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Colloquium: Moretsu Pirates Episode 6
“There’s another, unknown me, hiding in my heart. How far? Until the end. You’re lost and missing.” -lyrics from the ED to Moretsu Pirates, “Lost Child”
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 18
ajthefourth: Please disregard a few of the speculations I made on Tabuki’s character last week. Although I still see him as partially representing that equalizing sort of attitude that I described from a few interviews in Underground: The Tokyo Gas … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 13
“It really was a day like any other We had breakfast together in the morning. The three of us went to school. Our parents went to work. We smiled by the door and waved. But they never came back. That … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 8
ajthefourth: It was in episode five, when their parents were introduced, that the Takakura brothers really began to cement themselves as separate entities in viewers’ minds. Kanba was the more active one. He took after his father, who was also … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 1
ajthefourth: There’s something inherently fascinating and romantic about train travel. The idea that a train stops at numerous destinations, offering numerous possibilities and yet is unable to expand beyond where its rails take it is one that makes the train … Continue reading
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Existentialism in the Execution of Sora no Woto
by: vucubcaquix When I watched the final OVA, I don’t think I realized quite how much I missed this show. Beautiful art, beautiful music, insightful dialogue discussing dreams vs. goals, and the cutest haircut session ever.
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 24 END
“As it turns out, living was a punishment. I’ve been punished in small doses living as a Takakura. …But, still, we were together. We took all the punishments, no matter how small and trivial. They’re all precious memories. Because the … Continue reading →
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