Granbelm Episode 8: Absence

August 29, 2019 HainiryunGranbelm, Honestly this is not how I was expecting Rosa to reappear, I for one am shocked to discover that the magical battle royale tournament might in fact have something more going on behind the scenes, It requires a bit of creative spelling but "Mangetsu Kohinata" is in fact an anagram of "The Magiakonnatus" so that's kinda spooky., Mangetsu is pretty susp actually, The audio trick when Nene put on her headphones to figure out the noise canceling thing was pretty neat, Why yes Nene is my favourite character how did you know?Leave a comment

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This week’s episode was heavily focused on the gaps left by things that aren’t there anymore, and how the absence of something can be just as revealing as its presence sometimes. Continue reading “Granbelm Episode 8: Absence” →

Granbelm Episode 7: Hot and Cold

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 HainiryunAnna yelling about adrenaline was maybe a little bit goofy but it sort of looped round into being horrific, Cool Robots, extremely impractical but very cool magic, Granbelm, Suisho's going after Kuon next week so that's kind of scaryLeave a comment

The inevitable showdown between Anna and Shingetsu finally became unavoidable this week, and the show didn’t pull any punches. While not a single long battle like Nene’s the majority of the episode was once again devoted to a single climactic fight. As always the show’s visuals were firing on all cylinders too, pushing things to even higher levels of visual spectacle. Continue reading “Granbelm Episode 7: Hot and Cold” →

Granbelm episode 6: Chasing the Ideal

August 15, 2019August 19, 2019 HainiryunActively avoiding edgy writing tropes, Granbelm, Nene is Fine. Hurah!, Nene's sisters made it over from China surprisingly quickly, So Suisho is clearly just the villain at this point, You'd think Anna's mother would avoid having axes in the house given how her daughter actsLeave a comment

If you die in the Granbelm you’re fine actually.

Weirdly enough that’s sort of novel these days. I apreciate the show continuing to not be suffering porn. Nene got over her loss last week surprisingly quickly, tracking down Mangetsu more out of curiosity about the person who beat her than anything else, and even offering her assistance going forward. Being able to fight on her own terms for the first time was clearly a cathartic experience which has allowed her to open up to others a little more. She’s even able to finally acknowledge Kibou’s friendship, she might be out of the contest but Nene’s in a far better place than she used to be.

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Granbelm Episode 5: A short girl’s long fight

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 HainiryunAs a fellow short person Nene's battlefield is pretty relatable actually, Cool Robots, Granbelm, Mangetsu is pretty susp actually, Nene deserved the win honestly, Nene's power is still gigaflare but now she gets to punch things too so that's extra nifty, Since she can't enter the Granbelm world any more let's just take one last moment to apreciate Nene's tiny crown, Suisho was her usual clearly evil self again this week but that's nothing newLeave a comment

This episode was one long drawn out battle and it was spectacular. The show’s always looked good but they definitely went all out this episode. Beamspam happened, big fancy magic sigils were cast, it was generally a good week for cool robots.

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Granbelm Episode 4: Teaming up

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 HainiryunCool Robots, Family trees are important strategic information in Granbelm, Granbelm, Nene's power is kind of just Gigaflare and it's pretty nifty, Suisho was her usual clearly evil self again this week but that's nothing new2 Comments

As expected this week’s episode was fairly Nene centric, although not necessarily in the way I’d expected. Rather than having her act as the central figure of the episode she was instead the central obstacle for the other competitors to deal with as she finally came out of hiding and revealed her Armanox’s special ability.

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Month: August 2019