Can I just say, I’m absolutely loving Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride)? Though it still contains some doom and gloom, episode three moves us largely past that tone and toward a more hopeful one as a new school year begins. The main cast is now all in the same classroom, with Futuba and Kou… Read More Blue Spring Ride, Episode 3: The Past is (Ir)Relevant
When you last had to make such a moral choice, did you do what was right or what was convenient? In episode two of Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride), Futuba makes that decision spurred on by the words of Kou from the previous episode, when he said that she was merely “playing at friendship”… Read More Blue Spring Ride, Episode 2: Tension
We all have our comfort zones. For some of us, it cuts a wide swath. For others, like me, the area is miniscule. But whatever the size, a common truth is this – it’s almost always a good thing to go outside one’s comfort zone, to experience a little uncertainty and to be challenged by… Read More Blue Spring Ride, Episode 1: Comfort Zones
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