This season’s final episode of Wonder Egg Priority, much like the entire series, was full of meaning and allusion. One of the most powerful aspects of episode 12 was when the alternate universe version of Ai, a version who never met Koito and who herself committed suicide, found strength in the current universe version of… Read More Fanart Friday: AU Ai / Eye
Welcome to our Light Novel Club discussion of Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 3! We are back with Mia, the Great Sage of the Empire, and her attempts to save the Empire and her own skin. Sure, she may have escaped the guillotine, but there may still be other threats to her livelihood in the future… especially… Read More Light Novel Club, Chapter 29: Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 3
I was fourteen years old, Shinji Ikari´s age, when A Bridge to Terabithia made its movie debut. Like his fated stay in Misato’s house, only in time have I come to realize the influence it has had on me. Leslie Burke, the imaginative and courageous adventurer played by AnnaSophia Robb, did not only unveil a… Read More Shoujo and the Bride of Christ (I): Kimi ni Todoke and Ao Haru Ride
In the Tokyo underworld, there was an enforcer known as “The Immortal Dragon,” a yukaza known for his immense strength and tenacity, for brutalizing rival crime syndicate members even when outnumbered ten to one and for his unswerving loyalty. But one day, he disappeared, whereabouts unknown until now when sightings have started to occur of… Read More First Impression: The Way of the Househusband
A train pulls into the station. It is nighttime in a small town, and everyone is asleep as Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1 floats gently through the air. The alarm sounds, and the music stops. Another day begins for lonesome high schooler Koguma, who struggles out of breath to cycle the hill to class. She is… Read More First Impression: Super Cub
Megalo Box, the acclaimed anime series that celebrates the classic show Ashita no Joe but goes on it’s own path, returns with a second season. Episode one begins in black and white as fans watch the final fight between Joe and Yuri, the previous champion of Megalonia. Joe was victorious, but as the scene changes,… Read More First Impression – Nomad: Megalo Box 2
A sinister cloud spreads through a swamp. Office lady Sei arrives home after working extremely late, only to be transported to another world…along with some other random girl. The local prince ignores Sei and immediately decides the other girl must be the magical Saint they were trying to summon to drive out the monster-spewing miasma.… Read More First Impression: The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent!
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