Musing Over Manga: Attack on Titan Chapter 52--Secret Keepers

This is my new favorite image in the entire manga. Eren's facepalming, Jean looks embarrassed, and everybody else doesn't understand what the big deal is. Amazing. (A/N: The entire post deals with spoilers from the manga. Do not read unless you are caught up!)

Subdued Figures: Nendoroid Fate/Extra Saber

It's the last figure review of the year! Is it just me, or did 2013 go by really fast? Anyway, I'm wrapping up the year with a Christmas present to myself: Saber from the PSP game Fate/Extra!

12 Days of Anime: #1--Happy Birthday Levi

And a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone reading this! (A/N: Spoilers for the entire show are discussed in this post.)

12 Days of Anime: #2--Dragonborn

Decades from now, I will be on my deathbed, and my last words will be: "What the hell happened during Heavens' performance in UtaPri?"

12 Days of Anime: #3--Kite

I really liked Kite. (A/N: Massive spoilers for the Chimera Ant arc in this post.)

12 Days of Anime: #4--Tomoko Makes Progress

I saw a lot of complaints about the way Watamote ended, most saying that nothing had changed at all and that Tomoko was right back where she started, doomed to a downward spiral of self-loathing and social awkwardness forever. I didn't see it that way. (A/N: Spoilers for the end of the show are in this post.)

12 Days of Anime: #5--R.I.P. Squid Girl

Otherwise known as the episode that made Anime Twitter yell about Urobuchi for the first time since Madoka Magica. A/N: Spoilers for the entire series are in this post.

12 Days of Anime: #6--Classroom Destruction

It was the moment we were all waiting for.

12 Days of Anime: #7--Kaisei

Turn around, dammit! (A/N: Some spoilers in this post.)

12 Days of Anime: #8--ERU-ERUFU

Look at this majestic human being. A/N: Some spoilers in this post.

12 Days of Anime: #9--You Can Always Turn it Off

For a show that's essentially about social media, Gatchaman Crowds makes a pretty good case about not letting it rule your life.

12 Days of Anime: #10--The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Free! is a story about a boy and his pool.

12 Days of Anime--#11: Be Wary of Magic Lolis

Prisma Illya was...okay, I guess. I didn't hate it, but it's not exactly a standout in the magical girl genre. However, it did have it's moments, and one in particular completely blew me away.

12 Days of Anime--#12: Humor is an Important Part of a Relationship

Happy holidays everybody! This year I'll be participating in the 12 Days of Anime for the third time. If you haven't heard of it before, there's more detail in the link. I like the treat the 12 Days posts like a personal highlight reel, covering some of my favorite moments, characters, and episodes that aired in the last year. And I'm kicking things off with my biggest unintentional laugh of the year, straight from the otome adaptation Amnesia.

Muse's Top 12 Anime of 2013

As the year winds down along with the Fall season, I'd like to take a post to look back and cover my favorite titles from 2013. While they're isn't any contest or voting going on this year for top show (that I'm aware of), I'm keeping the format that I used for Kidd's Aniblogger's Choice Awards since that kept things pretty concise. While I did rank the shows, I feel that they are all equally great examples of their genre and/or style and recomend every one of them!

Winter 2013/14 Preview

Better late than never! I'm still super busy with school, but I wanted to get out a preview post anyway. The year is almost over (holy crap, where did all the time go?) and the Fall season will start wrapping up soon as well, so it's time to get excited--and then be disappointed several weeks later. Such is the life of seasonal anime watching.

Like last time, my schedule won't allow for me to pick up more than a few shows--thesis quarter, here I come!--so I'm stricter with my "to watch" list than I would be otherwise.