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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Carol Realizes That the Story Cannot Have an Ending”

By Ken Godberson III | Aug 28, 2017 | Television

This is it. We’ve finally come to the last episode. 1. Hints to Something More So, here’s a frustrating thing about this last episode now that I have more knowledge of the novels. Apparently, Baccano!’s sales in Japan were abysmal, so it only got these sixteen episodes. Several scenes in this episode, however, hinted that […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “The Delinquents That Arrive at the High-Class Neighborhood are the Same as Always”

By Ken Godberson III | Aug 21, 2017 | Television

We are midway through the epilogue story and we learn about some pasts and some presents. Let’s take a look. 1. The Origin of Nice and Jacuzzi If you’ve reached this point, you’ve been probably been wondering: What is with Jacuzzi’s face tattoo? Well, we finally get an answer to that this episode and it’s […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Graham Specter’s Love and Peace”

By Ken Godberson III | Aug 14, 2017 | Television

Wait, what? “Ken,” you ask, “I thought you said the last episode was the climax of the series!” Well, you’re right, but Baccano! doesn’t end with the “main” story. We still have a three-part “epilogue”, all of it taking place after the Flying Pussyfoot arrives in New York. So, let’s get to it! 1. Dominos […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Both the Immortals and Those Who Aren’t Sing the Praises of Life Equally”

By Ken Godberson III | Aug 7, 2017 | Television

Okay, I have to apologize. I have been doing a countdown to the final episode of the main story the last few weeks and I got my numbers wrong. I kept thinking episode 14 was the last episode of the main story, but it’s actually this episode. The one we’re talking about now. The threads […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers are Felled by Assassins’ Bullets”

By Ken Godberson III | Jul 31, 2017 | Television

Well. Spoilers much, episode title? Guess that means this was an easy week. See you nex-okay, fine! Let’s talk about the episode! 1. Rachel, the Hero As we approach the end, things are speeding up real good. We start with Rachel’s rescue of not only Mrs. Berium and her daughter Mary, but Nice from the […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People”

By Ken Godberson III | Jul 24, 2017 | Television

So much! So much happens in this episode! We’ve only got two more episodes after this so let’s just go! 1. At The Party We return to the Alviare, where the Martillo party is still continuing, with Isaac and Miria joining the festivities after being discovered (which, for a bunch of mobsters, not killing these […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Czeslaw Meyer is Forced to Rework His Tremble-Before-the-Specter-of-Immortals Strategy”

By Ken Godberson III | Jul 17, 2017 | Television

We’re making our speeding run to the conclusion of this series, with the Rail Tracer revealed and the Elixir of Life making its way towards its final destination. The pieces are swiftly moving… 1. The More Things Change… Up until this point, outside of the prologue episode, Huey Laforet has been an unseen force during […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Claire Stanfield Faithfully Carries Out the Mission”

By Ken Godberson III | Jul 10, 2017 | Television

Look. Listen. This review series has been pretty chock full of spoilers, but I have reiterated it for this episode in particular. This is going to have spoilers about the Rail Tracer. It’s actually perhaps the biggest spoiler in the show. So big that fans of this show actively go out of their way to […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Isaac and Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them”

By Ken Godberson III | Jul 3, 2017 | Television

We’re back from the past, we get to follow around the somehow best and worst duo of robbers ever as they show why they’re some of the best characters in this show. Let’s look. 1. Master Robbers and Thieves This episode gives us a bit of background to Isaac and Miria, or rather their criminal […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Everything Starts Aboard the Advenna Avis“

By Ken Godberson III | Jun 26, 2017 | Television

1711. A ship making passage from Europe to the New World. On this ship, an alchemist summons a demon and changes the world, events that will cascade throughout the ages. Forward, we’re going to be dealing in heavy spoilers in this one. 1. Forgone Conclusions We start on board the ship at night with a […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!”‘s “The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches”

By Ken Godberson III | Jun 19, 2017 | Television

Hey kids! You’ve all been very naughty this evening! So Santa Rail Tracer is coming to up the violence! Hope you like it! 1. Oh Nicky, You’re an Idiot Nicholas of the Daily Days is a bit of a jerk. He’s kind of like Dallas except replace the anger with smugness. We learn here that […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Jacuzzi Splot Cries, Gets Scared and Musters Reckless Valor”

By Ken Godberson III | Jun 12, 2017 | Television

A lone bootlegger cries and cries and cries as the chaos unfolds around him and his friends. What’s a man with an awful name to do? Let’s find out! 1. Jacuzzi Splot and Why I Do Love Him As we’ve mentioned, Jacuzzi Splot is one of the worst names ever conceived of by Man and […]

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Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Carol Realizes That the Story Cannot Have an Ending”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “The Delinquents That Arrive at the High-Class Neighborhood are the Same as Always”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Graham Specter’s Love and Peace”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Both the Immortals and Those Who Aren’t Sing the Praises of Life Equally”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers are Felled by Assassins’ Bullets”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Czeslaw Meyer is Forced to Rework His Tremble-Before-the-Specter-of-Immortals Strategy”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Claire Stanfield Faithfully Carries Out the Mission”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Isaac and Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Everything Starts Aboard the Advenna Avis“

Five Thoughts on Baccano!”‘s “The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches”

Five Thoughts on Baccano!‘s “Jacuzzi Splot Cries, Gets Scared and Musters Reckless Valor”

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