“The Living Shadow” (part eight)
Hopefully it'll get better again soon. These three chapters weren't as bad as some of the early stuff, but they sure weren't good either.
Texhnolyze S1E3: “Texhnophile”
Honestly, the weakest part of this show for me is how hard it leans on its aesthetics and style. I don't *dislike* the vibe it goes for, but the show spends way too much time setting the vibe with long silent shots, scenery montages, etc without doing much else, and I find the story more engaging than the scenery.
The Living Shadow (part six)
Let's snore through a little more of this slightly embarrassing cultural touchstone.
Texhnolyze S1E2: “Forfeiture” (continued)
His city turned into a hostile desert wasteland around him, leaving him to parch and die and leave his bones on its sandy bedrock.
Texhnolyze S1E2: “Forfeiture”
Losing two limbs in a world where prosthetics are this goddamned hard to talk or write about.
Texhnolyze S1E1: “Stranger”
The minimalist approach to storytelling makes it a little hard for me to get into the characters, since I don't understand much about what they're doing. It also feels like it's struggling to fill its 22 minute runtime without biting the bullet and having people talk. On the other hand, I do like the urban exploration sort of aesthetic, and while I only understand a few bits and pieces of the story it seems like it at least *could* be interesting.
“The Living Shadow” (part one)
The Shadow! He knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, but that's literally the only thing I know about the Shadow. And even that much I only know because of a dad joke (told to me by my literal dad).
Kill Six Billion Demons III: “Seeker of Thrones” (part one)
The saga of Allison "Kill Six Billion Demons" Wanda Ruth, known locally as Killy, as she attempts to rescue her sort-of-boyfriend from the seven sorcerer-kings of the cosmos and maybe accidentally become God or something while she's at it continues now!
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These S1E8: “The Castrop Rebellion”
Empire-focused episodes seem to be head and shoulders better than FPA ones so far.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - The New Thesis (S1E7): “The Capture of Iserlohn Fortress, Pt. 2”
Did they really not know this? HOW could they have really not known this?
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - The New Thesis (S1E6): “The Capture of Iserlohn Fortress, Pt. 1”
Oh well spoil the resolution right there in the fucking episode title why don't you.
Fate/Zero S1E12: “The Grail Beckons”
Type Moon is very good at being popcorn entertainment, but every time it tries to directly engage with big ideas or philosophical themes it faceplants hard.
Fate/Zero S1E11: “Discussing the Grail” (continued)
Easily and by far the worst episode of Fate/Zero so far.