Fullmetal Alchemist S2E29: “The Adults' Way of Life”
Thank you, FMA:B, for being there when I need you.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V S1E5: “Aspiring Apprentice”
Two episodes to go. Two episodes to go. Two episodes to go. Two episodes to go. Two episodes to go.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V S1E4: “The Only Hope”
The answer to my question is apparently "the duel never had any stakes or consequences and was a complete waste of time."
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V S1E3: “Dark Village Pendulum Summon Stolen”
I'm trying to think if there was any age I could have watched this at without seeing at least some of these problems. Maybe at age 4-6? 7, on a bad day?
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood S2E28: “Beyond the Inferno”
Beyond the inferno. Mustang either finding light at the end of the tunnel, or dying. One or the other. Maybe both.
Astro City II #10: “Show 'Em All”
He kinda reminds me of Vermin Supreme, just a little bit.
Of Want and Will (K6BD book 2 analysis)
This volume has a lot going on in it, both in terms of worldbuilding and story progression, and in themes and subtext. With the intricacy of the story and cast both sharply increasing after the end of book one, it's also tricky to organize into a single thesis.
Which, honestly, may be part of the point, because Kill Six Billion Demons is a postmodernist work in both the literary and the political sense.
Kill Six Billion Demons II: “Wielder of Names” (part six)
Zoss knew what he was doing when he chose his heir.
“Ex Machina” #2
The NYPD threatening the democratically elected mayor into not "stepping on their toes." What a far-out, fantastical premise.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood S2E27: “Flame of Vengeance”
That's a Mustang vs. Envy title if I ever heard one. I'm sure once they talk it over and see each other's sides of the story they'll be able to resolve this amicably.
Kill Six Billion Demons: Tales of Ys-Aesma
Ys-Aesma; the chaotic goddess of want, struggle, and aspiration, and the creator of humanity.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes S1E2: “The Battle of Astarte”
I wish I could say that it’s hard to pick a favorite and that both adaptations have their own merits, but I’m not in the business of lying to y’all.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes S1E1: “In the Eternal Night”
I liked the extra bits of worldbuilding that the OVA managed to fit in, as well as spending a little more time on the grunts. Unfortunately, it's still one step forward and ten back when weighed against the merits and flaws of Die Neue These.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - The New Thesis (S1E2): “The Battle of Astarte”
It's been a long time, but we're doing the next episode of the second LotGH adaptation. And, right after this, watching the first two episodes of the older OVA. Probably adapting more or less the same material, so that should be interesting.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood S2E26: “Combined Strength”
Are the Armstrongs actually the result of some previous supersoldier experiment?
Dragonball Z: "History of Trunks"
Bardock managed to capture most of the best aspects of DBZ while circumventing most of the worsts. Trunks, I feel, did the opposite. Aside from that one interesting subversion, everything in it felt like a weaker, reprocessed version of earlier arcs.
Kill Six Billion Demons II: “Wielder of Names” (part four)
Mottom ended up being a much weirder and wackier character than I anticipated, though it remains to be seen how much of that is performative.
