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GARO – Vanishing Line #15 — Monster Mash
Now I want Team GARO to have a monster buddy. It could so work. Impressions: As with many Vanishing Line episodes, I really like the concept behind this episode. This eschews the protagonists...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #16 — Punching Bullets
I can't take characters named Pedro in Japanese media seriously. Both Beatless and Killing Bites's episodes this week were pretty godawful. They shared the theme of "What if we do something...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #17 — Fury Road
Hey, there's Chekhov's minigun. Impressions: In a lot of ways, this was a rehash of the last big balls-to-the-wall action episode of the show that capped off the end of its first major arc. That was...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #18 — ISP Monopoly
What on god's green planet happened with/to this episode? Impressions: What a remarkably bizarre and terrible episode. Mostly the latter. I spent the vast majorit of the episode just being bored and...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #19 — Kick the Baby
Wasn't that an enemy in Persona? Impressions: The big bugaboo with this series that has been lurking in the shadows is coming home to rest as it sort of crawls towards its end. And we're seemingly...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #20 — The Unsurprising Infodumpapalooza
Oh boy, it's exactly as everyone thought it would be. Impressions: Kudos to Sword and especially to Sophie. They weren't having anything to do with Black Mercy world. Or since all the people turn...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #21 — The Adventures of the World’s Stupidest Idiot
Gambling on Sophie's brother being a compelling character was a very poor move. Impressions: …And made even worse by the two minutes of recap to start things out, followed by about five more minutes...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #22 — Suicide is Temporary
I love when dead characters come back to life for no reason. Impressions: A flat out terrible episode as the show limps to its conclusion. Note, the show, not the story. Now that the final boss has...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #23 — Enable Wireframe Mode
Why did Gina's bow turn into a car again? Impressions: Leaving aside the almost comically godawful direction of the cliffhanger, probably about as good an episode as one could hope for to basically...
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GARO – Vanishing Line #24 — Heart and Soul
I missed you, Chinese girl. Impressions: A surprisingly emotional sendoff to the show, but like last week, the ordering of the scenes utterly baffles me. Sophie's speech about not want it all to...
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