tomoe’s time to shine at her job and she had so much fun doing it!
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Hidan no Aria – Episodes 4 & 5 – Unmasking the Butei Killer
With the Butei Killer still at large and Kinji desire to quit being a Butei, it leaves Aria no choice but to leave. What she doesn’t realize is that there is someone malicious waiting on the charter plane.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 6 – Clothing Challenge!
Of course, it’s challenge!
In the past several years, business at the Kissuisou inn has been declining for several years… In effort to bring in more potential customers Takako, a business consultant issues an outrageous challenge that Ohana apparently accepts.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 4 and 5 – Lovestrucked, Tsundere Minko…
After the big commotion over Episode 3, everything seems to go back on track with Ohana settling to the new school for the first time. Later, Minko reveals that she has a crush on Tohru, which she is somewhat insecure about.
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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica – Episodes 11-12 (END)
Walpurgis Night has finally come… Armageddon is finally here!
Or is it?
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 3 – Second Coming of OreImouto-like Outrage?
Like the outrage that happened with Ore no Imouto Episode 4, it seems that the aniblogosphere has started the outrage machine again over brief fanservice scenes, the perverseness of Jiroumaru and sudden lighthearted mood of Hanasaku Iroha Episode 3. I believe that this outrage is misguided considering that a slice of life story in my opinion is never meant to be completely consistent.
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Spring 2011 Season Taste Test Score Card
With the taste testing of Spring Anime is coming to a close, I want to share my thoughts wrapped up into one sentence for every show I taste tested. For shows that debuted last week, it will be updated once I watch the second episode. (Image Source)
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Taste Test Part II – Hanasaku Iroha
No matter how much effort Ohana puts into her work, there is one thing about her that astonishes me. She is so independent that she refuses to cooperate with others, which causes silly mistakes.
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Taste Test Part I – Hanasaku Iroha
After the rather disappointing production of Angel Beats, things can only get better for PA Works. When I have watched the first episode of Hanasaku Iroha, the show has already exceeded my expectations.
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Hourou Musuko – Episode 10+11 (Better Half) – Brief Thoughts
If you recall the last episode of Hourou Musuko, the reactions from other students are unfortunate and expected. As I mentioned in my editorial, society has a double standard when it comes to crossdressing. This resulted in unwanted attention when Nitori decides to dress as a girl for school.
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Hourou Musuko – Innocence, Acceptance and Betrayal… (Editorial)
Preface: Hourou Musuko besides Madoka Magica has been one of few shows out of the winter season, which are considered very good. The reason why I have not blogged much about this show since the content in the episodes is hard to explain in episodic posts. So, I thought it would be best to share my thoughts on the events that were important in editorial form.
In the most recent episodes of Hourou Musuko, the story focuses more on the issues Nitori faces in his life that wants to be a girl. Since he is delicate, anything that happens to him will impact him emotionally. This happens when Dori urges him to come out of the closet that causes the whole student body to become shocked. In addition, the play and Anna plays an important role of adding self-confidence for Nitori’s transgenderism.
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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica – Episode 8 – Thoughts and Analysis
Episode 8 was so astonishing! All the angst from Sayaka just blew up rather quickly. Meanwhile, Madoka gets emotionally hurt as Sayaka rips the relationship apart in the path of her destruction. In the center of this mess, we learn more about Kyubey’s sinister plan and the big reveal that Homura is from the future. (Image Source)
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