Some ridiculous blizzards allowed me to watch a bunch of stuff.

True Tears

A pretty solid romance. It did the love triangle thing pretty well, even at the end. Nice OP too. I don’t have too much to say about this one.

Bamboo Blade

Not the most amazing thing ever, but it was highly entertaining. All of the characters were likable, but it was Tamaki that sold the show to me. I will never tire of watching her crush her opponents and get excited about Blade Braver.

Seirei no Moribito

I was basically lead to this from Kure-nai, which is tangentially related. Very good fantasy and excellent characters. It’s nice that the imperial court seemed to care about the empire and was willing to admit that they screwed up.

Sketchbook ~full color’S~

A slow-paced slice of life show. It seems like Hidamari Sketch without the SHAFT weirdness. It’s noteworthy because it throws in a Canadian, even if Kate could have come from any generic western nation. SOU NAN DESU KARRRRRRRRRRRRRR?!

Shakugan no Shana (and Shana Second)

I thought this was alright, except for the enormous list of words that they invented. And I guess that the way that they chose to resolve the romantic subplot was completely unsatisfying. I’d rather they actually showed a scene with some dialogue and reactions as opposed to being clever and heavily implying it.

Myself ; Yourself

This started off really slow and uninteresting. I had to read spoilers on Wikipedia to keep me interested, which should be a sign that I should drop a show. Anyhow, when the drama came, it was really weird. But the one thing that continues to stand out is that voice. I don’t remember Chiyo’s voice being this terribad.

H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~

A lot of this could have been interesting if he stayed blind. Otherwise, it seemed fairly typical until the end, where things get very strange. And I’m not sure what to make of the very, very end. The most entertaining part is still the preview with the glorious English.

sola

It’s an Air clone. I tried to approach it without that preconception, but everything it does is a parallel to it: the sky motif, the weird fantasy elements, the distant past stuff, the deflecting the plot away from romance at the end. I wasn’t a huge fan of Air and I’m even less of a fan of this.

Kimikiss ~ pure rouge

This had promise at the beginning, but it really dragged out towards the middle. And at the end, it seemed like it threw everything that happened for Kouichi’s half out the door. Really, what was the point of that entire rigamarole?

Kara no Kyoukai 1 and 2

I started watching this for a few reasons. One was that it seems like everyone’s talking about it. Another was some of that talking spilled over to the real world and I have some friends who told me about it. And last of all, it’s done by ufotable and I’d recently finished their very awesome Manabi Straight.

Having a look at the first movie was confusing and unsatisfying. Even after the second movie, I wasn’t entirely sure what was going on. I’d expected a lot more action and a lot more elaboration about what was going on. I’m going to keep on watching, because the production is amazing and really impressive, but it seems like the movies weren’t made for people who aren’t familiar with all of this TYPE-MOON stuff. I am also surprised that there isn’t a BRD release.