Revue Starlight ep 11
Wakarimasu, I think! Hikari seemingly
sacrifices herself so as to not takeaway the other girls shine, but in doing so has changed the story of Starlight! It doesn't seem to work initially as
everyone is back in the order from the 99th edition, including Karen at the bottom of the billing, but Karen is
determined to find out what has happened to Hikari.
Steins;Gate 0 ep 20
At first I was like hang-on, how'd that happen (the 2 week gap didn't help) and then they explained it using sci-fi convenience.
Kakuriyo - Bed and Breakfast for Spirits - ep 26 (complete)
The ceremony concludes. I like the way Aoi’s past gets linked into the story and how the cute sidekick, dispite being mostly annoying, actually has an important role to play. The ending feels like there could be more as it didn't resolve, what I thought was going to be the through line.
Overall it was a nice show. It was very much like Magus' Bride in many ways, but with Japanese folklore instead. The art and animation wasn't quite on the same level, but I liked it a little bit better, especially the second half where Aoi had to stand up for herself more (although the master was still there to help out). I thought they were going go for the same ending (
a wedding), and if they did I felt it would have been more earnt than Magus' Bride, but the ending didn't go that way and left it open for more.
7/10
Holmes of Kyoto ep 12 (complete)
Another appraisal-off. More arguing with Ensho and more will they-won't they.
Overall some interesting bits, but some of it was very samey. It had that frustrating will they-won't they aspect of a lot of anime romance stories where they both clearly fancy each other, but won't commit (you
don't even get the payoff of the last minute confession that you usually get either, unless you take Holmes' "the moon is beautiful tonight" as an indirect one!) Art and animation weren't anything to write home about either.
6/10
Encouragement of Climb s3 e13
Enjoyable last episode with the girls bond growing stronger after what happened in this season.
Overall a good season with some nice moments, but the drama dragged it down a little. Seemed to focus more on the characters rather than the climbing, but that's OK. The Art and animation is really good (it helps having shorter episodes I guess). I hope the message at the end comes true, we need to see
Aoi conquer Mt. Fuji
7/10