Category Archives: Anime Appraisals

.hack//Roots 8: search for the ingredients

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Karura

Given my newfound propensity for constructing rants, I had better make it clear here that this won’t be following the pattern of my previous disillusioned moaning about .hack//Roots. Instead, this will be less of an outright rant, and more of … Continue reading →

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.hack//Roots episode 7, now with added Online Jack

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Karura

Given how little happens in any given episode of Roots, it seems almost inconceivable that I could find enough material to write a whole new rant a scant week after I created the last. And yet, whilst I was alternately … Continue reading →

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.hack//Roots 1-6

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Karura

Beginning a new set of ‘backlogged’ articles; the .hack//Roots series begins as a straightforward rant, before turning into more of a parody. Part one was written just after episode six was released. Sometime last year, when 2005 was just getting … Continue reading →

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Rant Bonus Round: Mai-Otome Revisited

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Karura

No, I haven’t done anything as insanely foolish as attempt to rewatch the series; however, lengthy as it was, I’ve come to feel that my first rant about Otome just didn’t quite cover everything. And so it is that I … Continue reading →

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Mai-Otome, or how to deface a franchise in 26 easy steps

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Karura

Spoiler warning: this rant will unashamedly give away the plot for the entirety of Mai-Otome and most of HiME. In October 2005, life seemed good; a sequel to Mai-HiME had begun airing in Japan, and it seemed to be all … Continue reading →

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