For 12 episode series, we're half way through the run. That calls for the mid-season review of where things have gone, the movers and shakers of the season if you must. 3 series have been cut, while two new ones join the ranks, bringing the new total series to 8. Dropped series are crossed out, while new additions are in bolded italics.

• Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigations
• Chivalry of a Failed Knight
• Ushio to Tora
• UTAWARERUMONO - False Faces
• Heavy Object
• Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider
• Yuru Yuri 3
• Is the Order a Rabbit? 2
• GARO: Crimson Moon
• Owarimonogatari
• GUNDAM: Iron Blooded Orphans
• ONE PUNCH MAN

Welcome to Salty Hunting 4 Ultimate, henceforth referred to as SH4U. It's a rant corner about Monster Hunter 4U, which has eaten up about 400 hours of my life. Each post covers a different monster or topic that bugs me enough to warrant a longish rant.

I love this game, but as I've pointed out before, there's a lot of dumb shit that can really hamper your enjoyment of it. First up on the roast is the latest monster I've been farming, the mysterious elder dragon, Shagaru Magala.

Each of the elder dragons have a gimmick to their fight. Kushala has an annoying-as-fuck wind barrier. Chameleos has his invisibility, Teostra has the fire barrier and Kirin is basically Kelbidrome. Shagaru Magala's gimmick is the god awful explosions that appear when he's in rage mode.

I initially had a poor outlook of this season. I ran down the list, and was only interested in one or two things. Turns out that the season has brought more of a bounty than I expected, and I'm here to share what I've found.

In this post I cover. Bolded titles are what I'd consider the more universally anticipated series.

• Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigations
• Chivalry of a Failed Knight
• UTAWARERUMONO - False Faces
• Heavy Object
• Yuru Yuri 3
• Is the Order a Rabbit? 2
• GARO: Crimson Moon
• Owarimonogatari
• GUNDAM: Iron Blooded Orphans
• ONE PUNCH MAN