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Mundane Space Pirates 6: I think I'm dropping this. It's just so damn slow-paced and not at all what I was expecting. They way they treat pirating and being a pirate also completely confounds me. Do people like pirates? Were they laughing on that boat because they thought it was a joke? Why would people want their valuables taken from them? What's up with the big demon guy and why is he so normal in every other way? Eh, whatever.

Hunter X Hunter 19: Has to be one of the funniest episodes yet. That ninja guy is much stronger than expected. As for the rest of the bracket, dispite my best guesses, I'm not sure at all who will beat whom. I assume there will be torture on the part of Killua and SuperClown.

Shakugan no Shana 17: As was mentioned earlier, I have no idea why we're rooting for the Flame Haze, and I don't much understand Shana's convictions. I mean, I totally heard their reasons (even if the tomogara make and live in another world, the "balance" will eventually get pineappleed and so will earth), but I still don't think it's their job to police some other world. I mean, the same argument could easily be made about humans -- that they're destroying their own planet and left to their own devices they'll destroy much more, so we should wipe them all out. I feel like I should be able to understand Shana herself better though. So she wants to beat Yuji to... show him that she loves him? And then to listen to and possibly ignore his ambitions?

 Shana side-rant

Another thing that kinda bothered me is how important all the characters developed in the past two seasons turned out to be. I mean, I got the impression back then that Shana and her teacher were a very small part of a massive group, and that the tomogara that attacked were just random, not particularly high-ranking tomogara just trying to have dinner. It felt like the show was more about the characters and their developments than the fantasy world itself. But now, in season three, nearly everyone who seemed kind of average joe is suddenly a big shot in the world-wide Flame Haze army. How is it that Bomb Girl has her pomegranate in check so easily, but most of the millions of other Flame Haze are going completely insane? That was a specific point for my more general point: why are all the characters *we* know so much more important? Why are they specifically the ones fighting the strongest enemies? It just feels weird.

Post Note: That stupid mad scientist guy should not be in this show. He's horrible to listen to, not funny, and usually ruins the mood.

AnoNatsu 5: This show is just cute. I'm glad we didn't have 10 episodes of awkward movie-making, and instead got a proactive supporting character that tells everyone's secrets.

i love Lemon in general, she's the greatest anime character ever, no competition.

This.