Owarimonogatari: Season 2/ Episode 2 “Hitagi Rendezvous” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Watching “Hitagi Rendezvous” has led me to believe that as much as I enjoy the Monogatari series, I should be so happy it wasn’t an hour back in the day.
Watching “Hitagi Rendezvous” has led me to believe that as much as I enjoy the Monogatari series, I should be so happy it wasn’t an hour back in the day.
For the first time, there isn’t any ecchi moment in Netsuzou Trap. Instead, we get only stuff which would push the story forward.
After watching Kat take on the patriarchy and discrimination, Jane be… Jane, and Sutton work her ass off to get to where she is — we get an episode which has major things happen, but in a very subdued way. Collected Quote(s) I don’t want to change you, but I don’t want to change either.
Greenleaf returns and there is the question of whether Grace is going to Jail and how will everyone will handle their own personal struggles.
While not as good as the Son of Batman trilogy, what Batman and Harley Quinn lacks in a compelling story it makes up for with jokes and… music?
Atypical ends with all that made it great. Cringey moments paired with heartfelt ones alongside cute relationships and the question of: was Elsa’s affair necessary?
It becomes clear Paige may still be Sam’s practice girlfriend and Elsa gets caught with Nick.
As the Winter Formal comes around, so comes a lot of drama. Of which Casey and Sam find themselves in the middle of.
Both Casey and Doug show their cruel side in this episode. Leading to Elsa and Paige having hurt feelings and Sam standing up for himself.
After Yukari makes his move, it seems to have shaken Ririna up to the point she may be forced to acknowledge her feelings. Something Takasaki fears for she is as in love with Yukari as ever.
Dorothy’s backstory is the focus of the episode and while the other girls gave us informative tales, this was perhaps the first one which was heartbreaking.
Daniel returns to Insecure and while things are awkward between the two, Kelli helps push them together. Meanwhile, Molly is propositioned and Lawrence has a threesome.
A slew of reunions come about and only three lead to smiling faces. The rest lead you to believe someone is going to die.
It’s a good episode for Doug and Elsa’s kids. Casey breaks a track record and gets recruited to a fancy school and Sam gets a girlfriend.
We officially learn what Doug did and also see how Elsa reacts to everyone not needing her as much.
The majority of the episode is dedicated to Ernie’s order fighting the lab and which follows maybe the next thing worth getting excited about.
While the groundhog day concept isn’t new, one has to wonder can another production use the narrative in a funny, insightful, or heartfelt way? Well, Naked sort of tries.
Arguably one of the greatest anime series returns and while as verbose as ever, Owarimonogatari makes you feel like being welcomed home. Collected Quote(s) […] she doesn’t know everything, but knows only what she knows, and exposed truths she didn’t need to, and because she forgot truths that she didn’t have to forget, we went…
Devon officially moves to Texas and one of the things the twins have to remember him by gets thrown out and destroyed — by Chelsea.
A long time ago, I said I would just wait for films to come out locally rather than head to NYC to see them. I so badly wished I did that for The Only Living Boy in New York.
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