Tune of the Week(ish) Bunny Girl Senpai’s Fukashigi no Carte

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Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai was one of the best animes of last year, if not the best. It is only fitting that it had some good music to boot! The tune of the week(ish) this week is the ending of Bunny Girl Senpai: Fukashigi no Carte, sung by the main female cast!

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Don’t @ Me: Ten of my Anime Opinions

New topic time! Welcome to Don’t @ Me, where I rattle off a list of anime opinions that I have. From the hip, with little actual thought put to them. These are raw opinions that could change tomorrow, or never at all! Most all of it’s an excuse to do an easy blog post and keep things up to date. My first ten are after the cut!

On my Radar for Winter 2019: The Eight Episode Check In!

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Winter 2019 has well passed the halfway point and the anime season has been humming along. My thoughts on the shows I’ve watched up until are right after the cut. What’s been dropped? What’s held out? Let’s take a dive and find out!

Winter Anime Season yet no animes with snow. The industry has failed.

Fate Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly: Escalation into Madness

This shallow dive is going to be a bit different because to discuss this movie the way I want to, I have to get into major spoilers of the film itself and overall plot points of the main Fate timeline. So before the cut, I’m going to list off the main points that people will probably want to know about the flick, then get into more spoiler stuff afterward.

• This movie is absolutely amazing and Ufotable has done it again. Well worth the wait and is the payoff we needed.
• Yes, this movie has a “sex scene” in it and it is done in a tasteful way that strikes a perfect compromise between adaptation and tribute to the original visual novel. I expect a bit more skin in the blue-ray release. I applaud the director for having the courage to acknowledge the O.G Fate visual novel.
• Illya’s role in the route has been scaled back significantly so far. Obviously, the director wanted to have the entire focus be on Sakura and Shirou. I (and I’m a huge Illya fan) agree that this was probably the best way to go. I’ll have more to say on this once I’ve read the Heaven’s Feel route.
• There is only one real action scene and while it is animated BEAUTIFULLY, it is a bit hard to follow sometimes.
• This movie, along with Presage Flower is absolutely not for first time Fate Fans. I said that in the last review, but it goes double here. You need to have at least watched Fate/Zero and Unlimited Blade Works to fully enjoy this film

Alright, after the cut let’s take a dive into the second movie of the Heaven’s Feel trilogy: Fate Stay Night Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly.

The only time we may ever hear Sasuke say he loves Sakura

Tune of the Week(ish) Rising of the Shield Hero’s Rise

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The hit anime of the season also has one of the best opening themes! The tune of week(ish) is Rising of the Shield Hero’s Rise, by MADKID

ReZero’s Natsuki Subaru Part II: Save the World by Saving Yourself

“Before you try to save the world, you need to first try and save yourself.”

I’ve made it clear on his blog that I am a big proponent of the idea of “self-reflection”. The concept of looking back at one’s deeds and actions and pondering on them, whether they were right or wrong, and how it defines oneself both in the past and the future. I’ve talked about this in manga and anime as well, most notable with Issei in the fourth season of High School DxD. It has also allowed myself personally to come to terms with my dislike of Shinmai Maou no Testament, and not devolve into one of those idiots who makes post after post or video after video decrying something they dislike.

Frankly, I think self-reflection is vitally important to how we can behave and act properly in this world, and seeing it in anime has raised many series from good work, to great ones, and that is no truer than with ReZero. After the cut let’s continue our character dive into the main lead: Natsuki Subaru.

Still, a long way to go, my friend,

Tune of the Week(ish): Konosuba’s Fantastic Dreamers

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Not much to say today, this is just a catchy beat and the show itself is a comedic gold mine. Enjoy the tune of the week. Konosuba!’s first opening theme. Fantastic Dreamers by Machico!