If you’ve yet to read The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, you should! Trust me, it’s the most precious series—and thankfully, Cloverworks is bringing it to life in anime this year! Artist moshimoshibe also brings it to life with this kawaii illustration of the lovely and too-cute Waguri Kaoruko! ★ 【moshimoshibe】 「 kaoruko 」
If you’re going to change the things you don’t like about yourself— the things that led to relentless bullying during your middle school years and kept you from making meaningful connections—you ought to take steps forward just a little at a time. But what if you’re too afraid even to do that? This is exactly… Read More First Impression: Honey Lemon Soda
Leticia is a young girl who spends her days laughing with her pet dog, John, and enjoying the beautiful outdoors with all the carelessness a young child should have. All that changes though when her parents receive a notice that she is to take princess lessons at the royal castle and become a mature young… Read More First Impression: I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons
Does anyone think of “vulnerability” and “trust” when they think of Christmas? Perhaps not, especially when we turn toward anime, which emphasizes the holiday as an occasion for romance. At first glance, Kimi no Todoke’s season three Christmas episode (not to be confused with season one’s) seems to fit the lovey-dovey mold, as not one… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: Kimi ni Todoke and a Vulnerable Christmas
My Happy Marriage is back, though briefly, with the series’ first OVA. Opening with Miyo putting future sister-in-law Hazuki’s etiquette training to use at a party, this episode is a more in-depth take on the finale of season 1. This time, rather than using the party to focus on Miyo’s growth as in the finale,… Read More First Impression: My Happy Marriage (OVA)
Fantasy and romance come alive this week in Reader’s Corner (and an assassin couple, too!). Check out our reviews on brand new series like Beware the Villainess and Colette Decides to Die, and the newest volumes of favorites like Mint Chocolate and Honey Lemon Soda! Babel (Vol. 2) • Beware the Villainess! (Vol. 1) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: A Sign of Affection (Vol. 10), Sheltering Eaves (Vol. 1), and You and I Are Polar Opposites (Vol. 3)
We have some very cool releases to talk about this week! Our reviews include a couple volumes of series we love that haven’t had new releases in about a year (Laid-Back Camp and Secrets of the Silent Witch); the latest in several of our favorite manga (A Condition Called Love, Kaiju No. 8, and Usotoki… Read More Reader’s Corner: Laid-Back Camp (Vol. 15), Dandadan (Vol. 9), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 9)
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