Oh - never mind, then.Tonari no Seki-kun – 14 Here's a little tip for the folks at Tonari no Seki-kun - if you want to make people miss you, you have to stay away at least a little [...]
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And here’s the last batch of anime reviews for the winter season. Time to start thinking about spring!… Nagi no Asukara Nagi no Asukara has been one of those anime that grew on me more and more as the [...]
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Anime is starting to get the kinks worked out of this short-format anime thing...In honor of Tonari no Seki-kun ending (for now) I ate dinner at Tonari Ramen last night (a local tanmen chain - [...]
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「プール」 (Puuru) "Pool" Unless I get a nice surprise next week and discover another episode of Tonari no Seki-kun (or I'm enlightened by a legitimate source), this week marks the end of one [...]
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I guess some things really are the same in Japan as they are in America.This week finds the master of killing time engaged in an activity teens everywhere are familiar with - studying the rules of [...]
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「ラジコン」 (Rajikon) "RC Car" If there's ever been an episode where Yokoi was the absolute and undisputed winner, I think this one takes the cake. The post Tonari no Seki-kun – 12 appeared [...]
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Turns out Mt. Maeda is an active volcano...Witch Craft Works – 11 I guess the message of this episode is that the secret to magic power is in the shirt.  Or something.  [...]
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「登山」 (Tozan) "Mountain Climbing Continuing on from last week's momentum, this week's episode was terrific. We got a little bit of everything that makes the show worth watching and then a [...]
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You've got the wrong game, Gotou - this is golf, not tennis.  Unless you're talking about Davis there's no love in golf....Witch Craft Works – 10 The massive infusion of plot [...]
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「ゴルフ」 (Gorufu) "Golf" Well that was a little different than usual! If anything, this week's episode is a great example of just how powerful perception can be.
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「編み物」 (Amimono) "Knitting" Yokoi can never catch a break, can she?
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「将棋(2) (Shougi 2) "Shogi 2" After its one week hiatus, Tonari no Seki-kun returns with one of its best episodes yet. With a great follow up to a previous story and the animation looking cleaner than [...]
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Even in the wake of possibly the best anime episode in the last year, the rest of the schedule does soldier on...Tonari no Seki-Kun - 6/7 Honestly, an episode like this [...]
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「避難訓練」 (Hinan Kunren) & 「手紙まわし」 (Tegami Mawashi) "Disaster Drill" & "Note Passing" I only have two things to say -- OMG a two episode release and THE POST OFFICE EPISODE! (More after the break!)
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That was a new spin on identity theft.Witch Craft Works – 05 The danger of any show whose primary appeal (for me, anyway) is randomness is that when it focuses on plot or [...]
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「消しゴムはんこ」 (Keshigomu Hannko) "Eraser Stamp" While I do love all the antics that Yokoi and Seki-kun get themselves into, sometimes its tough to get through some of the less funnier ones. Which is why [...]
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Sometimes I wonder if studios plan these things in advance.Tonari no Seki-kun – 04 Having mastered the vagaries of Shogi, our intrepid time-waster turns his hand to Go with [...]
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「囲碁」 (Igo) "Igo" While I can’t remember my official count of who’s currently winning this “war” in the classroom, I think we can all agree that Seki-kun definitely came out on top this week.
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Sometimes the three-episode rule simply isn't enough.Nobunagun – 03 It was a bit of a thematic change-of-pace for Nobunagaun this week with a training episode, but the series as a [...]
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「机みがき」 (Tsukuemigaki) "Desk Polishing" If I had half the skills Seki-kun had, I could make a living as a carpenter.
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