Posted in Soul Eater on May 16th, 2008 20 Comments »
Gaaaay
Eh, can’t say I enjoyed this episode much, which is probably an extension of the fact that I hate Black Star. He’s been given the title of Naruto-lite and anything that’s associated with Naruto is fail by default. On that note, I’m surprised Kishimoto hasn’t just given up and renamed “Naruto” to “Sasuke”, or alternatively […]
Posted in Soul Eater on May 7th, 2008 4 Comments »
Oh god Maka rape, fapfapfap
When faced with insurmountable odds in an anime, there are only a limited amount of options to be had. Victory can be wrought with sheer courage, will power or an exploitable weakness in the enemy, survival for another day can be assured by running the hell away or if your enemy […]
Posted in Soul Eater on April 30th, 2008 11 Comments »
Where’s your symbolism now, NGE religion theorists?
Right, so loose Evangelion reference aside, this episode was pretty good and pretty much exactly what I’ve come to expect of Soul Eater. That is, an above average action filled shounen that doesn’t take itself seriously and has plot continuity and rationale that emphasizes that point. I’m beginning to […]
Posted in Soul Eater on April 25th, 2008 11 Comments »
Wat.
By some admittedly arbitrarily chosen, yet fairly effective standard, prologues usually last in the range of half an episode to one full episode before jumping into the main bit. Yet Soul Eater’s prologue extended a full three episodes without even telling us it was a prologue…nice. Many series would have been a quarter way done […]
The hellish experience of final exams has reached its halfway point and from here on in they’re spread far enough that I don’t have to put blogging on hold to study, so it’s time to play catch up on the stuff I missed.
Additionally, narrowly beating out Vampire Knight (seriously?!) in the poll, Soul Eater will […]