King’s Game – Episode 1
King’s Game isn’t just a murder dwindling story like Royale—it wants to be the classic guro manga so hard it hurts, down to stealing the gimmick of X-ing out dead students’ faces on a class photo.
Fall 2017 Tag
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Just Because! – Episode 1
The little things are the best part of Just Because.
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TsukiPro the Animation – Episode 1
A uniformly bland singing show that would very much like your money and is about as raw and unvarnished as that time Justin Bieber put out a tour movie.
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KONOHANA KITAN – Episode 1
This premiere begins with a one-two punch of fanservice and “comical” assault, immediately souring me to a series I think I’d have otherwise found at worst harmless and at best kinda charming.
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Infini-T Force – Episodes 1-2
I’m sorry, Infiniti-T Force. I don’t get your 1970s superhero references.
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URAHARA – Episode 1
This is one of the most frustrating sorts of premieres: the kind that’s a slog until the last five minutes or so, at which point a promising hook tries to tempt you back in spite of the 15 miserable minutes prior.
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SENGOKU NIGHT BLOOD – Episode 1
Have sympathy for those tasked with visual novel adaptations, dear readers. And if ever you find yourself in a position to write the premiere for such an adaptation, think back to the first half of Sengoku Night Blood—and do exactly the opposite of what they did.
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JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR – Episode 1
Do you like guns? How about blood? How about murder poison and empowered bunny men in high heels? Then Grimdark Fruits Basket Royale is for you!
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Black Clover – Episode 1
In trying to come up with a pithy way to introduce Black Clover, all I could think was “It sure is a shounen.” And yep. It sure is.
