A feeling somewhat more demure than that of the tail end of a mecha’s thruster exhaust.

A feeling somewhat more demure than that of the tail end of a mecha’s thruster exhaust.

The greatest of pauses. It occurred to me late that “chance” also can mean opportunity.

“Go, my racing, scorching heart!”
Time traveling with anime! Or, perhaps it’s actually remembering love…
Anytime you throw two shows together in a post, you’re limiting your potential audience, but I rather think I’ve outdone myself with this one by comparing the megahit of the season with a sadly underwatched gem that have very different audience-targeting goals.
Anyways, this is kind of a combination post on two ideas I’ve had in my head about things I wanted to say about each of these shows, and somehow it all came together. Even if you’ve only watched one (or neither!) of these anime, I think there’s still some good fun to be had here, so I hope you’ll check it out! Also, please, for the love of good anime, at least give Scorching Ping Pong Girls a shot.

Just one of a thousand things I want to say about one of the best things I watched this year.

A brief study of the highly effective first half of Kuromukuro‘s premiere episode.
In defense of a “boring” romance.
Friendship is by no means an uncommon theme in anime, but few recent anime have done as good a job at portraying a friendships that feel like, well, actual friendship than Konobi.
Not all small things are pretty. In fact, some are petty. Like Konosuba‘s Aqua.