I remember a little while ago, I had a reader mention in my comments that they were unable to find any good Cute Guys Doing Cute Things anime and this led to wondering if the formulae could even be applied to a male cast. At the time I had already read a couple of volumes…
Two years ago I started the first volume of Spy x Family. I remember during Christmas dinner 2020, I was sneaking glimpses at the pages. I had gotten completely embroiled in the world of the Forger Family and complicit in Operation Styx. At the time, I desperately wanted an anime adaptation. Here we are two…
Alvin is a great adventurer. Great is sort of a relative term. But he is a veteran…rookie. Apparently, that exists. And he’ll impress you with how surprisingly weak he can be. But he’s not a bad guy. He tries hard at times and he really wants to be an adventurer. And now he finally has…
Kirishima is a name that is both known and feared in Japon’s underworld. The first lieutenant of the Sakuragi Yakuza Family has well earned his nickname of The Demon of Sakuragi. He might not be great at remembering names or faces or running simple errands, but if you need someone to keep your rivals in…
Shinozaki-kun no Mente Jijou or The Everyday Maintenance of Shinozaki-kun is my latest random manga discovery and I am really digging it. There is a genre called High Fantasy and I’ll be completely honest with you, I never looked up the actual definition. It gets associated with Tolkien a lot, so I always just assumed…
This week I watched Play It Cool, Guys right after a particularly intense episode of To Your Eternity and let me tell you this show is an amazing palette cleanser. Even if you’re not watching it now, if in the future you watch a really emotionally draining series and you need a little anime just…
First the Forgers, now the Phonys, do you think anyone is ever going to get intrigued by these family names? I was going to say that at least Forger seems like a real name but I decided to look it up first. I used LinkedIn and there are a ton of Forgers on there, it’s…
It’s really hard to stand out as an idol group these days, There are just so many talented young idols out there. You probably haven’t even heard of 99% of them. and that’s ok. I,m not saying this to make you feel bad. It’s perfectly normal. Like I said, there are so many talented idols…
Have I mentioned how much of a challenge writing episode reviews for Play it Cool, Guys, is? It’s an enjoyable challenge that I look forward to each week, but a challenge nevertheless. Not only is this a show where almost nothing happens but it’s also a short program, so almost nothing happens for a brief…
Oh me oh my. This is a whole different type of trouble now. We haven’t quite seen this type of conflict in Spy x Family before. Normally, I would say no one stands a chance against Yor but this…. it’s just not the kind of battle Yor is used to fighting. She’s not trained for…
Hoshitani and the boys finally made it to their second year at Ayanagi Academy’s prestigious musical department. Now that the guys have learned how to work together and the members of the Kao Council have all graduated and moved on to bigger things, it’s going to be smooth sailing up ahead, right? exactly. Just because…
So the issue with my gifs seems to have fixed itself. I’m quite happy about that. I like creating gifs for my post headers. I think it’s fun. I do wish I knew what had caused the issue in the first place though. I find that sometimes WordPress tinkers with things and they don’t warn…
Ling Wang is an average, everyday, ordinary student at a perfectly normal magic academy for spiritual power. You know the type. And since the world ended a few months ago, he’s been enjoying his average ordinary everyday life. Or at least he’s been trying to. There have been a few hiccups with his figure (the seal that…
The second cour of Spy Family is much more Slice of Life in structure, isn’t it? I guess I should have seen it coming, the manga is as well. We’re going to get back to the main plot soon though and there’s a long-form side adventure coming up that I’m very fond of. I guess…
Titles: Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete Genre: Science Fiction, adventure, romance musical Duration: 1 hour, 49 mins Studio: J.C. Staff Satomi Amano is a robot nerd. I like her. I’m also a robot nerd. If ever I get fed up with blogging as a hobby, I’m seriously considering picking up robotics instead. Satomi didn’t take…