Kado: The Right Answer (2017): What just happened?

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Kado: The Right Answer, Seikaisuru Kado

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/kado-the-right-answer

So you know how I was saying that Kado: The Right Answer was an intelligent, mature, take on a First Contact premise, based around negotiations?

Apparently not.

Between the end of episode 9 Nanomis-hein and episode 10 Towanosakiwa, Kado became … something else entirely. Major spoilers ahead obviously.

Please Vote for Me (2007)

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Documentary, electoral junkie, Please Vote For Me

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Vote_for_Me

Please Vote for Me is a surprisingly tense documentary about the election of a class monitor for a 3^rd grade class in Wuhan, China.

Whilst I didn’t find it as riveting as Grant Watson did, and you can find his review here, it was astonishing to see how brutal this election campaign was. There was very little restraint in these kids, and dirty tricks a plenty.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) Revisited

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Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Mamoru Hosoda, Satoku Okudera

I am currently home sick and took another look at The Girl Who Leapt Through Time today to pass the time[1], and it remains a strong film on a second viewing. There are significant spoilers ahead.

Source: https://www.animelab.com/shows/the-girl-who-leapt-through-time

My Hero Academia (2017): Bakugo vs Uraraka

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Girls Und Panzer, My Hero Academia

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/my-hero-academia

Episode 22 Bakugo vs Uraraka is a good episode, but also a massive waste of a dramatic opportunity. Spoilers ahead obviously.

Look, I know that the plot demands that Deku and Bakugo meet in the finals at the School Festival: My Hero Academia is primarily Deku’s story, and Bakugo has long been set up as his nemesis/rival.

Bakugo is also, to not mince words, a jerk face who needs to get whacked a bit so he can learn some humility. The series is clearly set up to ensure that Deku delivers the next whack in the finals.

Frozen (2013)

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Frozen

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film)

Yes, yes, I know I must be one of the few people to have only just seen Frozen OK? I picked it up on BluRay yesterday after a dentist’s appointment, and gave it a whirl last night with some friends. I liked it.