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
So we’ve decided that the next Light Novel Club title will be the final volume of True Tenchi Muyo!, since it’s a great opportunity to finish off an entire series. That said, since I haven’t been reading this particular series, TWWK will be handling discussion on his own. So this is a great time to take a… Read More A Light Novel Club Special Chapter Approaches!
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
Intro Welcome back to my re-read-through of Dungeon Meshi (aka Delicious in Dungeon) by Ryoko Kui, the freshest flavor of seinen fantasy you’ll find on the market today. For an introduction to the cast and the story so far, check out my entries for Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. In this installment, Marcille has a… Read More Reading Dungeon Meshi, Chapter 3: Roast Basilisk
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
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