It’s double the Rumiko Takahashi this week as we review the newest release in the special edition of her classic, Maison Ikkoku, as well as the manga adaptation of Yashahime, a spin-off of her famed series, InuYasha. Other volumes we’re looking at include a new villainess series and art-school shoujo! 7th Time Loop: The Villainess… Read More Reader’s Corner: Yashahime, A Nico-Colored Canvas, and Wandance
Here at Beneath the Tangles, we talk a lot about how God speaks to us through anime, manga, light novels, and other aspects of otaku culture. In fact, we write about it every week: how these stories challenge us, refine us, encourage us, and push us to go deeper in our relationship with God and… Read More SPY x FAMILY & Hearing from God
Froppy is a fan favorite. I love portraying her and have actually had this cosplay planned for a while. I think the photoshoot came out super fun and cute! Abisai Photography came up with the locations. We stopped and started a lot because it was actually raining off and on this day haha!! We encourage… Read More Cosplay Beats! Cheers for Tsuyu!
Stop me if you have heard this one before. There’s this shy, beautiful girl in another class at school. She used to be in a different club, but she switched to yours. She’s kind and funny, if a little clumsy, and you can sense in her fears and hopes, immaturity and the sparks of a… Read More Haruhi’s Five Ways, Way II: The Causation of Mikuru Asahina
Anime and light novel protagonists who own slaves are a dime a dozen, and while these depictions of slavery can range from barely tolerable all the way to highly problematic, it’s pretty unusual for me to encounter an instance of slavery in fiction that reminds me of what the New Testament teaches on the subject.… Read More When a Great Cleric Becomes a Slaveholder
Horror and the ancient world weave in and out of the manga and light novels we’re reviewing this week, with moments that will make you squirm and others that convey a warm familiarity, even when featuring the unknown. Then there are also the human dramas we’re reading, which take place in more contemporary settings while… Read More Reader’s Corner: Alice in Borderland (Vol. 2), To Strip the Flesh, and Golden Gold
Woah, buddy! The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes is picking up heat in chapters two to three as Kaoru gets to know the volatile Anzu better through a violent bullying incident and then their journey together into the mystery of the tunnel. And we’re here to talk all about it! Hopefully you all… Read More Light Novel Club #38: The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes, Chapters 2-3 Discussion
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