The Light Novel Club returns with a tale of a missionary, sharing what he believes and loves with a new culture. Sure, the “missionary” is an otaku sharing anime, manga, and the like, and the “new culture” is a fantasy alternate world country, but don’t mind the details too much. TWWK and I take a… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 10: Outbreak Company Vol. 1
When I was in high school, my Academic Decathlon class was the source of students for our High-Q team. High-Q, not to be confused with volleyball kids, was like the competition in 7O3X, and consisting of bright students from a school that is—and please excuse my bragging for a minute—recently ranked by U.S. News and… Read More Mix: Meisei Story, Episode 4 – When You Hate Your Teammates
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I’d see you again “Fire and Rain,” the title of the latest episode of Carole & Tuesday, is a heavy song. I’d… Read More Carole & Tuesday Episode 3: Fire and Rain
Believe it not, folks, it’s been an entire year since we started our trial fantasy anime league, with four of our writers—Emma (First and Ghoul), Samuru (First and Over 9000!!!!), R86 (Pegasus Meteor Fist), and MRMRN (FTBL), joining Tumblr blogger, Kurt (SOS Brigade), and aniblogger Tommy Phillips (Eyeshield 20/20) in a competition to see who… Read More Fantasy Anime League Champion
We have to remember that since the Angelic way of thinking is so different from ours, so is their quality of choosing. We are often influenced by passions, circumstances, incomplete knowledge, conflicting motivations, and so on; we can reevaluate our choices and reasoning, alter our conclusions, and even repent of our malice. But, angelic malice… Read More Of Socialites, Stupid Dogs, and Distraction
The new anime season is off to quite a start, with old friends returning (One Punch Man, Bungou Stray Dogs, Fruits Basket), great directors leading new series (Sarazanmai, Carole & Tuesday), mashups, surprises, and everything else you can imagine. Peter, David, and Holly of Team FtK lead us through the new offerings for spring and… Read More TangleCast 55: Spring 2019 Anime First Impressions
Fruits Basket makes no qualms about it—a love triangle is in full swing from the beginning of the series. Tohru hasn’t demonstrated any sort of particular romantic interest in either Kyo or Yuki, as per the course for the main characters of romcoms and series featuring harems or reverse harems, but Kyo and Yuki are… Read More Fruits Basket Episode 3: A Boy for Tohru and the Rules of Spoilers
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