Review: Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon

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…

Review: ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka

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…

Review: Youjo Senki

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…

Review: Demi-chan wa Kataritai

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…

Review: 3-gatsu no Lion

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…

Winter 2017 – Week 12 Impressions

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. […]

Winter 2017 – Week 11 Impressions

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. […]

Review: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2

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…

Winter 2017 – Week 10 Impressions

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.…

Winter 2017 – Week 9 Impressions

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…