Flying Witch Flying Witch Japesland – 6/10 There’s really not too much to Flying Witch as a creative work, which means my review will be similarly brief. It’s relaxing, entertaining, and generally competent at what it attempts to accomplish. That, however, is as far as it goes: competent. Characters? Good. Pacing? Good. Setting? Good. Everything else?… Read More Spring Anime 2016 Review (Part 3/3)
Sousei no Onmyouji Twin Star Exorcists Medieval Otaku – 7/10 Twin Star Exorcists proves that rather unoriginal shows can still be surprisingly entertaining. The plot naturally unfolds from what we know of the characters’ personalities and histories. The characters strike one as deftly portrayed: each flashback feels appropriate and engaging, and we learn about the characters… Read More Spring Anime 2016 Review (Part 2/3)
Shounen Maid Shounen Maid stardf29 – 9/10 This is the show that I noted early on to be a candidate for my favorite of the season, and in the end it has become exactly that. Once you realize that the actual story is nowhere near as creepy as the premise might have originally seemed, what you… Read More Spring Anime 2016 Review (Part 1/3)
Your Discord admin Kaze is here to give an important announcement. When we first created the Discord server, I was really excited about the kinds of things it could lead to. Ideally, it would supplement our blog to allow us to create and discuss our content even better than before. It kind of happened sometimes,… Read More Announcement Regarding Our Discord Server
It seems like just yesterday that the localization of visual novels was primarily a fan based effort. Yet, recent official localization projects have surprised many – from the 10 year old but very beloved Clannad to the incredibly popular but supposed “lost cause” Muv Luv Alternative. Higurashi is well underway, with Umineko close behind. Beyond… Read More Sex Scenes in Visual Novels
The Narcissu 10th anniversary translation project continues with its recent release of A Little Iris. Unlike the previous Narcissu stories which deal with terminal illness, A Little Iris takes an incredibly different approach to the topic of life and death with even a completely different time period of roughly the tail end of the Dark… Read More A Little Iris: the Bleeding Heart
For those who still don’t realize, I will reiterate as much as necessary that I am a huge Nana Mizuki fan. I love, adore, and respect this woman more than anyone else (except Jesus, of course… whew, that was a dangerous line). So much so, that people have pointed out more than once that my… Read More Nana Mizuki and the Burden of Social Stigma
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