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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 11

It seems like a weird choice to start a new arc when we're 3 episodes from the season finale cause there's no possible way that this new arc can be fully experienced in that short amount of time! With the parasites being caught last week, it seems like not only did the visitor arc come to an end but also the school year and therefore Lina returned to the states while Shizuku came back to Japan. All of the third years we've met in the first season like Mayumi, Mari, and Katsuto graduated making me wonder if we'll see them much from now on cause it's not like they're actually part of our main circle of friends! With the start of Tatsuya and Miyuki's second year of high school, we see that Tatsuya, Mizuki, and Miki were all bumped up from Course 2 to Course 1 which makes sense though Erika and Leo are still in Course 1 which at first seems unfair but when you think about it, the courses are meant to rank students based on their magic ability and while Erika and Leo are competent and badass in the field, they fight using non-magic abilities most of the time. We also met a new character named Minami who's working for Maya though if I remember correctly, she was being mourned by Miyuki and Tatsuya making me wonder if she's supposed to be genetically engineered like Tatsuya.

FINISHED The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 8

Shit okay this season finale absolutely blew my mind and that's cause of one person: LUKE FREAKING SKYWALKER!!!! I was so so so so so curious if this show would ever have him show up cause on paper it would make so much sense to connect the two with how Grogu is looking for a Jedi master and how we know that in canon Luke wanted to rebuild the Jedi Order but in reality it would be harder cause Mark Hamill isn't young enough to play Luke right after the Return Of The Jedi. There was a lot of speculation over whether the show would just cast someone to play Luke and be like the magic of moviemaking to ignore it or if they would use their deaging program and in the end it was the second option which okay I know a lot of people will complain about but honestly to me it was better than both the other times we've seen young Leia (in Rogue One and Rise Of Skywalker) and at the end of the day it's more about the message we're getting than the effect! Luke was so badass coming in and destroying all the Death Troopers and even Moff Gideon realized he was out of luck! The final goodbye between Din and Grogu was so sweet and I loved that he even went as far as to take his helmet off to say goodbye. It really does look like Din's starting to learn to be more flexible. It also looks like we will be moving forward with the taking back of Mandalore storyline next season but like seriously the new rule about the Dark Saber only being owned by the person who fought for it is a little ridiculous cause if I remember in Star Wars Rebels, Sabine won it and then gave it to Bo Katan cause she didn't want to rule and there was no fuss made. Maybe the Din and Bo Katan can fight in single combat for her to get it cause seriously I will lose it if this show wants Din to lead Mandalore over Bo Katan. We also seem to have lost Boba and Fennec who we will see again in their solo adventure series.

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 10

This week is a little hard to review cause we spent most of it simply fighting the parasites and though it was all very exciting, I'm not sure whether it'll make a great review. In the end it looks like Miyuki destroyed all the parasites except for 3, one of which is Pixie and the other two went to the Yotsuba and the Kodou each. It's interesting cause I think I've finally figured out why so many people were spying on Tatsuya in the last few weeks cause in my mind I was picturing the fact that every one of the nine clans were Japanese so there was no need to fight other Japanese for the removal of these parasites but in actuality it looks more like every clan is out for themselves for the most part and each one wanted a parasite to study. I'll be curious to know if anything comes of this research. I guess we should also note that Miyuki used something that Lina described as Lunar magic and she seemed to think it was really rare and unique and it calls back to the fact that a few weeks ago we learned that not only does Miyuki have a release button on Tatsuya's full magic but Tatsuya also has one on Miyuki. Part of me wonders if somehow Tatsuya is supposed to be a clone of Miyuki or the other way around so that's why the two can merge so clearly. Lina also went through some stuff this week cause she's been struggling for a while to figure out if the USNA army is still where she wants to be after everything and though she didn't actually make a decision this week, Tatsuya did open her eyes to the fact that she does have more options.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 7

This episode was insane if only for the themes that it presented and the ripples it made. On the surface level though we didn't get a prison break like I expected, we did have what amounted to a side mission in order to get Moff Gideon's coordinates. Cara freed the prisoner we needed to take us to an Imperial base in order to hack an Imperial terminal and every time we see how much of this world is still overrun with Imperials I am honestly so sad cause it really does highlight once again that this peace and freedom that we achieved at the end of Revenge Of The Jedi was barely a blip in the timeline. The New Republic really did learn nothing from the fall of the Galactic Republic and ignored the Outer Rim just as much so of course the Empire camped out there growing strong until they could take over and become the First Order! The irony of all this is that my musings on the Empire though important in the long term isn't even the biggest takeaway from this episode. Din took off his Mandalorian armor and then showed his face to a lot of people, and yet still returned to his armor at the end and this is so so so important in terms of this show and Din himself. Over the course of this season we've seen Din meet all sorts of different Mandalorians that don't follow the Death Watch creed like he was raised on and it opened his eyes to the fact that being Mandalorian isn't as black or white like he first thought. If this happened in season 1, Din would fully believe that he's no longer worthy of his armor and that he's failed but now we see that he's more flexible about the rules and I'm sure that this is the start of him picking and choosing which rules he will follow. It's also important to note that the idea of Mandalore being destroyed came up once again and we know from earlier this season that Mandalore shouldn't be likened to Alderaan cause Mandalore still stands and it adds more fuel to the idea that maybe once Din accepts that Grogu can stay with him, he'll go help Bo Katan save their home world! 

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 9

I think it's honestly hilarious how politically heavy this season is cause I never really would have expected it from the first season where it was all about the fun and games of attending a magic high school and now we're here fighting other governments and crime syndicates! We met Raymond this week who is one of the 7 Sages (7 of the of most powerful magicians in the world who have the ability to connect to this worldwide information network) and he told us that the man behind all of this chaos is Gide, another of the 7 Sages. He wants the world to no longer trust magic and wishes for the Great Asian Alliance to take over the world so he's the one who riled up the humans into being anti-magician (thus leading to those black hole experiments in the states to combat magicians) and he was also the one behind everything that happened last season with the invasion. After we stopped him, Gide lost all his eyes and ears in Japan which is why he is now trying to send these parasites to build a new spy base. Raymond obviously doesn't agree with this so he wants to team up with Tatsuya and Lina in order to kill all the parasites and cut Gide off in the knees. Meanwhile the 3 parasites we caught that were then stolen by the Saegusa Family in probs an attempt to understand them and then use them for their own benefits were murdered by Lina after both the Yotsuba and Raymond passed over intel. Maya probs just wanted to stop the Saegusa from getting more powerful but I'm not sure what I think of Raymond and his motives yet. 

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 6

This episode was honestly so intense that I thought it was a finale or even a penultimate episode for so much of it before realizing that no the penultimate episode is next week and it's that the craziest thing. Based on the way this show is going it feels like it'll be another jail break episode next week cause apparently Din needs to get one of the men he put in jail last season out so he can find Grogu but the thing is he really should have given his holo number to Bo Katan last time cause some more Mandalorians really wouldn't be a bad thing right now since her goals aline with Din's at the moment. They both want to find Moff Gideon and get something back from him. I do have to say it was seriously surprising though to see Boba Fett appear in this episode cause I really expected his one and only appearance to have taken place in that final scene in the premiere but he was back and he brought Fennec with him which made me happy cause more Ming Na Wen is always a good thing! It makes me even happier that he's going to be teaming up with Din in order to save Grogu so he'll be here until at least the finale! I also have to mention that I'm really confused about what Grogu did on that Seeing Rock cause that was not how I had seen the Force work before and I wonder if he did call out to other Jedi or if it was more like he connected to the Force in it's purest form. Either way he's no longer on the planet so unless whatever he did sends the remaining Jedi his current location, I'm not sure if we'll be seeing any more Jedi this season to my disappointment.

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 8

I want to start this week's review by shouting out how smart the villains are! We finally figured out what group was behind the parasites and it turns out to be the Chinese but I'm not sure if I can believe what they claim to want. Like Pixie told us, parasites take on the desires of their hosts so if the Chinese provide hosts to the parasites that want to kill all humans in order to protect magicians from being experimented on, then it's basically like the original magicians have all powerful parasites to do their bidding. The thing is that like Tatsuya explained, the parasites have had no problem hurting magicians up to this point so it's possible that the leader was completely lying or it's possible that he was telling the truth and the magicians were just casualties. What's also interesting is that Maya is definitely moving pieces around behind the scenes and all I want is to learn more about her cause she fascinates me the most in this show cause we know so little! I do wonder if she might have overplayed her hand with the Colonel as there's no reason for the Yotsuba themselves to step in and get the USNA to leave unless what the USNA want is the Yotsuba's property. Perhaps that's the goal? Like there's no way the Colonel wants to go to war with the most powerful magic clan so knowing that Tatsuya is under the Yotsuba protection might be the safest route for him. Meanwhile it looks like Honoka unlocked some secret magic powers that the Japanese military who were spying on them mentioned was some sort of elemental magic.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5

Who else was pumped as hell to watch this episode?? I had a feeling that Ashoka was going to show up just based on the fact that Dave Filoni was directing this week and like obviously he would want to be a part of the live action debut for this beloved Star Wars character that he himself created. I also was right in guessing that Ashoka would be a one-off character and that she wouldn't actually take Baby Yoda with her to train cause duh this show would not be the same without him. We did learn though that Baby Yoda's name was Grogu and he apparently was around before the Clone Wars. He trained on Coruscant but was taken away to safety before Order 66 though he's apparently lost his memory since then so it's a blur as to who saved him and what happened to him before he was captured by the Empire. I'm still not sure if I love the idea of Ashoka sticking to the old Jedi traditions cause she of all people should have known that the old way might not be the best way and she's also seen plenty of Jedi like Ezra and Kanan who are emotionally attached to others and were fine. I also did like the shoutout that someone finally called out Din for practically being Grogu's father cause he has been one practically since they met! We did get a new mission though and that's traveling to Tython to find another Jedi and allow Grogu the chance to decide for himself what he wants to do. I wonder if this Jedi that he'll reach out to will be Ezra or maybe even Luke. I could see Grogu joining Luke's training camp that Ben destroys though I can't imagine that Mark Hamill would show up!!

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 7

This week I had the thought that it's really kind of ridiculous that the USNA could sneak all the way into Japan and try to assassinate one of the highest ranked magicians in the Japanese military but then again I suppose if they kept it secret and killed him before the Japanese military had any idea, they could always play dumb. Unfortunately for them Tatsuya was way out of their league and he was able to not only defeat Lina but also all the troops that were sent to capture him as well making a copy of all the footage they got of him and deleting the rest. With this evidence I'm fairly certain that the Yotsuba clan blackmailed the USNA into leave Japan maybe by being like you are illegally in this country and trying to kill our Japanese citizens without any right. What's interesting though is that it looks like they left Lina and I wonder if that's cause the Major thinks that Lina's been compromised (which technically she is with how she fell in love with Tatsuya and became such good friends with the other students) but at the same time we saw her in the military in the Irregular At Magic High School movie so maybe she'll help stop the parasites and get reinstated. It was also interesting to note that the Saegusa clan was following Tatsuya too and I wonder if this is more of what Mayumi hinted at in the first season with how the nine ruling clans were not happy with Tatsuya being a badass who's not affiliated with a clan (or so they think.) Another important thing to note is the parasite that jumped into Pixie explained how the parasites actually have no motivations or desires until they enter a host body which makes me think once again that this whole thing is a big elaborate plot on the part of the bad guys who want to rule the magic world.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 4

I should be annoyed that we took a detour from Trask to Ashoka but honestly I didn't expect that we would get two huge cameos back to back not to mention the fact that the Razorcrest was a complete mess so obviously step one would be for Din to get it fixed! In fact I ended up enjoying this episode a lot cause we got to see old friends again and we progressed the plot with Moff Gideon too. We found out that the reason the Empire wanted Baby Yoda was so they could experiment with it's blood to make as I'm assuming more Force-sensitive people cause they knew what a terrifying force Darth Vader was but I don't know if it works that way cause though we do know that children of Jedi usually are Force-sensitive, is it as simple as DNA or blood? Doesn't that really just suck the magic out of Star Wars?? Either way he ended up getting a spy to place a tracker on the Razorcrest and I high key hope that he swoops down to attack when Din and Baby Yoda are with Ahsoka! I also have to say that it's so ironic cause if only Din knew that Gideon had the Dark Saber cause then he could have told Bo Katan that Gideon is after Baby Yoda so if she stuck with him, she'd eventually find Gideon and get the Dark Saber back. I also liked the small plot point where Cara Dune got an open invite into joining the New Republic though part of me wished they had talked about Leia if they were also talking about Alderaan! 

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 6

You know what the most fascinating part of this week was? The realization that I never thought about whether or not there were people in this world that couldn't use magic and whether or not they were bitter about that!! In hindsight of course there would be groups who are anti-magicians and of course the military is probs not the biggest fan of magicians cause they are loose canons which is why the major focus this week was on the fact that someone was trying to expel magicians from society through biased news reporters. What I'm confused about is what the plan is in the long term cause last I remembered this world is run by magicians and Japan is run by 9 magical families so who would have the power to try to push them out and how would they even dream to stop magicians? This is a world where bombs and bullets can be disintegrated! In other news I think we discovered who that group was from the premiere that was trying to produce magicians that could use magic without CADs through a bit of exposition from Lina and that name is the Seven Sages. They're not exactly humanists but more like people who like disorder and it's most likely possible that like Tatsuya said, they attracted the parasites over after the black hold experiment. As a sidebar this was also the Valentine's Day episode so we got to see a lot of cute moments across the board though poor Miki was heartbroken when he wasn't the only one to get chocolates from Mizuki and I was little sad that Erika didn't give Leo any!

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 3

This week was seriously everything I ever could have wanted from this show and I'm high key heartbroken that the show-runners didn't go with this as their show premise. Din arrived as Trask and he found the Mandalorians he was looking for though to his surprise they weren't the kind of Mandalorians he expected. As it turns out, he was raised as part of the Death Watch which were the faction of Mandalorians that didn't believe in the more pacifist government style of Duchess Satine during the Clone Wars and then became Darth Maul's Shadow Collective towards the end. It totally explains this plot point of how strict Din was about not taking his helmet off when we've seen plenty of Mandalorians across the Star Wars universe that did though I have to admit when he awkwardly talked shit to Bo Katan herself about how they weren't Mandalorians cause they took their helmets off when she is literally the heiress to Mandalore and can probs trace her lineage back to the purest bloodline and he's just a foundling it was embarrassing as all hell to watch and felt similar to someone who's taken on a culture lecturing those who are born in the culture about what they're doing wrong. Speaking of, I absolutely adored seeing Bo Katan in live action and I love that she's hunting down Moff Gideon to take the dark saber back though I wished the show would have explained how she lost it cause last we saw in Star Wars Rebels, Sabine gave it to her. It sucks that this is probs her only appearance for the season but maybe just maybe we'll go back to her at some point later on in this show's run. I mean we can only drag out the I need to bring this child back to it's people storyline for so long and you would think with how much Din cares about being Mandalorian, that he would eventually rally to the idea of helping other Mandalorians take back their home planet! At the end Din got what he wanted when Bo Katan sent him to find Ashoka and of course I'm really pumped about her coming appearance but I also have the terrible feeling that Asokha's going to be like I'm not a Jedi and I don't want any part of this so you deal with this child on your own.

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 5

The ultimate struggle with this show is how technology heavy the magic in this world is and how much the show likes to play with that leaving me confused half of the time about what we're even learning about. We learned this week that Tatsuya's theory on magic in this world says that people are actually absorbing energy from another dimension and the black hole experiment actually tore a hole in the dimensional wall allowing things to come into this world from another. I think this means that I guessed right last week in assuming that the USNA black hole experiment didn't actually fail like the scientists thought but brought over parasites that can possess people and use magic without CADs cause it can open up holes to the other world on it's own. The question now is how sentient these parasites are and whether or not they've got some goal instead of literally just being parasites and attacking whomever is available. I can't help but think that earlier on in this show it felt like there was a group that was benefiting off of these parasites but maybe that was just supposed to be a red herring? I really did enjoy the fight we had this week with our whole cast fighting the parasite and the way different powers were highlighted in different ways making me think once again how I glad I am that this show doesn't just portray Tatsuya as the only capable hero not to mention the fact that this show likes to have ships other than every girl being obsessed with Tatsuya like the harem anime I thought this show would be at the beginning.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 2

Well this season is definitely doubling down on the fact that it really doesn't want to tell a cohesive story cause for the second week in a row we're watching Mando and Baby Yoda meander along to their goal while taking multiple pitstops. This week they have to transport a Frog Lady from Tatooine to Trask a planet with Mandalorians but they can't travel lightspeed cause the Frog Lady is carrying eggs which apparently will die if at lightspeed. One thing leads to another and they get recognized by New Republic ships as the ship that helped with the prison escape last season and so Mando has to land on some ice planet. As per usual, the ship breaks and hijinks occur and Mando has to fight a giant Ice Spider which was honestly horrifying to look at. Just as all hope was lost, the New Republic pilots show back up and save the day but proving that they are different from the Empire they end up letting Mando go cause he also brought in 3 war criminals besides letting some escape so all's well that ends well? As a sidebar I have to comment on how truly horrifying it was to also watch Baby Yoda eat so many of Frog Lady's eggs cause dude those were so not the funny moments that this show clearly wanted them to be! I'm also generally disappointed that we didn't actually see the ship getting to Trask but I'm hoping that next week when we do that we'll actually start moving forward again with meeting the Mandalorians Mando wants to see. I'm still forever going to be waiting for Sabine or Bo-Katon but I can't imagine that they'll be out on Trask rather than Lothal.

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The Irregular At Magic High School Season 2 Episode 4

I'm not entirely sure if we got any more answers this week than what we had already known in terms of the parasite plot but we did get some important character moments. Lina and Miyuki ended up dueling in order for Lina to answer some of Tatsuya's questions which did make me happy cause Miyuki is a badass but always seems to be overshadowed by Tatsuya so when she not only gets screen time but time to showcase her power, I'm happy. I do think it sucks a little that she and Lina were so close in power but Lina did mention that she would lose if the duel went on so I'm not all that upset by it. What was interesting to note is that the control the siblings have over one another isn't actually a one-way thing like I thought cause Tatsuya was also able to give Miyuki's control back to her making me wonder if Miyuki was also experimented on but to a lesser degree than Tatsuya. Also interesting to note is how Miyuki mentioned that Tatsuya is starting to feel compassion for people other than her which is strange cause his programming shouldn't allow that which begs the question is he getting stronger than his programming or is Maya turning down the effect cause of some long game she's got planned? In terms of the parasite plot it seems that Shizuku discovered that the USNA were doing some sort of experiment on black holes and after this experiment failed, the parasites started appearing making me think that this black hole actually ended up opening the world to the alternate dimension Yakumo Kokonoe mentioned last week where spirits come from. We also learned from Lina that the parasites are defectors from the USNA which were probs infected by these spirits and turned into parasites. I'm still curious to know how/if this relates back to that group we met early on that is studying magicians and the ability to perform magic without CADs.

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1

So we're back with a second season and if I'm being honest it was a bit of a slow return but that's only cause I had so many expectations for this season based on what I had heard and we didn't exactly jump off to a big bang. It honestly felt a little more like a midseason episode than a premiere and I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing especially since I was a little surprised that the showrunners decided to stick with their formula from last season despite the complaints. A lot of people had problems with this show cause they thought it was too slow and meandering and while I had similar agreements at different moments throughout the season (especially early on), I enjoyed the unique take this show had on the Star Wars universe and as the season went on, there were more and more interesting episodes. I mean I wasn't exactly thrilled that there was no real end goal that Mando had to reach but since it was so unlike any of the Star Wars movies or cartoons I've seen, I did want to give it props. I was even more excited with this second season with the announcements that Ashoka, Boba Fett and Sabine and Bo Katan from Star Wars Rebels would be appearing but I really should lower my expectations cause duh with this show they'll all probs just appear for one episode a piece before disappearing again because they're all big names and if they stuck around, maybe they will overshadow Mando. All that said, this week's major plot followed Mando as he traveled to Tatooine to find another Mandalorian that could help him figure out Baby Yoda's race but rather than finding a Mandalorian, he found a native Tatooine man who was wearing Boba Fett's armor. In the end Mando was able to get the armor back but more importantly as he rode off into the sunset we saw that Boba Fett was watching him!!

xoxo Allie

Fall 2020 TV Schedule

Though it's finally the fall season which should be one of the most exciting seasons of the year, because of the global pandemic, most shows didn't have the chance to film so our schedule is looking fairly dry in terms of anything but anime! Having said that, the show must still go on so listed below is my 2020 Fall TV schedule (September to December) with their air dates listed. Asian dramas are not included on this schedule cause it is harder to list which dramas I'm going to watch ahead of time but you can check out my What Dramas Am I Watching This Week list for my Asian drama reviews. As per usual I will be making a What Shows Am I Watching This Week list for my American tv show and highlighting them in pink so you can check those out too!

SUNDAY

By The Grace Of Gods - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 20)

Talentless Nana - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 27)

MONDAY

Fruits Basket - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale September 14)

Sleepy Princess In The Demon Castle - Anime (October 5) (Series Finale December 21)

The God Of High School - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale September 28)

TUESDAY

Ikebukuro West Gate Park - Anime (October 6) (Series Finale December 22)

FBI - 9 PM on CBS (November 17)

WEDNESDAY

Mr Love: Queen's Choice - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 30)

Noblesse - Anime (October 7) (Season Finale December 30)

The 100 - 8 PM on CW (Currently Airing) (Series Finale September 30)

THURSDAY

Akudama Drive - Anime (October 8) (Series Finale December 24)
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 - 8:30 on CBS All Access (October 15)

FRIDAY

Appare Ranman! - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 25)
Rent A Girlfriend - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 25)

Haikyuu!! To The Top: Part 2 - Anime (October 2) (Series Finale December 18)

I'm Standing On A Million Lives - Anime (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - Anime (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

Wandering Witch: The Journey Of Elaina (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

SATURDAY

The Day I Became A God - Anime (October 10)
The Misfit Of Demon King Academy - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 26)
The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc - Anime (October 3) (Season Finale December 26)

STREAMING

Mulan - Disney+ (September 4)

The Great Pretender - Anime (September 21)

The West Wing Special - HBO Max (October 15)

The Mandalorian Season 2 - Disney+ (October 30) (Season Finale December 18)

Bridgerton - Netflix (December 25)

Vikings Season 6 Part 2 (Final Season) - Amazon Prime (December 30)

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Season 2 Part 2 - Netflix (December 31)

xoxo Allie

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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

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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

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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