I had watched Shuffle! back at the beginning of my anime-watching career, and it was my first exposure to harem anime. For perspective, the anime released back in 2005. The story is based on a visual novel. I will include spoilers. Enter Rin, a typical droll harem protagonist defined by his “niceness” and his, ahem,…
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The Peony Lantern
In Yedo there dwelt a samurai called Hagiwara. He was a samurai of the hatamoto, which is of all the ranks of samurai the most honourable. He possessed a noble figure and a very beautiful face, and was beloved of many a lady of Yedo, both openly and in secret. For himself, being yet…
Another Revisit in the Eye-Patch Girl Era
Another is a horror-mystery anime from 2012. I first saw it and reviewed it at the beginning of my blog writing. For Halloween, I added it to my watch list. The anime follows a middle-school class that’s cursed. Time-to-time, an extra person appears in the classroom. Whenever this happens, death begins to claim students and…
Is Bigfoot a Yokai?
Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch and Grassman, can be found in Native American folklore and in modern sightings. I know many people who have seen Bigfoot or something like it. Not far from my hometown, History Channel filmed a documentary about the Grassman version of Bigfoot. I’ve been all over those forests and had seen…
Summer 2023 Anime Review Round Up
New anime seasons don’t always interest me. I usually look through the new releases on various streaming platforms, but I don’t follow the release schedule. I don’t use MyAnimeList or anything of the sort. Usually, I read through the descriptions of new releases and give the first episode a watch if the description grabs my…
Berserk Deluxe Edition 1 Review
Long-time readers know I’m not usually much of a manga reader. I prefer to read prose. But I’ve been needing to expand my reading, so I jumped into the first deluxe edition of Berserk. Berserk fans won’t be happy with me. I can summarize my reading of first volume in a word: meh. It’s not…