Hmmm, the original .hack (and maybe its spinoffs/sequels, I don't know them as well) just had them go into a coma. They were still technically alive. :^) Also it's not dying in the game that does it. It's being subjected to a particularly bad glitch. Anyway, is it weird that I'm not actually watchi...

I gave this episode a passing 4. But... The vote was settled in the most unsatisfying manner. It was never explained why Check-It-Out did a full 180 and went genocidal, and he just ended up proving Gai's point. Events just seem to conspire to put Gai in the right. Even though he isn't . It would hav...

I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords.

It's kind of a twisted moral but within the rules it is the desirable outcome since sparkling is what fuels their powers isn't it?

So... Since when is God Eater considered eSports?

Not gonna lie... I have no idea why I'm this excited. But regardless, I can't wait for the next episode.

The thing about that that I find hard to believe is that these 'big contracts' involve just a single humagear or just a handful of them. And they aren't particularly outstanding either, doing things that any human can do at a level that a human can reasonably do them. I mean it's a kids show so I'll...

I mean, are they even slaves when they're not even human though? Not to mention to me the moral of the story was to not treat these things like mere tools. Something I don't particularly understand anyway since the show makes it very clear that they're not really human. That said, taking good care o...

Being the dumb westerner that I am, I thought Fuwa was his given name. I'll have to make a note to stick to Yui and Isamu from here on. *Yua. I guess I'm just annoyed that no one's actually said her name so far. I get why Fuwa doesn't, since he seems like an asshole. But Aruto and Yua met several t...

In the past there have been rider shows where the rider has different forms for different purposes that are introduced relatively early in the show. I mean they might go for 20... Or they might stop at 4-5 (not counting the actual upgrade forms).

I'd be glad to see less of the noble woman who sacrifices herself for the cause trope in Japanese media. Didn't a man sacrifice himself for the cause in the same episode? An actual flesh and blood one at that. Anyway I consider this an ok episode. The whole "your dad caused the whole thing&quo...

Wordplay often relies on idiom. Idiom can be different even among different cultures that share a language. It's fascinating, really.

While she didn't defeat any major enemies today, she did show up the Vulcan guy. I mean not that I'm like "women should do better than dudes" but more like, you know, she was played up to be more competent than the other guy. And it turns out she actually is.

Do you also happen to have any idea what's funny about a naked guy exploding his abs?

Sorry, it was in reference to this. This is a nice start and chance of pace from the recent kamen rider series. The weekly bad guys can now henshin and we got a secondary rider just on episode 2? Well looks like this is going to be more like a super sentai than the traditional kamen rider and hopefu...