Welcome back to my episodic mutterings for season one of Chihayafuru. In the second and third episodes, Chihaya continues to reminisce about the time she met a young boy, named Arata Wataya, who would change her entire life by introducing her to the game of Karuta. Chihayafuru has a marvellous way of expressing the stories…
Episode 16: Seki plays Shogi vs Chess, and Yokoi decided to get some karmic retribution for Seki’s dirty tactics. This was hilarious because the whole karma bit came back to bite Yokoi in the rump and it was great. I wonder if Shogi was the mangaka’s favourite game as it’s made an appearance quite a…
This week’s episodes were all entertaining in their own way and really highlight the imagination that both Seki and Yokoi have. One of the things that I’m really starting to appreciate is Yokoi’s mind. She can get pretty creative and it contributes to her killing just as much time as Seki-kun, which is just too…
My Neighbour Seki: The Master of Killing Time ( となりの関くん ) is a seinen, comedy, anime short series adaptation of the manga written by Takuma Morishige and it revolves around a girl named Rumi Yokoi and the boy who sits beside her, Toshinari Seki, who kills time in some theatric ways during their class period.…
Episode 11: In this episode, the inevitable has happened: signs of goblins scouting the farm where Goblin Slayer resides have popped up, which means they’re planning a grand-scale attack. In an effort to save the people who gave him a home, Goblin Slayer makes a risky request. I wish all of the episodes were like…
Episode 9: So, the motley crew found a magical portal Gate that they believe leads to the goblins home world and is how these goblins have been invading the sewers underneath the city. To be perfectly honest, I kind of checked out of this episode a little bit because I found myself feeling bored. I…
The first two episodes of Fairy Gone didn’t impress me in the least, as it came off very cliché. Actually, I did like the fight sequence in the second episode and was curious to learn more about the dynamics of fairies during battles because of it. However, that also compelled me to go ahead and…
