Oh can’t you see You belong to me My poor heart aches With every step you take It didn’t take long for Carole & Tuesday to do it—episode five uses my favorite song, “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, as its title (1). I remember hearing Sting talk about it once, about how many… Read More Carole & Tuesday Episode 5: Every Breath You Take
Between school, work, and housekeeping, Tohru Honda is extremely busy. She’s also surrounded by friends and acquaintances that adore her, but even with so much filling her daily life, Tohru lacks intimate connections, those that are close enough to feel a part of her. The only person who knew her in and out, and the… Read More Fruits Basket Episode 5: Lonely and Unworthy
Sarazanmai is a series that is hard to explain; however, I will try anyway. After a series of very strange events, the three eighth grade boys—Kazuki, Toi, and Enta—are transformed into kappas and forced to prevent zombie kappas from endangering the world. They do so by removing a fictional organ called the shirikodama from a… Read More Newman’s Nook: Secrets Revealed
They took the credit for your second symphony Rewritten by machine on new technology And now I understand the problems you can see Lights! Camera! Drones! Through the previous three episodes of Carole & Tuesday, the theme of technology replacing the heart in music (and more widely in culture) was made abundantly clear. Episode four… Read More Carole & Tuesday Episode 4: Video Killed the Radio Star
It’s that time of year everyone dreads — final exams. Everyone? Yes, including teachers. Not just because we have to write and grade exams, which would seem to be a just punishment for giving exams in the first place. But also because we don’t know what’s going to happen. Every class is different, every semester is different,… Read More Ask Sensei: End Of Term Edition
Have you seen EndGame yet? Then keep it to yourself! Matthew still hasn’t seen it. However, he does know a thing or two about the origin of superhero stories. This week he leads Team Anchester in a crash-course history lesson about the inarguably Judaic origins of the superhero, why Christians should care, and how it… Read More TangleCast 56: Afikomen, All Might, and the Superhero
At this point of Fruits Basket, we don’t know much about the Soma family curse. It’s presented in both a funny way, with the Soma family members turning into their corresponding Zodiac animals when they’re hugged, and also as something that grips their family. For Kyo, he sees it as an honor, as a way… Read More Fruits Basket Episode 4: Letting Your Guard Down
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