Hello, and welcome to All Your Monies, where The Glorio Blog’s resident toy and figure collecting crew (and Aqua) will run down the last week’s new pre-orders, turning a loving or scathing eye over what’s been put out for you to spend your hard earned cash on. This week we have girls with swords, girls without swords, boys who ARE swords and some sadly non sword related figures.
Hello, and welcome to All Your Monies, where The Glorio Blog’s resident toy and figure collecting crew (and Aquagaze) will run down the last week’s new pre-orders, turning a loving or scathing eye over what’s been put out for you to spend your hard earned cash on. This week Zigg is out cruising the convention scene so I am doing the honors this week. Naturally I make sure to include something that I know wouldn’t be here otherwise.
It’s that time of the year again when all of our contributors get to shine a spotlight on the show they thought to be the very best of the past Winter season, as well as reflect back on the preview to see which shows let us down the most.
One day, I saw some character artwork for some weird anime and thought some of it was kinda cool, even if half of it was loli pandering or questionable to the highest degree. Today I say goodbye to Zvezda once and for all.
Turns out there was a giant civil war this entire time and West Udogawa had been the only neutral region thanks to Zvezda’s efforts. However, now that Tokyo’s governor (also Asuta’s father) has brought his special forces to the battlefield, Kate and her followers are easily beaten and forced on the run. With things looking grim, Asuta strengthens his convictions…sort of.
Recap Both Asuta and Renge end up on a trip to a hot spring, each sent by their respective organizations. What a surprise!
Things get even weirder.
Things get weird as Egret’s plan begins to fall apart. Asuta witnesses some kind of weird vision. Kate turns into a giant monster. Look I really have no clue whats going on okay.
Recap The Zvezda crew infiltrate Asuta’s school in an attempt to uncover a supposedly mysterious artifact that will aid anyone who desires to conquer the world.
Kate decides that White Robin’s ineptitude makes her a perfect target to learn more of White Light’s operations and sends her minions to find out her identity. Somehow Asuta can’t manage to figure it out that it’s Renge until a super esoteric clue shows up. Realizing his friend is a member of the opposition, he’s conflicted over how to proceed.
Like last week, we learn a little more about Natasha’s past and how she came to be Kate’s loyal mad scientist/witch/exhibitionist. Additionally, the crew’s headquarter’s udo powered energy reactor goes down, forcing them to find the original udo root and do something before all of their equipment runs out of power.
This week, Kate and her crew decide to wage a war on the insufferable tyranny of habitual smokers in public locations. Things soon escalate into a conflict that encompasses the entire West Udogawa region. Additionally, we learn a bit more about Yasu and Goro’s past before they ended up joining Kate.
After the events of last week’s episode, Asuta Jimon still attends school for some reason, despite being a runaway child. He ends up getting brought to the Zvezda Headquarters, where he meets the rest of Kate’s crew on their off hours. Elsewhere, a rival organization known as White Light are mobilizing to face the supposed thread that Kate and her motley crew represent.
Kate Hoshimiya is a little girl with big plans. Determined to conquer the world and bring it all under her heel, she’s recruited an eccentric bunch of individuals, including our hapless male protagonist Asuta Jimon.
Rounding out our GLORIO Winter Anime Guide is the return of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, as well as a mixed bag of manga adaptations and anime original series that we’ll be checking out. Take a look at our second helping of previews and let us know what you think looks good. Also, don’t forget to…
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