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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (Erased): Season 1/ Episode 1 "Flashing Before My Eye" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview For me, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi is everything I wanted Subete ga F ni Naru – The Perfect Insider and Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru to be. It is a murder mystery rooted in reality, but with fantasy elements, and has a well-rounded lead to take you on a journey…

Queen Sugar: Season 1/ Episode 8 "Where With All" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A storm comes to the area and forces everyone to Aunt Vi’s house, included some people Aunt Vi would never willingly invite in. No matter how strong the storm is. Review (with Spoilers) And though the storm came, my heart just opened up. MMMMM! Let me just say, sometimes the writing and acting of…

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Tokyo Ghoul (√A): Season 2/ Episode 1 "New Surge" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Tokyo Ghoul√A begins, from where the last season left off, you are left to wonder how will we get to the inevitable ending. Topic 1: The Battles Rage On – Amon, Touka, and Tsukiyama Topic 2: The Rescue Mission/ Retreat! – Kaneki Topic 3: A Short Goodbye – Kaneki Review (with Spoilers) –…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 12 "Ghoul" [Season Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Kaneki is tortured, Rize becomes his twisted therapist trying to help him understand how odd it is to take all the pain he receives and not give any back. Review (with Spoilers) With the manga ending this week, and the first season, hopefully, ending also this week, it is a hard time to…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 11 "High Spirits" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As the CCG/ Doves go to war with the Aogiri, Kaneki deals with being tortured by Jason as he awaits the chance to escape. Review (with Spoilers) With there being no reason to really support the ghoul faction of Aogiri, much less the CCG, I must admit their face off really doesn’t mean anything…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 9 "Birdcage" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As those of the 11th ward prep for war, the 20th ward members enjoy the calm before the storm. Review (with Spoilers) With Mr. Mado dead, it does present the worry that perhaps Amon would become the new head villain, or maybe Tsukiyama would return. However, instead of that, we are presented the idea…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 8 "Circular" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A deadly face off happens in which only one is allowed to live to tell what happened. Review (with Spoilers) This episode is mostly about discovering the ignorance of the doves/ CCG when it comes to ghouls. For while they are hell bent on genocide, it seems doves haven’t really studied what created ghouls,…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 7 "Captivity" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Ryoko’s death begins Toka’s call for war in which she enacts the first attack. Review (with Spoilers) With Ryoko’s murder by the hands of Mr. Mado comes the question of not only why there is a ghoul genocide against those like Ryoko, but also what happens to ghouls who retaliate? Though those questions…

Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Cloudburst” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Tsukiyama taken down, the doves and Jason return to prominence. Review (with Spoilers) The relationship between Hinami and Ryoko is the primary focus after Toka and Tsukiyama face off. Driving the idea that while ghouls can be fearsome and dangerous creatures, they at the same time are more than capable of creating families,…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Scar” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Though Kaneki appears free, Tsukiyama lurks in the shadows waiting on his delectable prey. Review (with Spoilers) Tsukiyama is such a great villain, but I do feel censorship ruins the episode for all the blood and gore gets blurred out. But, to compensate for the gory bits being censored, we do get quite a…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 4 “Supper” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As our knowledge of the ghoul community expands, so does the number of threats Kaneki may face. Review (with Spoilers) With every ghoul introduced you are forced to wonder if they are friend or foe for, as we learned with Rize, the friendliest of ghouls can have the vilest intentions. But questions about who…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 3 “Dove” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As our knowledge of the ghoul community grows, so does the threat to their existence. Review (with Spoilers) By the end of the episode, there is one question which lingered in my thoughts: How does one become a ghoul? With Kaneki the process was getting Rize’s organs, but how did an elderly man and…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 2 “Incubation” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Kaneki continues to try to fight being a ghoul/ Rize’s encouragement, he almost starves himself to madness. Review (with Spoilers) With this being only the 2nd episode, we still are in the introductory phase of getting to know the main characters. And while there seems to be something brooding in the background, I…

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Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1/ Episode 1 "Tragedy" [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In a less twisted than expected first episode, we meet Kaneki and learn about the ghoul epidemic. Trigger Warning(s): Body Mutilation Review (with Spoilers) Every season there is at least one twisted looking anime which comes out. But unlike horror movies from America, twisted animes usually have a good plot and have something to…

Insecure: Season 1/ Episode 3 "Racist As Fuck" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Issa owns up to her end of her and Lawrence’s relationship problems, as Molly finally gets into “The League.” Also, Issa shows she is more than a token at work. Review (with Spoilers) I scream glory, glory hallelujah for while I can usually find a whole bunch of issues with a show to the…

Humans: Season 1/ Episode 1 [Series Premiere] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Introduction Humans dives into the familiar world of androids, called synths in the series, having human emotions and that being quite scary to the average human. Though, alongside the fear of what synths can become, there is also the constant subject of fearing what they can replace, which is humans. Review (with Spoilers) – Below

Shuumatsu no Izetta (Izetta: The Last Witch): Season 1/ Episode 4 "The Secret of the Witch" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A council of sorts is created to debate how can Izetta play a role in the war at hand, much less if she is as capable as they need her to be. Review (with Spoilers) Perhaps one of the few positive things about the switch to WordPress is that there is a certain community…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 11 "VON" [Series Finale] – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In what feels like the final episode, almost everything is resolved with a blast, a bullet, and one look toward the sky. Review (with Spoilers) I have mixed feelings about this possible ending, if just because it seems so quickly wrapped up that it leaves little in the way of closure. For while it…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 10 "Helter Skelter" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Five finally gets a face to face with Kokonoe after he turns himself in. Review (with Spoilers) With Kokonoe turning himself in, a very surprising move, it helps keep the series interesting. Especially since, after many episodes of her trying to get a moment alone with Kokonoe, Five finally gets what she seemingly wanted…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 9 "Highs & Lows" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Nine (Kokonoe) rushes to finish the final attack and Twelve (Hisami) tries to save Lisa from Five, Shibazaki gives us almost all the information you could want about the Athena Plan. Review (with Spoilers) Assuming Zankyou no Terror goes on for 12 episodes, I think we seriously need one episode dedicated to the…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 8 "My Fair Lady" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview With Shibazaki damn near getting fired, Hisami wanting to tap out, and then Five still trying to draw the boys out, the beginning of the end is here. Review (with Spoilers) As retribution for Shibazaki’s interference in the investigation, he is put on an indefinite suspension. However, with him having this insatiable thirst for…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 7 "Deuce" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Nine (Kokonoe) and Five play a possibly deadly game of chess, Lisa is introduced as Sphinx #3.   Review (with Spoilers) Things are getting really interesting as Five starts to take on the villain role in the show. But, with her becoming the villain, there is a need to questions her motives. After…

Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance): Season 1/ Episode 6 "Ready or Not" – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As Five seeks to draw out her old friends, there is a slight fear she may do so by any means necessary. Review (with Spoilers) Needless to say, Five’s inclusion in the series gives it new life as she becomes a definitive villain which not only brings a new challenge to the members of…