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Popularity: 3% [?]

Rating: 8.1 /10

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So it seems Clannad took a break last week…giving me extra time to stay up to date lol. Anyway, while Kyou/Ryou, Tomoyo and Tomoya are spending a noticeably greater amount of time with him that usual, this only goes to further concrete the fact that Nagisa is the only one for our male lead—which is quite sad, for Ryou and Kyou at least. The bawling feels a little too much for me, but I guess that’s not too bad. It’s not like they go ahead and cut each other up or something, like a certain other anime. I’m interested to see how the other girls’ feelings are wrapped up, since it’s all in quite a big mess at the moment. I suspect it will be soon, as Nagisa’s back now.

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Rating: ???

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I have to say I’m loving D.Gray-man now. It’s finally utilising the great potential of the D.Gray-man manga (a shounen work that I actually really like a lot), and is progressing at a faithful pace as well. Hopefully there won’t be a lot of fillers for some time, though admittedly, the anime will catch up relatively quickly if it continues at this speed. The good thing though, is that while it’s using the manga material, the execution and quality have stayed pretty high. I really can’t wait to see more, despite having read the manga already and knowing what happens (I guess this is the charm of animated pictures lol).

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

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The fact that Noe is becoming so close to Shinichiro when there’s still 5 episodes left suggests that the current pairings may not reflect the end result very accurately. Of course, it could simply be a sign that the two will come across some obstacle in the near future, and must work to overcome it, but this obstacle may well be the cause of their possible undoing. I sure hope so, since I just can’t come to like Noe’s personality. Hiromi is still my favourite, though I have to admit all three girls have undergone some significant character development that has changed their original behavioural patterns quite a bit.

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Rating: 5/10

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Honestly, I forgot about this show. But sorry anyways for being so behind. I find it rather annoying how simple things have gotten. If you take a look at all the complicated issues that the show once had, including Hirose’s blindness and the relationships between some of the characters, you’ll see that practically all of that has been settled. The problem is, these aspects of the show never produced anything other than badly executed quasi-drama and blatant harem comedy. I seriously can’t believe Yui and Kohinata’s relationship turned out so ‘friendly’. I hate to admit it, but this show has something wrong with just about everything it’s done…

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Popularity: 3% [?]

Rating: 8/10

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Ichigo must have quite the confidence if he’s willing to sacrifice some time in fighting Ulquiorra before finding Rukia. Perhaps he thinks that he’ll be able to dispatch the number x espada in a second like he did with that former espada who he fought a while ago. Or maybe he’s just conveniently forgotten about Rukia’s dying reiatsu for the sake of continuing the story and beginning a new battle. The last few scenes of this episode are really well animated in my opinion, and it gets me highly excited for the battle that will come. I just hope the quality keeps up from now.

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Rating: 8/10

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Is this first major arc completed? I think it’s been handled rather well. Again, the development between Horo and Lawrence continues, with fairly high quality and an excellent execution of the underground scenes where Horo goes ‘wolf-form’. xD What surprises me is that no one has decided to come after Horo in the aftermath of the escape. And it seems her identity is no real secret anymore, which means there should be plenty more people like Chloe who will want to hunt her down. There’s also the church, which should be well aware of the situation now. I wonder how things will progress from this point, and what kind of plot the show will take on.

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Popularity: 3% [?]

Rating: 7.8/10

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This episode gives Yuuji a lot of important character development, and will contrast with future events heavily, as you will soon see. Right now though, I like the idea of a more resolute Yuuji, even if it means leaving behind his friends. I’m still waiting for a possible confession to Shana, but as it seems now, I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon. In comparison though, the problem with Yoshida has been set up so that Yuuji definitely needs to resolve it fairly soon. More importantly though, I’m looking forward to the progress of Yuuji and his training, as well as the processions of Bal Masque.

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