It's quite rare that I get a season that is already so defined right out of the gate. I don't think any of the shows have gone up or down the rankings since the beginning.

Train to the End of the World

Always a romp. Manages to be different every episode, yet maintains the story continuity. At this rate, though, I'm fearing we might not have an ending this season.

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Train to the End of the World

Equal parts cute girls doing cute things, surreal worldbuilding, comedy, and horror. 

Tonari no Youkai-san

We didn't really need the addition of a sci fi plot.  Waiting to see if it can somehow improve the already lofty heights of the show, or it will detract from the coziness.

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Train to the End of the World

Between the overt yuri of other shows this season, this one keeps it subtle.  It’s hard to spot among the carefree absurdity and creeping horror.

Tonari no Youkai-san

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As with any season of anime, I eventually have to start making cuts. Probably won't stop here, either. We'll see what the future holds.

Train to the End of the World

I'm really digging how unapologetically surreal the show is.  At the same time, there’s still a harder edge underneath.  This is Japanese children’s media, after all, it comes with a side of psychological horror.

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Mysterious Disappearances
What’s it about?  A one-hit-wonder novelist now works at a bookstore.  In the meantime, she gains the power to alter her age, and uses it to investigate supernatural incidents with her coworkers.

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Train to the End of the World
What’s it about?  A tech company accidentally warped reality.  Some of the few humans that haven't been turned into animals include a group of schoolgirls that ride around in their own train searching for a missing friend.

Hints at yuri subplot.  Lots of detail.  CGI moments obvious but not terrible.  Wacky and dynamic.  Already the sleeper hit of the season.

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I watched three shows to completion this season, and all have their merits, though for vastly different reasons. Honestly, it's difficult to choose a winner. I actually pulled up a random number generator to assign them an order for this blog because they each play well to their disparate strengths and it's hard to do a direct comparison for ranking.

The Witch and the Beast

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I recently did a deep dive on Earhart's disappearance as research for a story, and figured I would share it here.

As usual, I'll do my best to delineate facts from opinions.

Bottom line up front:

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Most astronauts are not highly paid considering the work they do - given that many are active duty military, I'd say most probably don't even make six figures.

But with a new space age upon us, we may now be living in a time where “astronaut” can be not only an aspiration, but potentially, a career.

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Court martial!

Okay, calm down, let's take a step back. Court-martial is the worse of the two outcomes here, and it has several variations, so we'll walk through the basics first.

The UCMJ

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