Reader’s Corner: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Vol. 13), I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 6), and and The Villainess Is a Marionette (Vol. 1)

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End returns this week with the conclusion of a time-traveling arc—and we’ve got much more, too, including the latest issue of Mr. Villain’s Day Off and the college chapters for My Love Story, as well as the opening volumes of The Villainess is a Marionette and A Star Brighter than the Sun.… Read More Reader’s Corner: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Vol. 13), I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 6), and and The Villainess Is a Marionette (Vol. 1)

Love and Soul: 12 Anime Couples for Valentine’s Day Out of Song and Scripture

Hey guys, Josh here! You know, Valentines Day (Or if you’re me “Singles Awareness Day”) is coming up, and I found myself thinking about that famous piece of scripture from 1 Corinthians 13…you know the one:   “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.… Read More Love and Soul: 12 Anime Couples for Valentine’s Day Out of Song and Scripture

What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!

One of our Twitch streamers, negativeprimes, recently tagged a number of our staffers on a Twitter post that’s making the rounds asking users to name their five favorite non-shonen anime. https://twitter.com/crslydeadcat/status/1323258028355997696?s=20 Oh, good ‘ol shonen—ye source of thousand-episode series, tropes without end, and anime quotes about life. It seems like a basic question, but there… Read More What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!

Annalyn’s Corner: You’re Loved, You’re Beautiful, and You’re Not Enough

… and if you don’t realize these truths, you’re going to hurt others, as Takeo does in Ore Monogatari, and as I’ve done with my family. “You matter,” my sister told me, as my built-up stress finally burst out in tears and complaints. “Your needs and feelings matter… We love you, and we want to understand… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: You’re Loved, You’re Beautiful, and You’re Not Enough

Annalyn’s Corner: Takeo’s Spontaneous and Faithful Love

I just watched episode sixteen of Ore Monogatari, and I was hit yet again by Takeo’s love for Yamato. It is passionate, spontaneous, and faithful. Everything she does makes his heart exclaim, “I love you!” She says something sweet. “I love you!” She blows on her food longer than anyone else. “I love you!” She presents… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: Takeo’s Spontaneous and Faithful Love