Gauche or Noir?
(Okaerinasai)
"Welcome Home"
This was mostly a heartwarming follow-up to the long-awaited reunion last time; however, the unsettling feeling that Gauche may still be Noir that I got from the preview last time prevented me getting too absorbed into the emotional outpouring from Lag and Sylvette.
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(Shisha no Tamashii ga Nanpasen Oshiageru)
"The Souls of the Dead Raise a Shipwreck"
And so, the classic mystery format begins, with your token screaming girls, writings on the wall, people getting killed, and in the center of it all, an unfazed gothic loli. I think I'm hooked.
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Pandora Mode
Any consideration for me covering the widescreen censored broadcast of this series was quickly dismissed after I realized how unwatchable it is when the entire screen is black for a lot of the scenes. While it makes perfect sense to cover up the nudity, the gruesome depictions of Pandora getting cut up and their limbs dismembered were deemed inappropriate as well.
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(Mizu no Miyako)
"City of Water"
If you felt this season was a bit short on fan-service, then a certain magical index may just make you feel otherwise. All that stuff about magic and science clashing and a story beginning? That's just a cover-up to get sisters out of their nun habits for all to see. Stab Swords and Croce di Pietros don't have anything on this kind of religious taboo.
