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Tag: Gin no Saji

Silver Spoon and Treating People Like Livestock

I’m lower than livestock! Yuugo Hachiken utters that phrase a number of times during Silver Spoon, a fish-out-of-water tale about a young man from the city attending an agricultural high school. Used for comical effect, he usually says as much when he’s threatened with punishment for not doing seemingly mundane chores related to the school’s… Read More Silver Spoon and Treating People Like Livestock

02.15.201902.14.2019 Twwk6 Comments

The Secret Stars of Anime: Silver Spoon

First of all, congratulations to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for winning the first ever Beneath the Tangles March Madness tournament! It seems the show has won a lot of fans’ hearts, and that is no doubt in part thanks to the writing skills of the original mangaka, Hiromu Arakawa. So you might be wondering what other works… Read More The Secret Stars of Anime: Silver Spoon

04.12.2016 stardf293 Comments

Winter 2014 In Review (Part One)

TWWK: Winter is typically a slow season for anime, and it looked like more of the same going into this past season.  But how did winter 2014 really pan out?  Between our resident anime addicts, Japes and Goldy, almost every anime of note was covered, and over the next two days, they’ll let you know… Read More Winter 2014 In Review (Part One)

04.03.201404.03.2014 Japesland4 Comments

Gin no Saji and Accepting Grace

A while ago, I decided to finish watching Silver Spoon, which I had watched during the summer, but hadn’t finished because I’d already been following the manga for several months. I already knew what was going to happen, and while the anime adaptation of Silver Spoon is good, it isn’t really any better than the… Read More Gin no Saji and Accepting Grace

02.21.201402.23.2014 Murasaki Lynna6 Comments

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