Now while it is not the last week of the season, ERASED is done and gone. As such this will be the last and final installment in the Overreactions series. Writing about the same show week after week grows to be very tedious, I would much rather spend the limited amount of time I can devote to this anime blog writing about more exciting things; such as the future of the industry or political symbolism in modern anime.

I will briefly say I am looking forward to next season—a fresh start is always good. Now,  I don’t spend a whole lot of time researching shows I plan to watch. In fact, the extent of it is looking at the key visual and if it looks like my style I’ll give it a whirl. Then once polls I readjust the shows I am following accordingly. Not a good strategy I know. I miss out on a lot of gems, but if they are really great then years down the road I read a review that draws me back to the show.

The only show I am really looking forward to as of right now is My Hero Academia. Now while I was spoon fed shounen since the day I was born into this anime life, as I have gotten older I have distanced myself more and more from your typical shounen. Now, that’s not to say I don’t still read the new chapter of One Piece every week. It’s just that I no longer see shounen as the crowned king of anime genres, and instead prefer real drama/slice of life/almost shoujo type stuff. Anyways, my point is I just don’t get very excited over new shounen. My Hero Academia however, looks really promising and done by one of my favorite studios—Bones. So I will definitely be checking it out!

 

We can only work with what we got, and we’re all prisoners of the moment here so let’s overreact!

**May Contain Spoilers proceed with caution**

 

ERASED

Continue reading “Overreactions – Week 12 Winter 2016”

 

We can only work with what we got, and we’re all prisoners of the moment here so let’s overreact!

**May Contain Spoilers proceed with caution**

ERASED

Weekly Review:  With the raw emotions that were beautifully on display in episode 8 of ERASED, we got the most heart warming episode to date. This week was different than most weeks though. The emotions that were carved into our limbic systems this week were an awkward mix of joy and sadness. These feelings brought me, as a full grown man, to tears as I watched the scene preceding the credits. Seeing how moved a little a girl was to see a full plate on the table for breakfast, something I have never really given any thought to, was really eye opening. It made me think.. I’ve been blessed with such a simple and easy going life. I’ve always thought of myself as a grateful man, but seeing how waking up to a full meal for the first time brought Kayo to tears, makes me wonder if I even know what it means to be grateful. I have been on what I believed to be rock bottom many times over the course of my life, with but only the terrible decisions I made as an adolescent to thank, but never have I been in such a place where the gesture of a home cooked meal could bring me to tears. Continue reading “Overreaction – Week 8 Winter 2016”