Steins;Gate – 10

「相生のホメオスタシス」 (Sōsei no Homeosutashisu)
"Homeostasis of Compliments"

Okabe is a pretty nice person, because you'd have to be if you're going to let people join to help them with their problems by changing time.

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II – 09

「2年B組長瀬先生」 (Ninen B-gumi Nagase-Sensei)
"Year 2 Class B Nagase-Sensei"

Time to start another capture, and this time it's student teacher Nagase Jun. To start off, I came into this thinking that Keima would have to capture a real teacher; something that I think would have been pretty interesting to watch. Looking past the inherent problems with dating your teacher, it would have made for a some interesting situations and a great arc right?!

Nichijou – 10

「日常 10」 (Nichijou 10)
"My Ordinary Life 10"

I'll admit that I have slowly been warming up to Mai. While I'm a big fan of being a good friend, I was dying when she was being a total jerk without being a jerk. In a match of wits, I don't think anyone would be able to stand up to Mai and it was pure genius what she did to Yuuko this week.

A-Channel – 09

「プレゼント - Abstract Art」 (Present)
"Present - Abstract Art"

While I can't put my finger on it, something didn't feel quite right this week. Unlike Nichijou which survives off of its unique humor and extreme randomness, A-Channel just doesn't feel right with all these different random elements coming into play. At the same time, I wish that they'd integrate the "different then the norm" pairings. Instead of seeing Nagi with Yuuko and Tooru with Run, it was really fun watching things get jumbled up.

GOSICK – 20

「ファントムの幽霊に導かれる」 (Fantomu no Yūrei ni Michibika Reru)
"Guided by the Phantom's Ghost"

After what cruelty the Marquis proved he was capable of last week, I was thinking Victorique might be in some similar levels of pain herself, but everything went better than expected.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko – 08

「ツィオルコフスキーの祈り」 (Tsiorukofusukī no Inori)
"Tsiolkovsky's Prayer"

I suppose it's clever that this four episode arc was really about Meme, who apparently spent 28 years before coming up with an idea to stop grandma from thinking about the gods taking away her life, an idea which was only triggered by Yamam- Ashiro anyway.

Retrospective Look – May 2011

As I alluded to last month, I'm bowing out of the monthly posts for the rest of the season, as these three months are all about Kiiragi, Prooof, and Takaii's coverage of anime. Please see below for a comparative take on all the shows they're watching.

Changes since last month:

  • Kiiragi dropped Deadman Wonderland and Hidan no Aria.
  • Prooof picked up Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.
  • Takaii picked up Denpa Onno to Seishun Otoko.
  • Note: Once again, please be considerate of others who may be interested in picking up a series after reading about it here by placing discussion of any major spoilers in <spoiler></spoiler> tags. There will be little to no tolerance for anyone intentionally spoiling the enjoyment of others.