Psycho-Pass – Ep.16 & 17

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It was kind of nice seeing a straight forward fist-fight between Shogo and Kogami. No weapons, no magic, no robots, no nothing. Just two guys duking it out. It feels like it’s been awhile since I’ve seen something like that so it was a welcome way to handle their showdown. It also vaguely brought up images from the fights in Cowboy Bebop for me for some reason which is always a plus. Something about the angles or moves or something. The conclusion with Tsunemori coming in at the last moment was pretty predictable though. As soon as she said that she’d catch up with him you had to know that she’d pop in just at the right moment to save the day.

The dialogue between Kagari and Shogo’s right-hand man was well done. Kagari’s got every reason to want to see the Sybil System fail but despite that he still won’t betray his friends and aide the terrorists. He might take his sweet time getting there but he will get there.

I was a bit behind due to a busy couple weeks but I ended up lucking out. The end of episode 16 is such a cliffhanger that I absolutely could not wait to see what happened next, and I was able to jump right into 17. I feel this episode was a huge Continue reading →

Shin Sekai Yori – Ep.19

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Who is it? There are a couple of people who you’d assume the ogre has to be (Maria or Mamoru) but is that too obvious? We don’t get a very good look at the attacker due to some crazy looking psycho-fog so nothing can be confirmed at the moment anyways. But if I had to choose I’d say the easy choice would be Maria. Just a lot of little things here and there tip things in that direction, plus the foreshadowing earlier on in the series has been building up to this event to a certain degree.

If I had to speculate I’d imagine that perhaps Mamoru wasn’t strong enough to survive outside of the village even with Maria and lost his life in one way or another. Maria was then left all alone for a few years outside the spiritual barrier in what would Continue reading →