Sket Dance – 67

Accel World – 15

The newbie in Kendo club aka Noumi Seiji targets the main Burst Linkers in school. I’m not sure he’s aware of Black Lotus or not (he should be with his hide-name hack), but he has gall enough to target the only flying duel avatar aka Haru. Chiyu gets embroiled in his business when she tries to defend him. End Result? An emo Haru. I know, NO ONE wanted this turn of events but seriously, this guy just needs to be kicked around like a ball to stop being emo and DO SOMETHING rather than alienating his own friends and being a complete loser (oh man, Guilty Crown nightmares coming through with all those boyish tears and whining… Ugh!). Anyways, what made it all worth it though is ASH-BRO, who is such a total BRO! Bonus points to whoever recognized the crazy voice work by Suzumura Kenichi with Japanese-Engrish combination. I remember him being over the top from Haru’s first fight but not so CRAZY and whatever hate I was feeling for Accel World (and why I had to marathon it in the first place), dissipated with AshBro Roller doing his thang~ Now, really looking forward to some intellectual advice from Icarus-sensei and resolution to the goddamn bully.

Fairy Tail – 140

Kuroko no Basuke – 16

ANYWAYS, this episode isn’t actually about Aomine, despite how much I’ve talked about him already. It’s about his teammates! We get to see his teammates in action, and compare their individual play style to Seirin’s teamwork. I think we all can guess that the lesson at the end of the day will be that “there is no i in team.” Basketball is a team sport, so this isn’t any sort of outlandish philosophy to follow for the game. You can’t away on pure strength alone forever. But for now, that pure strength is doing a damn good job of shutting down Seirin. Not only are the players really talented, but they have Momoi on their side. I actually really like that past MiraGen members are narrators for the game and explain intricate details about the players. It gives us inside info and changes up the perspective by switching from on the court to how the spectators see it. Momoi is kind of…boring now that I see her ability. Basically she is Inui from Prince of Tennis, except she just gives the data to her players. She may be able to process all that data, but it’s a big stretch to say that every player on the team memorizes all the stats she gives them and acts accordingly. There’s just too much tot think about during such a lightning-fast sport. If Momoi were playing herself, this might make more sense. (Feel free to yell at me for nitpicking about the believability of Momoi’s ability when Kuroko uses voodoo gypsy magic to win).

You would think having Nakai Kazuya voicing someone (ANYONE) in a show would be enough to carry the episode, but this week was a bit boring. Momoi went into detail about every player’s abilities – mostly things we already know. The new facts could have been explained a lot more quickly too. The match was mostly spent explaining Momoi’s kind of dumb skill and Seirin’s abilities, which ate up all the cool moments where they actually play an interesting match. The magic just wasn’t there. I will give them credit for making me forget about Kuroko in the first few minutes and shocking me when he suddenly appeared for a screen. It’s amazing that he has such a low presence that even the viewers lose track of him. With Aomine ready to roll for next week’s episode, I doubt I’ll forget about Kurokocchi since we’re probably getting an intense showdown. YAROU ZE~ ;D<

Koi Choco – Episode 03

Elections are in full swing now, and as I mentioned before, they’re taken much more seriously by the students than any school I’ve ever attended. It’s a good direction for this show however because it counterbalances the silliness and exaggerated personalities of the characters, much like the ongoing mystery from week one. With that said, an unbalance of those two sides might be the downfall of KoiChoco, especially if the show ever gets too focused on the seriousness of the election and forgets that the divide between the comedy/drama is what makes each week so fun to watch. I still feel as though the side characters are the highlight of the show so far, they’re far more interesting then generic male-lead and boring-tsundere. Yume, for example, consistently makes me laugh.

“Yaku” the former president is definitely hiding his true motives for helping the Research Club, those closed eyes and cordial grin are always an easy giveaway. I’m attempting to piece together his reason, but there isn’t much to go by. The event from the beginning of episode one is related without a doubt. Another curious character this week was the alcoholic sensei, who is connected to both sides of the election as the half-sister of Satsuki and … eh, “guardian” of Ooshima? The hug at the end came out of nowhere. Michiru might be getting an episode focus next week, so I look forward to it! Until next time~