Hi Scott, Hi everyone! Sorry I’m a little late with this week’s post for Sasaki and Miyano. I decided to try to make pelmeni from scratch and it turned out to be a considerably more ambitious endeavor than I had calculated. On the upside, they are delicious! Like almost worth it delicious. How are you…
Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith and that’s what I did with this manga. I saw the cover, a dapper-looking gentleman serving champaign in a tuxedo next to a penguin doing the same. I saw the title, obviously Penguin Gentlemen. And I thought, say no more, this is going in my…
Everyone’s favourite seasonal ship has sailed. I think My Dress-Up Darling took a lot of people by surprise. There’s a lot to be said for shows that know how to use their charm and this is certainly one of them. For my money, the adaptation actually manages to bring the very best out of the…
Noooo! You Can’t do This. Listen to me The Case Study of Vanitas, you can’t leave us on a cliffhanger, is that understood!?! I get that not everything is going to get resolved. I made my peace with that. And by peace I mean I’m going to use whether black magic necessary to get another…
Ladies and Gentlemen, we made it to the end… the Platinum End. I have to be honest with you guys, I’m not even sure if that was sopposed to be a joke. But we did it. The season is over and if nothing else, I have to give it to Platinum End, it sure has…
Hello, one and all. It’s been a while since I’ve done a fun little Top 5 character post. I actually really have fun writing these. This week, I have a ton of disclaimers. First, like the title says, these are “top” only in the sense that it made me think I should try to rock…
Titles: KazeTsuyo, Run with the Wind Genre: Sports!, comedy, drama, slice of life Episodes: 23 Studio: Production I.G Running is hard. It’s so hard! It’s one of the toughest physical activities you can do for any sustained amount of time. And it hurts like your whole body. The risk of injury is high and the…
Titles: I★CHU: HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDOL, I★CHU: Étoile Stage Genre: Idol, CBDCT,Comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: Lay-duce Étoile Vio School is a very special place. For one, it’s the only place where IChus are made. Probably because no one knows what the heck and Ichu is. I think it’s just a name for idol. Like any…
When I started blogging tags were the rage. I would often get more than one in a week and I quickly became unable to keep up with them no matter how much I wanted to. But it was still a lot of fun. Even when I wasn’t getting personally tagged, I would see them on…
As usual, Sasaki and Miyano is my dose of sugar for the week. I’m not complaining. I have quite the sweet tooth. Scott and I managed to watched the episode at the same time so we could discuss it the minute we were done. Please go see what we thought about it over one Mechanical…
I’ve managed to stack quite a few manga first impressions which have allowed me to hold out for full series reviews once in a while. Boys Run The Riot was a perfect candidate for that. It’s a relatively short series as it only has 4 volumes and the final one came out relatively recently. I…
Well, this is kind of a predicament. I watched Vanitas yesterday and I liked the episode but I had so many things to say I didn’t know how to stat. Today I watched My Dress-Up Darling and I liked the episode but I don’t know where to start because I don’t really have anything to…
How are there only two episodes left of The Case Study of Vanitas? Even if they somehow manage to wrap up this arc in so few episodes, which seems doubtful, there is a lot left to explore in this story. So far, The Case Study f Vanitas has been pretty good with pacing. They haven’t…
The official title for this penultimate episode of Platinum End is “At The End of Thought”, and that seems impressively self-aware for this show. If it was in a different series, I would have been impressed by the witty self-depreciation there. Also, I think this title pretty accurately reflects my personal experience throughout the entire…
Titles: Ikebukuro West Gate Park Genre: Action, crime, urban, mystery Episodes: 12 Studio: Doga Kobo Ikebukuro is such a great place. Rent is relatively cheap, people help each other and although it may not be the easiest place to make a living, as long as you work hard there is always a way to make…