Mirai Nikki – 18

「混線」 (Konsen)
"Crossed Lines"

There are an awful lot of revelations in this episode, some more obvious than others, but I suspect it will mostly be remembered as the one where Yuki finally “manned up”. I doubt that will satisfy the legions of haters out there, but at least the specifics of the complaints might change a little.

Mirai Nikki – 17

「家族割り」 (Kazoku Wari)
"Family Discount"

Sometimes in an anime, a character will say something that’s been obvious to the viewer all along, but never muttered aloud on screen. The interesting part comes in seeing how the characters react to it.

Mirai Nikki – 11

「サービス終了」 (Sābisu Shūryō)
"Service Termination"

This episode of Mirai Nikki was a bit of a roller-coaster, quality-wise, but it was so exhilaratingly paced that I can overlook some of the deficiencies in deference to the sheer entertainment value.

Mirai Nikki – 10

「家族プラン」 (Kazoku Puran)
"Family Plan"

This episode is proof for me that a director doesn’t have to make a word-for-word adaptation of a manga for it to be a good adaptation – or a faithful one. Manga is not anime, and the same structures that work well with one don’t always work with the other.