Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 13

Even Legend of the Galactic Heroes cannot break away from the childhood marriage promise cliche.

The 13th episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes focuses mainly on life on the first planet that will experience the Alliance’s invasion. It also serves as a break from the Yang and Reinhard dominated episodes of the past few weeks and instead focuses on how a simple plan can have a large impact on those far away from the decision making.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 12

The right hand of the statue of Alliance founding father Heinessen, which is clearly modeled after Christo Redentor. Balancing military strength with democratic ideals becomes increasingly difficult.

Episode 12 returns to Alliance domestic politics and a decision on whether to invade the Empire or not. The role of Phezzan also comes further into the light, but the political race to the bottom continues.

The Overanalysis of Nogizaka Haruka

Dismissing itself as disposable content in the first minutes of the OP, or perhaps a reflection on the subculture it is catering to

I hinted at it in the weekly recap…which no one reads:*(, but I’ve decided to push on with a little look to see whether anything interesting can be extracted from Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. It’s been nearly 9 months since the series started airing, so any effects of hype should be out of my system and I can look at this as a neutral.

The Week That Was March 11-18

Lack of feedback has left me looking in unusual places for social commentary. Mmm. Pancakes.

Yes I crammed a bunch of this in on Wednesday night when I normally write this (though it’s always Thursday for my UK and Philippines-based readers), but at least I can offer a bit more from my weekly recap than normal.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 11

So much class in the Imperial Court

As we hit the ten percent mark on this journey into Legend of the Galactic Heroes, we once again return to the craziness of court life in the Empire. The main theme of this episode is the Kaiser’s unwillingness to deal with certain issues, though this is nowhere near the level of high level government dealings.

Not Really The Week That Was March 5-11, but a Request

Apropos of nothing, 2 things to note in this picture. First, how on earth was that press box considered safe even by 1960 standards? Second, the goalkeeper's outfit on the far left of the picture.

Because MAL decided to crap the bed and wiped out any history of what I’ve watched in the last week, and because I doubt you’d want several hundred words devoted to episode 9 of Asu no Yoichi! and only that, I’ve decided to try different. Actually, it’s really just a desperate ask of my 1.3 commenters.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 10

Yang is denied both by a friend and terrorists. The world conspires against him it seems.

After the exploration of civil society within the Galactic Empire in previous weeks, episode 10 marked a return to life in the Alliance. A special election in Thernusen, a city on Planet Heinessen provides the backdrop to the events in this episode. Here, we are presented with a fragile democracy struggling to hold together in the midst of an ever less popular war.

The Week that Was February 26 – March 4

I'd write something hilarious if I was any good at writing in a faux-Glaswegian accent.

I’ve come to realize that I don’t really watch all that much during the week, and can only really be bothered on the weekends. That’s alright surely. Anyway, some different shows from last week while I continue to fall further behind on what everyone is really watching.