In the Kingdom of Fourland, the royal family possessed a powerful deck of 52 cards. Each card has the ability to grant its wielder a special power, but after
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High Card
Imagine if that British Kingsman series had an anime version. Oh wait. They already did. In the form of High Card. But this time add some poker cards…
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First Impression: High Card
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First Look: HIGH CARD
Known of only by a select few, the 52 X-Playing cards can each grant their owners superhuman power and abilities. After the cards are stolen from the Kingdom…
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High Card #24 — The Royals
And everything worked out forever. Impressions: It's pretty funny to have a very rushed not-ending juxtaposing constant shots of protests against the current regime with the current…
High Card #07 — Double Date
Stalking instagrammers now, huh? Impressions: The handcuffed-to-each-other is such an action cliche, and yet I can't recall the last time I've seen it show up in anime.…
High Card #15 — Intelligence Failures
These people are all idiots. Impressions: It's rarely great for your characters or story when everything hinges on them being both suicidally unprepared as well as just…
High Card #06 — Who’s Who
That seems like a company name with branding problems. Impressions: Well, they tried to do a heist episode at least, but the prestige at the end of…
High Card #20 — History Lesson
Oh good. We're a crappy knockoff Legend of Zelda now. Impressions: Oh boy. An entire episode of flashback and exposition. I would say that the only satisfying…
High Card #02 — Clobbering Time
…To come after 15 minutes of exposition. Impressions: The ED was honestly the highlight of the episode for me and showed the most promise of things to…
High Card #14 — El Flash
Wait, are they in Spain now? Impressions: Hold up. Wasn't the existence of magical cards/super powers supposed to be a secret? Isn't that the whole deal with…
High Card #01 — Marble Madness
Whole lotta people tripping to their deaths here. Impressions: This was a lot bloodier than I was expecting, although to be fair, since the promos had mostly…
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High Card #05 — Abolish the Police
What do the cops in this town even do? Besides murder people, I mean. Impressions: The show was not exactly subtle before, but this episode took things…
High Card #09 — World’s Dumbest Criminals
How has this idiot not already been caught? Impressions: Remember the crazy cult of fire people worshipping some idol in an abandoned warehouse? They had more braincells…
High Card #21 — Happy Coming Day
Ah yes, Coming Day. Impressions: Watching this show definitely feels like I'm being gaslit. Three minutes in, one of them declares "Well, that takes care of everything, so…
High Card #04 — Love and Pieces
Sorry, Vash. Not you. Malevolent Spirits may be a little delayed. Nothing important. Just shuttling some people to the airport and kidnapping their dog for a couple weeks.…
High Card #17 — Rich People Problems
Oh boy. This jerk. Impressions: Welp, it's an episode focused on the rich dude, and it doesn't develop or redeem him in any way at all, and definitely…
High Card #18 — Girls Night Out
I like how some powers are sticky hands, and others are INSTANT DEATH TOUCH. Impressions: Finally we get the learn to accept or work with the other…
High Card #03 — Root of All Evil
Not even "Cash is King?" Impressions: You'd think that becoming some kind of crazy fire-woshipping cult, meeting in a warehouse to chant over a half-assed piece of…
High Card #23 — The Flashbacks Will Continue
…Until all morale is exhausted. Impressions: Oh boy, another flashback and exposition heavy episode that didn't actually manage to convey all that much, and what it did…
High Card #12 — Gun-Haver Trumps All
Pretty sure your plan would've been fine if you hadn't wanted to do it at the top of a ferris wheel. Impressions: First things first. It does…
High Card #10 — Management By Child Murder
I don't think that's in the big book of motivating employees. Impressions: I feel like if you've been collecting cards for the last twenty plus years, and…
High Card #11 — Long Speeches About Family
One of my favorite thing in anime after flashbacks. Impressions: This arc has just been so bizarre to me. They're still introducing new characters even in the…
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High Card #08 — Obligatory Burning of the Orphanage
One roast chicken for like 20 kids? Uh… Impressions: Boy, this episode escalated quickly. The first ten minutes were just going back to the orphanage with all…
High Card #16 — A Country For Old Men
Yay. Flashbacks that don't actually accomplish anything whatsoever! Impressions: After lamenting that various main characters still haven't really had their characters/arcs resolved and it keeps introducing new…
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High Card #13 — CGI Is the Ultimate Antagonist
As ever. There's five premieres today. I'll get through them eventually, but I have other things I need to attend to as well, so expect gaps. Impressions:…
High Card #22 — Secret Terrorist Mass Murder Party
…Okay, I guess that's what we're going with. Impressions: The exposition dump with this show continues, and it's somehow only getting worse. This week was the antagonists…
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