Molecular gastronomy is a form of cooking that incorporates the chemistry of its components into the dish’s evolution. This allows for a far more innovative and creative dish than would have otherwise been introduced. By altering the texture and form of food, one can create an entirely new dish that is surprising. Equipment such as centrifuges and sous vide are commonly used in cooking using molecular gastronomy. Tools are borrowed from science labs to create a new way to incorporate physics and chemistry into the cooking by using techniques such as spherification as well as countless others. By using compounds such as sodium alginate, a chef can influence the way that the ingredients will blend together to create something entirely unique. This type of cooking requires complex knowledge of both cooking and science but can create a new dish with completely new possibilities.

Alice Nakiri shows us a wide variety of dishes using molecular gastronomy. The most varied dish that she creates is likely the bento box that she makes during the competition of season 2. This is a perfect showcase of her talents and of how she can influence her ingredients to take on an entirely new shape and texture. We also see her explain concepts that are difficult to understand in a more simplified way to help the viewer relate the chemical concepts they see into an easier concept. Souma adapts these concepts to his own cooking to become a better chef later in both season 2 and 3. Other characters have used techniques of molecular gastronomy in their own cooking but Alice Nakiri is for all intents and purposes the queen of molecular gastronomy.

The poele cooking method is one that was developed in France and is used to keep a protein moist by covering it slightly in liquid. This allows for the outside of the protein to become crispy while keeping the inside nice and juicy. Generally, butter is used in this method of cooking to create a very flavorful dish and combined with a variety of vegetables, it comes out simply divine. This is more commonly done with meat, particularly chicken and is only done with ingredients where the skin is left on. In France, the word “poele” translates to frying pan, though it originated from a small dish that had a lip for pouring the liquid known as a poulen.

The poele method is first introduced when Souma Yukihira decides to battle Satoshi Isshiki, the Elite Ten’s seventh seat. Initially Isshiki is surprised and congratulates Souma on his French cooking techniques and innovation by incorporating the technique on fish rather than a meat protein. We see this technique in a variety of scenes that follow including Souma’s apprenticeship with his senior Kojirou Shinomiya. The advanced and obscure cooking techniques that we encounter in Shokugeki no Souma are definitely not limited, but the explanation and impact that we see are especially important when using the poele cooking method.

What all three series share is that the main trio consists of the titular Bem and his two companions, Belo and Bela. They’re youkai ningen, or humanoid monsters, who wish to become full fledged humans, which is consistent in all three versions. While they’re all fundamentally youkai, they can assume a human-like form. Even when they’re disguised as humans, they still possess amazing abilities such as super strength, speed, agility, and regenerative abilities, but they’re all expressed differently. In the 2019 version, our heroes are impervious to most forms of pain, especially firearm bullets. In the original 1968 version, they can temporarily hurt by bullets. In the 1968 version, they tend to have abilities that traditional ghosts would have. In that edition, they can make themselves invisible, and phase through solid objects. In the 2006 and 2019 versions, these abilities are non-existent. As for how their stories flow, they’re all significantly different. As portrayed in the 2019 series, the main trio fights the forces of evil in the ghettos of Libra City (which largely resembles New York City), or the Outside, but in the 1968 series, they travel around from town to town (which we can assume to be isn’t Japan since they meet characters that don’t have Japanese names) like in the 1960’s American drama, The Fugitive, and fight either a ghost or a really bad human. The 2006 series also takes place in one city, but takes place in a city that is multicultural since it features characters with Japanese names such as Kira Hinata and Kaito Sora, who become Belo’s key allies. Like in the 2019 series, the 2006 series has our heroes fighting other youkai. As shared before, the 1968 version has our trio fighting all kinds of baddies. In one episode, they can be fighting a gang of criminals, and they can be helping a town get rid of a youkai in the next. In the 2006 series, the trio largely fights ghosts and demons that are supernatural in nature, but for the 2019 version, as opposed to fighting beings that are supernatural in nature, the youkai they do battle with are sci-fi in nature.

The biggest difference between the original and the modern series is how Belo, the boy youkai, is portrayed. In the 1968 and 2006 versions, he’s very playful and actively wants to make friends with other children. He’s very talkative and acts like just about any regular kid. In the 2019 version, he does hang out with other kids, but even in their presence, he has a stoic and quiet personality, and doesn’t really care too much about making friends but if they invite him to hang out with them, he’ll just go along out of curiosity. While he tends to get his ass kicked in fights in the 1968 series (even against regular humans!), he’s capable of holding his own in the 2019 version. Another notable change is Bela. In the 2019 version, she passes herself off as a high school student but in the 1968 and 2006 versions, she assumes an adult form and has a maternal relationship with Belo. The 1968 and 2006 versions also have her come across as a bit of a sadist as she enjoys terrifying her enemies while this particular quality is taken out in the 2019 version to make her more believable as a teenager. As for Bem, his role is more or less the same as someone who is presentably stoic and wishes to know what it’s like to be human.

Another significant difference is how the three main leads are designed. In the 2019 version, their human forms can pass off as human, but they do have some notable qualities that make them stand out such as their pointy ears and their pale olive skin tone. In the 1968 and 2006 versions, they’re a different story. As for Bem, he still carries a cane, wears, a suit, and a hat, but when you look at his face, he looks like Count Orlock from the classic horror movie, Nosferatu. When you look at Bela in the 2019 version, she’s a teenager in a school uniform and has red hair. However, in the 1968 and 2006 versions, she looks like a vampire in her human form and has black hair. As for Belo, in the 2019 version, he has white hair, wears red denim, and has regular shoes and always has on a pair of wireless headphones. In the 1968 and 2006 versions, he has blue hair, wears red sweats, and shoes that looks like something that elves would wear. While the 1968 and 2006 versions share the same character designs, the one notable difference is that even in their human forms, the main trio have three fingers in the 1969 versions, but in the 2006 and 2019 versions, they have five. As for their monster forms, the designs are pretty much the same in all versions.

Now we finally know what's happening in Shiniki, and who's behind this messed up suicidal wave. However, we still know nothing about Ai Magase, an extremely seductive girl that will literally make you wanna die. Even though Babylon's plot was kinda difficult to follow for the first 2 episodes, all these plot-twists make total sense now: all the girls are one and the same, and knowing who to trust is now harder than ever. The more shocking moment of the episode? Well, that's easy to answer. I mean, the whole thing revolves around a new drug that can kill you while you sleep, without feeling any pain... so why would all the people jump from the highest building?! But with that comes the realization that a lot of people are willing to die right now if they have a chance of a painless goodbye, just like Okuda, Inaba, and Fumio. This revelation is vital to Babylon's story, but I'm sure it will keep you thinking for a while too...

It was bad enough that Kisaragi got his heart shattered, on the same bench, by two girls who both confessed they loved not him but his best buddy Sun. The problems worsened when a stalker named Sanshokuin then claimed she loved Kisaragi not because he's a kind soul, but for his hidden darker side. Then everything complicates even more when Sun confesses to Kisaragi that he loves Sanshokuin! Now we have a giant love rectangle —or pentagram— and Kisaragi is trying his hardest to help these girls get with Sun, despite them getting quite mad learning his newly obtained piece of information. With the two girls hating on him and Sun almost hating on him too (nice save Sanshokuin), Kisaragi seems to have troubles hitting him every which way. Our second episode ends on a worse note when someone (you can guess who) gathered all of our love strained high schoolers into the library where Kisaragi and Sanshokuin wait. Poor Kisaragi… Do you have a plan to get out of this new bind?

Alice rushes to Rulid Village to defend the townspeople. She unveils her armor and sword, ordering the town to evacuate while she takes up her sword once more to protect the people. Having discovered her path in life, she and Kirito depart together afterward. Meanwhile in the real world, Asuna and the members of Rath have evacuated to lower levels of their base after the attack, but it appears Kirito’s current state has been caused by his self-image being destroyed. Unfortunately, he is the only one who can save Alice and bring her out of the virtual world! Alice’s reveal in this episode was such a powerful moment! I honestly hadn’t thought about the fact that she had hid her identity from all the villagers, including her sister. When she used her authority to order them all to flee, we saw just how strong she has become, all the way from that timid little girl who was taken all those years ago. And her attack on all the goblins was impressive. The villagers were struggling to fend them off, but she barely lifted her sword and destroyed every single one of them! The animation and the soundtrack coincided perfectly with this moment, and we are hoping that this series continues to show us great scenes like this one moving forward.

Following up on the cliffhanger ending from last week, we finally get to learn what Senku’s relation to Ishigami Village truly is. Surprisingly, it all comes down to one simple observation – if everyone on Earth was petrified, then the only people who could’ve started the village would’ve been the astronauts on the International Space Station. Senku’s dad, Byakuya, abandoned his dream of becoming an astronaut after failing the clothed swimming test the first time he applied. But when he and Senku notice that the Japanese space program is hiring for the first time in ten years, Senku builds him a training wetsuit with electric nodes to target and strengthen specific muscles. Reinvigorated by his son’s devotion (much more so than by the suit itself), Byakuya passes the test and achieves his dream at last! Five years later, he travels to the ISS and forms fast friendships with the other four astronauts aboard, as well as the American singer Lillian Weinberg who is tagging along as a space tourist. The anime’s version of her “space concert” features British musical theater actress Laura Pitt-Pulford, who brings Lillian’s song “One Small Step” to life with a crystal-clear voice befitting of the beloved diva. We even get a sneak peek of a character who appears later in the story during the sequence where people around the world tune in to listen to the concert! Of course, the fun can only last so long, because the very next day a strange green light envelops Earth and the astronauts discover through livestream cameras that everyone has turned into statues. If they’re the last six people alive, they’ll have to take the future of humanity into their own hands...

Maki officially joins the soft tennis club. During his first practice, Maki impresses the other boys by showing off his speed and stamina during their 20 lap run. Things get more interesting during Maki's second practice with the team. The boys head to the wall and practice their swings. Maki is easily able to get the hang of hitting the ball and the other boys soon join in. After Taiyou makes a mistake while trying to hit a ball, Maki calls out the rest of the team and points out their lack of skill despite having been playing for over a year. While it doesn't sit well with the rest of the team at first, they take Maki's comments to heart and decide to start practicing for real. Hoshiai no Sora has a lot going on with its characters and so far everyone has an interesting story that I can't wait to learn more about. Coming off an episode that ended with Maki being abused by his father, the second episode of Hoshiai no Sora surprisingly focuses a lot on the soft tennis club than anything else. Maki's second practice with the team is a great scene for both the characters and the overall story. We get to see the characters get into an argument about the intense and competitive world of sports without them having a major fallout that makes them all take extreme stances on the issue. The other boys are able to take Maki's criticism and use them to push forward in their training and it makes the whole scene that much more realistic and exciting. While Maki instantly being good at soft tennis is kind of a letdown, the way Hoshiai no Sora has handled the characters and the sports aspects of its story have been amazing so far.

When Masato signs the questionnaire that ends up being the reason why he and his mother are transported into the world of a videogame, he’s immediately excited to be the hero of his own adventure! However, his excitement is short-lived when his mother appears with her belongings in tow! It was a little bit sad to see his genuine elation watered down, but it was just as funny.

Masato and the gang find themselves in an event that is modeled on a school festival! At the festival, Masato’s crew had decided on running a restaurant and it was filled to the brim with customers. However, it wasn’t just the restaurant that was shining – Mamako arrived at the ongoing beauty pageant that Medhimama wanted Medhi to win and won the hearts of the crowd, winning her the entire pageant!

When Masato and the crew cross a gang of adventurers who’d broken away from their mothers to cause trouble, their leader Amante calls assassins to “deal” with the all-powerful Mamako. However, she uses her parental abilities to deal with the assassins, who were just rebellious children in the middle of conflict with their mothers. With powerful lullabies, Mamako sent the three-part assassin squad directly to La La Land – no teleportation magic required.

Medhimama’s true intentions behind forcing Medhi to be number 1 at everything come to the fore and the strain on their relationship becomes apparent. Medhi loses her mind in rage and transforms into a fire-breathing dragon – the final form borne of her contempt against her selfish mother. This scene was a cliffhanger and gave the events a weight that is not a normal feature for the show; which is normally more light-hearted.

Mamako and Masato were in need of some party members as soon as they arrived; however, most of them were rejected by Mamako. Enter Porter, the adorable test-player who cannot fight but has the enthusiasm to do her best! After Porter identifies her strengths and weaknesses, Mamako jokingly tells her to marry her son and she immediately agrees, much to Masato’s surprise and dismay.

The story is very important here because there are many events that seem to be separate and sporadic but actually contribute to the development of the story itself. The Careless Monday, the mysterious cell phone-wielding Selecao, Takizawa Akira’s missing memories and several other events create a gripping series in which up or down is never fully fleshed out to you until all of the pieces have been revealed and put together. In that regard, Eden of the East is stellar and reflects various genres from science fiction to action, romance and drama in a small torrent of well-written episodes.

Put together by Kawai Kenji, the Eden of the East soundtrack is quite pleasant, with music that has electronic leanings. The various scenes of Eden of the East are hence a much better experience from the perspective of audio-visual stimulation; however, the opening and ending theme songs are perhaps the best musical treats the series has in store. Falling Down by Oasis is a somber yet hard-hitting opening performed in the English language. With lyrics like “I tried to talk to God with no avail”/”I said if you won’t save me, please don’t waste my time”, the series is set up for more than a happy-go-lucky story, but something heavier in composition. The ending theme song was performed by the now-disbanded School Food Punishment. Futuristic Imagination is perhaps one of the best songs of their anthology and the visuals for the ending theme render the Eden of the East ending theme one of the most unique you’ll ever see.

There is a softness to the Eden of the East art that makes it a bit of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The show has its fair share of gratuitous violence and exploration of mature themes; however, the art doesn’t quite reflect something with sprinkles of hardcore violence. The dissonance that arises because of the art and content of the actual series make certain events in the series all the more jarring because it doesn’t appear to be a show set up to show things like that. Oh, but it does...

While reading in the classroom, Assistant overhears some girls talking about the magic club and how they are going to go check it out after school to see how strange it was. Not wanting his reputation to be ruined, Assistant rushes to the club to warn Senpai. Assistant's worst fear is realized when Senpai starts thinking of all the tricks she can show off to the girls. When the girls arrive, they see a headless Senpai with flags coming out of her mouth, causing them to run out of the room screaming. After seeing it all unfold, all Assistant can do is cry in the corner of the room. Most of the great scenes in the series are thanks to Senpai's antics, but Assistant is what makes this scene so great. Everything from his misconception of how he is perceived by his peers to his reaction when the girls leave the room is just absolutely hilarious.

Assistant heads to the park for some relaxation only to find Senpai there trying to show off her magic to some kids. All of Senpai's attempts at impressing the kids fail. Assistant gives it a try and is able to impress the kids with the help of Behemoth-kun. Senpai tries to pull off some quick change magic to finally win the kids over only to realize she forgot to bring a change of clothing under her quick change clothes. It is always quite funny to see Senpai's failed magic tricks, but it is even funnier when she fails in front of an audience. You can't help but laugh at the children's blunt comments on her failed attempts to pull off some magic tricks.

Senpai takes control of the PA system to call Assistant to the magic club room. When he arrives, he sees Senpai along with some freshly baked bread. He takes a bite out of the bread only to find a hidden key inside of the bread. In order to get back at her, Assistant tricks her into hiding inside of the magic box and not telling her when to come out. This is a pretty short scene, but it is both funny and important to the overall series. This is the first scene where the names and roles of Senpai and Assistant are established and get us ready for all of the crazy comedy to come.

After a fun-filled day at the beach, the members of the magic and chemistry club president Madara decide to finish up their day with some fireworks. With the sun having gone down, Senpai decides it would be the perfect time for some magic. Senpai pulls out some flash paper and tries to use it to reveal a hidden flower, only to accidentally light it on fire and throw it into the fireworks. Luckily, Madara still had some sparklers in her bag and the group got to have some fun with fireworks before they went home. This may just be the most entertaining failed bit of magic in the entire series. Senpai's failed magic has a much more eventful end in this scene and we're treated to a wonderful fireworks show. What makes the scene even better is they get to have a nice ending thanks to Madara.

Senpai hides inside of the magic box in order to surprise Assistant when he arrives. However, before she is able to come out of the box, Assistant sits on top of it, not knowing she was inside. While hiding in the box, Senpai overhears Assistant talking to himself and revealing his true feelings and talking about off the good things he sees. Senpai believes he is talking about her, but in reality, Assistant is actually talking about Behemoth-kun. This is the best scene in Tejina-senpai and features all of the elements that make it a fun series. It is such a ridiculous scene and you can't help but feel a little bad so Senpai.

While on the Spring Break trip with the gym, Hibiki and Akemi have a heart to heart on the beach. The girls share a moment as they reminisce about how far they've come and how thankful they are to each other. Hibiki thanks Akemi for pushing her to go to the gym, while Akemi thanks Hibiki for helping her become friends with Ayaka and Gina. This is nice heartwarming moment between and Hibiki and Akemi. This was a great way to end the series and show us just how far Hibiki has come since the beginning. Her journey wasn't easy, but seeing her enjoying her new life with all of the new friends she has made just puts a smile on your face.

Seeing the gym was closed for the day, Gina suggests they jog to Akihabara in order to compete in an idol competition. Everyone agrees and the girls head to Akihabara. During the competition the girls ride in on some of the muscular men from the gym and show off their unique skills of hand to hand combat, bench pressing, and finishing it all with a deadlift from Satomi. Despite the crowd loving their performance, The Muscle Gals don't make the cut. One of the things that makes Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? is all of the wacky scenarios the girls find themselves in. The idol competition may just be the best one in the entire series. Their whole performance is enjoyable and hilarious and it only gets better the longer it goes on.

Machio's former trainer and mentor Barnold Shortsinator comes to Japan and offers Machio a spot in a competition he sponsors. The next day, Machio heards to the competition along with Hibiki and her friends who came to cheer him on. Machio steps up to begin his turn and with one pose is able to shock the crowd and the other competitors instantly winning the competition. Seeing his progress, Barnold offers Machio an opportunity to compete against him, but Machio declines because he doesn't want to leave the members of Silverman Gym behind. Machio is one of the best characters in Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? and it is nice to see him get a whole episode to himself. Most of the time Machio is on screen, he is just there to be funny, but this scene does a great job at showing us a more intense side to Machio and how seriously he takes his job.

Hibiki decides to enter an arm-wrestling competition in order to win the grand prize and buy a home theater system. On the day of the competition Hibiki learns that only one other girl had entered. The other girl in the competition is a Russian girl who just arrived in Japan named Gina. Thinking she'll have a tough match ahead of her, Hibiki prepares to give it her all to win. Much to her surprise though, Hibiki is able to easily defeat Gina and claim the grand prize. This is one of the funniest moments in the entire series and it is also the first time we get to meet Gina. What makes the scene funny is that there was so much build-up to the match only for it to end in an instant

Hibiki and Akemi begin their first workout at Silverman Gym along with their trainer Machio. They start out with some bench press and Hibiki is only able to lift the bar. Struggling to do three sets of 10, Hibiki is amazed and a little disheartened seeing how much Akemi is able to lift. Machio comes over and gives her a little pep talk, and reveals his shredded body as he encourages her to keep up with her workouts. This scene gives us a little bit of everything and shows off all of the great aspects of the series. It is hilarious, we get to learn a lot about Hibiki and Akemi, and there is even a little bit of fanservice. However, what really makes this scene the best is the unexpected reveal of Machio's ripped body and seeing his little head on such a muscular frame.

The first scene in Kimetsu no Yaiba is a crying Tanjiro running down a snowy forest with the unconscious Nezuko on his back. We don’t know what happened, much less who they are, but we can see Tanjiro’s desperation as he cries and wonders why his family was struck by misfortune. And after a few flashbacks that tell us exactly how his life was and how it was destroyed, suddenly Nezuko opens her eyes… and they’re no longer human. The sweet girl we saw minutes before is now a monster that immediately attacks Tanjiro with the very clear intent to eat him. It's only thanks to his fast reflexes that he manages to put his ax between her teeth and, just when we think one of the two will die, we see that Nezuko is crying. It’s impossible not to cry with her and her brother since we know neither deserved the horrors that will follow.

As he was training to become a demon slayer, Tanjiro hit a plateau where he was unable to advance. Abandoned by his teacher Urokodaki, he is confronted by two fighters, the strong Sabito who pushes him to really understand Urokodaki’s teachings, and the frail Makomo who explains to him what’s behind said teachings. It’s not until he reaches the Final Selection that Tanjiro learns that both Sabito and Makomo are ghosts: They were killed by a Hand Demon during their Final Selection exam precisely because they were Urokodaki’s students. We see how they died, tortured and scared. It's a heartbreaking scene that reminds us of the stakes that Tanjiro will face in the future.

Thanks to his keen sense of smell, it’s quite early on when Tanjiro finds the demon that turned his sister, a creature known as Muzan Kibutsuji. We know their encounter will be short, as it’s only episode 7, but the way it’s cut short, just after Tanjiro touches Muzan’s shoulder in a busy street in Tokyo is what makes it heartbreaking. See, Muzan has a young human child with him, who calls him Papa. And as Tanjiro is reeling from that revelation, he finds out that Muzan also has a wife. Both the child and the woman are humans, and Tanjiro doesn’t know if they know the truth about Muzan, which is improbable. And as he’s still trying to understand, Muzan casually turns a passerby into a demon, just to distract the Slayer. So many lives destroyed in just a second and for no reason. It’s hard not to share Tanjiro’s tears.

While the whole spider demon clan is pretty tragic when we realize that they were being forced to play house with Rui and were tortured, punished, and killed if they made the young-looking demon angry, we can’t really feel that sorry for them since they were demons and had eaten a couple dozen humans each before arriving at spider mountain. But when Rui himself dies, we get a glimpse of his past and the human he used to be before meeting Muzan and it’s impossible not to feel bad for him. Rui was just a sickly boy whose parents made a deal with Muzan, who was pretending to be a doctor at the time, to give him a stronger body. When they realized that Rui was killing humans, his parents were ready to kill him and then die with him, but Rui killed them. And if that wasn’t tragic enough, when Rui finally dies at the Slayer’s hands, their souls were waiting for him, ready to accompany Rui to hell. Even Tanjiro cries at the grief Rui gives out.

Some may consider that we’re stretching the concept of “scene” here, but as we see it every episode, we figure it counts. It’s really heartbreaking as it starts with beautiful scenes of the Kamado family’s life before the fateful night that destroyed them all. We even see Tanjiro’s father dance, even if we don’t get the full meaning of that little snippet until much later into the series. It's a tragic memento of what could have been if their lives hadn't been destroyed by Muzan’s cruelty. And as we learn that the souls of the dead watch over their families, we can imagine Tanjiro and Nezuko’s siblings and parents crying as their relatives suffer.

Homare and Asuka set out into the forest to find food, and Asuka finds something that resembles a potato. “The tuber could be poisonous”, Homare warns, but Asuka insists the tuber she pulled out from the ground is edible. To find out if it’s edible or not, Homare must do a patch test. A patch test, or an edibility test, is a test to see if the plant is safe for consumption by cutting the plant open and pressing it on the skin and wait for a reaction. If there’s no irritation or discoloration of the skin, then it’s safe to eat the plant. Asuka waves her butt at Homare and enthusiastically suggests using their butts for the test. Homare happily obliges and shoves the plant up Asuka’s ass. Short, quick execution, and very funny, Homare looking indifferent throughout the whole moment was priceless.

Homare and the gang set out to explore the rest of the island and they discover an abandoned dock, some materials, a pair of rusted blades, citrus fruits, and an abandoned run-down house. But the biggest discovery is the existence of an onsen/hot spring and the girls quickly take advantage of the discovery to take a bath and relax in a moment of bliss; luxuries that are very rare on the island. Episode 8 is your obligatory beach/onsen episode and while we always see the girls in their bare essentials throughout the show, this is the only time we see them naked, as much as the age ratings allow, at least. Apart from seeing the girls unwind (and Asuka gets struck by lightning), we still get to learn about survival, like figuring out your location on the planet by looking at the stars and constellations courtesy of Homare, and some astronomy lessons by Mutsu.

Shion has drifted into the ocean and landed on a different island. Meanwhile, at Idiot Island, Homare has already set off on a raft, carrying nothing to gauge distance or direction in order to find her stranded companion. Everything seems hopeless but Homare recalls her time with her father who taught her to remain calm, never give up, and look at things from every angle. Homare uses the improvised bamboo paddle to vault herself into the air to get a wider view of the ocean and then finally finds the island where Shion is suspected to drift towards. And Homare’s intuition is right on the money as finds the lonely and sobbing Shion. Being stranded in the ocean is one scary experience and it was hard to tell how Homare would even find the island with no tools. But in the end, Homare surprised us with her experience and thinking out of the box.

Homare, Shion, Mutsu, and Asuka have been on the island for several days now and they’re living off insects, crustaceans, and they finally have some fish in episode 5. On a routine round in the forest, Mutsu and Asuka find that a rabbit has finally been caught in one of the traps they’ve set. Rabbit meat is now on the menu, girls! The rabbit meat preparation is the entire focus of episode 6 and it’s one of the best scenes of the show with many great moments like how to prepare the rabbit meat, breaking certain stones to make them into cutting tools, Mutsu redeeming herself by volunteering to skin the rabbit, Shion being bossy and suggesting they cook the rabbit in French cuisine style, using whatever edible plants and resources that have as ingredients, using a sundial as a cooking timer, and after a hearty meal, Asuka holds a rabbit bone to thank the slain creature for its nutritious meat.

Homare has found Shion on another island and they’re heading back to their island, Idiot Island. But travelling back to their home island will be an arduous task because Homare forgot to bring drinkable water and they’re drifting through the ocean on a very sunny day. Homare did collect two bottles of dirty water from a cave in an experiment to sanitize the water using the sun, but removing the impurities would take a long time. In a last-ditch effort, Homare proposes to Shion they take in the dirty water through their anuses because the colon can absorb water and the colon prevents bacteria from entering the body. How will they administer the water through the anus? Using their mouths, of course! Sounan Desu ka? has many crazy survival solutions but nothing tops this unorthodox solution to dehydration. Shion reluctantly bends over and Homare transfers a mouthful of the dirty water using her tongue through Shion’s anus. After Shion is rehydrated, it’s Homare’s turn to take in water and asks Shion to specifically administer the water 10 times by digging in her tongue… Seeing Shion staring at Homare’s bare ass with a dumb look on her face is just priceless. Oh and it doesn’t end there: you can see, though at a distance, Homare and Shion taking turns digging their faces into each other’s butts.

While sometimes in more of a comedic role in other installments of the series, P.E. teacher and Anti-Skill member Aiho Yomikawa was given a lot of chances to show off her combat ability in A Certain Scientific Accelerator and we think this scene from episode 5 takes the cake. Being boosted up for a high jump by her teammate Alto, Aiho bravely chases after DA soldiers, taking them on while outnumbered. Using her shield to plow through them while reflecting bullets was exciting and showed that she can be badass even without esper or magical powers.

Sakuragi Naruha, or Naru to her teammates, is a newly-introduced character in Accelerator who is a member of the mercenary group Scavenger. With the ability to form and control paper with extremely powerful psychokinesis, her fight with Esther, Huotou, and Accelerator was a highlight for the series for us. Her bizarre bear-suit transformation and drill arms to fight Huotou’s earth armor was really exciting, even more so when Accelerator comes into the picture and survives their deadly team attacks. The iron maiden-like trap was particularly cool and one of the most badass moments for Accelerator when it comes out unharmed.

Speaking of Hasami/Huotou, her “reactivation” was one of the most interesting scenes in the early part of the series. This was made all the more impactful after we saw her troubled life and terrifying death at the hands of DA beforehand through Accelerator’s vision. Seeing her ‘reborn’ with the Huotou implanted in her by Esther and almost immediately unleashing her new strength against the DA agents sent to destroy her body was a memorable moment, full of both sadness at Hasami’s fate and a sort of righteous vengeance carried out against her attackers.

While this series was full of some fun lines and monologues, one that stood out the most to us was Accelerator’s speech to Esther as they are preparing to take on the horrifically transformed perfect golem Hirumi. Comforting her, he says "A hero is someone who doesn't hesitate to stretch out their hands and run as fast as they can toward what they're trying to save. What is it that you want to save with your hands?" Esther remembers the promise she made with Hirumi in the past, knowing now what she wants to protect. The focus on hands and Esther and Hirumi’s pinky promise was a nice touch and the triumphant “Let’s kick that monster’s ass!” was a solid lead-up to the final fight.

Obviously, for a grand finale, you’ve got to pull out all the stops if possible so this last episode had a lot to live up to. We’ll cheat a little bit and include two climaxes from the last episode here. The first one being Esther running up the side of Hirumi’s transformed body with Emperor Shun's Blade and delivering the final blow with help from Huotou, Misaka 10046, and Accelerator. We finally got to see her resolve bear fruit and the final meeting with Hirumi afterward was both touching and tragic. The other climax being Accelerator absorbing and deflecting the immense energy explosion from the golem’s corpse, nearly killing himself in the process to protect Last Order. You’ve got to love Accelerator’s black tornado wings and resulting crazy laser blast! While we never really thought he had died, it made for a satisfying conclusion made more exciting by the false resolution beforehand. Ultimately seeing Accelerator act heroically in the end takes the cake for us, making it our top moment of the series.

They may wear human clothes and live human lives, but the population of BEASTARS’ world is very much in touch with their animal sides. The most important way in which these manifest is in the animals' dieting habits, specifically in the fact that the anthropomorphic herbivores still eat vegetation, while the carnivores eat herbivores. The only thing that keeps society afloat is the use of synthetic meat, eliminating their need to kill for survival, but failing to suppress their craving for flesh. The story opens with the murder of an alpaca by an unseen carnivore—something extremely rare in the story’s present—which immediately causes massive harm to the relations between herbivores and carnivores. The plot follows Legosi, a young wolf studying at Cherryton Academy who doesn’t quite fit the traditional idea of a carnivore. A scrawny body, an empathetic disposition, and a strong distaste for the social order in spite of benefiting from it as a physically superior apex predator are all aspects of his character that alienate him from his peers. On the other side of the spectrum, there’s Louis: a deer with impeccable grades who stands against our canine protagonist. While other carnivores in the story tend to stay in the camp of archetypical bullies, rejecting Legosi for not fitting into the alpha Chad expectations thrust upon him since birth, Louis represents a much more complex form of antagonism. Despite being a herbivore, Louis detests carnivores like Legosi who neglect what he perceives as their superiority. He's one of the few herbivores to act assertively around carnivores, but his self-defeating attitude towards them shows he has lots of issues to be explored, adding a deeper layer of intrigue to the character and the plot. Legosi too is far from a simple character, since he initially comes off as little more than a timid good guy, but the story is not afraid to challenge this perception, showing dark things behind Legosi’s unthreatening demeanor early on and only goes deeper over time.

If it’s not already obvious, Beastars’ narrative is an exploration of identity, focusing on individualities clashing in a society that assigns them roles incongruent with their needs. Legosi’s suppression of parts of him he deems negative and Louis’ antagonism towards those who could assert themselves as members of a class superior to his but choose not to give a holistic look at the extremes such a system brings out in people. Plus, when you remember that Japanese who do not live up to the highest standards of expectations placed on them are commonly referred to as herbivores, the importance these ideas hold to modern society become perfectly clear.

Kankaku ga Tsunagaru Mahou no Onaho is a manga about mind-break and public humiliation. When the perverted owner of a coffee shop is given a magical onahole, his wildest dreams come true. He simply has to pluck a hair to link the toy to a woman's body. Lucky for him, the woman he’s been pining over for months comes into his shop. He gets right to work, linking her body to the onahole and begins to break her down. The first scene has the girl, Nozomi, getting teased in the coffee shop. The protagonist starts off by rubbing the toy on her nipples to see how well she responds. She starts to stir in her seat from pleasure while trying to hold her voice in. To break her down further, he moves to the entrance of the onahole and begins tracing his finger around it. He watches as she holds back in moans before sticking his finger in the toy to tackle her G-spot. Before long, he tries out the toy on his dick and has her cumming in public. In a later scene, they go into a manga cafe after Nozomi cums in the middle of the street. In there, she’s made to cum five times in a row before the cafe owner enters the room. He starts off by playing with her nipples and then tests out her pussy with his actual dick. After she comes once, he decides to spice things up by using his fingers in the toy while his dick is pounding away at her pussy.

Girl Fight has a pretty straightforward premise; Izumi is an MMA fighter who only competes against men. She has been undefeated in the ring until today when she finally meets her match. The manga covers the three rounds of her first defeat in the MMA ring at the hands of a perverted fighter. Izumi gets in the ring with an amateur and quickly widdles him down. To finish him off, she gets into a mounting position. To her surprise, though, he grabs her tits and begins to play with them in the ring. Before long, he’s kissing her stomach and moving his hand on down to give her pussy a little rub. Completely taken by the sensation and being teased in a crowded room, Izumi loses the first round. Later after she goes in the third match and an aphrodisiac has been absorbed into her body, things get even worse. Her competitor exposes her bare breasts to the crowd and begins fingering her pussy for all to see. After getting her a bit wet, he pulls her panties off for everyone to see. Humiliated Izumi soon finds herself in a face-down position and her competitor's cock being thrust into her exposed hole. She is pounded in front of an audience and loses her first-ever match.

A janitor gets his dream job at a school full of idols and fashion models. To sweeten the deal, he has a smartphone that can control any girl he snaps a picture of just by the sound of his voice. When the voice commands don’t get them going, he simply pulls up their picture and taps the parts they need pleasured the most. The janitor's first point of business is to punish a stuck-up woman named Azusa. After ripping up a love letter in front of him, he snaps a picture and tells the phone she needs to be turned on by the touch of her clothes. She starts getting excited, so the janitor pulls up her picture and starts tapping on her pussy. She soon falls to the ground, and he rushes over to play with her boobs and makes it so he can pick her up and carry her back to his office. This is, of course, while he fiddles with her wet vagina on the way. Later on, the manga has a lesbian scene with two athletic women. One of them is a lesbian, and the janitor lends a helping hand by making her love interest become extra senstive to the touch. Before long, the Momota is rubbing Aoi’s bare nipples. Before long, Momota starts toying with her pussy and removers her swimsuit plunging her fingers deep inside. After getting her to cum, she moves on to taste Aoi’s vagina.

Chikan is an interesting set of manga about a girl who has to work for a whole year straight to repay her father's debt. As luck has it, the train she has to take to get to her workplace is a two-hour ride. From the first day onward, she is toyed with by a group of men who slowly train her body to cum quicker and quicker. This is a bit of a different read as it gets more and more erotic as you dive deeper. At the very start of the book, the men-only tease her breasts on the train. Then they move onto her nipples and have her cumming from just a bit of tit play. After a few weeks, they move on to her thighs and pussy, even making her cum ten times on her two-hour commute. After training her pussy with their fingers, they slowly start toying with her ass. They soon let her know that it’s the day of the festival, where she will be toyed with for an audience on the train. During the festival, her legs are spread for all to see, and the men get to work toying with her pussy. After bringing her to cum, one of the men pulls out his dick and stuffs it into her mouth. She is taught to properly suck on it while another man continues plunging his fingers deep inside of her. By the end of it all, the group decides to cum all over her upper half.

Suzumin is an undercover detective who rides the trains of Japan. Using a decoy she lures train molesters into a trap and then arrests them when they make a move. Her plan is going great until she meets a man who has a special way of playing with her body. Overcome by pleasure, Suzumin is left helpless to the man’s sensual touch. Suzumin meets her match when a young man she assumes is bad at pleasing women, handcuffs her on a moving train. He then begins to rub her soft ass before feeling up her thighs. Soon enough, his fingers come to rest on her usually unfazed pussy. Realizing his touch his doing nothing to her, the man kisses Suzumin making her mental concentration break. Soon enough, he starts teasing her nipples before moving on to her crotch. He eventually exposes her breast for sucking and places his hand inside of her panties, forcing her to cum. On her next train ride, she gets double teamed by a couple of men who go right for her pussy. Together they start to finger her and play with her tits at the same time. As they plunge deeper inside of her Suzumin breaks letting out a loud moan and dropping to the ground for the other train passengers to see. Before long, the men even start to find her in places like the movie theater, where they spread her legs for toy insertion.

Nagumo is a young woman who does professional bikini modeling. Today she is going for a massage on live TV that focuses on popular spots around town. As it happens, though, she has to wear one of her bikinis, and the old man massaging her is really good at his technique. Once Nagumo is in the massage parlor, she notices the man's hands are staying around her breasts. He even makes her sit up and part her legs for the cameras to see. Soon enough, he slips his fingers in her bikini to play with her nipples off camera. She is then flipped over on her stomach, where he can play with her ass. When the camera moves up, he even makes sure to play with her pussy for a bit before going back to the massage. Before long, the camera focuses on her neck, leaving her pussy open for an assault. He even got the crew to stare at her back as he oiled up her tits while playing with her clit. Nagumo does a great job of resisting until the old man pulls out a massager. Exhausted, the cameramen leave the room, and the old man finishes off by ramming his dick inside of her now soaked pussy. He makes sure to tie her hand behind her back before moving through different positions until he cums.

Crimson Prison as three unlucky ladies drugged and woken up in a strange room. A TV host appears in front of them and lets them know they are on a special game show for the rich. They must endure three challenges or suffer from a penalty game. They are also forced to wear sexy swimsuits while in front of the camera. In the very first game, Sara volunteers to be tickled without giving in for ten minute time period. Little does she know that when they were drugged, she was given medicine that made her extra sensitive and made it, so she had to pee more. The show gets started, and the tickling soon drives into a point of ecstasy. When Sara doesn’t break, the show hosts begins to play with her nipples while a man uses a vibrator to make her cum. She is then taken to the penalty game where the executioner pounds her roughly. In the final game, the game show hosts calls Tomaka’s lover and challenged her to keep her voice under control while being pleasured. She’s sat upright, and a man begins to play with her tits. Before long, two other men join in to help rub her down. They play with her nipples and begins to suck while the third man traces around her pussy. They then chain her down with her legs spread. She is made to cum over and over again until she wins the game.

Chinatsu is a cosplayer who wants to gain tons of admiration. The opportunity appears in front of her when a woman shows up to give her a special costume. She tells Chinatsu that when she dresses up in it that everyone's eyes will be on her. Curious, the young girl cosplays using the costume and goes to an event where she gets plenty of attention. Weirdly enough, Chinatsu starts to notice a pair of hands touching her as she’s posing for fans. The hands start out by caressing her breasts. Before long, they move down to her stomach, and Chinatsu begins to break piece by piece. As it turns out, the things, the men are wishing to do to her while in the cosplay are actually happening. Before long, she feels multiple hands all over her and her armpits being licked. The men soon start wishing to rub her pussy, which the costume make happen. By the third chapter, she is lying on the ground from orgasm with her tits exposed for pictures. She faints and his brought to a room by con security. The costume causes the security to start toying with her nipples and vagina. Before long, they move the costume aside, exposing her bare pussy for fingering. Chinatsu cums over and over again until she is hoisted up and sat down on one of the men's dicks. She is then vigorously thrust into until the men get their feel.

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A young girl who likes to dress plain is regularly molested on the train. Given advice by her friend, she tries to dress like a slutty gal to disinterest the men around her. Sadly this doesn’t quite work as one of her normal assailants still recognizes her and begins to harass her on the way home. On the first train ride dressed slutty, a man focuses on her breasts. He gently massages them and begins to play with her nipples. To make his assault, even more, appealing he toys with the woman's ear forcing her to hold back her moans. Luckily, she soon arrives at her station, but the man takes her bra as a trophy of his day's conquest. When she gets on the train next, the man attacks this time, pushing her against the door and pulling her shirt down to expose her breasts. The attacker fondles her for a bit before making a surprise attack on her panties. He makes her miss almost her station from pleasure and then immediately inserts his fingers into her wet vagina. By the third chapter, he has her in his lap with her legs spread as he fingers her into orgasm.

Kaguya is a young woman who fights beasts. Today she is taking on a request from an old man who owns a cursed mansion. He explains that three maids have been broken by something in the basement. He leads her downstairs and opens a door revealing a beast that immediately takes an interest in Kaguya's body. Once in the room, the beasts wrap around Kagura while massaging her nipples. They let Kaguya know that their only desire is to make her a slave to pleasure. They hold her arms up and slide tentacles underneath her shirt. Before long, they reveal her bare breasts and put a sucker on top of her nipples. They focus on rotating between a massaging motion, sucking her nipples themselves, and licking her breasts to make her lose her will to fight. Once she has successfully been pleasured up top, they remove her shorts to reveal her panties. After she refuses to cum, the beast picks up her game and begins teasing her exposed pussy. They start by gently rubbing it before using their tongues to get a proper taste. A few more beasts join in to kiss her and play with her nipples. Lost in ecstasy, she is lifted up and lowered on top of a sizeable penis. Once the beasts disk is inside, her multiple tentacles are used to caress the rest of her body into an orgasm.

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