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From Me to You with Kimi ni Todoke
[110 gou] Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t jump out at me. It doesn’t make my heart go aflutter; it doesn’t make me want to sit in front of my computer with a box of chocolates in hand. And yes, that’s been known to happen. But even wit...
Seitokai no Ichizon is like the chat log you accidentally saved
Seitokai no Ichizon is masturbation in every sense of the word except the literal one. It’s as meta as meta can be, as counterproductive and pointless as a dating-sim parody of Comic Party. I don’t expect there to be anything original in ...
On Power Levels and Mary Sues
It’s a Saki post in disguise! If there’s one thing we know about anime, it’s that everything seems more exciting in 2D. The beginning of a school year doesn’t mean less free time and more math homework, it means encountering a...
Politics, Religion, and Paradise - Speculations on Eden of the East
I’ll admit: there will always be genres that I like more than others, regardless of objective quality. If it isn’t already obvious, I’m the kind of person that likes to dissolve into 13 episodes of rabu-rabu or moe-moe, and if not, ...
K-ON: How To Make A Simple Thing Good
K-ON: it’s the show everyone is talking about. While not directed by Tatsuya Ishihara of KeyAni fame, the fact that it’s being produced by Kyoto Animation is enough reason for the fans to go figuratively wild, and when you add the distinc...
Thoughts on Darker than Black 01-06: A Matter of Presentation
As you might have noticed around the blogosphere, a few of us - prompted by Owen, of course - have decided to begin watching/rewatching Darker than Black, which aired about two years ago. The episodic/editorial crossover going on at CAT should satisf...
Fate/stay night Fate route: Innocence in the Shell
Saber was an interesting young lady. With her knights’ armor coating her body and her brilliant golden hair tied humbly back, she could not be so easily defined by the word “beautiful.” And yet, the instant Shirou set eyes on her, h...
Blood Alone Volume 1: A Vampire is Fine Too
Blood Alone is an obscure manga about a loli vampire living with a young male novelist, with an air of mystery and intrigue woven into the densely implicit romance. That’s it, in a nutshell: a random purchase made on my last Amazon shopping spr...
Maria†Holic OP - Of Yuri, Sadistic Traps, and a whole lot of paint
I’d hit it. After watching two seasons of ef and a Hidamari Sketch or two, I can honestly say that SHAFT has completely corrupted me. And by corrupted, I mean that they’ve taught me to appreciate the abstract and to look between the lines...
Toradora: A Story of Contradictions
It’s pictures like this that can hold the viewer back from seeing what the series really is. In case you haven’t caught wind of the hype yet, I’ll start with this: Toradora is definitely among the more unique romantic comedies that&...
Clannad - Why I Love It, and why it’s probably more than you think
Clannad: the viusal novel about family. We’ve all at least heard of it, many of us are watching it, and a few of us had the pleasure of playing the original 50+ hours VN. By this point, it’s hard for one to call Clannad cliche, or to accu...
