Mirai Nikki Episode 19

It has been a busy week, but I’ve managed to keep watching anime in the evenings even if I haven’t had the energy to post about it here/on TSR afterwards. Cutting down on my ongoing series seems to have been the right decision though, as I’ve only just about kept on top of the ten shows I’m still following…

So in this episode, we learn the identity of the final diary owner, Eleventh. Turns out he’s the mayor! A position he can use to his advantage in the survival game, as seen in the opening scene, where he tearfully convinces the rest of the City Hall that Mother’s Village should be closed down. While he claims this is to ensure the safety of the children living there, due to the facility’s links to the tower bombing, it is obviously meant as an attack on Eighth.

Winter 2012 Mid Season Impressions Pt. 2

Continuing from last time, here are my favorite nine anime series out of those I’m currently watching. One of which I won’t be watching any longer, for reasons that will be explained…

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9 - Inu x Boku SS (NEW)

Winter 2012 Mid Season Impressions Pt. 1

I’m not lying this time! Over the past couple of weeks I’ve finally formed an opinion of the series I’m watching, so it’s time to rank them, starting with the… less impressive ones. And this time, my completionist nature isn’t going to stop the weaker ones from being dropped!

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18 – Toriko

Mirai Nikki Episode 18

Blog views are currently skyrocketing. I don’t know why, but I’m not complaining! Still, is it too much to hope for a few of the hundreds who supposedly view this blog to leave a comment? You know, just to prove you’re real?  I also got added to a fair few people’s friend lists on A-P, which I’m guessing came from here… don’t have a clue who most of you are, but I’ve returned the favour anyway! Always good to make new contacts.

A lot happened in the previous episode of Mirai Nikki, but it was the cliff hanger ending with Yuki’s mother’s death that stuck in my mind.

6 Week Course + OCD = Time to Stall Some Anime?

I’ve signed up for another training course, this time one that’ll last six weeks (though sadly I won’t be staying in luxury accommodation this time). On paper, the first two weeks look to be more of the same, but hopefully a bit less intensive since they’ve got twice as many days to go over it. The four weeks that follow are what I’m really interested in, however…

Mirai Nikki Episode 17

A few hours after posting about my slow internet speeds, they suddenly returned to normal. This allowed me to clear my anime backlog, get hold of Mirai Nikki when it came out, and make this post on time. This, along with a sudden and inexplicable surge in blog views which led to today being it’s busiest day ever, has made me quite happy.

In episode 16 of Mirai Nikki, explosions in Sakurami tower caused the ground underneath Yuki to give way. As he fell, both Yuno and his father Kurou rushed towards him… but whose hand will he grab onto? Episode 17 starts with the same cliffhanger, before taking us on a flashback 14 years into Ai’s past.

Identify the Anime on TSR!

Firstly, I’d like followers to know that my usual Mirai Nikki post may be late this week. Again. I’m experiencing terrible internet speeds, can just about load web pages if I’m patient enough, but getting hold of anime is proving difficult…

Overlooked & Underrated: Don Dracula

Delving deeper into the world of obscure anime, we find Don Dracula! Unlike the last couple of shows I looked at, this is nice and short at just 8 episodes long.

Mirai Nikki Episode 16

January has been a good month for my blog, despite a few delays. We *just* broke last month’s record view count, and with a day to spare!  So if you’re reading this, many thanks. As for what’s attracting this month’s views… I’m overjoyed to see my Creamy Mami post place 4th in view count, but unsurprisingly posts on Mirai Nikki top the list. I honestly don’t know what I’ll do when the series ends.

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Episode 16 begins with the unexpected introduction of a new character: Yuki’s father, Amano Kurou! Having heard about his son’s hospitalization, he decides to pay him a visit.

Winter 2012 Early Impressions… Not Just Yet.

Well, I’ve watched the first episode of everything this season, excluding shorts and sequels to shows I didn’t watch first time around. Based on their first eps, I picked up around half of them (8 series) and dropped the rest. I’ve now seen three episodes of every show I picked up, and around about that time every season is when I usually post my early impressions of them all. But I won’t be doing so this time, because I’m seriously struggling to rank them.