BL (Boy’s Love) is one of the most loved genres among romance lovers. The genre adopts many of the classic tropes of romance comedy shows, from Misunderstandings and Enemies to Lovers, to Love Triangles and soul mates. BL is closely related to the Yaoi and Shounen-ai genres, but you should know the difference between the…
I’m not sure this post is going to reach the intended audience. I think most of my readers either don’t care if anime is mainstream or not or are happy if it is. Still, I have been reading a lot of comments, and even some think pieces about how anime is becoming too mainstream and…
Titles: Dance Dance Danseur Genre: Sports!, dama, romance Episodes: 11 Studio: MAPPA Junpei is a manly boy. He does his best to take care of his mom and sister. At 14, he’s already well on his way to becoming a Jet Kune Do master under his uncle’s tutelage, and he’s surrounded by friends at school…
For those of us who write anime reviews, especially those brave souls who do so on an episodic basis, there will come a time when you are faced with a show you just don’t have that much to say about. You know…it was fine. I can hear some of you already, just don’t review it if…
I’m not sure how to qualify this manga review. So far, I have read four full volumes of I Cannot Rach you so it’s hardly a first impression post anymore. I thought about waiting until I could give you a complete review, but this manga started in 2018 and it’s still releasing so I have…
Oh no, I just realized something awful. Right now as I was coming up with a title for this week’s Shadows House post. I’m not sure if I should point it out, I don’t want to distress you… Guys, there is only one episode left in this season of Shadows House. And another season has…
I have to admit I did not expect this. As a start to the final 3 episodes of the season, we had a basic nothing happened sort of episode. Not even enough for a proper setup unless you count the last second. It was just a sort of meandering slice of life aside which isn’t…
Just to make tis clear, I’m not going to list 5 awesome anime otakus such as myself, I’m talking about anime characters who also happen to be otakus. And this is going to be a very though list to put together Normally, I might choose subjects for these lists that are very niche, and I…
Titles: Young Disease Outburst Boy, Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy Genre: Comedy, school, slice of life, CBDCT Episodes: 11 + OVA Studio: Studio DEEN You know the drill. Hijiri just transferred to a new school and she’s desperate to make friends. Through a series of circumstances, she ends up in the hero club. A club full of…
I’m sure a lot of you already know what I’m going to say in this post. After all, this is a republishing of an old post! So I ran out of inspiration, because I post more or less daily, and decided to call on Lita for help since she did mention once that she pretty…
Titles: To Become a Real Heroine! The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task Genre: Comedy, drama, music, slice of life, school Episodes: 12 Studio: Lay-duce Hiyori just moved to the big city with nothing but a dream in her heart. Well, that’s not entirely true, a dream in her heart and fabulous eyebrows. You should…
A man & his cat is pretty famous. OK maybe some of you have never heard of it but Japanese readers fell in love with this manga when it started publishing and I had been hearing about it for years. And I thought about buying it on several occasions but I was always just a…
Things are getting serious in Shadows House. This season is slowly leading down a much grimmer path than what we’ve seen before and we might start feeling the consequences of everything that’s happened. I have a bad feeling about this. But I also think it’s great. As far as storytelling goes we’re seeing the plot…
You know I have lost a lot of interest in this season of The Devil is a Part-Timer and the upside to that is that it makes the posts a lot quicker to write. And who knows, maybe it will be an awesome finale!
I thought I would kick off the Friday Five feature with something light and fluffy and silly. Not to be taken seriously in any way. I have been spoiled by a wealth of absolutely delicious anime characters in my time to the point that I have now splintered my anime harem into a myriad of…