Time to run away! Sort of! After the confrontation between Chitose and Asuka’s father in the final episode of the first cour, the new cour of Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle begins with the two adolescents on a train ride from Fukui to Tokyo. Are they off to help Asuka pursue her dream of… Read More First Impression: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Part 2
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions! Fall 2026 is taking its sweet time getting started. A handful of anime will arrive before the end of September, but the season really begins to hit its stride on September 30, when the autumn schedule starts filling… Read More Fall 2026 Anime First Impressions
An eye underwater, the moon in the day sky, nostalgic piano, uplifting violin. A male voice, five female voices, one after the other. Surrounded by high-school imagery, we see flashes of our main characters, who express their life philosophies in terms of “the blue,” the obstacles in life, and the way we try to find… Read More First Impression: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
Welcome to the fall 2025 anime season! Wait, are we a little early? Nope, not all—new series have started dropping already (though to be fair, one of them is a prequel episode) as we charge into autumn! So ready or not—and hot on the heels of the Demon Slayer movie conquering the theater, here comes… Read More Fall 2025 Anime First Impressions
A ton of manga and light novel titles hit shelves today, and we’ve got you covered! Among the volumes we review below are the newest releases for Hirayasumi, The Way of the Househusband, Agents of the Four Season, and Oshi no Ko. But there are plenty of other reviews as well! Take a look and… Read More Reader’s Corner: Oshi no Ko (Vol. 11), Cosmos (Vol. 2), and Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
Every manga and light novel publishing house has its sweet spot, the areas in which they excel or that they have a heavier focus on than other companies. That’s part of what makes this such a golden age for readers of Japanese works: there’s such a variety of works to choose from! This week, we… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 1), Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Vol. 3), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 5)
I love the numbers reflected in our reviews this week: 1, as in the initial volumes of four series we review this week. 5, as in the volume of Chitose where the other shoe drops. 19, as in almost caught up with the 20 volumes of Fly Me to the Moon that VIZ has released.… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, When I Became a Commoner, They Broke Off Our Engagement, and Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle
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