I can’t help but feel that if I was to revise my top 5 manga list of all time, Wotakoi would fall at number two on the list. I’ve talked at length before in my previous Manga vs Anime post about my love of this series, and I figured I should start where I (and … More Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku Manga Volume 3 Review (US Version)
What is it about Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku that keeps drawing me back? So far I’ve probably watched the anime about three times now all the way through. I’ve also picked up all three US volumes (6 Japanese volumes) of the manga and have read through all of those at least twice. I’ve … More Manga or Anime? – Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
Today and yesterday mark the two-day only release of Misaaki Yuasa’s new film The Night is Short, Walk on Girl in US theaters. I almost didn’t get tickets, as the ones at the theater closest to me were selling out rather quickly, even a two weeks before the release. Now, I’m so glad I decided … More Some Short Thoughts on The Night is Short, Walk on Girl Film
Nearly 1 in 4 men and 1 in 7 women have yet to married in Japan by the age of 50 in 2015 according to the Japan Times. That’s a record 23.37% for men and 14.06% for women. It’s one of the biggest worries of the Japanese Government, the fact that young people aren’t marrying … More Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga Volume 1 Review
I feel like over the course of this blog I’ve read, watched, and reviewed more highschool romances than I can count now, with even more sitting on the back-burner waiting for their moment. It’s been a never-ending cycle of young girls worrying over indirect kisses, love triangles that always end how you expect them to, … More Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku Anime – The Nerdy Romance We Needed
I’m not sure what I expected going into Hyouka. I knew it was a mystery series and I had seen the occasional clip here and there, but it definitely wasn’t the kind of mystery I was used to. I grew up on old black and white murder mysteries from the 40s and 50s. One of … More Hyouka Anime Review
One of my goals for this year and in restarting my use of Twitter was to try and keep myself updated on what’s going on in the industry and better follow new releases from all sorts of publishers. I’ve seen this manga pop up a bunch of times on my Twitter feed from Shoujo Beat, … More The Young Master’s Revenge Manga Review: Volume 1
I finally had the chance to return to this series and pick up Volume 2, and I have to say that the more I read of this series, the more I fall in love with it. The art is still holding strong and the story keeps getting better. If you haven’t already read my review … More A Bride’s Story Manga Review: Volume 2
Welcome back to the next installment of my Skip Beat manga reviews where I take a look at the next three volumes of the series. As I mentioned in my last review, this series is my absolute favorite manga and is probably one of the longest series I’ve kept up with, now standing at over … More Skip Beat Manga Review: Combined Volumes 4-6
It’s Spring and romance is in the air! I feel like there’s always a lot of romance anime that come out this season, either that or the amount of anime released in general has been increasing. Anyways, we’ve got a lot of romance anime to cover this time, some of them I’m genuinely looking forward … More Spring 2018 Anime First Impressions
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