I’m not a terribly big fan of Free! I really don’t remember season one too well, and two has been meh for me as well. But beginning with the last episode, the series has really picked up, and in episode ten, it does something really unexpected – it takes all the build up from this… Read More Free! Eternal Summer Episode 10: And Make Disciples of All Swimmers
Summer Comiket 86 has come and gone. While for last Comiket, I wrote a personalized post about my first experience, this time I decided to take a more streamlined and general approach. Comiket, as most of you probably know, is the largest otaku convention in Japan, and subsequently, the world. With roughly 170,000 people attending… Read More A Christian Guide to Comiket
For as long as I can remember, back even to my elementary school days, I recall always desiring to be different or unique. I can even remember my public school teachers all hammering that message into my and my classmates’ collective heads. “Be yourself” seemed to be the key phrase (and considering my years of… Read More Anime Today: Confessions of an Exclusivist, Christian Otaku
Free! fans were all a-flutter (and a bit concerned) when last week’s episode ended with a preview which intimated that Rei was going to quit the swim team. But when episode three rolled around, the circumstances were, of course, not quite what they seemed. Though he was approached by the track captain about returning to… Read More Free! Eternal Summer, Episode 3: When the Going Gets Tough (Rei Gets Going)
So, that was an unexpected turn. Episode three of Golden Time has our protagonists, Banri Tada and Koko Kaga, along with 2D-kun and a slate of other freshman, getting tricked into spending a weekend with a student cult group very reminiscent of Scientologists (and perhaps more native Japanese groups?). Banri again demonstrates what a nice… Read More Golden Time Episode 03 and Cult Mentality in the Church
Don’t you think you’re trying too hard? – Nibutani, referring to Rikka to Yuta Episode eleven finds Rikka a totally changed individual. Now normal, she finds it’s hard to adjust after being stuck in eighth grade syndrome for so long. While Alexander of Ashita no Anime might see this as one making a transition from… Read More Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! and Becoming What You’re Not
Myssa celebrated Easter, in part, by rewatching the finale of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Her analysis of the finale includes discussion of Christian symbolism in the series, symbolism that doesn’t quite fit into the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection, and even some Gnostic symbolism. [Midnight Equinox] A Day Without Me writes a wonderful piece… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Revisiting Madoka on Easter, a Big O Savior, and the Case of Moses and Death Flags