Ok so on a whim a few months ago I decided to just buy a bunch of volume 1 manga that I didn’t know anything about and figured if I found something I liked I would continue it. This has backfired horribly. Not only did I like most of the series I started but I…
Tag: thriller
The Witch and The Beast – Manga First Impression
So lately I’ve been ordering a lot of manga. I’m in the mood to discover my next big manga love story. I’ve also not been reading as much webcomics. At least not family-friendly ones. As such, I figured I would switch my webtoon recommendations for manga first impressions until I build up a nice stock…
The Promised Neverland Season 2 Episode 5.5 – Compare and Contrast — Crow’s World of Anime
Despite the fact that this week was just a recap episode, Crow managed some brilliant insights. You really don’t want to miss that! In fact, you can read the post instead of watching the episode! Quick Summary of The Promised Neverland Season 2 Episode 5.5 In The Promised Neverland Season 2 Episode 5.5, “5.5/Guidepost,” we…
DICE – Webtoon Recommendation
I actually started DICE very recently. It’s a fairly long webtoon, seems it has been publishing since 2014. So I can’t really vouch for how the story unfolds but the premise really grabbed me. So welcome to my new feature! Every week, I plan to tell you guys about a webcomic I am enjoying so…
Hamatora – When Ambition Outstrips Experience
Alt Titles: Hamatora THE ANIMATION Genre: Action, comedy, mystery, drama, supernatural Hamatora Episodes: 12 reHamatora Episodes: 12 Studio: NAZ, Lerche Have you ever had a friend that’s just always a little bit better than you? You like them and they’re a cool guy and all, but you wish you could beat them just once. And…
Sweet Home – webtoon recommendation (Countdown to Halloween)
This time I called it a webtoon instead of a webcomic because it’s actually on Webtoons. As I’m writing this, last week’s recommendation on the fantastic Stand Still, Stay Silent hasn’t yet been published, so I hope it wasn’t a complete flop cause here comes one more. In any case, I’m sure some of you…
Ghost Hound – Lost in the Unseen
Titles: Shinreigari: Ghost Hound Genre: Psychological thriller, drama, supernatural, no dogs Episodes: 22 Studio: Production I.G Tarou is still trying to recover from his childhood trauma. And you know what, I can’t blame him. I would probably never get over it in his place. When Tarou was about 4 he and his sister got kidnapped,…
Human Lost is Better in Concept than Execution
Genre : Sci Fi, thriller, action, CG Episodes: 1 movie Studio: POLYGON PICTURES Imagine a world where constant health worries are a thing of the past. Where the looming risk of hospital bills and expensive drugs simply doesn’t exist. A world where medicine has progressed enough through genetic engineering, nanotechnology and endocrine manipulation to essentially…
The Garden of Sinners 4: The Hollow Shrine
Genre : Supernatural thriller, suspense, action, drama Movie: 46 minutes Studio: Ufotable Imagine that you had to share your consciousness with someone else. Another personality. A volatile and violent entity always on the edges of your consciousness. And now imagine that that someone else was your best friend. That they truly cared about you,…
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 3: ever cry, never life. (Remaining Sense of Pain)
Genre : Supernatural thriller, suspense, action, drama Movie: 58 mins Studio: Ufotable Shiki is a special girl with a special talent. A volatile potentially destructive power that’s been nurtured and trained by her father all her life. She is different than most people but she isn’t unique. There have been other little girls born…
What It Truly Takes To Be A Heroine
Genre: Isekai, coming of age, thriller, drama, comedy, adventure, heart squeezes, friendship, potty humour, wow Episodes: 7 Studio: Haoliners Animation League Have you ever fallen in love with a dream? Not in that way you perv! True love. The type that sneaks up on you. The type that can be difficult and frustrating. When that other…
the Garden of Sinners Chapter 2: …and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A)
Genre : Supernatural thriller, suspense, action, drama Movie: 1 hour, 1 min Studio: Ufotable Shiki is a girl who’s isolated but never alone. She keeps the outside world at arm’s length because they would never understand what’s happening inside. Shiki’s own world is complicated, violent, frightening… It runs in the familia. It’s better for people to…
The Garden of Sinners: Thanatos -The First Bloom
Genre : Supernatural thriller, suspense, action, drama Movie: 50 minutes Studio: Ufotable This is a story of a lonely girl and a determined doll. It is not a very happy story but sometimes stories just go that way. It is a story about how pain and yearning can make monsters out if us before…
Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh and Neither did I
***Editing Irina here – it’s April 5th and it’s definitely snowing here. In your face BoogiePop!*** Well, Boogiepop has come and gone. Although this was yet another anti-climatic ending, it was at least a comprehensible one… Way to set that bar just a millimeter off the ground. Shania is hosting our last episode review, so look…
5 is the Loneliest Number
I’m probably going to catch some flak for this one. A lot of you guys hate her…. I mean I get it, kinda… No. 5 is riddled with flaws and a lot of them are a bit of a frustrating echo of the drawbacks of the show itself. But, you see, just because a character is bad,…















