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Apparently in Japan cousins can get married! Which comes as a surprise to me because in the U.S.A. this is usually not the case as far as I know. Mizuki is chasing after Aoba, but it seems like Aoba just isn’t feeling it. While there was very little baseball in episode 20, Cross Game still shines.
Beware: Spoilers!
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I’ve spent the weekend playing catch up with Cross Game. I enjoyed catching up, mostly because I enjoy baseball and also the characters in the story. While episode 19 contains no baseball, it does a good job of focusing on character development, mainly Kou and Aoba. Also a new character is introduced!
Some spoilers lie ahead!
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Nyaaa. (By the way, that cat has a pretty retarded voice. On the other hand, it could be Maa shachou's great-grandfather or something.)

Nyaaa. (By the way, that cat has a pretty retarded voice. On the other hand, it could be Maa shachou’s great-grandfather or something.)

Long overdue review, but I had the feeling that episode 11 would end the current arc so I wouldn’t need to conjecture about the end of that game. But heck, I love this series.

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Inspired by Brett’s last post, I decided to do something I have always announced yet never done before: a preview, or more appropriately, my “first impressions”.

While others are already dishing out summer previews, I figure it is just a little late for a preview per se. But since I haven’t started watching any of the current shows yet, it thought I should share my first impressions with you guys. (And probably get rebuked by some for badmouthing a series that might turn out epic. Especially K-ON fanboys. Oh, I’m so looking forward to it :D)

Since there are approximately 20 shows to take care of, and since I don’t want it to become an unprecedented case of TL;DR, I’ll do it in 4 posts. Which makes… uh, do the maths yourself.

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Ch-ch-check it out!

Well this being my ‘official’ first post, hopefully it isn’t terrible. :3 Maybe this “# Weeks In…” could be a regular occurrence, like a check-up at the doctor’s office.
So here are just a few impressions of this season’s shows so far. After 5 weeks lets see how they are coming along!
Pictures, spoilers, and more after the jump.

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