This past week, I’ve been sharing one of my favorite series, Genshiken, with my wife. She’s been enjoying it, primarily because of the characters. The one that she most gets, I think, is Sasahara, whose anxiety and trepidation are on display from the beginning of the first episode. When he demonstrates just how shy he… Read More Sasahara?! Can’t I be Kousaka, Instead?
A few days ago, two of our agency interns began their day-long tour of my division by visiting my office. I explained to them our division does and what I do, and as I usually do, mentioned that they are welcome to pop in and chat whenever they’d like. Sometimes interns will take that opportunity… Read More Totoro, and Faith, is Life
A fellow blogger I respect, Medieval Otaku, wrote a post on an anime called Chain Chronicle. He mentioned to me that I may enjoy it, since it has fantasy and is based on a game (and everyone knows I’m a gamer!). The main character, Yuri, was an interesting fellow. He’s a typical hero who wants… Read More Chain Chronicle: When Hope Isn’t Enough
Beneath the Tangles has undergone many changes since it first began in 2010, not least of which is in what media we explore with our site. While this blog will always center on writing, media has become more and more a part of what we also develop and post. To meet these needs, I’m putting… Read More Call for New Staff: Artists, Designers, and Bloggers
My children watched Spirited Away for the first time last week. No surprise, they loved it. They knew a little about the movie already, having looked through an art book I received as a Christmas gift one year, which among other things described Chihiro as spoiled. “She’s not spoiled, not really,” I pleaded to my… Read More Chihiro’s Road to Confidence in Spirited Away
In volume 8 of the Tonari no Seki-kun manga, Seki continues to distract Rumi with his games at his desk. This time, we see Seki create a small little playground for Lego-style mini-brick figurines. He also creates a clay figure which looks exactly like the other figurines. Rumi watches him play, mesmerized as she always… Read More Newman’s Nook: Friendship and Differences
We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves – La Rouchefoucauld “Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims” The opening card from episode four of Classroom of the Elite is an intriguing one because the first half of it seems to point obviously at… Read More Loving Kikyō Kushida (and Other Really Bad People)
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