Monthly Archives: January 2011

Letter Bee: Reverse – Episodes 15 and 16

By | January 31, 2011 at 12:04 pm | 1 comment

Gauche appears to get his memory back, though all his confirmed memories relate to events regarding Lag or things Lag knew.  As a result, Dr. Thunderbird is concerned that, if Noir is still in control, he could potentially pull off enough of a deception as to pass off as Gauche.  This possibility is further made possible by the fact that Gauche suddenly disappears, though that could also be due to Roda suddenly appearing again, and perhaps kidnapping Gauche.  As it turns out, Dr. Thunderbird’s fears are true as it was merely Noir posing as Gauche.

You aren't Noir anymore, right?

You aren't Noir anymore, right?

However, Lawrence still seemed concerned that Noir wasn’t on their side anymore, so he sent out people to eliminate Noir, so things have become more complicated as Gauche/Noir may not really be on anyone’s side now.  One doesn’t know if this is due to Gauche and Noir having some battle within Gauche, or whether he was Noir all along, or what.

It does seem like Noir had lost Gauche’s memories, so it’s not like Gauche was pretending to be Noir, though I suppose that’s a possibility now if Gauche has Noir’s memories and came to sympathize with his goals.  Gauche also told Lag that he was sorry he didn’t look into what happened to his mother.  But what if he did, and that’s why all of this is happening now?  I guess we’ll find out soon.

Wandering Son – Episode 2

By | January 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm | No Comments

More teen angst in this episode, though none of it really about the transexualism, directly.  Basically, Saorin is mad (and has been mad) at Yoshino for being the object of Shuichi’s affections even though Saorin likes him.  After Saorin is still pissy, Saorin and Yoshino’s shared friend Sasa says that she won’t talk to either of them.  This ultimately leads to Yoshino and Saorin making up in the end.

Saorin gets her tsundere under control

Saorin gets her tsundere under control

So we still have the Saorin-Yoshino-Shuichi love triangle going, though at least a bit more stable now after two episodes.  However, we also have some other minor things such as Makoto wondering if he’s gay, and Shuichi’s sister Maho seems to be conflicted or even jealous over her brother’s crossdressing (becoming rather agitated when her classmates remark that he looks cute).  However, this has a payoff later when a boy in Maho’s class uses the incident to complement her.

We also have Chizuru and her friend Momoko who have now joined the Saorin-Yoshino-Shuichi-Makoto-Sasa friend circle, with Sasa becoming friends with Chi and Yoshino still admiring her for wearing the boys uniform on the first day.

I guess there isn’t really very much to dwell on as far as the future goes as of yet, just observations of what’s going on.  Probably the only thing that is for sure is that the teen angst will continue.

Fractale – Episode 2

By | January 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm | No Comments

Poor Clain goes from hanging out Phyrne, with a time traveling girl who doesn’t mind being seen naked to Nessa, a crazy/spunky girl who Clain doesn’t think is human, but who clearly isn’t a dopple either (and who is strongly suggested at the start of the episode to be the “key to the world”).  Oh, and she can make inanimate objects so crazy too.

Dopple or Human? Or Neither?

Dopple or Human? Or Neither?

Clain’s father also said something which startled him later on: that if they lived at home with Clain, then their freedoms could be curtailed.  It’s hard to say whether he simply meant their personal freedom to move freely (by not being constrained to living in a house) or whether it was meant to be something more broad.  In any case, Clain wasn’t exactly thrilled with the implication that his parents were putting their happiness above his which, really, is kind of the point of the whole dopple system, isn’t it?

Of course, we still don’t really seem to have an idea of what Nessa is, but it seems like whenever Clain wants to be around her, she wants to hang around and he can touch her, but if he doesn’t want her around, he can no longer touch her.  In any case, the three stooges are still intent on knowing who (or what) she is.

For that matter, we still have no clue how the dopples work.  We kind of know the theory, but we don’t know basic info such as…where are the people who are running them, and can they do other tasks while running their dopples (and if so, how?)

A Certain Magical Index II – Episodes 14 and 15

By | January 25, 2011 at 7:30 pm | No Comments

So Touma wins a trip to Italy which, predictably, ends up with him getting mix up with trouble with the Roman Catholic Church again, after running into Orsola, who is moving from Italy to London, with the help of the Amakusas.  Except the Roman Catholics seem to be up to something really big this time, considering that they are sailing with a fleet of ice ships, where Touma and Orsola are trapped.

Return of the (other) Loli-Nun

Return of the (other) Loli-Nun

As I alluded to above, I knew the instant he said he won a trip to Italy that he’d get into something with the Roman Catholics.  At least Index was actually useful this time getting in the way of some Roman Catholic guys trying to cause some trouble, and in fetching the Amakusas so they could save Touma’s ass.

Whatever is going on, it seems like Agnese knows what she’s doing, though I’m still not sure we know the full story of what the Roman Catholic’s goal is.  All we really know is that the spell they want to use can not only destroy a city, but erase it’s entire history.  They were facing a lot of battle nuns, though they apparently didn’t seem to take too kindly to being sacrificed by the flagship, so I wouldn’t be shocked if they helped Touma and friends in the end.

Other than that…I’m not sure what more to say.  There seems to be a Amakusa girl who, I guess, has a thing for Touma and keeps handing him towels.  Somehow I don’t think she’s going to get much attention, though she’s cute enough to deserve some lol.  Also, this show once again portrays the Roman Catholics as pretty brutal, basically declaring Agnese and her entire unit heretics for, I’m assuming, failing during the Orsola ordeal earlier in the season.

Kimi ni Todoke 2 – Episodes 1 and 2

By | January 24, 2011 at 8:04 pm | 2 comments

I watched the first season of this, and it was pretty good, and the second season of it seemed like an obvious thing to pick up. I’m kinda glad a second season was made of this. A lot of times shows like this get made, and then leave you kind of hanging. I should note, there is an “Episode 0,” but it is mainly just a recap episode, in the form of flashbacks by Kurumi, as she goes to buy Valentines chocolates for Kazehaya.

Unsure girl? Check! Unsure Guy? Check! Female Rival for guy? Check! New male rival for girl? Double check!

Unsure girl? Check! Unsure Guy? Check! Female Rival for guy? Check! New male rival for girl? Double check!

Ugh, why do shows have to be like “yay! they’re together” and then something happens (in this case, winter break and a new seating arrangement” and they’re back to where they were half a season ago.  I know Sawako is still insecure and naive, but really?  Of course, Kurumi being up to no good didn’t do anything to help the unsure Sawako at the end of the first episode, but that didn’t want me to just reach through into the TV and smack her around.  I felt bad for Kazehaya because I’m sure he was all unsure now after seeing other people get chocolates from her but not him.

This ends up carrying on until the new school year in April, when a new rival for Sawako shows up, which starts making Kazehaya doubt himself more, as the rival, Kento, is more assertive in his dealings with Sawako as  Kazehaya is.  And even with Kazehaya tries to do something to stave off this rival, Sawako still seems to back off.  It’s enough to make me once again to ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! and make me want to shake some sense into Sawako.  I know that Ayane is trying to be respectful by staying out of things, but maybe she should have a word with Sawako or something lol.

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