Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Ep.8 Review: Anglerfish Elma Bento

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon) introduces a new dragon furthers the main couple’s relationship this week. It’s warm. It’s what we’ve come to expect, and it’s funny too.

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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department Ep.8 Review: Disappearance

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Like previous episode of ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka), this one picks up right where the last left off, but it does so in much more depth than you might have expected.

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Demi-chan wa Kataritai Ep.8 Review: Mediocre and Rote Slice of Life Fare

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Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girlseschews the small amount of momentum it regained last week, and grinds almost entirely to an uninspired halt. 

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Ep.7 Review: Bikinis and The Meaning of Life

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In the self-proclaimed fan-service episode of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon), we get a helluva lot more than Lucoa and co. in skimpy swimsuits. Ideological considerations mesh with warm animation in another stellar step forward for the anime.
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department Ep.7 Review: Royal Rumble

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The rising actions kicks off in ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka) this week as plain as can be. Revelations abound, built up within the episode by stellar pacing and call backs that substantiate the vagueness of episodes past.

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Demi-chan wa Kataritai Ep.7 Review: Haphazard Intros and A Hint at Conflict

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In an episode titled “Succubus-san Is Inquisitive,” you’d think Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls) would develop Sakie’s character in a meaningful way. Instead, we learn about the broader instabilities that afflicted demi-humans in the past while getting an abrupt introduction to a couple new cast members.

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Ep.6 Review: Young, Queer, and Honest

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In Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon), Tohru steps into a foreign bedchamber for a good old fashioned maid-off this week — except she’s not a real maid, so she loses horribly.

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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department Ep.6 Review: Suspicion Shift

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This week on ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-kawe learn how Jean became an orphan. His parents died in an train crash along with 63 others travelling between Peshi and Rokkusu. The character interactions that follow fundamentally shift the suspicions that have been hinted at throughout the show.

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Demi-chan wa Kataritai Ep.6 Review: Sisterly Love and Awkward Head Pats

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Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls) presents a slower episode this week. More awkward than enlightening, a few jokes string it along, but the most interesting images come in a six-second preview at the end.

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Ep.5 Review: Love Deepened, End-State Set

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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon) meaningfully explores Tohru’s affection for Kobayashi this week, and it does so in a way that personally hits me hard.

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