| 4:09am | As the End Nears: ef–What Are We Supposed to Be Feeling? (Part 2) |  | | | In which Mike wonders, after seeing much of its second season, whether the sacred cow he liked best last year was really all that. (This article is the spiritual successor to a similarly titled article last year about School Days’ midpoint.) A couple of months ago, Coburn of Claiming Ground wrote... | | |
| 3:21pm | Mouryou no Hako - 10 | | | | Short Synopsis: Akihiko goes to the box maker to confront him with the things he’s done. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Wow just wow. This episode was simply awesome, and it shows that the creators know exactly what they’re doing with this series. The two episodes of straight... | | |
| 8:44am | Mouryou no Hako - 09 | | | | Short Synopsis: The killer’s identity is confirmed, Yoriko’s mother is in despair and a rather big spoiler happens that you don’t want to find out before you’ve seen episode eight. Highlights: Talk about a change of pacing! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Oh, how... | | |
| 4:45am | Face Off: Ray and Mike Battle Over ‘Mouryou no Hako’ | | | | Ray: [Mouryou no Hako is] too slow paced and by the 10 minute mark I got bored. No, it’s not yaoi, I get that, but I honestly don’t see it as a great show. It’s just dressed up with surealism and bizzaro-ness. Mike: It’s definitely slower paced, sure. But I don’t really... | | |
| 1:19pm | November Summary | | | | I must say that the current Autumn-season has been a really good one so far. There are lots of promising and charming titles, with a wide variety of different styles. #25 (32) - To Aru Majutsu no Index - (7,5/10) - I originally dropped this series, but after I found out that it was going to be 25 episodes,... | | |
| 7:54pm | Mouryou no Hako - 08 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kiba continues to collect clues, and finally all of the four main characters are together. Highlights: It was a long wait, but finally the developments continue. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) The biggest reason why I like this series so much is that even though its story... | | |
| 9:07pm | Mouryou no Hako - 07 | | | | Short Synopsis: Sekiguchi, Toriguchi and Akihiko continue to talk about the various aspects of the boxed murders case. Highlights: Just when I thought that the previous episode was filled with dialogue Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Holy crap; I can hardly believe my eyes. One episode that... | | |
| 5:50pm | Season Stance: Autumn 2008 | | | | 秋季が十分に力で愛し ていません! Nope doesn’t make sense. So I have a fair number blog articles to comment on, but have yet to delve into the subject matter, whoops. I’m also over 20 backlogged episodes for the season, whoops whoops. I also have nothing more to say and so... | | |
| 8:06pm | Mouryou no Hako - 06 | | | | Short Synopsis: Toriguchi shares his theories with Akihiko. Highlights: I can’t recall having seen any episode for the past year that had more dialogue in it than this one Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Wow just wow. When I thought that the previous episode was full of dialogue, this... | | |
| 8:00pm | On plotting the perfect (anime) murder | | | | I’m a huge fan of mystery stories, which meant that I was overjoyed that there was not one but two murder-mystery series this season in the form of Chaos;Head and Mouryou no Hako. The likes of CSI and NCIS are good fun with their Hollywood sheen (the cool music, the SHADES OF JUSTICE and so on)... | | |
| 5:35am | Mouryou no Hako - 04 “Fiery Chariot” | | | | Synopsis: Kiba wonders if Kanako’s abduction is related to the Musashino mutilation incident. Sekiguchi is looking at dismembered body parts scattered on the floor. In his hand, he holds a bloody knife. And he wonders why it didn’t go well. He wonders if it’s because the method... | | |
| 3:34pm | Mouryou no Hako - 05 | | | | Short Synopsis: The fourth main character turns out to be a detective/psychic who gets hired to find Kanako. Highlights: Too. Much. Dialogue! Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) This episode was an absolute nightmare for an inexperienced raw watcher as myself. During the previous episodes, I still... | | |
| 7:43am | Weekly Anime Review (Oct 26 – Nov 1) | | | | I think one of the great things about watching anime is that each season offers different types of shows. I am, personally, surprised by many of the shows that are my favorites of the season. Which just strengthens my conviction that it’s important to keep an open mind when trying to pick anime to... | | |
| 1:41am | Face Off 4: Ray and Mike Speculate on Chaos;Head | | | | Mike: Is it just me, or is Taku’s viewpoint getting more and more closed by the minute? Basically, since we only see things from his viewpoint, it’s starting to feel increasingly unhinged and even claustrophobic and oppressive in a way—like you feel like you’re trapped in his warped... | | |
| 3:34am | Mouryou no Hako, Episode #04 - This is why I watch anime. |  | | | Maipeisu is flypaper for freaks. What better way to kick things off than with a shot of SEKIGUCHI holding a bloody cleaver in front of a girl’s body parts strewn about the background? Oh no, that’s not me being sick, that’s the beginning of the episode. If you think that’s disturbing,... | | |
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