When I first heard about Amagami SS Plus, the first question to hit my mind was, “Why?” Sorrow-kun watched this sequel series and couldn’t come up with an answer to that question. Meanwhile, he also caught a gander at another sequel anime, Working’! Despite its infuriating use of punctuation, it’s still a solid sitcom, but the show is rapidly growing stale due to a lack of relationship progression.

It’s hard to find a common theme between the two anime reviewed today, but given the deplorable Manyuu Hikenchou has nothing else to it except boobs, that’s all I have to work with. Not that I have anything against a nicely curved fermale form, but this is a show that goes well beyond “too much of a good thing”. Saki also has at least one bosomy character, but at least it offers other things for its audience to enjoy.

We’re slowly clearing our backlog of reviews from the last season, so expect more to come in the next few days. Here’s two of the less remarkable (as our reviewers saw them) titles from the last season. Shadowmage has a look at Shakugan no Shana Final, although I think he’s being a touch kind, and his soft side for the franchise is showing, since I thought it was truly terrible. And AC has reviewed Listen to Me, Girls, I Am Your Father!, which I found to be a pleasant surprise, although evidently AC wasn’t nearly as impressed. Enjoy.

The Aniblog Tourney is on again, and our first round match-up has just started. If you like what we do at Behind The Nihon Review, why not stop by and take a couple of quick seconds to give us your vote. All support is highly appreciated.

We have two new reviews today, both of which finished last season, and both of which were extraordinarily hyped up before they began, Persona 4: The Animation and Guilty Crown. Which one lived up to the hype, and which one was an abysmal failure? Read our reviews to find out.

Update: The match is now over. Thanks to everyone who supported and voted for us.

I find shows that use atmosphere as its primary hook are a tough sell and requires a high level of finesse before it even begins to work. Eternal takes a look at a live action adaptation of a manga in this vein called Solanin.  It’s not the greatest display of the kinds of emotions that atmosphere can evoke, but it’s certainly better than what Genji Monogatari Sennenki has to offer according to Kaikyaku.

Kevo also tackles a very different atmosphere driven media in his review of the latest Fate/Zero OP.