Thoughts: Makina needs to let go of Keisei
Overall Rating: 7
I didn’t like the pace of this episode very much. However, it did give necessary buildup. We see that Makina and Oori are still adjusting to their new roles as partners. Makina must go into this special cave to get rid of her old rune from Keisei. She heads places her hand on the stone and the ritual begins. However, Makina’s constant thoughts of Keisei took form and kept her from finishing the ritual. She walked out and fought Saki in order to leave the cave after failing to remove the impurities from herself. She then heads to where Oori is.

Oori and the others relax at the hot springs. The girls talk about Sougi’s first meating with his shikabane hime. He didn’t even know what a shikabane hime was when he contracted her. Quite an odd turn of events there. Makina then shows up in front of Oori after Sougi leaves. She wants him to null the contract between them. Oori refuses to Makina’s request. Saki and her contracted priest show up to stop Makina’s obsession from controling her.

Overall, the episode was a bit slow. I’m hoping the next episode will be a little more interesting. Oori needs to still work on his training and learn some spells. It’d be nice if Makina could also accept Oori fully and get those remaining thoughts of Keisei out of her mind. We’ll be at the end of this series before we know it, and I’m worried we won’t get the character development that’s needed.

Thoughts: Natori and Natsume go to the hot springs together.
Overall Rating: 9
I really enjoyed watching Natori and Natsume meet again in this episode. First, we see Natsume meet a bunch of little spirits carrying something and unable to continue due to water blocking their path. Natsume places a piece of wood over the water, and they are able to pass and continue to their destination. When he returns home he finds a paper charm in his door, which captures and drags him to Natori. What a way to start a reunion after so long. Anyways, Natori wants Natsume to come along with him to the hot springs. Nyanko-Sensei happyily agrees after he learns pets are allowed. It was quite entertaining.

At the hot springs a vase happens to be making noises within their room. Natsume ends up seeing catching a glimpse of a woman stuck in the floorboards on the first floor. One night, the vase opens all of a sudden and the woman comes out of the floor. Her name is written in the Book of Friends and she has Natsume return it. However, she wasn’t planning on letting them live. It seems that it was previously sealed by someone, and Natori came to purify it. He informs Natsume that he used him by having him come to the hot springs to help rid the inn of the spirit. I’m glad Natsume took it rather well, and works together with him to catch the spirit, rather than turning angry and making the mood worse.

Remember the spirts that were carrying the skull in the beginning? Their lord comes and saves Natsume from the evil spirit, and thanks Natsume again for helping him cross the water. Just goes to show how the favor can be returned if you help someone. I liked that aspect of this episode. Natori and Natsume head back after the spirit was taken care of. Glad they stayed on good terms in the end.

Thoughts: It’s Trans-GrahAm!
Overall Rating: 8
This episode was less epic than episode 14. You can tell they’re building up for the next episode. Setsuna is still badly injured from the gunshot wound he received from Ali. He’s able to take refuge at a Katharon base, and Marina takes care of him. She explains about the singing in the previous episode and they deepen their relationship.

We also see that Louise is as angry as ever. Does that surprise anyone? Anyways, it also looks like Regene is now hanging around with Wang Liu Mei again. Maybe they’ll end up betraying Ribbons soon. I could see Regene doing that at least. I’m also hoping that slap Ribbons gave Wang Liu woke her up. Probably not though.

A-Laws decides to attack Celestial Being while they’re resting and Setsuna still hasn’t met up with the Ptolemaios. This shows how much the meisters do rely on 00 Gundam a bit. I’m hoping Tieria’s Seraphim mode at least helps out in the future more. The meisters look like they’re being overpowered, and that new model the Innovator is piloting packs a punch. However, it looks like a coup d’état is happening within the Federation. A-Laws is forced to retreat thanks to this development.

Setsuna leaves Marina’s side in order to search for his companions. He runs into Graham who recently got a new mobile suit. Graham boasts about having a new secret. It turns out he’s got Trans-Am now thanks to Billy. Though, I don’t understand how he can if his GN Particles are not green. So, I doubt he has a filter on it. Either way, it’s going to be interesting to see how Setsuna handles the fight with Graham in the next episode.

Thoughts: Nyanko-sensei can get pretty excited over a snowball fight!
Overall Rating: 9
This episode was probably one of my favorites so far in the whole series. Natsume and Nyanko-sensei head out and eventually have a snowball fight. The guardian statue near them housed a spirit that tries to posess Natsume, but it ends up going into a snowbunny instead. They learn the spirit’s name is Gen, and that he is trying to seal an evil spirit. Natsume let’s Gen stay at his house for the time being while they search for it.

When Natsume returns home, Gen is in his human form sweeping. Gen first tells Natsume that he’s searching for an evil tree, however Natsume researches that the tree has been cut down. They head to an abandoned house and end up finding the evil spirit Gen is looking for. However, the spirit is Sui, the other guardian statue that was destroyed long ago. Gen tells Natsume of the past and how Sui and himself were loved by the villagers. However, when they could not help the crops grow one year, they destroyed Sui’s statue. Sui then became an evil spirit out of her hatred for what the villagers had done.

Gen ends up finding Sui, but both of them lose what little energy they have left when Gen tries to save her. As Gen embraces her they both disappear. It was a pretty touching, and I was surprised they did so much in just one episode. The next episode will be about Natori and Natsume heading to the hot springs. I’m pretty interested in that.

Sora o Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai

Thoughts: Something new and interesting.
Blogging?: Yes
Kyoto Animation surprised me by breaking their chain of high school romance series. I read that this was a remake, and I’ve never seen the original series of Munto. However, I was very impressed with what I saw with this episode. The music and character designs were decent at least. By the looks of what the characters have done, I’d say the potential is there for something new at least. It’s interesting to me, since I haven’t seen any type of action in a Kyo Ani series yet. So, it’ll be fun to see what happens and how the plot develops.

Ride Back

Thoughts: Seemed rather bland
Blogging?: No
This series really didn’t stand out or have anything special that would make me want to continue watching it. I loved the character designs, but the plot was a wreck I’d say.  The whole Iron Horse mech thing was pretty dumb. If they want to make a robot anime, then put in better robots. Also, the girl walked into the right place at the right time to receive a free custom Iron Horse. That made it much less interesting. The main character is also rather boring.

Slayers Evolution-R

Thoughts: The faces are pretty funny
Blogging?: No
I never got into the Slayers series much. They were funny at times, but I couldn’t stand the character designs. The action wasn’t that great either. This episode basically had the same elements as its predecessors. Slayers fans will most likely enjoy this. If you’re just looking for an action series then look elsewhere.

Thoughts: Shichisei makes their move against Makina and Oori.
Overall Rating: 9
This episode had much more plot development than the previous one. I was getting a little scared that we might not see too much happen. I think the graphics slightly were improved too, as they had more depth. I do get a little tired of the quick Keisei flashbacks, since more important scenes could be inserted in their place.

Akasha transports the Shichisei members to Oori and Makina’s location. They get trapped in some kind of barrier that hides their presence.  Makina is battered around and Oori isn’t too skilled at the moment to do anything. I do hope he grows up to be a much stronger person that will be able to help in the battle. Makina is able to overcome their grip on her and unleashes her barrage of bullets. Hokuto approaches Makina and sees her as a mirror for a moment. I don’t really know what this means, but maybe they’re somehow related to each other.

The other contracted priests break through the barrier to help Oori and Makina. Shichisei decides to take their leave. A few other members of Shichisei were introduced, but we still know nothing of their abilities. I still wonder why Oori’s cat does not help him when he needs it, since he also was contracted. I have been really anticipating that cat having a huge impact on future episodes. Overall, it was a good episode, and I liked how Makina picked herself back up near the end. The next episode will probably contain less fighting and more conversations I assume.

Thoughts: Ian awakens from his beauty sleep.
Overall Rating: 10
This was the best episode of the second season on so many levels. The new OP song wasn’t the greatest, but the scenes in it were very nice. I would have rather the song been by the Brilliant Green, since Stereopony just doesn’t do it for me. However, the action and willpower Setsuna displays during this episode is pretty awesome.

The Ptolemaios lands on Earth to undergo repairs. It appears that they barely made it down to earth due to the heavy fire after taking down the Memento Mori. There was also a new mobile armor being tested by an Innovator in the assault. We see that Ian awakens and his injuries weren’t fatal. Setsuna still hasn’t returned since the last battle. Enemies appear and we see Allelujah and Tieria head out. Tieria unveals his Seraphim gundam mode during the battle. He also is able to kill one of the Innovators.

We see that Setsuna runs into Nena to find out the Ptolemaios went down to Earth. He ignores her and doesn’t stay to receive their coordinates. He runs into Ali on his search and follows him to Krugis. Both Ali and Setsuna land and Ribbons shows himself. Setsuna learns that it was in fact Ribbons who saved him that one day in 0 Gundam when he was running desperately to survive from terrorist attacks. That really surprised me, and the way Ribbons explained it made it even worse. Ribbons asks Setsuna to return 00 Gundam, since he believes that he is the rightful pilot. Setsuna ends up getting shot by Ali in the process of trying to shoot Ribbons.

Setsuna and Ali eventually return to their gundams and fight. Ali looks to have the advantage, but he doesn’t know about 00 Gundam’s Trans-Am. Setsuna destroys the Arche gundam and Ali uses his escape pod. If only Marina didn’t sing at that time, we’d be rid of Ali at this point. Setsuna was also able to battle well despite the gunshot wound. However, he’ll need quick medical attention next episode. The episode had a lot going on in it, which is why I rated it so highly.

Thoughts: Some in the cult want to get rid of Makina
Overall Rating: 8
Oori is training to become a contracted priest in order to save Makina. His training consists of catching a rabbit at this point. The purpose is to help him sense the bond he shares with his own shikabane hime. The thing I didn’t like was when he bumped into another shikabane hime and grabbed her boobs by accident. It appears that her contracted priest contracted her while she was on her way to Akihabara, which would explain her cosplay outfit.

I really am interested in what Hokuto actually is. She’s obviously not a normal corpse. I don’t know how she became so powerful and what keeps her around the other corpses. It could be that they messed with her originally or something after she turned into a corpse. Anyways, we learn what most of their goals are this episode at least. I just wonder why they chose Makina to turn into a corpse.

We later see that Makina is drawing evil spirits, since her rune is rotting after Keisei’s death. She didn’t want to forget about Keisei and kept his rune, instead of just accepting Oori’s rune. This episode was a bit of a disappointment since it was more slow than you’d expect. It was just getting viewers ready for the new season in a sense I guess.

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 2

Thoughts: Birdy runs into a childhood friend.
Blogging?: Yes
I’m quite happy to see this series continue. Tsutomu is still inside Birdy’s body and continues to help her when needed. I’m worried about the introduction of the new childhood friend. This could hurt Tsutomu’s parternship with Birdy. He might actually have feelings towards Birdy, since Nakasugi is no longer around. We all know how childhood friend material can turn into a potential relationship. Anyways, this episode was pretty solid and kept me interested in what was happening. The OP wasn’t that bad, and the ED was pretty cute. I can tell this will be a very fun watch.

Asu no Yoichi

Thoughts: Running up an escalator is fun!
Blogging?: No
This episode turned out to be rather enjoyable. However, it disappointed me with all the fan-service. I was hoping this would be more like Nagasarete Airantou’s romance. The OP makes me think that this series may have a decent plot starting soon. I have faith it might pick up if they focus less on the boobs. It’s funny to see a guy who knows nothing of the outside world just walk right into it. I can’t believe Yoichi used that steel cable trying to protect the loli girl. Even if I don’t end up blogging this, it’ll be fun to watch regardless.

Kemono no Souja Erin

Thoughts: Great character designs!
Blogging?: No
The major flaw I find in this series is that the little girl is basically asking to be killed by a monster. Sure, they killed it, but it was in an awkward way to do it. I wasn’t satisfied with how slow the pace was either. However, these character desings are really nice and probably some of the best this whole season. Overall, the episode wasn’t lacking that much, but I found I couldn’t get absorbed into the story and fully enjoy it.

Major 5th Season

Thoughts: This is baseball right? Then why do I see no one playing baseball?
Blogging?: No
I never got the chance to watch the other seasons, but I never felt so bored watching an episode. Akikan was better than this. I expected to see at least some people playing baseball, but there was nothing. I thought I’d give this one a try since I enjoyed One Outs, but I was sadly mistaken. Anyways, there’s a chance it could get better, but I’m not going to suffer by continuing this series.

Koukaku no Regios

Thoughts: Don’t you love bonding with your superior? I feel quite bad for him.
Blogging?: Yes
It was really difficult to decide if I should blog this series. The lack of decent shows this season is astounding. However, if it starts to get boring, I’ll probably drop this really fast. The episode came off as just your standard monster killing shounen series. However, it was a little funny, and I think it’ll get more interesting as we learn more about the other characters. I just hope that some huge love triangle doesn’t develop, or this show is doomed. The OP song was really nice as well, but the random techno music in the battles were annoying.

The Tower of Druaga ~Sword of Uruk~

Thoughts: Quite odd when there are no monsters at Druaga.
Blogging?: No
I wish I would have watched the first season of this or I’d love to blog it. The episode really made me interested in what happend in the first season to the brother. I’ll have to give the first season another try, since I stopped after the first episode confused me. Anyways, the OP was hilarious in its own way. I liked how the characters were seperated and went their own ways after defeating the evil lord in the first season. The character designs were very solid and I like how they remind me of Seirei no Moribito. A good start for a second season I’d say.

Viper’s Creed

Thoughts: Very weak first episode
Blogging?: No
This whole episode was about destroying a few enemy robots. I don’t know how they managed to drag the fight out so much to the point it made me uninterested in what happened next. I’d rather sit through watching Naruto fillers for a whole day. The character designs weren’t that great either. I really saw no plot at all besides risking your life for protecting a city. I’d stay clear from this series if I were you. The blonde haired robot pilot was the only interesting character in the whole episode. Quite disappointing.

Hajime no Ippo

Thoughts: Miyata is the sole reason to watch this series.
Blogging?: No
This season surprised me. I really never got into the first one. However, this episode really got me thinking about strategies instead of just boxing. Ippo was never an interesting character to begin with. However, Miyata turned out to be really interesting on the other hand. He barely is able to make it to the featherweight limit and kept practicing to perfect his technique, but he found out the gap between him and Ippo has gotten even wider. I’m not of a fan of the character designs, but the plot seems to have more depth this season. I think it could be a really fun watch.

Minami-ke Okaeri

Thoughts: Cup Yakisoba Phenomena!
Blogging?: No
If I blogged Minami-ke I’d probably stop enjoying the show. It’s a great show, but I do find it boring at times. This season started off strong, but I do have doubts that it will fall back into being a bit too random. The pen trick was quite funny this episode I’ll admit. The character designs are cute as always and the crazy mouth movements are still there. If the future episodes keep up at this pace it should prove to be quite hilarious for us.