No-rin - ep01

The first episode gives it a strong feeling that it will be a lot like “Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo”, this become clear with all the gags that they put into the first episode. It will be interesting to so the direction that the series goes in. While in Sakurasou it revolve around Mashiro and how Kanda was force to look after her created many amusing situations. The question is what will be nature of the jokes for this series. It seems that one major source is going the be the division within their club, where with Kousaku and his friends raise vegetables. While their rivals raise animals, which always seem to escape and cause a great deal of misfortune for Kosaku and the other. That the this is going to be one of the jokes how they are going to sacrifice Kousaku to the animal for the protection of the farm.

The other main joke that they have highlight so far is Kousaku unhealthy obsession with the pop-star idol Yuka Kusakabe. Where he fantasize about them being together, which is the whole reason for wanting to be a trendy farmer so that he could work in Tokyo, to satisfy his desire to be closer to Yuka. One way they use as a joke is that his acceptance of god revolves around the existence of god. That when he finds out she has retired, he believe that god is dead. This leads to his extreme state of depression, which cause his friends to check up on him. This leads him into revealing that he's been sending her vegetables that his been growing, because vegetables are hard to come by in Tokyo. Now that she has retired there is a point anymore. Ultimately Minori is force to beat some sense into to get him to come to class, ironically on the same day that Yuka transfer into their class as Kinoshita Ringo.

Magical Warfare - ep01

The first episode of this series is nicely structured, with how they introduce us to the premise of the story. In the beginning you have the friction that exist in Takashi home life, and how he wish to run away from it all even if he has to go to hell to do so. Then with the introduction of Isoshima they subtle imply that the nature of his families hatred for him stems from some sort of accident that he was involved and as a result they blame him for it's outcome. Although what cause the accident and what was it's result is still unknown but it will probably play a large part in the story.

Thing really start unraveling when Miu shows up, which results in her turning Takashi into a magician when she almost shoot him in surprise. Then shortly after her pursues show up, and in seeing how they are hostile towards Miu. Takashi ends up rising to her defense when one of the pursues trap them with a wall of ice to prevent their escape. That when Oigami goes on the attack Takashi meets him blow for blow with his shiai which surprising lasts a long time against Oigami's sword. However when Takashi receive a vision of the future he is able to disarmed Oigami of his sword and use it's moment to break the wall of ice.

Then with Takashi and Miu making their escape, it gives Miu sometime to explain the situation but she doesn't get far into it when Oigami returns. Although around the same time Isoshima shows up behind Takashi, wanting to question him on why he is running around with a strange woman. That with her appearance it gives the story to reveal a plot point by having her being attack by the mage behind Oigami. It seems that when ever a mage attack a non-magic user they lose all their magic and in return the person that was attack gains the ability to use magic. However it is unclear at this point if the loss is permanent. This is why Miu didn't lose her magic are at least not all at once because she didn't directly hit Takashi with her spell. That in the end things are wrapped up by Miu ending the deadlock between Takashi and Oigami by using her magic to blind Oigami briefly.

Now with the battle over the story come move onto it's main stage, that for some reason Magic users cannot remain in this world. Which leads Takashi and his friends returning to Miu's world because they can no longer stay here. Which in the end Takashi get his wish but is the price worth it because now he has to live in this ruined world that looks like it has already face the apocalypse. That the question is how will they survive in this ruined world, and the series is still pretty much still a blank slate with the plot not really laying out a clear define path just so hint at there are great issue waiting to be revealed.

Log Horizon - ep14

Now with it seems that they are using Regan to transition into the second season of Log Horizon. While the first season was about dealing with the unrest that the apocalypse caused, the second season is going to revolve around bring a resolution to the world of Eldar Tale. That in this conversation with Regan, we gain a bit a incite from the prospective of how the NPC view their world. This is convey by first talking about different class of magic, this gets us to world magic that can rewrite the laws of their universe. That to them this world magic has been invoked three times.

The first time was by the elv's for the sake of getting their revenge against the world's races for destroying them. In a way they got their revenge by throwing the world into the dark age by creating monsters, but for the players perspective this is the creation of re-spawning monsters. This is a problem for the races of this world because no matter how many times they are kill they will still rise again. The later through an act of god the second world class magic was invoke summoning the adventure to this world. This happen 250 years ago for them, this ends up creating a bit of a time shift for the players. The to further illustrate this shift, by defining that Shiroe first appearance in there history 98 years ago. That would equate out to about 8 years. Then this leads to the issue of the third use of this world magic which to the adventures is what they call the Apocalypse.

Now that he finished the explanation of the three uses of this magic, this give us incite into how their world is made from their perspective. It get into the issue of the adventures resurrecting, and how it is related to the monsters re-spawning. That every-time a player is kill the lose a bit of their experience when they are resurrected back at the temple. This wasn't a problem before when their physical self and their avatar were separate entities. However now they they are united as one, this means that dieing now will cause you to lose some of your memories maybe to a point were you are unable to remember the world they originally came from. In the end it would make Eldar Tale their reality, although it is unclear on how much is lost when someone dies but that doesn't change the fact that they will lose part of themselves when they die. The question is how will this truth effect their reality, and it seems that this world magic is necessary from them to return to their true lives outside this game.

Log Horizon - ep13

This time around instead of focusing on Shiroe's contributions, the story instead emphasizes Crusty's action and his budding relationship with Lady Lenessia. Most of the episode revolves round how he is trying to get closer to her in an attempt to avoid socializing with the various lords at the conference. That in finding out how careful the are around here they will natural back off when Crusty is having a private conversation with her. Although his attempt to gain her trust also are hinting at a solution between the adventures and the people of the land. If Crusty can get her to trust him enough then he would have a reason to convince the king to appoint her as the people of the land's representative in Akihabara. What is would do is eliminated the need to appoint one of the guild leaders as a lord. Also it seems that it also grant Lady Lenessia what she desire most freedom or at least an escape from the constant paring eyes. However it seem that next episode we will get insight into the cause of the apocalypse that trap the adventures here as Shrioe and Akatsuki have deal with this mysterious mage named Regan.

Valvrave the Liberator - ep24

Now we have the final battle, as things start out it appears that the Magius are exposed for being what they are. This create a public opinion to began to turn against Dorssia and question if the attack on module 77 was just. Although this sets the stage for Cain coming in with unit-02 to destroy the satellite that Akira has hacked, resulting in cutting the live feed. This provide Magius the opportunity to provide a cover story to hide the truth. Although so do accept this cover story, there is still enough reasonable doubt to halt all action against the citizens of Module 77. This situation creates the prefect storm for the Loyalist to try and take back their country.

Then as civil war is taking place down below, the battle in space continues with Haruto jumping in to protect Akira after she is attack by Cain. Although it appears that he is fighting a losing battle even-though he is fairing better than he did last time against Cain. Then awhile later X-Eins and A-Deri join the fight because they want avenge their fallen comrade. Things get complicated when Q-Vier joins the fight, with the misguide believe that he is doing right by fighting traitors. Although in truth he just wants a good fight. This cause A-Deri to turn away from fight Cains to deal with Q-Vier, while X-Eins continues his pursuit after Cain knock Haruto through the roof of Module 77.

This leads to the moment where X-Eins sacrifices his life in the hopes of doing in Cains. Although his attack wasn't strong enough to do Cains in. Now while Haruto is out of the fight, L-elf approach the down Valvrave to get him to jack his body so that they will be able to fight Cain together by using Haruto's curse and L-elf's skill. However now that there fight on a more level playing field, Cain tries to manipulate Haruto psychological by stating how Magius are just by maintaining order between the to races by segregating them. Haruto see this as wrong because the Magius just gave up on co-existence.

This separation of ideological values leads to the conclusion of the fight where Cain is defeated and Plu is able to be reunited with his sister which was the real reason he was helping Cain to began with. Although to win the fight Haruto had to sacrifices all of his runes which is why L-elf gain control over his body after everything is over. This also has L-elf being only one to face Haruto with all of his memories lost. Which is difficult for L-elf being that Haruto was his first true friend, although it is unclear if Haruto just past-out from exhaustion or he die like Marie did after using up her ruins. It would have been better if he could start a new with everyone but the writes probably thought it would be more dramatic if he die. It likely that he is dead since we never see him in the future. Now things end with the past catching up with the future how they give a quick summery how Module 77 became the third super-power being on par with ARUS and Dorssia. This gives a potential of a sequel to Valvrave, to tell the story of how the nation was created after the final battle. However that is not very likely even if we would like to create a happy ending for Haruto assuming that he only lost his memories in the battle and not his life.

Unbreakable Machine-Doll - ep12

Now as the fight with Sin continues, they do a little flashback to when Raishin met Shoko to reveal the nature of his bet with her. The first part being something that we are already aware of Shoko leading Yaya to him so that he can kill his brother Tenzen. Although the other part of the bet is if he dies, then she will get to use his body to make a doll. This make not so much a bet as it is his contract with her to be able to use Yaya. Then as Shoko finish reflecting on their deal, she allow alludes to the reason that Yaya is so obsessed with Raishin. It seems that Yaya is consuming him little by little which is making her more attach to him as time goes on. This fact alludes to how Raishin might get his revenge in the end. However this is only a little side trip in the story.

That once Raishin Back-story is complete the battle with Sin continues. However things are going poorly for Raishin since even with Char help is isn't able to get an edge over sin. That is when he comes up with a plan to draw out Sin's puppeteer by using himself as bait by leaving himself open to be attack. Sin takes the bait which allow Yaya to catch him so that they can pin Sin down to have Char deal the final blow. However the real goal of the plan wasn't to destroy Sin but to draw out his puppeteer by exhausting Sin mana. Now with the master mind out in the open, they are force to make a tactical retreat. What is strange is the battle ends without a resolute conclusion, that nothing is truly resolved.

Now with the battle finished and Raishin back in his hospital bed, they leads us to a certain degree of closure by revealing Char and Henri's fate. It seems the some mysterious girl that goes to this school pulled some strings with her father to get the government to use Below's families frozen assets to pay for the damage that Char cause and to drop all charges against her. Then with the issue with Henri, with it being that her records her falsified she can't stay her anymore. That is where Kimberley steps in and makes Henri her maid, this gives Henri a reason to be able to remain her at the school with her sister. While also gives Henri unofficial protection by Nectar in having her being Kimberley's assistant. Now Char is safe from ever having her sister ever being used against her again, with everything being resolved it bring the first season to a close. Although they now have a nice foundation for the second season, the question is how long will it be until the series makes it's return.

Log Horizon - ep12

It seems that there is no rush to get to the heart of the matter. The King is still feeling them out, and to get them socializing he advice them to join the party. However of those that came none of them are really the dancing type. This leads to Crusty having a bit of fun with Shiroe by volunteering him, but Shiroe is against because it is clear that Crusty would be a better choice. Although in the end Shiroe is save by Henrietta because she can have him follow her lead. Things end well that night but Shiroe has built up some resentment from Akatsuki, either because he didn't dance with her or the children treated her like a child.

The next day there is a bit of focus on their impact on the world. First there is the issue of there cooking method has spread to the people of the land. This also helps define the main purpose of the ball last night was to put the king's citizen at ease about them. Now the real issue is that since the apocalypse happen people have stop taking quest, so there is a real need to stabilize the relationship. Although the problem lies in the fact that the people of the land need them but they see the Adventures have change the status qua. However they will not be able to come out and say that they need them. Then on top of this there is a chance that in the future this lords will approach the individual guilds, and the round table will not be able to police them all. That for better or worse they will need to come to an agreement here or there is a chance that failure to do so will adversely affect Akihabara, and it wouldn't be so easy to fix next time.