After returning home from a night of heavy drinking, Kobayashi, a plain office worker, awakens the next morning to find an immense dragon outside her apartment door. Transforming into an energetic and cute dragon-girl, Tohru explains that she wishes to accept Kobayashi’s offer to live with her in her apartment and become her maid. Still…
Drama / Reviews / Winter 2017
The kingdom of Dowa is comprised of 13 autonomous states, each with their own distinct cultures and identities. In order to monitor each of these states and keep the peace between them, the organization known as ACCA was created. Jean Otus, the second-in-command of ACCA’s inspection agency, is tasked with touring each of the districts…
Action / Fantasy / Reviews / Winter 2017
At the moment of his untimely death, a heartless and pragmatic Japanese salaryman is confronted by a mysterious, godlike being he refers to as “Being X”. As an atheist, the salaryman rejects the notion of reincarnation and the power of the entity, saying that faith is something adopted by the weak in dire situations. In order to…
Comedy / Fantasy / Reviews / Slice of Life / Winter 2017
In recent years, demi-humans, also known as demis, have begun integrating into society. Takahashi Tetsuo, a school biology teacher who has always been fascinated with demis, finally gets his chance to encounter and interact with them upon learning that one of his fellow teachers is a succubus. Shortly afterwards, he discovers that he will be…
Comedy / Drama / Reviews / Slice of Life / Winter 2017
3-gatsu no Lion revolves around Kiriyama Rei, a 17-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo. Rei’s introverted personality and troubled past cause him to lead a reclusive and unhealthy lifestyle however his encounters with his energetic shogi peers as well as the endearing Kawamoto sisters disrupt his bleak isolation. Through both shogi and his developing…
Considering how tragic and emotionally ingrained several of last week’s episodes were, week 10 took a turn for the uplifting. For some shows like 3-gatsu and Rakugo Shinjuu, it was the calm following a storm and the resolution of some of the show’s climactic moments. For other shows like ACCA, this week felt like the breath before the plunge. […]
Considering how tragic and emotionally ingrained several of last week’s episodes were, week 10 took a turn for the uplifting. For some shows like 3-gatsu and Rakugo Shinjuu, it was the calm following a storm and the resolution of some of the show’s climactic moments. For other shows like ACCA, this week felt like the breath before the plunge. […]
The second season of KonoSuba reunites us with the familiar yet woefully incompetent band of adventurers from the first season as they continue in their endeavors to obtain a life of luxury. Though they’ve been subject to their fair share of misfortune in the past, their luck isn’t about to change as their ineptitude and circumstances spur the party towards ever greater conflict…
Taking place after the previous events of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders jumps forward another 50 years to the year 1989. Centering around Jotaro Kujo (Ono Daisuke), the grandson of Joseph Joestar (Ishizuka Unshou), Stardust Crusaders begins its story in Japan after Jotaro awakens a supernatural ability known as a Stand – a powerful manifestation of psyche and life force.…
Considering how tragic and emotionally ingrained several of last week’s episodes were, week 10 took a turn for the uplifting. For some shows like 3-gatsu and Rakugo Shinjuu, it was the calm following a storm and the resolution of some of the show’s climactic moments. For other shows like ACCA, this week felt like the breath before the plunge.…
All things considered, this was a pretty big week for some of this season’s front runners. Rakugo Shinjuu delivers on yet another emotionally climactic episode, 3-gatsu sees the Lion King Tournament come to a dramatic and sentimental close, and ACCA pulls back the veil and reveals some of its innermost workings which have remained hidden for so long. Little…
Hey look, it’s another week of me actually being caught up on all of the shows I’m watching. Rakugo Shinjuu, 3-gatsu no Lion, and Little Witch Academia were certainly the high-points of the week though ACCA had a particularly strong episode as well. Kobayashi-san managed to combine the philosophical introspection of human ephemerality along with the passionate sentimentality of loving something in…
Given its many depictions of magic and adventure, Little Witch Academia is a show best defined by its fantasy and imagination. From its imagery of the prestigious Luna Nova Academy to the gnarled and forbidden Arcturus Forest of the first episode, Little Witch Academia attempts not only to create a world for itself but one that fully embraces the magic and…
Whereas last week generally offered more of the same, week 7 featured a handful of pretty significant developments and even a few bombshells between Rakugo Shinjuu, ACCA, and Little Witch Academia. Demi-chan came off a little plain with its most recent episode though still featured its usual insight into the societal implications of its characters. Youjo Senki took a week…
For the first Wednesday in a while, I’m actually current with everything I’m watching! With the midpoint of the season effectively upon us, I think I can safely say that the Winter season has been more entertaining than I had initially thought it would be. Though I have to imagine at least some of that is…
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