What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! We're a bit light this week but in a few weeks all our Fall 2019 shows will be back so it'll get more intense! Anyway, let's dive right in shall we?

FINISHED Leverage

I spent the last month or so binging the hell out of this amazing show cause if you know me at all you know that I'm high key obsessed with con artist shows and movies cause I just find the way the thieves outsmart everyone else so much fun and I think everyone has a part of them that wishes that they could just steal whatever they want! Having said that the real reason that I found this show was actually cause I had just watched the Korean remake of Leverage and I adored it and once it ended I found myself wanting more so I jumped over to the original American version and I've never been more glad. Everything about this show was fun from it's characters to the schemes to how most episodes were standalone only to throw in an overarching threat here and there. I adored watching our cast outwit everyone and how even when it looked like maybe we would fail that in the end we managed to fly through. Parker was my favorite of the bunch though I also had a soft spot for Eliot and his soft center that was wrapped in a hard shell. I low key shipped Parker with both Eliot and Hardison and I totally adored Sophie and Nate too though not as much. Some of my favorite episodes ended up being the more bottle episodes or the ones where the setup was different like the ones where the whole crew told Nate about how they stole something from their POVs or the girls night out at the gala or the one where Parker tore her ACL cause they were all just so creative! Though I just experienced 5 seasons I miss this show already!

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 12

As I totally called last week Iruma ended up joining the Magical Apparatus Battler which high key sucks cause I wanted Iruma to join the Student Council partially cause Ameri is just such a cutie but also cause I want to see Iruma embrace his ambition! As much fun as it has been seeing him stumble from one situation to another I want to see him actually take steps to do well. It low key sucks though cause having joined the Magical Apparatus Battler it's clear that Iruma's going to take on the idea his senpai had about getting rid of demon ranks and making everyone equal which is all well and good but I wish that once a hero of a shounen would actually follow the rules of society and not skip all ranking stuff with their extreme power like Naruto or Tatsuya for example. I am interested in the fact that Sullivan was caught for going into the human world to get Iruma and I'll be curious to find out if Iruma being a human will be outed now. Henri aka Ameri's dad received a picture of Iruma from Baal I'm assuming and that had to have been the proof he needed to arrest Sullivan but I wonder if the other demons will realize that Iruma fits the Demon King prophecy perfectly and if/when they do if they'll force Iruma to become Demon King now or wait until he graduates from school. As a sidebar it was so precious of Ameri to spend so long decorating the Student Council room and then being heartbroken when Iruma didn't come!

FINISHED Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 12

The finale for this anime aired this week and it was just as lovely as I wanted it to be! I really liked the idea that dragons can only be powerful if humans believe in them and so when Special 7 were able to prove to Warlock that they didn't believe in his power but in each other it caused him to lose belief in himself as well and he was destroyed. I especially loved the idea that though Warlock broke down Luka's spirit that he was able to get back up in the end and how that's a representation of why humans are so strong and that Warlock in his very heart of hearts was just jealous of humanity and wanted to be them which is why he was so condescending and tried to take over the world. It does suck that Luka left to find redemption in the end but I'm happy that all of Special 7 made it through and are still working together. It also low key sucks that Seiji decided to give us his dragon power cause it feels like it'd be a really helpful thing in the future. Overall I had a blast with this show and I definitely thought it was one of the better investigation animes of the season so I wish that it hadn't been so slept on!

Harley Quinn Season 1 Episode 6

This episode killed me over and over again with how much I laughed at everything. I said last week that the episode I watched wasn't for me and that I was bored during a lot of it but we came back with a hilarious episode this week that was much MUCH dirtier than I expected it to be! I loved that Jim spent the whole thing in a tizzy about how he had emotional pain to deal with and he needed Batman to help him through it but Bats was too emotionally unavailable to help him and even went as far as saying that they weren't friends but in fact just coworkers. Man oh man this was amazing on so many levels cause while at first it just seemed like a joke on a deeper level that made so much sense cause Bruce has always struggled with his emotions. It led to Jim becoming best friends with Clayface's arm cause it gave him the attention he needed while Harley helped Bruce figure out that he needed to be a better friend to Jim. The Psycho and Ivy story wasn't as funny but I loved how both of them were so horrified by the thought of dating that they had to go destroy the man who reported it!!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 12

This week's episode was all about the hunt for the perfect Battler aka club! I think it's so creative that this show is basically a slice of life but in a magic school so at first glance you don't notice how you're basically going through the same trope-y episodes as a school slice of life! Now don't get me wrong, I adore slice of life school dramas so I'm super down but I just love how it never feels like a slice of life episode until I think about it afterwards. Having said that I'm super hoping that we end up getting a beach episode of something similar cause that would slay me. I really thought that maybe Iruma would end up joining the Student Council cause Ameri is there and if Battlers are used to go up in ranks then Iruma would need to join a real one but I think that he'll end up joining the Magical Apparatus one which low key sucks cause I want Iruma to do well and with only one member of that Battler, it's not as fun as if he joined the Student Council! I do wonder if the new character we met was the one who made that ring for Iruma and if he did how it ended up in that owl! As a sidebar I was a living for Clara continuously trying to join the Succubus Battler and Azz dragging her away like you have no chance with it cause not only was it hilarious and a nice callback to a previous episode but it reminded me how much I loved that Clara centric episode and how much I low key want her to seduce Iruma!

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 11

This episode really did this to us huh?? It ramped up the stakes and the story only to stop and leave the best for next week which is the finale! I was complaining last week that it made no sense that Special 7 was targeted by the police force and now we find out that the Public Safety leader was a follower of Warlock from the start so that's why he always hated the Special 7 unit but I do think that this was a bit out of nowhere cause if this character had been shown more we would have been more shocked. Instead when the reveal happened I was like oh okay I think I know who this dude is. Luka was also returned to normal through the power of Nijou's love which I know I should be complaining about but it makes sense cause Luka's love for Nijou was his strongest emotion so of course that's what would help him break the brainwashing not to mention the fact that last week we saw that he's been getting flashes of his life only to ignore them. The biggest reveal though was defs the fact that Boss was a dragon! I know the dragons are supposed to have nine heads aka 9 people with the dragon power but I wonder if we're supposed to think that there's only three in the human world right now (Boss, Warlock and Seiji) or if there are others out there.

FINISHED Stand My Heroes: Piece Of Truth Episode 12

Though the finale of this show aired this week it terms of story it feels like we ended on a bit of a cliffhanger in that it felt like the show wanted to make a season 2 cause the overall mystery was solved but not everything was wrapped up. As we found out last week Miyase was the one who was distributing Plus and trying to frame Kujo for it. Apparently that scientist that helped make Zero and Miyase's mom were in love but Kujo's dad separated them and I'm pretty sure he raped Miyase's mom based on what we saw about how scared she was when she saw how much Miyase looked like his father and so when Miyase found out he decided that he needed to get revenge on the Kujo family. Like I never suspected Miyase as the bad guy, I also never expected him to be the kid that had the package! In the end though we figured out what was happening and obviously stopped Plus from hitting the streets Miyase got away and because of that STAND was almost destroyed before it got off the ground but in the end I think STAND was okay cause Aoyama mentioned how he was planning on joining STAND now that he solved the Anonymous Case. Overall I had fun with this show and I liked the mystery but I do wish that there was a romance for Rei preferably with Aoyama who totally freaked out the most when he found out that Rei and Miyase were together so my shipper brain is low key content.

FINISHED Assassin's Pride Episode 12

The finale for this anime aired this week and tbh it was fairly disappointing. I had a feeling that this show wouldn't end in a satisfactory way cause there was so much to plot to deal with and so little time. We know for a fact that Melida received Kufa's mana in episode 1 but we had no idea if Melida was an illegitimate child or not and I feel like we still don't know cause we know for a fact that Melida has no mana but does that mean that she's not an Angel? Her father mentioned that he had a relative that was part of the Samurai mana class which in his mind means that Melida is of his blood but like is that true?? Why was there such an emphasis on Melida being a supposed incompetent girl if in the end it meant nothing in terms of her lineage? We also know nothing about that Duke who was leading the charge on outing Melida as a bastard cause his plan obviously didn't work cause Melida was a badass who was trained by Kufa but like he just killed everyone who was in his way and pretended like he had no idea about what happened. Is this an attempt for a season 2? I did like that Melida was able to prove her strength and show the others that she wasn't incompetent but I do wish we had gotten more. Overall I had a fun time with this show if I ignored the overarching plot and just watched the show at face value.

FINISHED The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 8

What a finale guys! We seemed to have pretty much gotten rid of everyone from season 1 so that we can have more of a clean slate for season 2 and I don't know if that's a good thing or not cause the only real complaint I have about this show is the fact that Mando doesn't have a permanent or even semi-permanent crew! Not only are the guild leader and ex-Rebellion member staying on the planet we first started this show on but we have pretty much lost every single Mandalorian that this show introduced us to cause apparently instead of moving to a new location after they were exposed in the early episodes, they decided to return to where they were so that they could be slaughtered. I couldn't decide if I knew the name Moff Gideon before in some other canon but the strangest part was when he ended up not only surviving both a bombing of his ship and a crash landing of his ship but the fact that he has a darksaber! I didn't know there was more than one out there and the last I heard of one was in Star Wars: Rebels where Sabine held it and that took place pre-A New Hope so either there's another one that Gideon found or he stole Sabine's. I low key hope that Sabine can pop up later in this show cause I'm sure she'd be an adult now and since she was a cartoon, we can cast whoever the hell we want! My favorite scene though hilariously has to be the opening where those Storm Troopers were fighting over whether one could look at Baby Yoda or not but I also loved everything with Nurse IG unit too! Overall I did really enjoy this show and it finally feels like we're getting a plot for season 2 with finding out Baby Yoda's species and returning him to his home so I'm content!

Harley Quinn Season 1 Episode 5

This episode wasn't as fun as the last one cause the twist at the end was something I thought was pretty well known in terms of Harley's origin story but I guess the show just wanted to spell it out for people who didn't actually know the truth. Though Joker did cause Harley to fall in love with him, it was Harley herself who actually jumped into the vat of chemicals to prove her love for him so it all depends on semantics about whether you believe that Joker was responsible for Harley or if Harley was herself. I do still love this world and the characters and how they end up in the strangest situations which is really winning me over cause you all know how much I love silliness in a show! I did love seeing all the flashbacks to Harley as a child though I don't know if I ever knew that Harley wasn't completely sane as a child cause my head-canon was always that the chemicals did it but I'm not married to this idea so I'm cool with this new version of Harley who was pretty messed up from the start. I also love the new lair that we got but I'm surprised that we ended up going that route cause I did love Ivy's old place and I hope that we get to fix up the new one like makeover style!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 11

Every week I watch this anime and think to myself how much I adore it. It's not as laugh-out-loud bust a gut funny anymore but I think that's mostly just cause I've gotten used to this show now! Having said that I did laugh so hard when it was an episode about getting to know your familiars cause Iruma's familiar is of course one of the teachers which is always amazing. We learned this week that the familiars take the form that best suits their master so course cute little Iruma caused Kalego to become a cute fuzzy white demon form! I was living for him being angry out of his mind but also having to play along with the lesson cause the new teacher was reading Kalego's book on how to be a teacher and he didn't want to ruin the lesson. I tried so hard not to scream when he had to play fetch with that Frisbee cause it was literally the most horrific for Kalego who walked over to that Frisbee like it was a death sentence! Seriously the more we get familiar Kalego, the better! The second part of the episode had to do with Iruma learning about Battlers which is the demon version of clubs though I'm curious to find out why they're hunting for first years. Do first years not really want to join Battlers or is it supposed to be more of a hide-and-seek type situation though Iruma didn't really follow that?

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 10

I feel like I've missed an episode or something cause why all of a sudden is Public Safety against Special 7 to the degree that the members of the team have to hide from the police? Like I mean we've seen for a while that Special 7 isn't respected as a task force but that feels like small potatoes compared to what's happening now. We haven't seen anything to hint that Warlock or anyone from Nine has snuck their way into Public Safety and it also can't be a method of blaming Warlock's escape on Special 7 cause Public Safety turned before the fake Warlock trial so what's going on? On another note I was right about Seiji being half a dragon but as it turned out Warlock actually wanted Seiji to be his puppet like Luka is now instead of being a sacrifice to gain the dragon power like I thought but somehow Seiji ended up stealing all the dragon power that Warlock was supposed to get through the airport attack which pissed Warlock off. I don't particularly understand why or how he stole the power but I wonder if it's cause Seiji is good. This brings me back to the question from a few weeks ago where I was wondering whether dragons are sentient and can make their own decisions and whether they're good or bad. I do like that Ichinose doesn't blame Seiji for what happened and I'm sure that when Nijou finds out, neither will he. I do hope they're able to save Luka cause it does look like it was some sort of mind wipe or mind control thing cause when Nijou was talking to him, Luka was getting some of his memories back!

Stand My Heroes: Piece Of Truth Episode 11

Omg talk about a twist! Is Miyase the bad guy after all?? I had completely been on the Kujo is the bad guy train for a while cause he just seems so sketch and though I did wonder this week if one of the guys in Kujo's home was the real bad guy who framed Kujo for the drugs, I seriously never suspected Miyase which makes him such a good actor! I do wonder how he's related to what happened in the past and whether he has a connection with Hattori's old partner cause there's no way that everything we learned in the past few weeks about the Anonymous Case is pointless! I'm still waiting to figure out whether Maki is the one with the proof that we need and what the proof could be. With the finale airing next week I don't know if there is enough time for another twist or turn but I feel like we still aren't close enough to the truth! Most of the episode felt like we were treading water until the end and now it feels like we're back to square one. I still do think it's silly that Rei told Kujo's men everything cause it's like girl what if you saying all that tips off the real bad guy who probs thought that he was in the clear after Kujo got arrested?? I also really did like the conversation between Kujo and Aoyama cause it showed us how different the two men are. Both are from wealthy families that were involved in Plus all those years ago but while Kujo is of the mind to just cover up the past and prevent it from happening in the future, Aoyama is actively trying to do more good in the world and that's why he's my favorite member of this show without a doubt.

The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 7

This was the penultimate episode and it was just as tense as I expected it to be! I loved the cliffhanger we ended on and I still can't help but wonder why oh why Mando won't go to the New Republic for help! There are clearly tons of the Empire still floating around (and duh it was a whole community not just two people like the movies want you to believe) and if they want Baby Yoda the smart move is to take it somewhere the Empire can't follow whether that's directly to Coruscant or some other Core or Mid Rim world. It low key sucks though cause we know that the drudges of the Empire stay in the Outer Rim and eventually form the First Order and the New Republic falls within like 30 years so even though I say that Mando should go for help I'm not sure how much help they can get anyway. I did love that we saw the return of characters from earlier episodes including that female shock trooper who I loved and the guild leader who's now on our side cause apparently Baby Yoda can use the Force to heal. Someone on the internet joked that Baby Yoda might use the Dark Side cause of how much killing he's watching Mando do and this week he tried to Force Choke someone and suddenly it doesn't feel that much of a joke anymore. I wonder if this new Empire bad guy will finally shed some light on Baby Yoda and whether he's a clone or a real child and where he came from and whether he's from a specific alien species.

Assassin's Pride Episode 11

I feel like I'm not going to understand what in the world the House Of Shicksal is after and why the man of the house is forcing all the other royal families to play on until the show explains it to me in great detail. Passing the library test apparently told each girl what their mana class was and I'm assuming that being like yeah we stole some of Melida's blood will be looked down on by society but showing up with her library book certification will be better. I'm not sure I understand the big picture though cause it's like while the girls took Melida's certification, the rest of the school was supposed to be murdered by a dark guild and I'm sitting here like what the hell! Unfortunately with next week being the finale for this show I have a feeling that I won't get the answers I want! Why is proving Melida's a bastard so important to the nobility? Melida's father would have been one thing but seriously it's no one else's business! Will we ever find out who Melida's real dad is? Probs not. At the very least I liked that Williams Gin from earlier in the season came back to help cause Kufa really seems to have a way with the lycanthropes that keep being sent to him! I wonder if this show is supposed to have a multi-season arc cause I just can't see the whole story wrapped up cause even now we're still setting up new things like Kufa's boss apparently having a cure to lycanthropy which Williams wants.

Harley Quinn Season 1 Episode 4

This was a great episode to build out the DC world of Harley Quinn a lot more so that we're outside the Batman world and though a lot of them were just cameos, it was great anyway! We finally met Superman and Lois, saw a little more of Wonder Woman and caught a glimpse of Aquaman. It's making the world feel so much more lived in and I'll for it! I loved that the plot of this week's episode was that Harley wanted a nemesis to get more news screen time and at the same time so did Damian cause everyone else on the Teen Titans has one. This is actually really hilarious to think about cause when you're watching something like Teen Titans you don't even think about how completely weird it is that a grown man like Slade is fighting a bunch of kids but this show really spelled it out for us and it's kinda insane in the funniest way and I low key wish that Slade had popped up at some point when Harley was screaming about how her nemesis wasn't a kid to be like yo there's nothing wrong with fighting kids! We also met King Shark and he's going to be joining Harley's squad and I'm also low key curious about whether Ivy will end up moving out of her current apartment cause I already love it so much. She's the best part of this show and I died when she went on tv and was like I'm not a supervillain, I'm a eco-terrorist while Kite Man sat in the bar and fangirled over her. Boy same.

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back!  Anyway, let's dive right in shall we?

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 10

We finally got around to the dodgeball competition this week and to no one's surprise Iruma won and went up one rank to Bet! I was surprised however to find that Azz ended up on the other team but it made sense when I thought about it cause who else would have been a good opponent other than Azz?? It's a little hard reviewing this episode cause I really don't have much to say about it other than it was funny as usual and fun to watch but nothing truly happened that I can discuss. I suppose we can talk about how Iruma is one step closer to becoming the Demon King and how Ameri thinks that Iruma is all ambitious now. I still think it's hilarious that the whole school thinks Iruma is this badass and they were all like let's not even try to hit Iruma cause he's so strong when he's probs the weakest. I did love that it was his mind that ended up allowing him to win in the end cause when Azz through the ball with all his strength and power, Iruma just turned it around so that all that strength and power would hit Azz. I still love how jealous Clara got and I'm still waiting to find out whether Iruma likes Ameri or not cause he does tend to blush whenever she comes around.

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 9

Anyone else super surprised that Nijou managed to hide his relation to Luka for so long? I totally thought it was more of an open secret that Nijou and Luka were siblings and that he hated Ichinose for letting Luka go out on his own but according to what we learned this week Ichinose had no idea who Nijou was. I wonder if that's why Nijou was doing an investigation on his own. I'm still low key waiting to find out what the big shocking piece of information he learned a few weeks ago. Was it really related to Luka being the Nine's enforceer? We also learned like I expected that Nijou and Luka weren't blood siblings (cause duh one was human and the other was an elf) but I think at this point the fact that Seiji and Luka look alike is just supposed to be something that tugs at Ichinose and Nijou's feelings rather than a hint to something. We also pretty much got a confirmation that Luka became the Nine leader's right hand though I still think it's some sort of brainwashing or magical control cause there's no way based on the type of man Luka was that he would join Nine willingly. I also find it hilarious how everyone now knows that Seiji was the kid Luka saved but no one's told poor Seiji that the man who saved him with Ichinose's partner (and Nijou's brother but that's more of a secret.) I also think we got a confirmation that the Nine's leader (Warlock?) took Seiji and did some sort of magic on him and made him into a half-dragon cause it looked like Nine wanted a spirited child and they picked Seiji and that totally lines up with everything we've learned so far. 

Crisis On Infinite Earths Episode 1

After a year of buildup and waiting, Crisis has finally arrived and this first episode was both fun and totally tragic! This is the Endgame of the DCTV Arrowverse and I have the highest hopes which I'm low key worried about cause when you have high hopes, you can only really be disappointed or have those expectations met. So far I'm having fun though so there's that. I loved starting the episode with seeing all the different multiverses from the Tim Burton Batman world to the Titans universe to the Batman and Robin world where I grinned from ear to ear when Robin said his catchphrase of holy exclamations! I'm actually really glad that the Crisis started on Supergirl's Earth cause I haven't watched Supergirl since the midseason last year though I know the basics of what's going on this season cause it allowed us to get all of Supergirl's cast out of the way and use most of the episode as set up for the future. We managed to get 3 billion out of 7 billion people off of Supergirl's Earth and it'll be really interesting to see what will happen over on Supergirl cause where will all these people go? We also met Jonathon Kent and saw the Oliver from the Legends 2049 timeline again and I loved the moment he got with Sara cause I always have adored Sara and Oliver's relationship. Now onto the heavy stuff which was Oliver's death. On the one hand it does feel a little lame cause I wanted Oliver to go out in a bigger moment of glory if he had to die but on the other I still can't decide if he's dead dead already or if he'll come back. Maybe we'll see another version of him cause I can't imagine Stephen being benched for the rest of the crossover! Part of me thinks that it's so unfair that Oliver who was the reason for the Arrowverse existing at all is the one who can't have a happy ending so I'm like there's no way they'll kill him permanently but part of me also thinks that if the writers really wanted to give Crisis real stakes Oliver would have to die cause he's the only one who's show is ending.

Truly can't wait for the next episode of Crisis which will take place over on Batwoman! I assume that we're going to start going Earth hopping to get more heroes to fight!

Stand My Heroes: Piece Of Truth Episode 10

All I could think as I watched this episode was talk about being naive Rei! I had thought for a while now that Rei was actually fairly competent and intelligent enough to know when to show her kindness and when to be fierce but this week she went off the rails. I mean there's an obscene amount of evidence pointing to the Kujo family being connected to Plus and yet she decides that just cause of the men who like Kujo is kind to her that clearly all the evidence must be wrong. Even criminals and bad guys have people who love them! I was especially annoyed when she went to Kujo himself and was like here's what we know cause not only was she all alone so she could get hurt but seriously who reveals the hand they have to the antagonist?? It's interesting to note that Miyase also lost his mother in the same accident that Rei lost her parents in and it'll truly be horrific for Miyase if and when he finds out that the man he looked up to for so long might have caused the accident in the first place. We also learned that Makoto doesn't actually know where Ida is now but that he fears that everything that happened might have come about cause Ida used one of Makoto's novels as inspiration. I also have a feeling that whatever the thing was that Ida stole ended up with Maki cause Makoto said that Ida said that the thing was with the child and Maki was the child that Ida kidnapped. I bet it has the evidence we need to prove Kujo's connection to the drugs cause the narcotics division's plan to catch Kujo in the act of selling the drug is low key ridiculous cause why would the head of a giant company do the shady dealings himself??

Crisis On Infinite Earths Episode 2

What a blast and a half! I loved that we got to experience more multiverses but unlike in the first episode they were extended cameos rather than just one shots! I loved seeing "Smallville" Clark Kent and Lois Lane and I love the idea that he gave up his powers to be a dad cause our Clark also wanted to do that which is why he was on Argo! We also got a snapshot of a "Death of Superman" Superman which was fun but what really excited me was the Kevin Conroy Batman who was pretty much evil Batman. I loved the slow reveal where we thought that maybe he's not as good as we expect only to end up having been the one to kill his Earth's Superman! In terms of the bigger story though we're told there are 7 heroes out there that are considered to be paragons which was the best of the best heroes across all of the multiverses: three of which are Kara, Kate, and Sara while the fourth as we learned in the episode was "Kingdom Come" Superman. I'm assuming that Oliver is one too because we first heard the word paragon in the premiere episode of Arrow this year so I can't imagine that he wouldn't be one! The other two I'm not entirely sure of yet though I assume that Black Lightning must be one (based on the poster cause tbh I didn't really even know he would be in this crossover) and some version of the Flash whether that's our Barry or Earth 3's Barry. Speaking of Oliver Queen, I freaking knew that there was no chance that he was dead dead but part of me was on the edge of my seat the whole time wondering what would happen to stop Oliver's resurrection and in the end it was the anti-matter messing with Constantine's powers which makes me think that they'll just sedate Oliver until the Crisis is over and then bring his soul back but maybe we'll get lucky if he is in fact a paragon and Constantine can do it back on the ship. I also love that it was Mia and Barry who led the charge on bringing him back cause duh Mia but Barry has always looked up to Oliver as what a hero should be so of course he'd refuse to let him die.

Having finally met the Anti-Monitor I wonder if we'll learn about what his big plan to stop the heroes will be. I mean we still need to find 2 or 3 more paragons but then are they supposed to have it all out with the Anti-Monitor? What's the plan?? I wonder if Barry will end up "dying" in part 3 like Oliver did in part 1 in order to make his whole half season make sense.

Crisis On Infinite Earths Episode 3

This was the finale for the first part of Crisis and as per the first episode there was stuff that I was super down for and stuff that I didn't particularly understand and stuff that I wish was different! I did enjoy the episode as a whole and I loved the cliffhanger! I screamed out loud when Lucifer appeared cause I had hoped that maybe he would (being a DC character and all) after Constantine couldn't bring Oliver's soul back and it was great seeing Earth 90's Flash again but the moment he appeared I was like oh duh of course that Barry will vanish in Crisis! Black Lightning also joined us though part of me was like maybe you should have saved Jennifer instead cause technically she is the stronger electrical powered hero. We also met Choi who I'm pretty sure in the comics is the second ATOM after Ray and since we know that Brandon Routh is planning on leaving the Arrowverse this year, Choi was probably cast to replace him. I don't particularly care for him as a character yet but maybe I will in time. As we found out the other three paragons were Barry, J'onn and Choi and part of me is bitter as hell that my baby Oliver wasn't one but he's supposedly a Spectre now whatever the hell that is which I'm not thrilled with cause I really just wanted Oliver to return as a human so that Felicity and Oliver and Mia and William could get the happily ever after they deserve but maybe after Crisis he'll be granted leave to return to his body! Kara and Kate's whole thing this episode was really boring though and like I get that Kara's upset about her Earth but like seriously now was not the time cause there would always be time later to bring the Earths back but first the Anti-Monitor needed to be stopped! In terms of the actual story, I'm not sure why destroying the anti-matter canon was important cause the Anti-Monitor was able to create an anti-matter wave to destroy Earth 1 anyway and I wonder if Lyla is dead for good though if I had to guess, I'd say no.

The next two parts of Crisis are supposed to air in January and I have a feeling we'll defeat Anti-Monitor then and bring back the multiverse cause if it had been just a few Earths that were destroyed then I could see everyone coming to Earth 1 but with even Black Lightning's Earth destroyed, I can't see any end except for a return to status quo. I'm hoping that Oliver will return to being alive and that Lyla will be okay!

Riverdale Season 4 Episode 9

Overall this was a pretty fun midseason finale that seemed to be wrapping up everything that our main characters went through so far but I'm still so in the dark about what's going on with Jughead! He met his grandpa this week and found out that though FP I did write the first Baxter book he actually sold his rights away so nothing sketch was going on at Stonewall like Jughead thought though I totally still expected Jughead to find him dead later in the episode but to my surprise it looks like FP I really did run away but I still think Stonewall is sketchy. The thing I don't understand is his death flash-forwards that we keep doing and now we're supposed to think that Betty killed him in a fugue state which was what Betty's story this week was. I seriously want to call shenanigans cause there's no way that Betty should have been hypnotized like she was or like we're supposed to think cause Alice and Polly were at the Farm long enough to be sleeper agents but an activation word should have meant nothing to Betty! Archie looks to be wrapping up his whole vigilante thing in order to focus on this supposed uncle that just appeared out of nowhere and it's like dude Riverdale do you have nothing else in your bag of tricks? This is the sixth or so surprise family member that magically appeared in four seasons! Veronica was turned down at Dartmouth but it looks like Columbia might take her which might be the place where the others go too so that our cast doesn't have to be separated. Cheryl found out that it was her mom after all that was gaslighting her like I expected but it was kinda hilarious that she locked her mom up in the bunker cause I expected it to be the Sisters again but I think that church was destroyed last season or the one before that.

Riverdale will be back in January and it looks like the promo might have shown us multiple episodes for as much as I could see. There's going to be more football and Jughead might ask Veronica to go undercover at a Stonewall party for some reason. I can't wait to see where this crazy show takes us!

Assassin's Pride Episode 10

This episode really turned around what I thought was happening in this show. I really thought that Melida's father was the one who kept hiring assassins to check on Melida or to kill her if she wasn't his biological daughter but after this week I wonder if he truly does love Melida in his own way and that it's actually other people who are after her. It's possible of course that he just wants to hide Melida to hide his shame away but honestly if that was the case, hiding her would probably be worse! It'd be better to do as Kufa says and make Melida seem like such a badass that no one can say anything. I'm really lost in terms of why the other royalty are so interested in Melida and why Duke Serge tested Melida's mana or why he cares. I mean he's clearly the bad guy even if he's convincing his younger sister that he's doing all this for Melida's sake but why bother? It's not like the Angel family are the rulers so why the need to depose them? I'm low key hoping that Melida kicks ass down in the library test and ends up getting the certification cause I'm tired of everyone looking down on her! We're only two episodes away from the end and I feel like there are so many questions left unanswered but the most important of course is whether or not Melida really is a bastard child. We also know next to nothing about the politics of this world or even what Melida's father does. The people in that secret meeting were talking about how Melida is shame to the nobility but like that has nothing to do with them!

The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 6

You know at some point Mando will have to realize that he and Baby Yoda aren't exactly safe running with mercenaries and bounty hunters! Unlike him most of them don't exactly have a code and this is the second week in which he started out doing one thing and ended up being turned against in the next. Having said that it was pretty fun watching his run with a gang of mercenaries but the best was seeing him outplay them all which was so nice cause just earlier they were all making fun of him and whether or not Mandalorians really were so good at fighting. I still don't understand the big interest in whether or not he takes off his helmet cause it's like dude who cares but I have a feeling that it's all leading up to Mando losing his helmet somehow whether it's of his own volition or by force meaning that he can no longer wear the helmet anymore. It was also so nice seeing the New Republic X Wings show up and it makes me wish all the more that we could see more of the New Republic. I still don't understand why Mando hasn't gone to them for help. It's not he's a criminal and I'm sure that he could get paid helping them out! It'll be safe and he'll actually get money for the stuff he does. I also wonder where all those Mandalorians ended up from earlier in the season and whether Mando knows where they're hiding now or if he'll go to them but I'd guess not since Baby Yoda still has a tracker and bringing him to the Mandalorian base would be dangerous.

Harley Quinn Season 1 Episode 3

This show oddly hits me in the funny bone at the absolute weirdest times cause I'll just be sitting here la di da and then all of a sudden I'm wheezing from laughter. It's fascinating watching this show cause I can't believe it was made and I'm living for how angry it makes male fans of DC even though I'm like dude bros if you don't like the story or the message, don't watch it! I loved that this week was all about Harley trying to find a crew to work with her but no one wanted to cause she's a female villain and most henchmen don't wanna work for a female boss which is hilarious but I low key still expected her to get an all female squad! I mean why not go the Birds of Prey route?? In the end we went with Clayface and Dr Psycho but I was happy for Harley and how she was able to do everything she wanted from getting revenge on Maxie Zeus to getting a highway named after her all the way to making Joker furious. I'm low key thrilled that a major overarching thread point in this show is Joker and Harley just being the worst exes and trying to outwit each other. I do wish a few more big name villains were in this show like I'm still waiting for Catwoman and Huntress and stuff but I imagine that the show will get there eventually cause next week we'll be getting a Robin it looks like but which one I'm not sure yet!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Anyway, let's dive right in shall we?

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 7

Omg Ameri might be my favorite character in this show after this week! I adore her so much and she's so relatable and amazing! I love that she's so obsessed with those terribly written mangas and that she's forced Iruma into reading them to her while taking everything it says as fact. My favorite moment might have been when she was trying to summon Iruma after school and she attempted to go all girly with it like the manga female lead only to be shamed into deleting the text immediately. Up there with favorite moments also had to be when Iruma and Ameri met and they were basically having two separate conversations where Ameri thought that Iruma was trying to seduce her and Iruma thought that Ameri was pissed at him! I wonder if she'll end up being the one to get Iruma to want to stay in the Netherworld (inadvertently of course) after asking him to come up with an ambition that he'll want to chase. I mean we all know that he will become Demon King but I'm curious how he'll do that in the show. Azz and Clara were everything too cause of how completely jealous they got at the idea that Iruma doesn't want to spend time with them anymore but I low key was stunned that Azz saw Iruma and Ameri and decided that Iruma was trying to win the Student Council over to be the leader of the school cause that's defs going to happen by accident though I wish that Azz had thought that Iruma was replacing them cause that would have been funnier! As a sidebar I didn't realize this show had 24 episodes until this week so here I was thinking that we're a little past halfway when in actuality we're not halfway through yet and I'm living cause the more episodes this show has the better!!!!

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 7

Ah so it was Nijou's brother Luka who saved Seiji all those years ago in that airport terrorist attack. I had a feeling but I wasn't entirely sure though this week now that we've gotten a better prolonged look at Luka, I couldn't help but notice that Seiji and Luka look alike which honestly feels like a random coincidence rather than a hint. Despite that I do think that Nijou and Luka might not be blood siblings though which of the two were adopted isn't entirely known yet cause Nijou was in fact an elf when he was a child but Luka is clearly human so maybe Luka was Seiji's older brother but was lost as a child or abandoned and got adopted by Nijou's family. We also saw that the reason Luka's the right hand man of Nine and didn't recognize Nijou last week was due to him being mind-controlled as I guessed (cause Luka's eyes were just so blank every time we saw him). The leader of Nine found him dying and gave him dragon blood in order to control him and for a second I did wonder if that's what Nijou found out this week but he mentioned that the info he received would lead to the death of Special 7 and I don't know how that fits tbh. If I had to guess I'd say maybe it has more to do with Seiji and whatever's going on with him cause the Boss all but confirmed to Ichinose that he knows what's up with Seiji. Both he and Nijou's informant made allusions to Seiji and Nijou needing to choose a path whether that's good or evil, making me feel like they're connected more than they know.

Stand My Heroes: Piece Of Truth Episode 7

I watched this episode after watching Babylon so I think that's the reason why I was so anxious for Rei not only meeting Kujo at the house despite having Aoyama by her side but also for when she had to stay in the house alone the next day. I mean seriously brain this show isn't the type to hurt or kill Rei so why was I so worried?? I have a feeling that next week when everything is revealed that everything we know will be turned on it's head. Until the very last scene of this episode I thought Kujo was exactly who we thought he was. Cold, calculating, possibly evil. His men are so oddly protective of him that it felt closer to a mafia than a pharmaceutical company. I kept waiting for Rei to be like dudes I don't care what kind of person Kujo is or why you want me to think well of him cause straight up I'm just here for my job where I was told by a higher up to scout Kujo which is almost exactly what Aoyama said at the top of the episode and I loved him even more for it. Like of course Rei and Aoyama and the narcotics division have an ulterior motive but it's like we know that but they don't so use that! Having said that I feel like whatever info Miyase is about to share will probably show us that Kujo is actually on the same side as Rei and company but I don't know if I'll love that cause then the show is getting rid of our only villain for some faceless random new target unless the higher ups at STAND end up being the bad guys.

Batwoman Season 1 Episode 7

I enjoyed this week's episode of Batwoman a lot more than I expected since the promos for last week were so Sophie heavy and straight up at this point I'm wondering if anyone watching this show likes Sophie. Like on one level I totally feel for her and I understand her fear to be outed and how growing up in the home that she did internalized her homophobia but the reasons I dislike her are so much more than just the fact that she's hiding who she is from the world. She's spent the last 6 episodes hovering around Kate even though she's the one who's married and like it makes me feel so bad for poor Tyler who had no idea about this huge part of Sophie's life and for Kate who's hopes clearly keep rising every time Sophie does something. I hate that she's so gung-ho about telling Jacob about Kate being Batwoman cause dude after everything she should know how outing someone isn't right! I hate that she has this holier than thou attitude about everything and I can't believe she lied to Tyler like that at the end and his face made me wonder if he knows the truth as well. On another note, we met Julia Pennyworth this week and I love her to pieces already! Can she please stay?? I already saw so much more chemistry between Kate and Julia in two seconds than anything with Sophie and I knew almost from the moment she appeared that we'd be doing the swap costume thing like Oliver did in season 1 of Arrow when he sent Diggle out in the suit while being publicly Oliver Queen. It does make me wonder where Alfred is cause we know that Lucius is dead but is Alfred with Bruce? I'm also still waiting to hear where Jim Gordon is as well and if there's a Barbara Gordon in this world. I love that Kate and Mary are working together and dudes we were so close to Mary finding out about Batwoman! I also liked the reveal that Mouse had been pretending to be Jacob all along cause I hated the idea that he and Catherine were reconciling and it makes me all the more curious as to what Alice's plan is.

No Batwoman next week but the promo for the episode we'll be getting in two weeks looks amazing! Jacob and Alice will finally get the confrontation we've been waiting for now that Jacob knows who Alice is and I can't wait!

The Flash Season 6 Episode 6

As I expected after checking out the promo for this episode 2 weeks ago, I super enjoyed this episode of The Flash! I haven't made it much of a secret if you've been following me for a while that Barry Allen isn't exactly my favorite member of Team Flash so whenever an episode focuses on one of the supporting characters, I'm always super down. Ralph has definitely become my favorite character during these past two seasons so I was really excited to check this out especially since it was a James Bond themed one. Smart diabolic Ralph was everything and I was living for not only how good he looked in his tux but also how well he was able to blend into the surroundings. It was Barry as per usual who couldn't pretend to be anything he wasn't and ruined the operation bringing me back to my point that honestly Team Flash would probs do better without Barry anyway. Like he's always been low key selfish but seriously just cause he doesn't care about Sue the way Ralph does doesn't mean that Ralph's case is pointless. I loved the big fight scene though and how it felt like an old-timey fight scene from an old spy movie and I was living for Grant acting like drunk Barry cause whenever Grant gets to do something different, he shines. Now a show of hands, how many of us think that the random woman that we met and spent a lot of time on including during the big climatic fight might just be Sue? I also really loved the stuff with Nash and I'm really curious about what's going on with Allegra and him cause it definitely looked like Nash had something to say at the end. Does he know one of her doppelgängers? The Cecile stuff was meh though but I liked the conclusion being that she was afraid of the future but decided to jump in anyway. Also I want to give a quick shoutout to Danielle Panabaker who directed this episode cause it might just be my favorite of the season so far!

I'm not entirely sure what the promo showed us but Crisis On Infinite Earths is in three weeks so the next two will be filled up with what looks like a two-parter in which Barry once again confronts the idea of him dying. I'm honestly over this whole thing cause everyone and their mother knows that Barry freaking Allen isn't going to die permanently cause The Flash still has half a season to go. I'm still low key waiting for Wally to come back too.

Arrow Season 8 Episode 5

What a damn fun episode of Arrow this was! I feel like I say that every week but it's the truth! I love that every week we're paying homage to a previous season of Arrow and that we get to see old faces one last time. I was so excited to be in Russia this week cause it meant Anatoly and bam here he was! I couldn't entirely remember what the last time Oliver and Anatoly went through cause I do remember Anatoly joining Diaz only to turn at the last minute and then he popped up last season I think to give Felicity a gun but I suppose they must have reconciled cause Anatoly was definitely happy to see Oliver this week. I am in love with adult William and adult Mia being here cause I just love watching them interact with Oliver and I will never get over the starry eyed gaze Mia looks at Oliver with cause he's a complete badass so of course she'd be proud to be his daughter. It's so complicated cause on the one hand she's still furious about him abandoning her but on the other it's hard not to look at Oliver and see the legend that he is. It's definitely giving Kat much more to act with and I'm starting to see something in Mia that I love instead of being meh about her. The whole fight club thing was great but I loved Mia's fight in the Bratva basement too and how she low key gave Laurel the pep talk she needed despite not actually knowing what Laurel was struggling with cause she is her parents' daughter after all. It was great seeing Roy again cause I'll never not want him around but the whole thing with Diggle and Roy was mostly meh except for the outcome where Roy is going to be sticking around which is pretty awesome. As the weeks go by I'm more and more sure that the show is going to end with a new better future cause we're changing things all the time in the present. 

I'm not sure what the promo for next week is showing me but it looks like another reality warping kind of episode which I'm not sure if I love cause we already did multiple different reality episodes one of which was in this season already. Having said that we're getting Quentin back so yay!!!

Riverdale Season 4 Episode 7

I loved this episode and mainly cause Betty and Jughead were finally back on screen together which is always a highlight cause of course they're my favorite characters and favorite couple! I was super excited to see the two sleuth together and it was funny cause until the end of the episode I didn't realize but Betty seemed to be just as interested in the mystery of Stonewall Prep as Jughead was. Part of this was cause it seemed like Jughead was taking the lead on the case and he was the one coming up with theories and conspiracies while Betty seemed to just be happy sleeping with Jughead but they're just both so perfect for each other cause after all this Betty is all in on this mystery too based on her murder board. I wonder if this means that Betty's main mystery this season will be the same as Jughead's too? Do we think that Charles will somehow be connected? Also I still 100% believe that Donna and Brett are lying about Chippin like Betty thought cause the whole school is full of sociopaths! I'm really not into this community Archie thing so it sucks but I tend to tune out whenever he's on screen but it was sweet that he ended up dedicating the center to his dad. It's also interesting cause it looks like Dodger is officially out of the picture so what's next for Archie taking care of the community? Will he move on to a different story? Cheryl and Toni meanwhile are still living with Jason's corpse like it's completely normal and now they're murdering people and that's still considered normal. Remember when Alice killed that dude and Betty had a meltdown for a full episode? Yeah apparently not so much anymore cause instead Cheryl and Toni are annoyed they can't dump a body which I totally expected to have not worked out. Also Hiram is Mayor now and it looks like FP wants to rejoin the Serpents which is completely hilarious cause Alice was like why can't you be both a Serpent and a Sheriff and I was like I'm pretty sure there are laws against that but maybe not in Riverdale cause FP seems to be the only cop in the city.

No Riverdale next week but the promo for the episode we'll get two weeks from now looks interesting though I'm not sure what it's showing us other than all the kids going to therapy which tbh should have happened a long time ago.

Assassin's Pride Episode 7

The episode this week had a weird tone to it cause I think we're setting up for the final stretch in which secrets come out. Kufa is a vampire but we don't know how long he's been one for and from what it sounds like maybe he was turned into one seven or eight years ago when that attack on Rosetti's hometown happened which is why he might have slaughtered a bunch of people in the village. It also looks like Melida might be seeing his past memories or something in small flashes since she keeps hearing weird noises and seeing odd nightmares. Like I've said before the show never told us what it means to share mana and it's possible that part of that process is seeing strong memories too. It'd definitely fit in with the theme of the episode being that Melida is sad that Kufa never tells her anything and the thing is we the audience know just how much he's lying to her from who he is all the way to who she is. I also wonder if Kufa's sire is still in the town and that maybe he's the one who keeps attacking people causing them to become monsters instead of there being some sort of disease outbreak like Blossom mentioned. Also do we know if this town is existing outside of the chandelier the rest of humanity lives in cause it definitely looked different and there didn't seem to be a glass tube around the town from what I could see and if that's true then it would make sense that lycanthropes are running around. As a sidebar does Kufa drink blood? I mean we learned that he was a vampire a while back but it wasn't until he touched Melida's neck this week that I was like wait does he drink blood? Was that why he attacked that schoolgirl? If not does he have some sort of brother or something with a similar mana that did the attack on the town and the schoolgirl?

The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 3

All I could think of this week was how hilarious it is to me that all these Star Wars fans were going on and on about how this show was going to be for the real fans and that it was going to be dark and serious and grr but instead we got Singledad!Mando and his wild adventures in babysitting a force baby. It's everything but I'm still so confused about where this season is going to go. I mean there doesn't feel like any sort of overarching plot other than maybe the remnants of the Empire wanting to hunt down baby Yoda? Like Mando pretty much destroyed any relationship he could have with his guild and the hidden Mandalorian colony is on the move but like we can't have a full season of him just battling bounty hunters. What even is a tracking fob and can you disable whatever tracking chip it's connected to? Maybe Mando will head to the New Republic like his guild leader recommended and be like yo what's left of the Empire wants this child and I need to protect it so help? I mean logistically he can't cause Leia is probs running it and the second baby Yoda shows up, Luke will be all over that, but obviously we can't have them appear in this show cause they're no longer in their 20s and 30s so if he does go to the New Republic we'll have to dance around them. Tbh though I really wouldn't mind if the show recast them but since this show is connected to canon, I can't imagine how they would do that with the original cast appearing in the sequel trilogy. It is interesting to note that I don't think Mando was actually born as a Mandalorian cause neither he nor his parents wore the Mandalorian helmets that we know that no true Mandalorian ever takes off which fascinates me cause then does that mean that the Mandalorians open to all races as long as you accept their teachings?

Titans Season 2 Episode 12

I have multiple thoughts about this episode of Titans, the first of which has to do with whether or not anything the Titans do will have real consequences. I mean Dick escaped from prison and half of Nevada is searching for him, Hank gave the suit to some rando who robbed a laundromat and now poor baby Gar is literally out there murdering people on Cadmus's control and I'm sitting here like so are they just going to be fugitives from now on? How will the public trust the Titans again after all this? Are we just going to wipe the slate clean and be like everyone forgets everything? Last season the Titans were being hunted by the FBI and this season it's like no one cares. On another note Slade is totally messed up! At first we thought that it was revenge and that he decided to do it once he saw the Titans back together at the top of the season but now we find out that he had been planning this for 3 years and he's trying to be all righteous about it like the Titans are psychopaths that killed my son when in actuality he knows the truth but is manipulating everyone anyway. I don't really understand how Dick can get Jericho out of Slade but however he does it I hope he returns to his original body cause I really like that actor. I also liked that Rose came out with the truth rather than have Slade show up at their door and out her or something and like I totally understand Jason's anger with her but I still don't understand his motives for leaving the Titans and I'm low key pissed that he didn't want to go back to the Titans after he left and that Bruce didn't go to him either. I don't think Rose is going to rejoin Slade after all this tbh but she'll probs pretend for a bit until she can help the Titans. Hank's whole story was so heartbreaking cause it sucks that he backslid almost immediately into drugs as soon as he left Dawn but I'm hoping that he'll pick himself back up after realizing how hard he hit rock bottom. Also I need the Titans to save Gar like yesterday cause the poor baby!!!

The finale for this season is next week (which feels like it came out of nowhere tbh) and it looks like based on the still image and synopsis for next week that it'll be the Titans last confrontation with Slade. I'm assuming that they'll save Gar first and Rachel will probs clean him of his mind control before Slade attacks and they save Jericho.

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Anyway, let's dive right in shall we?

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 6

You can't see me right now but I'm snickering as I write this review. This episode wasn't supposed to be as funny as it was if you look at it on paper but seriously this show knows exactly how to tickle my funny bone! People are obsessed with Cautious Hero and I'm watching it too though not reviewing it but it does nothing for me tbh while this one kills me every week. I love that Iruma is now able to use magic based on the ring he got from the owl demon last week which like straight up I should totally have seen coming cause duh a ring that siphons off magic from other demons?! It makes Iruma so much more fun to watch and allows him to not only fit in but participate in class now. I was living for when he made a cherry blossom tree erupt and destroy the tower that he was in but like was any one else thinking that somehow his magic blood thing would do something? I was low key sitting here being like Iruma bleed on that plant and see what happens cause my brain didn't even think of the magic ring. The funniest part of the episode though was hands-down the stuff we got with the Student President who I expected to be this tough leader but ended up being so soft and I adore that. I straight up died when she went on and on about these sacred human texts that her family passed down through generations and then they ended up being mangas. I didn't realize that most demons thought that humans were a myth but it definitely explains why they're all so fascinated by Iruma without knowing what he is. I especially loved how the Student President thought that humans have this charming ability and that now she thinks that Iruma did it to her when it's like you sweet summer child you just have a crush!

Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Episode 6

Okay so I'm thinking Nine's evil plan might be something similar to Father's plan in Fullmetal Alchemist in that it seems as though dragons can be summoned with magical circles. We know that Nine's ultimate goal is to bring dragons and magic back into the world and in this episode we learned that a small circle with a few deaths caused a small dragon to appear so it stands to reason that a giant circle in the city would lead to a giant dragon appearing. It's possible that the points on the circle are where Nine are doing these terror attacks so each terror attack's outcome isn't all that important cause they're still progressing towards calling on the giant dragon they want. I'm just not sure how they're planning on controlling the dragon or if their goal is just to bring it back for chaos or if dragons are intelligent enough to know who helped them and bestow gifts. I also have a feeling that Seiji's otherworldliness is related to these dragons. Maybe when the Nine summoned a dragon at that airport all those years ago, Seiji was dying and that cop who saved him somehow put the dragon's magic or essence into Seiji thus saving his life and ridding the world of the dragon that was summoned. It explains why he was able to stop the magical bombs a few weeks ago and what happened this week with being able to block a dragon's breath. He also had the same reptilian pupil as the Nine boss did which throws up red flags for me. The boss also clearly knows more than he's saying cause not only did he have all this knowledge on dragons but he also did some sort of chant that woke Seiji's powers.

Stand My Heroes: Piece Of Truth Episode 6

This was more of a chill episode which was strange cause you would think that with only 12 episodes this season that the show doesn't have time for filler episodes but at the same time I guess with all the craziness we learned last week we needed a moment to breathe. What does suck is that it seems like we're not actually done with meeting more reverse harem men but at least it's only Kujo's right hand men that are left and based on the opening song, there's four of them and while at first glance I thought one of them was the REVEL leader, they just have similar hair colors. Anyone else low key worried about Rei having to go talk to Kujo on her own? I'm really hoping that Aoyame goes with her cause even though I'm sure that Kujo's not going to like kidnap her on one visit, it'd be helpful to have him by her side to read the room cause Rei's default is to give people the benefit of the doubt like with Kujo's two right hand men that she met at the festival this week. It makes me super curious about what STAND's motives are cause they're clearly going after the same drug case that the narcotics unit is working but in a more subtle way I think. But back to what I said before about Rei meeting Miyase and Kirishima. She was super unsubtle with her questioning of Miyase and he clearly knew it though she tried to play it off by acting like an airhead but the whole thing was off based on how she started it all by giving him her name card which says she works in narcotics. Maybe she'll lean more into the airhead thing next week when she meets Kujo cause men seem to let their guard down in front of women especially when they think they're just a secretary or something.

Batwoman Season 1 Episode 6

It's interesting how an episode can feel so meh for so much of it only to really hit you in the feels at the end and make you question whether the episode you watched really wasn't as terrible as you thought it was. If Batwoman does one thing right, it's the family aspect of this show. Kate and Jacob and Beth are the core of this show and I'm honestly such a sucker for sad moments between family so I tend to cry anytime any of it appears on screen and this week that was the final Kate and Jacob scene. I was crying right alongside Kate and Jacob as they cried over Beth cause it was just so believable and I've said before that I wasn't sure if their relationship was the one I was expecting but I do have hope that it might get even stronger. I was sitting here hoping so hard that Kate would tell the truth about who she was to Jacob during the gas chamber scene but no dice yet. Sophie is still the worst and I hate so much that she's the first one to figure out who Kate was. I blame her for breaking Kate's heart back then and for pretending like she isn't anything now while simultaneously needing Kate to tell her everything all the time. I wish it had been Mary or Jacob instead but the ship has sailed and I gotta get on board. The Alice and Mouse stuff wasn't great either but it's interesting that Katherine's big new weapon is one that'll pierce Batman's armor cause it's so crazy that despite everything Batman has done for Gotham, they still hate him so much. Also didn't Bruce make a version of this weapon a while ago? It's interesting that despite everything Alice doesn't blame Kate for not saving her and puts all the blame on Jacob cause as we learned this week Alice wants Kate to join her and Mouse and it low key sucks that Mouse knows who Kate is now too.

Ugh of course Sophie can't just let it go and needs to blackmail Kate. And Kate girl Sophie is the worst. Move on!!

The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 1 & 2

Instead of just getting the pilot, we got two episodes this week and I had a blast. The saying slow and steady wins the race comes to my mind as I think about how to start this review cause both episodes were definitely slow but they were so much fun to watch and I have a feeling that the slowness is only going to attach us more to the characters and the world so when shit goes down, we'll really care. First of all I want to thank everything that this is set post Return Of The Jedi cause if I had to watch ANOTHER goddamn show set between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope, I was going to lose it. Another thing I want to shout out is what feels like an astronomical budget for a tv show cause the visuals were so pretty! Now onto plot stuff. So if I remember correctly about Star Wars canon Mandalore was destroyed by the Empire pretty early on so it looks like the remaining few have created a base in some other planet (that doesn't have a name which tbh none of the planets we visited had them on screen) and the main character seems to be hunting bounties in order to provide for the colony. It's also really interesting that there are still Imperial members and Storm Troopers around cause duh of course they would be! The Emperor and Darth Vader were killed in ROTJ but that doesn't mean that the Empire was completely destroyed yet. But what really blew my mind was the child we met that is the same species as Yoda. It is so cute I could die. Also isn't it so weird that we never learned what kind of alien Yoda was in literally any corner of the Star Wars canon? It is force sensitive as we learned but I'm curious to know if it's just another in the species or a clone that maybe the Empire lost and want back. I do know that it can't be a reincarnation cause it was born the same year Anakin was and since Yoda didn't die until more recently, the timeline doesn't match up. I'm also curious at the fact that the Mando was confused about it's force abilities cause like you would think with Vadar and Luke running around, Jedi wouldn't be a myth anymore.

Riverdale Season 4 Episode 6

In true Riverdale fashion what started as a fairly typical grounded romp into a prestigious academy turned into crazy fanaticism and deaths all around. I mean seriously. Jughead was all excited to enter the writing competition only to find out that his grandfather was the one to write the first book of the series and when he confronted the writer who claimed to have written it, the writer went on this long tirade about how the poor don't know how to appreciate what they have and are constantly trying for him. It then devolved into Jughead's teacher killing himself and all of the students acting like cultists and truly not giving a shit and I'm sitting here like what the hell did I just experience? Is Jughead's whole story this season part of his mystery story that he's been writing or is this just Riverdale per usual? Betty on the other hand went to Chic and like I said last week it was a truly stupid idea cause of course Chic lied about everything. What was interesting though was that it seems like Charles and Chic are in love so I wonder if Charles came back just to get revenge on Riverdale and Betty specifically for Chic. Plot twist but Charles is also not who he says he is and next season we'll get a new Charles cause this show will never show us the real Cooper-Jones child. I'm still giving zero shits about Archie and his whole thing but it always amuses me when Archie and Hiram work together and it's clear that Hiram was the one to attack Dodger even though he told Archie that he's no longer in that business. Also we're like straight up pretending like Cheryl hasn't completely lost her mind right?

Next week is the Thanksgiving episode and Betty and Jughead might finally be working together again to figure out what's going on in Stonewall and I can't wait cause I love when they do their mystery dynamic duo thing. Dodger's mom is also apparently coming and she's going to be blaming Archie for what happened but like he's the one who called the ambulance so like duh woman!

Assassin's Pride Episode 6

What is up with all the anime having oddly placed filler episodes this week? I mean what even was this episode? The whole plot line was that Kufa and Rosetti found out that the girls were having a sort of after-tournament party just for the girls past curfew so they decided that it would be a good idea to scare the girls half to death in order to teach them a lesson about sneaking out. The fact that this was the plot was ridiculous cause beyond the fact that it made for a silly episode, Kufa and Rosetti really couldn't let the girls have even the slightest amount of fun after all they went through? I mean they trained so hard that they deserve to let some steam off. I knew pretty early on that it was probs the instructors playing a trick especially when Melida kept thinking that all they had to do was get up to the surface cause then Kufa would save her. Honestly if I'm being more impartial about the whole thing I have to say it wasn't a terrible episode but I think the problem is that I just expect more from this anime cause it started out so strongly and there was so much I was interested in learning more about but for the past couple of weeks we've focused so heavily on the silliness that I'm staring at the episode count and wondering when the real meat of the story will show up. I mean Melida still doesn't know that she's sharing Kufa's mana or that he's a vampire or that her father is trying to kill her. That's gotta come up sometime right?

Titans Season 2 Episode 11

If I'm being as impartial as I can be I might say that this episode wasn't half bad but if I'm letting my emotions in, I wasn't a fan of pretty much anything I watched. I just can't connect with almost any of the Titans since they broke up cause I feel like the way they acted was insane and illogical and just plain mean and idk what the show wanted us to feel but I'm so over all of them except for Dick, Gar, Kory and perhaps Connor tbh. Everyone else is all so terrible and judge-y and I'm tired of watching them constantly shit on Dick. I did think it was creative of Bruce to get some of the Titans together cause it was the first Batman thing I've seen this Bruce do though I'm not sure why he didn't call Hank or Jason. Speaking of Jason, I think this Rose/Jason thing happened way too quickly but I was proud to note that I was right in thinking that Rose was a plant in the Titans and that Jason inadvertently convinced her to stop spying which is hilarious in terms of Slade cause it's like you really lost two kids to the Titans huh. I was also right in guessing that Jericho was alive and inside Slade and Dick figured it out too this week which I'm interested to see where it goes. Other than the conclusion, I was really over Dick's whole story this week but I did think it was hilarious that Rachel and Kory showed up to rescue him and he had already escaped cause duh Dick's a badass. But on another note Rachel was getting psychic dreams of Dick's death when he was perfectly fine (though self-flagellating) but Gar who's literally being tortured and mind controlled didn't send her demon powers any red flags? It was even weirder when she heard that the tower was destroyed and blood was everywhere and she didn't worry about Gar at all. Poor Gar definitely has more feelings than her. I'm high key worried about what's going on with Gar because even if Donna and Dawn get him out, what's up with the mind control??

xoxo Allie