Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann Review

What better way to spend part of a four-day weekend than watching Gurren-Lagann?

I finished watching it on Friday, but spent the last two days randomly watching three or four scenes from the final three episodes because it was just that good. In fact, it left me with that empty, sinking feeling that happens upon the completion of a really, really good book, when it feels as though you can never read anything again and enjoy it because nothing can ever live up to what you finished. I can’t remember the last time that happened with anime. (Honey and Clover, maybe?)

In any case, that’s how good it was. I’ve waited a few days to really try to write up a review because I don’t think I could have summoned up the willpower to write anything even remotely objective earlier.

Spoilers ahead.

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Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - 12

The Dai-Gurren paddles across the ocean and is attacked by Adiane. That’s pretty much all that happens in this episode (aside from fanservice and some Yoko and Nia character development), and I’m not quite sure where I stand on it, especially since episode 11 was so exquisite.

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Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - 11

Gurren-Lagann is back! All of the over-the top burning spirit and manly… manliness has returned, in the form of Simon! In my last Gurren-Lagann entry I said that I hope everything turns back to awesome after Simon gets over himself, and I sure didn’t have to wait long.

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Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - Impressions (Ep. 1 - 10)

Gurren-Lagann is the antithesis of what I should be watching, with all of the fanservice and not too intelligent story (so far), but it’s just so full of burning spirit that I can’t help but love it. It’s definitely a show to watch when you just want to turn your brain off for a while, but for the mindless entertainment that it is, it’s really really good. For the most part.

Read on for some more rambling and my opinions on each episode so far. Contain spoilers.
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