The more I watch Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride), the more I see myself in Futaba. And that’s unsettling, not because of her faults, but lately because of her strengths, which are more on display in episode ten than in any of the others to date. This episode begins where the last left off,… Read More Blue Spring Ride Episode 10: Realization and Confession
After getting so down on Futaba last week, I was really glad to see an entire episode dealing with her dilemma and her real desire to tell Yuuri the truth. But further, episode seven of Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride) continue to showed Futaba’s shortcomings, which are the same we all have. The show… Read More Blue Spring Ride, Episode 7: Honesty
While previous episodes of Terror in Resonance (Zankyou no Terror) have followed a formula of having a restrained tone throughout, ending with an explosive conclusion, episode five was an assault on the senses virtually through its entire duration. We could see the new character’s (Number Five) white hair and the gassy cloud that covered the… Read More Terror in Resonance, Episode 5: Best Laid Plans
Some of the most intense and well-written series, anime and otherwise, present a strong, overarching narrative that knows precisely where it’s going, but keeps viewers at bay, leading them to only of what’s occurring in the present. Terror in Resonance (Zankyou no Terror) accomplishes this by slowly unfolding a calculated story, but creating tension in… Read More Terror in Resonance, Episode 4: Know Thyself
I’ve really enjoyed Oreshura – while it’s characters and situations are retreads of retreads, there’s something fun and refreshing about the show, even when it repeats itself, like it did in episode six. Eita, for a second straight week, puts his pride in the backseat and endures physical pain and embarrassment to defend a “young… Read More Oreshura, Episode 06: Pride (or Forgetting It in the Name of Love)
God speaks to me. Not in the crazy, serial killer kind of way (though indeed, you might think I’m crazy to say I hear God at all). But through prayer, through other people, and in a variety of other ways, including via Sunday sermons. There are occasional Sundays where I can’t stop taking notes while… Read More Blogging Lesson #32: Learn a Little Humility
Each girl is born to meet her own destined one. What a magical, romantic, arrogant idea. Wait. Arrogant? On this third and final day of my mini-series on dating, I want to explore the idea of waiting for your prince (or princess) to come.
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