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…
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…
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…
Titles: Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu. 2, Komi Can’t Communicate Season 2 Genre: Comedy, slice of life, school, almost romance Episodes: 12 Studio: OLM For people who struggle with extreme social anxiety, making connections with others can be very difficult. It is important to remember, however, that although making connections is difficult, that does not mean…
Titles: Song of the Night Walkers, Night Owl Song Genre: Supernatural, romance, slice of life, comedy Episodes: 13 Studio: LIDENFILMS Kou Yamori is just a boy. An average normal boy. He has decent grades and a few friends. He’s a little gloomy and introverted but hey, that’s just how teenagers are, isn’t it? And he…
Rozi is a curious mix of cute, adorable and yet creepy. A perfect read for this time of year! As some of you may know, I occasionally just buy first volumes of manga I know nothing about for fun. I am slowly starting to collect them on kindle which I enjoy a lot and I…
Titles: Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie Genre: Romance, comedy, slice of life Episodes: 12 Studio: Doga Kobo Yuu Izumi is a cutie. He really is, you can ask any girl. He’s sweet, a little shy but he gets it together when it counts. He’s very considerate, patient and understanding. He’s…
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…
Have you ever seen the cover of a manga and instantly decided that you were going to love that manga? It happens to me all the time. Just goes to show you that you shouldn’t skimp out on cover design expenses. I don’t bring this up randomly. It did happen to me with Nightfall Travelers….
Titles: Maoujou de Oyasumi, MaouYasu Genre: Comedy, Slice of…Sleep?, Fantasy Episodes: 12 Studio: Doga Kobo A long time ago, the kingdom of men struck a deal with the realm of demons and a blissful peace spread upon the land. A peace that remained undisturbed until one particularly spiteful demon lord decided that the time of…
I still don’t know if I should be ashamed or not of that pun. It’s very bad, don’t get me wrong. But it made me very happy. Especially as I unintentionally wrote it down. This is probably the first time that my maiden tongue being typo was actually useful for something. Depending on your definition…
You know, I started the manga first impression posts to have some shorter quicker posts throughout the week. That was the idea at least. But it bloated pretty quickly and now a lot of them are about the same length as my anime reviews. That’s fin but I still really want to have some nice…
I wasn’t going to write a review about Yagi the bookstore goat. Cause I’m a bit of a noob. I’ll tell you about it in a second. But I think it’s a generally sweet little manga and when I went looking for reviews of it, not on sales sites or aggregators, I couldn’t find anything……
Titles: Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari Genre: Comedy, drama, slice of life, supernatural, yokai, food, found family, iyashikei Episodes: 12 Studio: LIDENFILMS Souta grew up in a small town. Kanata isn’t a bad place. There’s plenty of fishing and people are pretty nice. But small towns can get sniffling. And after his mother died,…