The Bots Master S1E1: "Adios ZZ"
The most interesting thing about this pilot is that, with a bit of tinkering, it could have easily been another show's villain backstory episode.
Kill Six Billion Demons IV: “King of Swords” (part one)
Well, he definitely seems like the sanest of the Black Kings we've met so far, regardless of whether or not he's the best intentioned.
Look Back (part two)
They enter their senior year of high school with multiple publications under their belts, and a bright future ahead of them doing hard labor in the Shonen Jump mines under the lash of a Shueisha taskmaster
Usagi Yojimbo #4: "Bounty Hunter"
Heh, I probably should have seen this coming from the beginning when Genno made a point of telling the innkeeper to put everything on credit.
Kill Six Billion Demons Volume III: Seeker of Thrones (Final Analysis)
Most importantly, "Wielder" was about the poison of inaction and learned helplessness, while "Seeker" is about the hazards of action and power.
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War S2E4: "Ai Hayasaka Wants Him to Fall for Her" (Uncle Sam Wants You to Fall for Ai Hayasaka)
...is this a dream sequence?This is feeling a lot like a dream sequence.
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War S2E4: "Ai Hayasaka Wants Him to Fall for Her"
Less than two minutes into this episode, and I'm already terrified.
Kill Six Billion Demons III: "Seeker of Thrones" (finale)
White Chain will teach her to smash the enemy, and Cio will teach her to smash pussy. The training montage is going to be interesting.
The Medusa Chronicles Chapter 1: Encounter in the Deep (parts 2-3)
=So far, my verdict on this book is "wake me up when the talking chimps are back."
The Medusa Chronicles (prologue)
I'm sort of wryly amused by this being a near-utopian optimistic vision of the future, but almost everyone in it being such an asshole. Climate change reversed, ecosystems restored, humanity unified under a democratic government, colonies on Mars, but you can't go a page through it without wishing Howard really did have built-in missile launchers he could use on these twats.
Kill Six Billion Demons III: "Seeker of Thrones" (part twelve)
Mammon's power word of "Tower" is finally living up to its Tarot card namesake.
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War S2E2: "People Want to Do Things"
It's too bad there are still two seasons left to go; if not for that, I'd think "Kaguya dates Miyuki's sister" would be a clever subversive ending to the story, assuming that Miyuki gets a satisfying ending of his own to complement it.
Kill Six Billion Demons III: "Seeker of Thrones" (part eleven)
I actually thought she was shooting a laser beam out of her left nipple-spikes before I realized it was the handle of her energy-axe. Oh well.
Kaguya-Sama: Love is War S2E1: "Holy Fuck You Thought the Last Episode Title Was Long Just Get A Load of This Absolute Leviathan of Text"
I get that the episodes are named after the manga chapters that they're adapting, but once you're mashing four or five of them together without any truncation I think you might need an intervention. Seriously, how are people even supposed to refer to these episodes?
Fate/Zero S2E12: "Fate/Zero" (continued even more)
So, that's that. Fate/Zero is not good. It looks better than it is if you squint from a certain angle, but even that falls apart once you hit the finale.
Fate/Zero S2E12: "Fate/Zero" (continued)
I mean, is anyone surprised at this point? Anyone at all? Even a little?
Fate/Zero S2E12: "Fate/Zero"
I see the words "Fate/Zero," and I have an immediate, positive emotional response because of how long I spent mostly liking it. It only takes a second for my mind to catch up to where I am right now, and I just feel this crushing dissonance that almost makes my head spin. I've seen other shows whose quality fluctuated massively from season to season, but in this case the story was adapted (very closely) from a single book by a single author.