After her mom remarries, Yuzu moves to a new school and immediately runs into a load of troubles. Getting into conflict with the student council on her first day for her “gyaru” looks? Check. Student council president frisks her and takes her cellphone? Check. School is an uptight all-girls school, largely killing off her chances… Read More First Impressions: citrus
Idolish7 (styled IDOLiSH7) technically premiered last November, but it is, really, a winter anime, so it wasn’t on my radar until a couple days ago. Once I did notice it, I gave it a try, just to see how closely it would match my expectations. Sure enough, it’s exactly what it looks like: an anime… Read More First Impressions: Idolish7
On a cold autumn day, Rin takes a trip to a lakeside campground in Motosuko to look at Mt. Fuji. That night, she meets up with a girl, Nadeshiko, who just moved to the area and took a bike trip to see the same mountain, but fell asleep and did not wake up until after… Read More First Impressions: Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp)
Working Buddies! (Hataraku Onii-san!) is a short form-anime series about anthropomorphic cats doing odd jobs during college. Our two main cats are an energetic calico named Tapio Chatorazawa and the pessimistic Russian blue Kuehiko Roshihara. The first episode shows our two lead cats on the job delivering packages. The entire episode goes from the warehouse… Read More First Impressions: Working Buddies!
Christmas hit me like a winter storm—between family, work, conventions (more on that in a week or two), and sickness, I could barely keep my head above water during the last few weeks. In the midst of all the craziness, I didn’t get a chance to post about the last episode of Kino’s Journey. In… Read More Kino’s Journey ~ The Beautiful World ~ Episode 12: A New Journey
There always seems to be one series that I miss at the beginning of the anime season but which I’ll binge near the end after hearing good word of mouth about it. This past season, that anime was Recovery of an MMO Junkie. It was funny and sweet and of course, MAMIKO NOTO. But most… Read More Becoming an MMO Player (and an Adult) in My Thirties
Tamaki Mari vowed at the start of high school to go on a journey and have a fulfilling youth. However, every time she tries to take the train going away from school, she gets cold feet, and so she made it to her second year feeling unfulfilled. She has a chance encounter when she picks… Read More First Impressions: A Place Further Than the Universe
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