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Baseball as a martial art<\/p>\n
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Armed and dangerous little sisters<\/p>\n
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Dancing aliens in tuxes<\/p>\n
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Sometimes I have got to know What Happens Next. This was the case with Patricia McKillip’s Riddlemaster<\/em><\/strong> trilogy, which I read in one (long) sitting, and with Misaki Chronicles<\/em><\/strong>, which I watched in one evening. Other times, I want to go slowly and savor every little bit. I spent a week on John Crowley’s Little, Big<\/em><\/strong>, and not because it was a thick book. I’ve got two discs left of Shingu<\/em><\/strong> left, and I’m not going to rush through them. I’m enjoying the series too much. There are still surprises in every episode, even though I’m past the half-way point and the characters are old friends now.<\/p>\n Earlier this year I wondered if I’ve seen all the first-rate anime that’s available. This month I watched Divergence Eve\/Misaki Chronicles<\/em><\/strong> and I’m in the middle of Shingu<\/em><\/strong>. Denno Coil<\/em><\/strong> also has been excellent so far. My interest in anime will eventually diminish, but it won’t happen as soon as I expected.<\/p>\n While there is still first-rate anime to be found, anime criticism remains a scandalously inept guide. Reviews of the Misaki<\/em><\/strong> saga range from limp to stupid, and there are virtually no reviews of Shingu<\/em><\/strong> at all. If Steven<\/a> hadn’t written about them, I would never have bothered with either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baseball as a martial art Armed and dangerous little sisters Dancing aliens in tuxes ***** Sometimes I have got to know What Happens Next. This was the case with Patricia McKillip’s Riddlemaster trilogy, which I read in one (long) sitting, and with Misaki Chronicles, which I watched in one evening. Other times, I want to … Continue reading “Incidental pleasures II”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[656,660],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art-and-screen-captures","tag-current-viewing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2e","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}