Category Archives: All Reviews

Group heading for, what else, all reviews.

Ichika’s STILL a Dumbass … But so’s Houki

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Ubu Roi

So I was threatening to derail a conversation over at Chizumatic into a two-sided discussion of Infinite Stratos, and decided to move my response to Topkiller over here. I’ve only got a few minutes on lunch, so I’ll be brief. … Continue reading →

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Update on the Season (and me)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Ubu Roi

Well, I’ve had a lot of time to watch anime this season, for reasons I’ll go into later. Not that I’ve taken major advantage of it; this season is definitely sub par. Does it still reek? I’d have to say … Continue reading →

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NewsFlash! This Season Reeks!

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ubu Roi

So, I actually spent some time watching anime Sunday. I thought last season was bad. I only thought this season looked worse. Dear Kami-sama, what the hell is Japan doing? Samurai Girls 2 (Samurai Bride): I was skipping by ten … Continue reading →

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Grrrrrrr. Of Fairy Tail and aggravating glitches

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Ubu Roi

So I was going to reply to this comment over at SDB’s: So I just finished the Laxus arc (ep 48), and what I’m beginning to realize is that the battles in this show are kind of like the ones … Continue reading →

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Sword Art Online, Reflections from ep. 17

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Ubu Roi

I started to type this as a brief comment over at Brickmuppet’s place, but there’s a minor glitch in which it thinks I’m banned. It’s happened before; not worth bothering Pixy about. And then I got wordy…. Suffice to say, … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics of an Antihero (rogue hero, maverick hero, whatever)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Ubu Roi

SubDESU is not exactly covering themselves with glory here; some of the translations were pretty….stilted. But beggars can’t be choosers and its not like I”m going to learn Japanese. Anyway, this was fairly average. Definitely not as fun as Campione, … Continue reading →

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Campione, Ep. 1

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Ubu Roi

When last I left you, I had read the first published novel (third story) of Campione! and was downloading the first episode. As I suspected, it was the first story chronologically (third novel). It was also a slam-bang barrel of … Continue reading →

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