Heat
May’n
Victor Entertainment, 2012

J-pop singer May’n, best known in the anime/manga community for being the singing voice of Macross Frontier‘s Sheryl Nome, releases her newest album “Heat” today in Japan. While two of the numbers on the disc are anime OP/EDs, and one from a new Kamen Rider drama, the other nine songs on the album are original tracks written by a bevy of lyricists and composers—including May’n herself, who wrote music and lyrics to two tracks. The songs range in genres from mid-tempo rock, piano-driven ballad, and chirpy dance music, with the one constant being May’n’s forceful melisma-laced voice on every track.

May’n’s voice in large part will determine whether one enjoys the album. At its best, it carries a sense of urgency and power that brought songs like “Don’t Be Late” and this new album’s Phi Brain OP “Brain Driver” and “Heat of the Moment” to life. It is particularly well-suited for driving dance numbers like the Aria: The Scarlet Ammo OP, “Scarlet Ballet,” or the rock-oriented original track “Get Tough.” It is less effective on songs that require some delicacy, or at least a pulling back of her melisma. She tries her best in the more ballad or mid-tempo tracks like “Kagami” and “Koi,” and partly succeeds in controlling it there, but other songs like her own “We Are” feel a bit oversung.

As for the music, while there is a variety of genres on display in “Heat,” most of them fall in territory and styles familiar to J-pop fans. Perhaps not coincidentally, the songs which are OPs and EDs feature the most creative arrangements: “Scarlet Ballet” with its pseudo-classical keyboard riff, “Brain Driver’s” fast rock and melody that befits the strange show it opens. Out of the original tracks, perhaps “Heat of the Moment” and “Kagami” have the catchiest riffs and most balanced arrangements (the former, after all, was chosen to be the lead PV). The other tracks seem more generic and conventional, the album’s second half in particular faltering before picking up again with the ballad “Koi.”

The album closes with perhaps the most unusual song in the collection, Shiro Sagisu‘s (Evangelion, Kare Kano) “Jewels.” Sagisu’s trademark use of strings fills in a bombastic, power chord heavy epic abounding with guitar fills and solos. May’n’s singing style might seem to fit such an arrangement, but the 6.5 minute track begins to wander by the song’s second half. This is not a style of music, however, that is typically broached in J-pop and while imperfect it widens the musical breadth of an otherwise fairly conventional album.

Like many pop albums, “Heat” is a mixed bag with both standout numbers and filler tracks. It necessarily lacks the singular musical vision and consistency that, say, a soundtrack by Yoko Kanno would have, but that is an unfair comparison. Unlike Maaya Sakamoto in her early career, May’n has never been simply beholden to a single composer’s vision, and with the variety of musical styles and self-written compositions, she is trying to forge her own musical direction. Whether she has found it yet remains to be seen, but there are enough strong tracks to remind listeners of her talents as a singer and performer.

See our previous May’n coverage:

Press Junket Interview, Anime Expo 2010:

Concert Excerpt, Anime Expo 2010 (M. LaMoe’s review here):

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Written by: Kabitzin at Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

Where's the kaboom?

Rorimu got a little tied up, so these are a little more spaced out than I would like, but here’s the second in our series of chibis.  Can you guess whose chibi this one is?

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Nice way to start the finale….

Karen-chan, so manly!! (≧ω≦)

… I’m not even surprised at this anymore. Oh Koyomi…

ROFL what.

I like how he’s covering it up with a bunch of cool lines… ah, the courage to steal your sister’s kiss then say it doesn’t count…

Best thing this episode, Shinobu in Mr. Donuts jersey. Mmmm… that expression that looks down on you as if you’re a piece of trash on the floor.

Definitely not the best thing to say to her….

…. oh you, Koyomi. Oh, you…. (￣(エ)￣)

Predictably….

Oh dear… that’s a pretty gruesome beating he took.

Koyomi! You’re scaring me!

More cool lines time!

Ah… Koyomi, winning by getting beaten to a pulp and cool lines.

Hahah, Kagenui! Nice one there. Yeah, that’s definitely one thing the aloha bastard won’t say… even if he wanted to.

Well, that certainly was a short arc after all, only three episodes if the toothbrush episode isn’t taken in to consideration. I was worried if it would not be enough, but looks like they managed to end things nicely, although Tsukihi still had a critical lack of screen time. Says much when Karen takes up an entire episode of her arc and she doesn’t even have enough time onscreen to fit in to one episode…

Still, lesson learned. Never cross the Araragi siblings if you want to live. One’s a vampire, one’s a martial artist genius and the last one is immortal. Yeaaaaaaaaah… not going to end well if you do get on their bad side. There’s at least one serving of “justice” coming up.. plus if you’re unlucky, donut-related trouble.

Finally, I don’t quite get the beach scene with Senjougahara in short hair. I trust most already know my stand about that, which is why I don’t feel like putting it up here… but still I wonder why there’s so much hairstyle changes in this series sometimes. Guess it keeps things fresh.

So, until Kizumonogatari blu-rays everyone! Or maybe the blu-ray commentary tracks on Nise’s blu-rays. I am kind of looking forward to those after Bakemonogatari’s….

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Please :3

Wondercon; for everyone who is a fan of everything. If you enjoy anime, the only thing you really get to experience while at the con is watching anime. The theater rooms are non-stop (during con hours), showcasing the first episode of some great series. That’s wonderful! Except I’m able to watch anime on my own, away from a convention, any time.

Thanks to Wondercon, I've found a new cooking based anime to obsess over: Muteki Kanban Musume

(Vampire Knight, Galaxy Angels, Dirty Pair, Aira, The World God Only Knows, just to name a few from Wondercon’s vast anime scehdule).

I don’t come to cons to watch anime with a group of people. I’m glad for the viewing rooms as I enjoy the quick jaunts to breathe for a moment away from the hundreds of Black Cat cosplayers crowding the convention halls, undoubtedly thrilled that Marv Wolfman is an honored guest over the weekend. (I’m excited too! Albeit not being directly a Japanese cultural phenom; there is no denying the influence Wolfman’s body of work is on a global scale.)

There’s some trouble finding the otaku fandom at Wondercon. There are some who enjoy anime, a few who may be obsessed though if there are they must hiding in the viewing rooms. I do beg of you; please quickly exit and come play with me! I’ll be the lost looking weeaboo trying to find anyone in cosplay or industry representative I recognize from my personal favorite fandom: Anime.

This Would Make My Con

I did have a lovely chat with a developer, Jason, from Martin Hash’s Animation Master concerning how Hash’s software is or could be used by those within the anime and manga field to streamline the production of image heavy animations. If nothing else, the program looks fun and yes, a lot can be done with it for those on the production front, but Jason’s quip about the difference between Anime Expo and Wondercon was far more interesting to me: “people at Wondercon seem to shower a lot more.”

Until I find some anime cosplay gals for the readers of Anime Diet to ogle or someone to interview that I’m able to relate to J-culture (don’t turn your nose up yet, there are a few scheduled events that look promising!) please enjoy these viking/barbarians/creatures who attacked me so kindly in the halls of the con:

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Whoa. 2012 is has been off to a brisk start, and Spring seems to already be in the air. And even though the year has started off without a surprise breakout a la Madoka, one cannot help but feel like some greatness in the form of old favorites, the long awaited return of a genre-bending master, and more seem to be on the horizon. And not merely in regards to shows and films (although there are a few worth making noise about here), but in ventures that could very well change the anime market landscape for the better. To be completely honest, it has been a truly long time since someone like me has felt any real modicum of excitement about the coming months.

So let’s give a few moments to consider these potentially mark-making projects, and what they could possibly offer.

1. Uchu Senkan Yamato 2199

You guys have no idea how thrilled I am for this massive revival project. Far better than any of the previous movie attempts to resurrect Nishizaki/Matsumoto’s science fiction allegory classic, this big budget retelling of the Voyage To Iscandar has an equally large pedigree of talent and familiarity. It’s a project so large in ambition, the first 50 minutes of the series is to be premiered in a few weeks in select theatres in Japan on April 7th. Sporting modern animation, featuring some unique takes on all-time favorite characters via Nobuteru Yuuki (Escaflowne, Harlock Saga, X/1999,etc), and impressively updated mechanical works by way of Makoto Kobayashi (Super Atragon, Last Exile, Steamboy). For seiyuu fans, seeing Daisuke Ono cast as Susumu Kodai was definitely an eyebrow raiser. And most standout is the appointing of former mecha-design icon, Yutaka Izibuchi (Patlabor).

This is perhaps one of the more standout decisions for me as I remain in that cult of folks who happened to deeply enjoy his directorial work on RahXephon, so when considering such a huge heritage inheritance, this in many ways feels very appropriate. And even if the rest of the series won’t be seeing TV screens until next year sometime, there is no shortage of high hopes for what could very well be a stellar reinterpretation of one of anime’s greatest sagas. Among the recently developing news regarding the project continues to come in, noted fans like Tim (www.starblazers.com) Eldred , and August Ragone have been doing a bang-up job keeping English speaking fans up-to-date. Most recently through the pipeline is an announcement that the upcoming Blu-ray release of the first two episodes will be coming complete with English subs!

Yamato remains to many as one of the medium’s most heralded mythologies, and it looks like no expense will be spared in the months to come—all in hopes of bringing such a universal story to an entirely new audience while being deeply reverent to fans of the past.

2. Sakamichi No Apollon

A long injustice seems primed to come to an end. Despite a few scattered projects where his hand could only be seen in select areas (Star Driver, Michiko To Hatchin), director Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) returns with a secret weapon for this period series centering on young jazz lovers during the 1960s.

There isn’t a whole lot to report regarding this at the moment, but mere words cannot express just how long the medium has felt something wholly missing. And while the criminally underseen Hatchin contained a great deal of Watanabe’s signature touch, there simply hasn’t been much of a truly international flavor to anime in a while. Budget concerns from studios aside, a void has certainly been there without Watanabe’s knowing, confident vibe permeating through a television work. Not to mention that his last big series, Samurai Champloo, despite its deserved place in the pantheon of wildly original pieces of “ought” anime shows, was also missing an element that made Bebop such an iconic achievement: Yoko Kanno. The very idea that Kanno is hard at work complimenting the aural space of Apollon is reason enough to celebrate. But to consider that they haven’t worked on a major project since Cowboy Bebop: Knocking On Heaven’s Door (2001), is just plain perplexing as their styles feel synergistic to a fault (even going back to their mutual work on the OVA favorite, Macross Plus), and considering the source material in Yuki Kodama’s manga. It’s very possible that we’ll be witnessing something of a mutual labor of love, which can translate into some truly unique, personal work.

3.) Feature Films

There’s also feature films waiting in the wings, such as the latest from Mamoru Hosoda, as well as the return of a massive revival which seems primed to delve into uncharted territory.

Well, the early teaser pretty much confirms it; Hosoda is ready to assume the populist throne from Miyazaki with his latest movie effort, The Wolf Children Ame And Yuki, a lushly animated tale that takes place largely in the countryside, centering on a single-parent family with a pair of wolf-children. It’s really hard to say where it will be going, but there is definitely a Tonari No Totoro vibe going on here, which is interesting. Being almost completely bereft of technological imagery does give off a feeling of newness to Hosoda’s usual repertoire, so it can go either way quite easily.

And we don’t really have to spend too much time left speculating what Studio Khara has in store for Evangelion fans when the third Rebuild film, Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo comes this Fall. And in lieu of very real disaster, it will be truly fascinating to see where this rendition of the mecha classic will go. Having pretty much obliterated the original story with the finale of 2.0, we(and the creators) will now be in completely virgin territory which can only remind one like me of the days between episodes of the original series, which seemed like a painful eternity. So, magnify that by a couple of years…I’ll wait..

Lastly-

Is the stunning, hint-laden bombshell that was shared over at ANNCast last week. It was dropped by anime simulcast translator & subtitler Sam Pinansky, who also shared quite a bit regarding the process of keeping up to speed with bringing anime to streaming screens. But what he could only talk around at the moment hints at a future of not only anime, but media in general that could very well take a large, positive leap for a more democratized media sphere.

For the whole thing, click me!

For those looking for the jist? (Skip to 31:00 minute mark!)

Mr. Pinansky is hard at work preparing for an ambitious undertaking that is happening via Yomiuri and several other media entities. This group of companies are looking to take a giant step forward by creating a one-stop streaming/Kickstarter business for not only recent, but classic anime, as well as television shows and movies! Pretty much open to redefining what we know as the classic distribution model, fans from all over will be allowed to put their money where their mouths are, even going so far as to allowing more independent artists and personalities to be supported for potential projects. And as mentioned at the beginning, a streaming home for many an older series that had yet to ever see the light of day in subtitled form. A hybrid site akin to Youtube and Kickstarter sounds like an idea too ambitious to be true, but it seems ready to roll out come late summer/early fall.

Think of it: all content, all directly supported, and zero middle-entity. This is the kind of thing that many have long feared that the Japanese networks and studios were completely unwilling to venture into, and it suddenly seems near time when the other shoe finally up and drops. If this risky gamble works, it could help rewrite the media market narrative, and that is simply thrilling.

So that’s what I’m most eager for this year thus far. How about you? Anything on the path in the anime/manga worlds that has you owned for the year?

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By other members, she's really referring to me.

Dearest Chihaya,

This is a love letter. Nothing screams desperation like a love letter but the muscle between my lungs has taken over me. I lack the poetic prowess of a fraction of a single karuta card but please understand that I am ready to risk anything and give everything for your love.

I will take you out on spectacular dates. For one, I will gladly go shopping with you. We will peruse the local dollar store where unbelievable bargains like imitation Wrigley chewing gum and rubber plungers made in China sit in adjacent aisles. For another, we will consume the finest foods dining at the world’s most popular restaurant. You know we’re getting the best in class when they call their hamburger Royale with cheese in France.

I will seduce you with far better lines.

Then there are the romantic dates that you will fondly recall to our grand kids. We will picnic on the soft grass partaking in the sandwiches you made the night before while enjoying the magnificent view of the polluted river because I can’t afford admission to the state park. On another occasion, I will cheer you on as you are scantily clad and covered in peanut butter wrestling in a kiddy pool so we may have free drinks that night.

Besides lovely memories, I vow to shower you with material things that you will treasurer forever. The week after your birthday, I will present you with the VHS boxset of the first season of Chihayafuru that the salesman promised it’s not a bootleg. On our one year anniversary, you can have the heartfelt hand made sweater that you knitted for me last Christmas. I will insist that it suits you more until next winter when we agree that it will only fit me.

Do I need to continue? Can Arata or Taichi promise you all of the above? Any of the above?? Oh, like I assured you a million times before, it doesn’t always hurt when I pee. Just sometimes.

Let’s get a tattoo tomorrow,
The Paper

I am…uh… what he said.

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Written by: otou-san at Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

Shuichiro! I've discovered a thing! They call it… girls!!

Summary:

This week, thanks to Gai’s helpful delivery of the Exposition Handbook, we get a nice flashback to the days when Keido worked with Shu’s dad, Kurosu, and their discovery of Genomic Resonance. The story is full of… surprises? That’s not quite the word. The pair worked together closely on highly advanced genetic research, largely due to a mutual respect, but things started to break down when the elder Ouma knocked a girl up (with Mana) and got married.

The Apocalypse Virus, perhaps unsurprisingly, came from the sky in the form of a meteor crash, and it’s kind of all been downhill ever since. It was discovered, perhaps unsurprisingly, by Mana. Using the kind of language that scientists often do, Ouma calls the Virus “the trumpet of the apocalypse.” At the same time, Ouma and Keido are contacted by Daath’s envoy, a rather familiar-looking kid. It seems Daath is pretty stoked about the Apocalypse, but it’s going to be slightly awkward — Mana has already picked her new baby brother Shu for the repopulation job.

Keido’s not into it. His new hobby is trying to create his own Adam to her Eve, but one of the subjects of his human farm escapes, and — perhaps unsurprisingly — becomes “Triton” when he washes up on the shore by Mana and Shu.

Meanwhile, Ouma finds a new partner and a new wife, perhaps unsurprisingly, in the form of Keido’s little sister, Haruka. Eventually jealousy, paranoia, the pressure of Daath, and just plain ill will build up in Shuichiro Keido until by the time Lost Christmas rolls around, he kills Kurosu Ouma.

And, in a final somewhat Evangelion-ish (or is it Madoka-ish?) twist, Shu’s been used this whole time to collect shards of Mana that were scattered at Lost Christmas. He shrugs it off in a very un-Madoka-ish way, though. Shu’s singular-minded at this point about saving Inori, despite her being a pretty lousy excuse for a real human being. And so… the final assault on Gai Castle begins.

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A little brother? I'm so excited! (BOW CHICKA BOW WOW)

Well, that was an enlightening flashback. Enlightening as to how the process of creating Guilty Crown works, that is. It can be really great to withhold information in favor of creating a mysterious atmosphere and a large, complete world. Eureka Seven was magical at that. Certain things were known, certain things weren’t, and the viewer got to discover those things along with some of the characters.

I suppose this is happening here too, but instead of smiling as things clicked together I shook my head and the total lack of likelihood that everything was connected in this way. Perhaps when it was being written down it didn’t seem all that bizarre, but for all these connections to have gone unnoticed for this long… well, I just find it silly and intentional withholding of information all in the name of a cheap DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN that really wasn’t worth the payoff.

The backstory didn’t create any sympathy for any of the characters, that’s for sure. The only character who’s done anything questionable in Guilty Crown that I can feel an ounce of forgiveness for is probably Haruka, and that might actually just be because she’s a raging MILF.

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Well, we finally get to know what the entire Apocalypse Virus deal is and find out who was Ouma Kurosu. I’m surprised it nicely explained most of the stuff about the virus that was left unexplained and until it made me think that the writers just made it up without any planning at all. I guess I was somewhat wrong on that count then… still, this was really done too late in to the show.

It also revealed Gai’s impetus to start his own underground resistance group, although that needed some inferring to do so. Also glad to know that Mana and Shu are really siblings, and Haruka is their stepmom confirmed. Clears a lot of stuff up for the shippers!

In fact, I’d say this episode was actually going quite well… until it all ended and we came back to Jesus Shoe, trying to be saviour of all mankind by killing his sister. Two more episodes to go!

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Koneko-chan gets Musou-Insatsu (無想淫殺).

Musou-Insatsu (無想陰殺) was first used by Raoh against Toki. One of the most memorable battles from Fist of The North Star. You can watch it on episode 71.

Musou (or Munen-Musou 無念無想) is without mind. Non-mind, without thinking. Originally meant without kleshas, dirty thoughts. Highly concentrated mind, like when you play video game, you’re not thinking but purely reacting. Muga-muchuu (無我夢中). Bruce Lee’s, “Don’t think, feel!”

This technique should be named 無想淫殺 (non-mind licentious kill), as a heterograph of 無想陰殺 (non-mind shadow kill), the same pronunciation but different kanji. Yes, “Ying” of Ying-yang (陰陽). Both techniques rip off opponent’s cloths. For Highschool DxD, it’s more flashy, and we otakus are helplessly ecstatic to see this technique, especially used on Koneko-chan! More pero-pero (onomatopoeia of licking, despite taste of LCD)! Koneko-chan is even cuter than Inori from Guilty Crown. It’s painful to live, for Koneko-chan is too kawaii… (小猫ちゃんが可愛いすぎて生きるのが辛い……)

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Written by: Zyl at Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

MARU!

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Blushing Strawberry / Haagen Dazs Vanilla / White Like her panties

On his way out of the house to bring Shinobu for the Mister Donuts 100 Yen sale, Koyomi hears from Tsukihi that she plans to discuss the future of the Fire Sisters with Karen. With the big little sister entering senior high school soon, they might call a day on the duo; besides, Tsuhiki isn’t as big a justice freak as Karen… or Koyomi. Before finally leaving the house, our hero swiftly undresses and binds his littler little sister and confirms that a scar that should be there, now, isn’t. At the Mister Donuts, Koyomi asks Shinobu about Yozuru and Yotsugi and she opines that the latter is a shikigami of the former and directs further queries towards Deishu who is seated right behind him. After taking his payment, he confirms this and adds that this duo specializes in immortal oddities.

Koyomi thinks that they might be targeting him and Shinobu but when he finds Y&Y at his door, Yozuru denies this and Yotsugi kills Tsukihi when she finally answers the doorbell. Except, within a few seconds, Tsukihi’s hitherto just missing upper half has mysteriously reappeared: Y&Y tell Koyomi that Tsukihi is possessed by a phoenix spirit and was never really his sister. Shinobu asks Y&Y to leave, threatening to energy drain dry Yotsugi and Yozuru knowingly accedes to the bluff but says that she’ll be back tomorrow and if Koyomi interferes, she’ll eliminate him and Shinobu too. Unlike Meme, she won’t let her prey escape because the phoenix’s deceit is evil and, as an ally of justice, she can’t forgive that.

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Awlright!! Who wants a piece of me!?

Koyomi’s casually disrobing of Tsukihi (and tying her hands with her own obi sash to boot) was quite something to behold. Not quite on the level of the toothbrushing scene (which Tsukihi brought up to guilt-trip Koyomi) but it really makes you wonder about how much of a bully Koyomi is (Karen’s mentioned his verbal abuse during her elementary school days and, ironically, now Tsukihi is worried that a high school-imminent Karen is going to join forces with him). As well as how strange the siblings’ relationships have been; Tsukihi neatly captured it with her telling remark that the sisters’ relations with their boyfriends (where did they come from?) were pure (thus neatly avoiding more Kannagi-esque doramaz) while their relation with their Oniichan was deep (thus catering to the bro/siscon segment); Koyomi even pouted petulantly when Tsukihi informed him with sarcastic regret that neither of them would be breaking up with their respective boyfriends anytime soon!

From the moment Deishu said that Yozuru’s specialist specialization was in immortal oddities, we knew that the target had to be Tsukihi since the arc is named after her and the immortal firebird plus Koyomi’s voice-over give away, right at the start of the arc, that Tsukihi was immortal. I’m having a little difficulty with how Yozuru is going to eliminate Tsukihi Phoenix since… well, she’s immortal but I have to say that I haven’t felt this much empathy for an arc’s protagonist since Suruga Monkey. Tsukihi has seemed mostly harmless and no one has requested for her to be dealt. No one seems to realize either – Koyomi and Karen don’t seem to know that their little sister has died and returned at least once already (thus explaining the missing scar), I’m not even sure that Tsukihi herself is fully conscious of it. Yozuru’s insistence reminded me a lot of Majorie’s initial insistence of going after Lammie even though most of the other Flame Hazes chose to ignore him and it smells more of a personal vendetta or obsession.

I was also quite touched by how Koyomi’s mind was sent into a spin when Yozuru mentioned Meme’s name – I do like how Koyomi sincerely loves and does his best to look after his harem and I also like how strong his sense of gratitude to Meme (and Tsubasa) is. Seems like the first mentor you meet is the unusual one e.g. Tomoe Mami as an atypical magical girl senpai. I was also intrigued when Yozuru said that it was thanks to Meme’s interference and meddling that Koyomi and Shinobu are being left alone. I love looking at the depiction of organizational politics in fiction so my initial reaction to this was that the ghostbusters (to use Deishu’s term) operate on the ground independently like the Mushishi but, unlike the bug busters, they don’t seem to have a dedicated centralized communication hub and a central library/knowledge management system. Also, unlike the Mushishi, there is some sort of consensus forming mechanism (e.g. the ruling that the matter of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade [last part can also be written as "Shinobu"] no longer requires attention) like the Inquisitorial Conclaves of WH40K (but without the formal hierarchy and punishment/sanction against non-compliance). Faced with such a capable and determined opponent, who also claims to have justice on her side, Koyomi is going to have come up with something better than the harm principle to defend Tsukihi from harm. Really looking forward to seeing how they’re going to get out of this jam.

Someone called for an exterminator?

P.S. I also loved the attention to detail wrt Mister Donuts (LOL Shinobu’s forward roll out of Koyomi’s shadow to discuss a matter of utmost importance of which she has just received some secret information with respect to) right down to the different flavours and even the mugs. Pizza Hut product placement never got to me but I’ve been completely consumed by this ever since I watched Bakemonogatari. Started eating donuts again, after stopping for many years, and I always visit the Akibahara branch of Mister Donuts (next to the Sofmap No.1 and opposite Animate and Toranoana) when I’m there. This (below) was in Dec 2011 during my Comiket 81 trip:

Yes I can have Golden Chocolate

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