Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 09 - Protect Mamoru! Jealousy of Usagi the Ninja

Y'know, I was going to write something incredibly witty and possibly poignant here, but then I started up the episode and saw this:

Oh christ.

So yeah. Whatever I was going to write? Doesn't hold a candle to that. And we have an entire episode of this shit to put up with.

Time to bust out the rose-colored glasses and bottles of haterade folks, because this one is already promising to be a real doozy.

Gunparade March Episode 08 - In April, She will... - With Your Musket, Fife, And Drum

Boy am I glad I didn't make any wildly inaccurate promises that were hopelessly optimistic in nature earlier this week. It's been a hell of a summer so far.

So since I've been having a surplus of positivity in my life, this seems like a great time to kick back and subject myself to more Gunparade.

My criticisms of this show are varied in nature. I can see how this could have been a legitimately good show, but it winds up falling short because, presumably, it requires you to understand the source material. Also it is just sub-par in almost every way imaginable. So that makes it the perfect way to just drop a metaphorical hammer on my toe in terms of my overall pleasedness.

I think I should start the show before I say anything else bizarre. Yes. Let's do that.

Dog Days' Episode 08 - Esnart Arts and Music Festival

Man the last week has simply not been very kind to me. It's taking a bit more time to adjust to the new schedule than anticipated. Also, Real Life keeps occurring. It's a thing which keeps on happening.

So I'm not going to make any wild promises about how the rest of this week is going to go. Will I catch up on the posting? Maybe. Who knows? (The Shadow knows, but I sure don't.) All I can say is keep checking back now and again? Or maybe just cyberstalk me in the usual places. Y'know, whatever.

First up on the catching up dockett is Dog Days'. Ah christ. At least it isn't Gunparade.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 08 - Hearts that Communicate! Chibiusa and Pegasus

Man, last week took a lot more out of me than expected. I suspect this week will be a little tiring as well, so I may wind up having to catch up over the weekend, but I'm hoping that by next week everything will be sorted out.

That said, I've watched several shows around here so far, and I've been considering that after wrapping up what I've been viewing, I may just stick purely to Sailor Moon for awhile. Let's be honest, this stuff takes a lot out of me, and requires a great deal of effort that is pretty difficult to keep up. Also, there are other projects that may begin to demand my time as well, so there's a chance I might need to scale back on some other stuff to compensate.

But my crusade against Sailor Moon will not end until it is complete. This I vow. No matter how bad this show gets, I will never give up on it. Because as much as I may take issue with a lot of crap this show gets away with, it will never be Kodomo no Jikan.

And now that I've mentioned this I will have nightmares about that show for the next week. So you're welcome I guess, Internet.

I've gone on long enough about things nobody cares about. Guess I'll get right to business then.

Gunparade March Episode 07 - In The Forests Of Nights - A Long Night

I think I had a bunch of things I wanted to say before I tackled this one, but let's just go over exactly why this is so late, and why this will be the only post for the week.

See, I spent most of my Friday moving a giant television. It was not fun. While I did not, in fact, die while moving it, I was left unable to type properly for about two days afterwards because my arms were just that sore. So that delayed things.

And now that I'm covering for someone's vacation at work all week, I am simply going to be too damn exhausted to keep up the normal pace. So I'm going to be slipping in this guy to catch up to the other shows, and then nothing of value will be put here until next Monday.

So that's where we stand right now. Which means I should get this done and over with and stop delaying so much. Ugh.

Dog Days' Episode 07 - Battle at the Cave of Sealing

There are few things I dread more than having to sit down and watch Dog Days'. To be fair, I've watched a fair share of terrible shows up to this point. Shows that have left me scarred for life. Shows that will make me tell stories to my children about the horrors they may encounter should they choose to stray too deep into the Internets.

Dog Days could have been a good show. I've said this before and I will keep saying it because it's true. It had a solid premise, and actually has a decent amount of detail that can be kind of fun and interesting. But unfortunately the issues lie purely in the execution of this series, and the fact that in order to maintain viewer interest, they are essentially forced to resort to fanservice baiting tactics to keep them engaged.

Last season, a fun little show called Shougeki no Soma aired. Also known as Food Wars. That show is f***ing phenomenal, and while part of me is kicking myself for not picking it up earlier, another part of me is giddy knowing that I can marathon the first half of it to my heart's content.

The difference between these two shows is that in Food Wars, not only is the fanservice equally distributed, but it is also utilized for a good reason. It helps put across how the food makes a person feel, rather than being used merely as a cheap gag to elicit juvenile, puerile giggles.

So now that I've written up a far-too-lengthy intro, let's just get to the meat and potatoes. And I'll try to refrain from making food puns. I promise.