Retsgip’s Anime Blog

Darkshaunz readies for the crash n’ burn

Score: 6.0/10

Another late entry for Bleach this week, as I have become innundated with a barrage of university assignments. Alright, what is there to say for this week’s episode? It was shit, yeah that would pretty much sum it up. Our friend Danny scored it with a 7, but then again he has a greater propensity for patience when it comes to rage-inducing episodes such as this one. Bleach anime at the moment resembles a plane that just took off on a promising flight, only to be hijacked by the AL-QUALITY terrorists and forced down to the ground at 300 km per hour until the craft smashes into a fiery death, taking down all the Bleach fans in the passenger cabin. To the guys over at Bleach Inc., make sure shit is happening in an episode, even if it’s non-filler.

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Darkshaunz comes out to play After Dark

Score: 8.0/10

Bleach is back this week, despite a “scare” by Dattebayo that they were going to drop it for Genshiken S2 (YHBT). I can tell the Bleach community is abuzz with the latest Bleach OP on offer. My only complaint is the usual, there’s just not enough Rukia in the intro and it lacks the suave and trendy style which was present in the first OP. Let’s face it, the first intro is by far superior to any that we’ve seen so far. Granted, this new OP is by no means “Bad”, it’s just the same related-to-arc crap which all the other anime are doing. Let’s get stuck into it before my fanboy starts showing and my rabies-foam starts to cover my LCD screen.

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Darkshaunz contracts CLANNAIDS

Score: AIDS/10

Some of the anime communities I observe seem to be up in joyful glee, high-fiving each other and humping the nearest Kyou cardboard cutout at the release at Kyoto Animation’s latest, CLANNAD. When I first heard of CLANNAD, I thought it was a Heavy metal band or a Chapter from the God-Emperor’s Imperial Guard. So like all e-tough guys saying, “I will resist this bandwagon and never succumb!”, I succumb like a kitten tempted by a wollen ball. I can see why CLANNAD will be the Blizzard Entertainment of anime, Kyoani’s relentless assault on defining genres seems unstoppable, and lest writers like myself may continue to reject these abominations, we can’t help but want to Hug the shit out of Nagisa.

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Darkshaunz samples this “Pure” Rouge

In collaboration with Abanzai! anime blog

There was no Bleach this week, but I didn’t realize it. I was too busy refreshing Tokyo Toshokan like some deranged hermit about to get laid for the first time (alas, no cake). So you know what this means folks, Hard-drive roulette time. I decided that I was looking for the title which sounded like it would involve an engaging and unique storyline, “Kimikiss-Pure Rouge” sounded like a winner, only because I’ve never seen an anime title like that before. It’s safe to say that the only thing unique about this series so far is its title.

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Darkshaunz looks forward to the coming installments

There’s not much to talk about in this week’s Bleach episode. It’s your typical transition-to-main arc fare which just outlines the things we should expect in the coming weeks. There’s no score attached because there was nothing as such to score. Animation and all that shit came through looking decent, but it’s great to see Ishida and Chad getting into the big picture again. Reminds me of when Bleach was at it’s peak, Soul Society arc. Can this new arc lead us into the land of awesome?

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