Lostorage Incited WIXOSS – 12 (END)
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「夜明け」 (Yowake)
"Dawn"
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Drifters – 12 (END)
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「みつめて新選組 〜熱血九州男児の唄〜」 (Mitsumete Shinsengumi 〜 nekketsu Kyuushuu danji no uta 〜)
"Staring at Shinsengumi ~The Song of the Fervid Kyuushuu Man~"
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Flip Flappers – 12
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「ピュアハウリング」 (Pyuahauringu)
"Pure Howling"
Just like in real life, the final boss is the mother-in-law.
Stella no Mahou – 12 (END)
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「もう一度スタート地点」 (Mouichido Sutaato Chiten)
"Back To The Starting Line"
It may not happen a lot in this genre, but sometimes there are shows that manage to do a great job at wrapping things up while leaving just enough in the air to keep your imagination going. Stella no Mahou's ending this week did just that and more.
Yuri!!! on Ice – 12 (END)
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「超超超がんばらんば!!! グランプリファイナルFS」 (Cho cho cho Ganbaranba!!! Guranpurifainaru FS)
"Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge it! Grand Prix Final Free Skate"
I would describe this finale as thoroughly satisfying.
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Hibike! Euphonium 2 – 12
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「さいごのコンクール」 (Sai go no Konkuru)
"The Last Competition"
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ViVid Strike – It’s the Characters, Stupid
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Have fun getting the bugs out of your hair later on. |
While ViVid Strike could have benefited from tighter plotting or a few more script revisions, it never forgot one thing that so many anime do forget: it's not about the plot. It's the characters, stupid.
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Ajin – 24, 25
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「これじゃホントに戦争じゃないすか/僕も約束しますよ, 佐藤さん」 (Kore ja Honto ni Sensou ja Nai Suka/Boku mo Yakusoku Shimasu yo, Satou-san)
"Is This Really War?/It's a Promise From Me, Satou-san"
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Bubuki Buranki: Hoshi no Kyojin – Off to Another Adventure
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Just wouldn't be complete without some romantic overtones would it? |
Never straying far from the path, Bubuki Buranki gave us more of the same, just now improved
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3-gatsu no Lion – 10
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「Chapter.20 贈られたもの1 / Chapter.21 贈られたもの2」 (Chapter.20 Okuraretamono 1 / Chapter.21 Okuraretamono 2)
"Chapters.20 Things Given 1 / Chapter.21 Things Given 2"
While the lack of my favorite three sisters still bothers me, this week's episode finally gave me exactly what I wanted from Rei.