Pendragon Is Mightier Than The Sworddragon
Finally, we get some crumbs of the main plot. The Neres clue presses Maia for details about her strange behavior, so she spills the beans and tells them all about her history. Apparently, her parents were high-flying members of the Ocean Agency, but the family was involved in some kind of car crash, and Maia [...]
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One of the best episodes yet! In a shocking bit of continuity, we find the Neres crew using the vacation tickets to Siberia City that Gloria won last time. Siberia City isn’t the freezing desolate Siberia of old; in fact, it’s now a tropical paradise, attracting millions of tourists. Each member goes off on their [...]
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A “feel-good” episode that actually makes Gloria somewhat likeable, and manages to pack some great comedic moments in between the sap. The Neres team goes in for their mandatory health checkup, and it turns out that Gloria has a deadly tumor. The gang tries to keep it a secret from her, but Gloria is immediately [...]
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Whenever Kabitzin and I have a conversation about phenomenally bad character designs, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue is most assuredly in the runnings (though we unanimously agree that Gilgamesh takes the cake in this department). The abnormally large upper heads, reminiscent of the aliens from Mars Attacks!, aren’t going to win any art awards (save [...]
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DITBB continues to perform well in the “entertainment-to-production value ratio” category, as if that meant anything. This series looks like it was drawn by manga-school dropouts, yet it still manages to amuse more often than annoy, which is more than most series can brag about. I noticed that during close-ups or medium range shots, the [...]
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Maia meets up with her old friend from high school (the one that got accepted into the Ocean Agency), and feels somewhat like a loser since she failed to get in. In addition, working for the rough and tumble Neres Corp. isn’t exactly glamorous. Later, her friend’s car gets stolen; another casualty in a recent [...]
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