Between the Sky and Sea Episode 12: Space Fishing I guess.

January 3, 2019 HainiryunAt long last I'm free of this show, Between the Sky and Sea, Namino still sucks, Namino Sucks but it should be acknowledged that Haru is also pretty bad, Space Fish!, Space fishing in this show about fishing in spaceLeave a comment

I’d originally planned to get this post up sooner, but have been delaying it for a couple of reasons. The more obvious one being time, between the 12 Days posts and Christmas/New Year I’ve just not had the time to get around to writing this one. The more significant reason though is that I’m honestly struggling to come up with anything to actually say about this episode. As a finale to 11 episodes of dithering around in circles it was honestly pretty functional. But functional isn’t great when I have zero investment in any of the characters. Continue reading “Between the Sky and Sea Episode 12: Space Fishing I guess.” →

Between the Sky and Sea episode 10: Apparently there’s a villain now?

December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 HainiryunA distinct lack of fishing in space in this show about fishing in space, Between the Sky and Sea, Namino sucks, Space Fish!, Tone Problems, Why did humans apparently forge some kind of deal with literal divine beings just for space fishing?Leave a comment

This is exactly how I feel 10 weeks into writing about this.

This show has some tone issues. Tone issues which were pretty constant this episode in particular, with scenes which were very clearly meant to be taken totally seriously consistently coming across as comedic due to the goofy delivery or inherent silliness of the situation at hand. At least it was unintentionally funny.

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Between the Sky and Sea episode 7: Space!

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 HainiryunBetween the Sky and Sea, Extremely dubious solutions to problems, Space Fish!, Space fishing in this show about fishing in space, Who designed these fish?!Leave a comment

In a wholly unexpected turn of events the gang finally made it into space this week. It was pretty anticlimactic.

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Between the Sky and Sea episode 5: Questionable Life Decisions

November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 HainiryunA distinct lack of fishing in space in this show about fishing in space, Between the Sky and Sea, Extremely dubious solutions to problems, Fuper sun is not a catch phrase that will ever catch on - stop it., Space Fish!Leave a comment

Does that post title refer to the contents of the episode or my decision to keep blogging this thing? Why not both?! While not quite as utterly good will destroying as last week this episode’s trajectory didn’t change a whole lot really. On the plus side it saw the return of the show’s distinctive style of extremely inefficient problem solving, so that was fun at least.

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Between the Sky and Sea episode 2: No Space Fishing Occurs

October 11, 2018July 22, 2019 HainiryunA distinct lack of fishing in space in this show about fishing in space, Between the Sky and Sea, Extremely dubious solutions to problems, Extremely mobage character designs, I'm fairly sure those space fish tanks have a proper name but I'm calling them fish orbs and there's noting you can do to stop me, Space Fish!, Suddenly: Alternate dimensions!Leave a comment

After last week’s frenetic premiere, Between the Sky and Sea slowed down a little this week, taking some time to establish more character relationships and a clear early series goal for the cast. It still managed to be low key absurd though. Continue reading “Between the Sky and Sea episode 2: No Space Fishing Occurs” →

Between the Sky and Sea episode 1: What?!

October 5, 2018 HainiryunBetween the Sky and Sea, ducks, Extremely dubious solutions to problems, Extremely mobage character designs, Space Fish!Leave a comment

I’ve wanted to give episodic anime blogging a try for a while ago, but never find myself watching something that felt suited for it. But, since this season’s been kind enough to feature a show that feels right, it would be remiss of me to pass the opportunity up. So let’s get this train rolling and look at the first episode. Continue reading “Between the Sky and Sea episode 1: What?!” →