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Originally Posted by Locke

Any other current season anime worth checking out? In a blink I realised I'm actually almost completely caught up with this show and by the time I do that I'll probably also be watching the last episode. And after watching this show, I have hope for anime again.

Kill la Kill 18.

Only in a show this consistently insane, can a twist like this actually work so well. Kill la Kill may not have been the best anime I've ever watched, but when it works it REALLY works. And that says a lot, as I don;t usually like it when silly shows suddenly go all dark and brutal, but damn.

Plus man the action this week was AMAZING. I just think Ryuuko is great, massive crush over here, but I also think it's handled really well too. It'd be so easy to make someone as powerful as Ryuuko boring, but somehow she's always brilliant to watch because this is just such an insane show.

There are some parts of this show which I feel just a little too juvenile in the "edgy" department, though, and this was especially true of this episode as the focus really shifted onto Ragyou. I hate pretty much everything about Satsuki's mother, not because of the intentional stuff, but because it appears in an otherwise pretty intelligent show, she was written but a horny 14 year old who has never left their house. And somehow her juvenile, gratuitous immaturity seems to rub off on the immediate show around her. How do we defeat Satsuki? Let's have her Mum rub her crotch, making the fourth incestuous moment so far, because mmm incest, so damn sexy! Just no.

There's more of that in Japanese animation than you'd think.

Current ones worth checking out this season are:

Attack on Titan
Free! Iwatobi Swim Club (If you don't mind slice of life, manservice, and homoerotic undertones.)
Outbreak Company (Parody series, if you know about "otaku culture" and are aware of anime tropes, then you'll get a kick out of that show. I loved it. It was the most I've ever laughed when watching a Japanese animated series, but comedy is subjective, so keep that in mind. It may not be your cup of tea.)
Not exactly this season: Haiyore Nyaruko-San (I will completely admit that the only reason to watch that show is for the Kamen Rider references, so if you want something that legit has a good story...then maybe don't watch that.)

HeartCatch 29 and 30:

29:

Not much here, aside from, dude you almost got ran over. I'm sure everyone would understand.

30:

I liked this one. Yuri had a lot of good moments here. That was probably the coolest looking Desertian. Also THE BUTT PUNCH IS BACK!



31:

Pretty good, but one major flaw: They just did away with any potential for character development for Sasorina. I really didn't like that, but Yuri got fleshed out more as a character, so I did like that. Dang man...she lost her Fairy, her Heart Flower, and half her heart? Just how much damage did Dark Precure do?

Also, that battle music rocked!!!