... But one has to wonder: for how long? As some many of you surely know, a vicious axe murder from last week prompted almost all Japanese TV stations who were airing the School Days anime to cancel the last episode (at least temporarily), since it too is said to contain ample amounts of blood. In its place, various harmless things where shown to the horrified viewers, including - but not limited to - nice boats.

The phrase itself, "nice boat" has quickly become something of a meme and it even made the news, while the fans helplessly watched one TV station after another losing their mediatic balls. Aside from episode 12 of School Days, episode 11 of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai was also taken off TV by some.

Then, just a few days ago, irony - and another bloody axe - struck again, as a 15 year old boy tried to chop his father's head with an axe. Luckly, he failed, and his father still has his head attached to the rest of his body (for now). But most importantly, Higurashi continues to be aired as intended. And the last episode of School Days will also get to see the light of day tomorrow, on AT-X - the sole TV station with balls, it seems. Thanks to Canned Dogs for keeping track of this hallucinating course of events.

P.S. Nice boat!