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Texhnolyze S1E11: Vagrant

Content warning for incest and (at least strongly implied) child sexual abuse.

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Akudama Drive S1E1: “Se7en” (continued)

So, what exactly is an "akudama," then? Still not exactly clear.

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Akudama Drive S1E1: “Se7en”

Also, there's a kitty.

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Fate/Zero S2E2: "Golden Shine" (continued)

It's one of the lesser known Arthurian legends; in some versions of the Second Siege of Camelot story Arthur could turn Excalibur into a lightsaber, but only as long as he kept both hands on the hilt. Nice bit of mythological accuracy here!

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Fate/Zero S2E2: "Golden Shine"

Arturia can use her super attack now. Yay.

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Fate/Zero S2E1: "The Battle of Mion River" (continued)

Resuming this absolutely deranged episode of Fate/Zero.

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Fate/Zero S2E1: "The Battle of Mion River"

This fight scene is sooooooo stupid oh my god

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Texhnolyze S1E10: “Conclusion”

Looks like the son of a bitch is actually down.

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Centaurworld S1E2: "Fragile Things" (continued)

Overall, strongly favorable impression.

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Centaurworld S1E2: "Fragile Things"

It's not quite as existentially horrifying as Bird's face, but it's close.

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Centaurworld S1E1: “Hello Rainbow World”

...it's Charlie the Unicorn.

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Texhnolyze S1E9: “Wiggle”

Please stop raping Ichise.

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Texhnolyze S1E8: "Crucible"

Let's see how Lukuss survives this. Or, if it doesn't, at least how Ichise and Ran survive this.

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Texhnolyze S1E7: "Plot"

One of the more chilling surprise villain reveals that I can readily recall.

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ExoSquad S1E5: "Resist"

I've seen some other western media critic types complain about how much right-wing messaging there is in Japanese animation. I'm seriously looking side-eyed at those people right now.

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ExoSquad S1E4: "Blitzkrieg"

Really just laying on the nazi coding now, I see.

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ExoSquad S1E3: "Hidden Terrors" (continued)

"We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other."

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ExoSquad S1E3: "Hidden Terrors"

Maybe I was giving Zembacca too much credit for his ability to thwart the terran intelligence agencies. It evidently is a very difficult task to fail at.

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“Katalepsis” 1.3

These three chapters haven't given me enough to do any deep analysis, but so far it's good. It strikes a difficult balance between hitting the urban fantasy conventions that we've all seen too many times to take seriously, and engaging with themes of trauma, paranoia, and mental illness in a mature enough way that you HAVE to take it seriously.

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“Katalepsis” 1.2

I've gotten in touch with the author of this story, and she's given her permission for me to reproduce the text in full, like I used to do for my Loveraft readthroughs. So, thank you HY!