This season defied all kinds of initial expectations, for better and for worse.
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Panning the Stream: Summer 2014 Midseason Review
If I had to pick a single word to describe this season, it would have to be “eclectic.”
While this past Spring was dominated by very good sports series, and this past Winter was dominated by, uh… kami, I guess? (it was a pretty weak season), this Summer seems to have taken a cookie out of every genre jar. Action flicks, thrillers, rom-coms, satires, school dramas, period pieces, mysteries, Gothic horrors… you want it, this season has got it. And while none of them have been quite as jaw-droppingly perfect as Spring’s Ping Pong or Mushishi, on the whole I’d say there are a lot of solid, B-range shows on the schedule. It’s made it very hard to trim titles off my watchlist, that’s for sure.
And now that we’re six (or five, in Nobunaga Concerto’s case) episodes into the season, I figured I’d pop back in with some quickie reviews to talk about what’s still working, what reeeally isn’t, and everything in between.
Rule of Three Review, Boys’ Club Digest: Black Butler: Book of Circus, Love Stage!! – Episodes 2-3
Let’s hear it for the boys ♪ —Well, some of them, anyway…
I decided to blog these shows together before I’d actually watched the third episodes, because I figured I could come on here and write a pair of shiny reviews about two male-led series with great humor and likable characters, but… well, things got more than a little unpleasant over on the Love Stage this week, so make that one shiny review and one review with a lot of upset tarnish all over its edges. Ravings and rantings below the jump.
Panning the Stream: Terror in Resonance, Love Stage!!, Momo Kyun Sword
So that’s two huge hits and one wide, WIDE miss.
We’re creeping ever closer to the end of the Premiere Flood, and every time I worry that the stream is going to dry up, the anime gods smile upon us yet again. I mean, sure, sometimes the anime gods poop out a mess like the last show in this trio. But other times they bless us with ambitious thrillers and delightful rom-coms, and for that we should all be grateful.
Ambitious thrillers, delightful rom-coms, and one messy poop below the jump.
The Josei Next Door 