Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 07 - Makoto's Friendship! A Girl Who Adores a Pegasus

So, have you been keeping up with Sailor Moon Crystal? I haven't. But I've been catching up lately. Once they started the whole R-series arc, I kind of let it fall by the wayside. No longer, however! Indeed, it is rather surprising because they actually teased something that wasn't established until just a few episodes ago in THIS show - the tiny cat-devil known as Diana.

I find myself torn on Crystal, and its development so far. But this is the sort of thing which probably should be dealt with on its own. Maybe I'll try to do a thing about it at some point? Who knows.

Anyways, since it is Monday, it's time for that Sailor Moon SuperS thing. Which looks as though it might be taking a turn for the worse, which is a real shame. On the other hand, I might be more forgiving if it makes brand new mistakes...

Oh who am I kidding? We just know they're going to make the previous mistakes even bigger this time around. *sigh* Roll the damn thing already, and let's get on with it.

Gunparade March Episode 06 - After You Left - I Guess Everything Reminds You Of Something

Oh good lord has it been a very busy last few days for me. I can't even honestly tell you what happened because I don't even know.

Also I seem to be developing a knack for causing physical harm to myself, as not merely subjecting myself to the mental stress of shitty anime is enough for me these days. In the last two weeks, I've nearly broken one of my small toes, and today I appear to have twisted my knee or something.

Seriously. I must be out to get me lately or something.

So with that in mind, let's add a little more discomfort! Because physical pain just isn't quite enough.

Dog Days' Episode 06 - Legendary Hero-King of Pastillage

It's hard enough to keep from losing faith in humanity as it is. I mean, let's face it, humanity has done some pretty f***ed up stuff over the years, and lately it looks a lot like we're backpedaling again.

Now I know you might be worried that I'm about to make some kind of loaded political statement or whatever. Rest assured I give zero shits about that. No, instead I'm just going to point out that we, as a species, do some pretty questionable shit. Such as making shows like Dog Days for 'entertainment'.

Frankly, some days it's really difficult to keep yourself from wondering why some asteroid hasn't wiped us off the face of the universe yet. Constantly subjecting myself to shows of this caliber really isn't helping with that.

Okay Dog Days'. I think I'm ready for you. Or at least as ready as I can get. Show me how f***ed up we are as a species that we might consider this show to be entertainment, and not a crime against humanity.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 06 - Artemis' Affair!? A Mysterious Kitten Appears!

What a week last week was. Between the Steam summer sale and E3, I have to say I am feeling kind of worn out. All the announcements. All the clicking. All the lost sleep trying to snag something that has absolutely no reason to be so difficult to get hold of. (I WILL MAKE YOU MINE, PIP-BOY EDITION!)

It's almost enough to make me want to take some time off. But I won't, because I'm probably going to be needing that time off the week after next. I'll be working an awful lot of hours, and may decide not to post anything during that period. 60 hours is a lot to work in a single week.

So expect July to kick off kind of slow is what I'm saying.

Anyways, something about Sailor Moon. Let's hop to it?

Gunparade March Episode 05 - Withered Leaf - Thursday's Child

So, I have finally managed to go through the trouble of acquiring a slightly more legitimate source for this show, since the discs I got appear to have been, shall we say, less than genuine.

Really with a shiny red and silver sticker that says "BEST COLLECTION LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL" you would expect a little bit more.

Anyways jokes about Chinese bootlegs aside, let's see if this show somehow gets magically better. I'm not expecting it to, given the crap we've seen so far, but I figure I may as well try to judge it with the best it has to offer. So let's dig in, and see if this show will somehow magically make me care about more than one person.

I get the feeling it won't though.

Dog Days' Episode 05 - Galette Sword Style Record!

Dog Days. I've said a lot of things about this show. A lot of things. And over the course of the next nine episodes, I'm sure I will wind up saying a lot more things about this show.

But y'know, I have to wonder if there's a fine line that should be drawn. A point where, perhaps, I should just stop saying things. Because they become repetitive. Or because there is simply a threshold that, once crossed, becomes a point of no return.

Then I realize that this show will somehow continue to just get worse and worse, and a small part of me will forever wonder: How bad, exactly, does Dog Days really get?

As much as I hate this show and do not want to continue it even under pain of thumb screws, my morbid curiosity drives me onward.

Let us go once more into the darkness. Let us dine in hell.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 05 - A Couple Made For Each Other! Usagi and Mamoru's Love

I want you to know that I make sacrifices around these parts.

Instead of watching everything there is to see for Fallout 4 again, I am here. Not doing that. Watching Sailor Moon instead.

It's a thankless job, I know. But this is how much I care.

IT HURTS SO MUCH DAMN IT TODD WHY MUST I WAIT FIVE MORE MONTHS JUST TAKE MY MONEY AND GIVE IT NOOOOOW.

I'm totally not obsessed.

Totally.

Gunparade March Episode 04 - Let's Have Tea Together - Duelist

Boy oh boy oh boy. Just when you think the health issues are more or less over you spend two days feeling an awful lot like you are dying.

I'd blame Dog Days' for that, but the more likely culprit was the dread which filled me when I realized I would have to be watching this show again.

Furthermore, I categorically deny that I was playing Heroes of the Storm instead of watching this tripe. Which is a game I think I hate with a burning passion. Not entirely sure if that's the case yet though.

... why do I hate myself so much?

Dog Days' Episode 04 - Biscotti Summer Camp!

I just love to punish myself.

It's no small secret around these parts just how much I hate this show.

Yet I still keep coming back for more.

It's had some beneficial effects, oddly enough. I've gotten a hell of a lot better at looking at works with a critical eye. Of course, it's also made me slightly more neurotic.

But hey, what's a few neuroses between friends? Right Carl? Yeah. I thought the same thing.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 04 - Capture the Pegasus! The Amazon's Trap

Good grief, we're up to the fourth episode now. I'm not entirely certain why I feel this is a noteworthy thing, but I guess it has a lot to do with the fact that I've managed to be a lot more consistent as of late, and from the way things are looking, I have the potential to be even more consistent in the near future.

I'll be starting a new work schedule soon that will see me only working three days a week. Sure it makes for long days to get my 40, but you gotta admit, it is a pretty sweet deal when you think about having four days off every single week.

I am super looking forward to filling those days with things that don't involve me watching something terrible.

So am I calling Sailor Moon SuperS terrible? Well, maybe. It managed to eat up a good portion of my good will towards it so far, so if this episode doesn't do any better than previous ones, I think we're in for a slow decline for the next thirty-odd episodes in the season.

Gunparade March Episode 03 - Summer Blues - Fireworks

Gunparade March seems to be very popular around here for some reason I just cannot fathom.

No, seriously. Looking at the stats, it seems like more people are reading about Gunparade March than Sailor Moon. I find this somewhat distressing. Almost as distressing as the fact that people are still getting led to my idol wrasslin' anime posts.

Yeah, that's still a thing for some reason.

In news of other things that are still things for some reason: This show. I may never understand how it came to be. Or whether it is better or worse than Strike Witches.

It's honestly hard to tell.

Dog Days' Episode 03 - Three Heroes!

Well, as much as I hate this show, I must begrudgingly admit that at the very least, it has so far decided to embrace that it is a show filled with silly fluff so far, rather than hinting at some SUPER DUPER DARK SECRET.

So I guess that maybe puts it one step up from the last season?

Time for me to hate myself some more I guess. Let's dive into this and get it over with.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 03 - Protect a Mother's Dream! The New Attack for Double Moon

Now that I am more or less caught up (or at least as caught up as it gets around here), the hard part begins: keeping caught up! My life continues to find new and interesting ways to get busy, with all sorts of grown up things young me never would have understood like with visits to doctors can calling insurance companies and calling banks. Adult life is so boring sometimes.

Says the guy who spends his free time watching things he absolutely despises for no immediate benefit. Guh.

Today's episode promises to involve mothers. This can only end poorly.