Nagi no Asukara Episode 13 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 13 – Fingertips Beyond Reach Wow, where do I even begin? Maybe they should stick to the wooden maiden at the next Ofunehiki ceremony? This episode finally brought preparations for the boatdrift ceremony to a head and with some pretty severe consequences. Gods of the sea typically don’t mess around, whether it’s Neptune or Poseidon, and Nagi no Asukara̵...
Golden Time Episode 11 Impressions
Golden Time Episode 11 – Trouble Party Money troubles – We’ve all had them, we all hate them, and as a student I know them far too well. In fact, after fate tried to do math by adding my laptop to a pint of ginger ale, putting me nearly a grand into the red, you could say that I’ve become a bit of an expert on them lately. If it weren’t for my lovely family fattening me up ...
Nagi no Asukara Episode 12 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 12 – I want to be kind What a mess. Nagi no Asukara has to be the biggest love polygon I’ve seen in a while. It seems most of what everyone had to say was said in this episode. Hikari’s father, the head of the village, finally makes landfall and meets Miuna who amusingly calls him her grandpa. Since Akari is getting married to her dad, her relationship to ...
Golden Time Episode 10 Impressions
Golden Time Episode 10 – In the Mirror Season’s greetings and welcome to this catch-up impressions of episode 10 of Golden Time. I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday with your families and didn’t over-stuff yourself like I most certainly did. But now it is time to get back to the anime and what better way to start with than my favorite drama series of the year. We’re...
Nagi no Asukara Episode 11 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 11 – The Changing Times I still can’t believe Kaname pulled it off before even halfway into the series. Following the sledgehammer confession in Episode 10, things are surprisingly very normal. So normal that Chisaki is still going for Hikari, despite having husband material right in front of her. Kaname knows that expecting an answer, let alone a positive one, ...
Golden Time Episode 9 Impressions
Golden Time Episode 9 – With You Again Before I kick off my impressions of episode 9, I would like to apologise for the 4 week delay that came as a result of my PC having an unfortunate run in with a glass of ginger ale. Needless to say, when it is actually possible to pour myself a delicious beverage from one of my fans, the chances of it functioning for long enough to watch the episode, le...
Nagi no Asukara – Episode 10 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 10 – The Saltflake Snow Falls and Falls The plot finally matches the absurdity of the premise in this episode of Nagi no Asukara. Huge revelations are abounds as well as a confession that we all knew was coming, but didn’t expect so soon. Uroko finally reveals the truth of what is going on to Hikari and Manaka; that devastating climate change is underway for bot...
Nagi no Asukara Episode 9 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 9 – Unknown Warmth After a fairly relaxed shopping trip, Episode 9 has started what is an ominous saga in the plot of Nagi no Asukara. It seems the significance of the Sea God and the differences between the sea villagers and the surface people have caught up to our young friends. The saltflake snow continues to fall on both the surface and the village, gradually drop...
Nagi no Asukara Episode 8 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 8 – A Lull in the Sea What’s this? Real character development in my slice-of-life? While Episode 7 was really heavy on plot, this time Hikari is going above and beyond the typical young and rash kid that we see in almost every anime. When Nagi no Asukara began, there was nothing to like about Hikari. He yelled instead of talked, got angry and his closest friends...
Golden Time Episode 8 Impressions
Golden Time Episode 8 – Reset Another week, another sensational episode of my favourite romance of the year, Golden Time. This week’s episode served mainly as a fascinating insight into our main character, Tada Banri and the first thing that I noticed that I had never paid much attention to before is his weird habit of running away whenever he doesn’t want to confront something. Not ju...
Nagi no Asukara Episode 7 Impressions
Nagi no Asukara Episode 7 – The Ofunehiki Shakes Well, that escalated fairly quickly. I had a gut feeling something was going to throw a spanner in the works and complicate the tenuous relationships between the village and the surface following the previous episode. The Wooden Maiden or the Ofunehiki, an offering to the Sea God, is finished and is looking stunning thanks to the hard work of ...
Golden Time Episode 7 Impressions
Golden Time Episode 7 – Masquerade Golden Time has finally gotten into its stride and all the parts have fallen into place. We have passed the quarter-way mark and now the real race begins. One only has to look at Gurren Lagann to see a great series become a million times better after reaching this stage so I am tingling at the prospect of what Golden Time holds in store for us. Bravely marc...