Thirty years ago, Meisei High School won the high baseball championship at Koshien, but since then, it hasn’t returned, and both the high school and middle school teams have become used to losing. Enter a pair of brothers, Toma and Soichiro, 8th graders who along with their sister could help Meisei once again reach championship… Read More First Impression: MIX
A year ago…I saw the androphobic Inami as representing us… A year ago…I was really into Eden of the East, reviewing the film, “Paradise Lost”… …and finding Jesus symbolism all over the series. A year ago…I pondered on a violent event in Adachi’s Touch… …and on how the show demonstrates how the ordinary can be… Read More A Year Ago on Beneath the Tangles
“Will you give it your best shot?” “Yeah…if I’m in the mood.” These words end a short, but important exchange in episode five of Touch, the long-running anime adaptation of the hit manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. Recently, I revisited Cross Game anime and read the lastest Viz Media release of that series, which led… Read More Touch and the Life Extraordinary
Have you ever loved someone so much that you’ve become violent toward them? That sounds strange, an oxymoron even. But it happens all the time – and even if you don’t have a spouse or kids, perhaps you have some hidden shamefulness in your past toward a family member, a friend, or a pet. In… Read More Mitsuru Adachi’s Touch: She Had it Coming
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