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Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart and I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up
I need to watch more KBO, but they’re on so early, and I forget to watch the ESPN on demand streams. Someone’s gotta remind me, so I can…
I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up Review
Machi Morimoto’s parents will not stop nagging her to get married, even though she has no interest in marrying anyone (and certainly not any of the super-successful young…
Firechick's Manga Reviews: I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up
Rating : 75/100 No, your eyes do not deceive you, I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up is the actual title of this fairly short…
Review: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE ETERNAL HEART
Once again, we're doing a month of BL manga reviews here at the Test Drive, but this year it's going to be double the reviews! We're starti...
Review: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE ETERNAL HEART
Once again, we're doing a month of BL manga reviews here at the Test Drive, but this year it's going to be double the reviews! We're starti...
Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart – BL Manga Review
Released by Seven Seas Entertainment, Syundei’s Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart centers one Hoshino Terumichi, a young man who’s fallen in love with his classmate, Yamada Omihito,…
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Manga Review | Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei
Terumichi is in love with his mysterious classmate Yamada, who just appeared in his life one day. Yamada is strange and imposing but dangerously beautiful and one of the…
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I Married My Female Friend
by Shio Usui In this sweet, slice-of-life yuri tale from the creator of Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (also from Seven Seas), two women go from friends to…
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Total Eclipse of the Gunpla? MG Eclipse Gundam
I just remembered, didn’t we just have a lunar eclipse the day before this reveal? Actual movements of celestial bodies aside, along the announcement of Mobile Suit Gundam…
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I Married My Female Friend, Volume 1
Kurumi and Ruriko are friends. They have decided to be married even though neither of them feel romantically inclined toward one another. They come up with rules to…
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Thoughts on I Married My Female Friend Volume 1
I Married My Female Friend is a yuri manga written and illustrated by Shio Usui. It focuses on Kurumi and Ruriko; two women who agreed to marry each…
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How Do I Turn My Best Friend Into My Girlfriend?
by Syu Yasaka Minami and Yuzu have been besties since…well, forever! Or at least that’s what Minami thought. But when some rando confesses to Yuzu, Minami realizes that…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 9
Screens: Summary: Yuuya debuts in his first battle against the BETAs and is mocked by the USSR pilots for his nervousness. Yuuya’s teammates try to calm him down,…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 8
Screens: Summary: The team heads to Milkovsky in the USSR to test out the new Radiation Canon. Yuuya will be testing out the new canon in live combat…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 5
So this episode looks to conclude Yuuya’s “training” as it seems he has better control “if not mastered” his TSF. But for me the big draw was seeing…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 12
Screens: Summary: Yui starts to reminisce about her time as a cadet in the Imperial Army. When she comes too she’s surrounded by BETAs and she apologizes to…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 10
Screens: Summary: After Yuuya’s performance in the last battle, he’s being hailed as a hero; though Yuuya doesn’t seem to see it that way and it doesn’t help…
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Snapshot – Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse Episode 11
Screens: Sumamry: With the BETAs invading the base, there’s a mass evacuation. During the evacuation notice, Yui and Ibrahim figure out that everything has been planned out by…
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“My Only Feeling Heart”: To Heart and The Anatomy of First Love
Can you BELIEVE a bishoujo adaptation with postcard memories exists?!
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The Dangers in My Heart – 18 – Up to This
Just like that it’s the end of a term, and the teacher is asking Ichikawa to deliver a graduation speech for the departing students. Buoyed by Yamada’s approving…
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Anime Review 242 Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
I’ve been interested in Kouki Yoshimune’s works since childhood and while I haven’t played any of the games (mainly because they were borderline impossible to play especially back…
Muv-Luv Alternative, Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, Yoshimune
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Manga Review | I Love my Best Friend by Washio Tobi
Yoichi has been in love with Shige for as long as he can remember. Shige was the first person he came out to in high school, and though…
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How Do I Turn My Best Friend Into My Girlfriend?, Volume 1
by Luce, Staff Writer Imagine you are a Japanese schoolgirl, and you’ve just realised you have a big crush on your friend! What do you do? Your options: …
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Jujutsu Kaisen – 15 – My Best Friend
The first group battle of the Exchange Event begins, and is ultimately notable not just for its various character pairings, but for what it lacks: Sukuna, the ultimate…
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The Best Way To Woo Your Japanese Partner’s Parents
They say that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Here are a few tips on getting your future Japanese in-laws to accept you…
Review: My Hero Academia s4 ep87: Ranking the Heroes and Put Up or Shut Up
I think I finally get to use the word penultimate! I usually forget during my review of penultimate episodes to use the word penultimate. Of course, you’re probably…
Review: My Hero Academia s4 ep87: Ranking the Heroes and Put Up or Shut Up —
I think I finally get to use the word penultimate! I usually forget during my review of penultimate episodes to use the word penultimate. Of course, you’re probably…
Imitation Gold – Muv Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Spoiler Review
I’ve talked a few times in this blog about imitations, the usually lesser offspring of greater progenitors. Yuki Yuna is a Hero from Madoka Magica. RahXephon from Neon…
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Sailor Moon Eternal: Look Up Eternal Sailor Moon and Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon
MegaHouse is releasing Eternal Sailor Moon & Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon in their figure series...
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Thoughts on How do I turn my Best Friend into my Girlfriend? Volume 1
How do I turn my Best Friend into my Girlfriend? is a yuri manga written and illustrated by Syu Yasaka. It focuses on Minami, who realises that she…
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Shut Up and Let Me Enjoy My Otome: Elitism in the Otome Games Community
Elitism in the otome games community has been the bane of the fandom since the beginning and I’m tired of folks bashing otome game localizations and Western fans…
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection: Or I how I came back from the Dead to Screw Over my Best Friend One More Time.
One of the biggest debates of the fan-sub era was the final fate of Code Geass’ Lelouch Lamperouge. Did he actually die at the end of the series?…
Review: My Country, My Parents (2021)
My Country, My Parents 我和我的父辈 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 157 mins. Directors: Wu Jing 吴京 (I), Zhang Ziyi 章子怡 (II), Xu Zheng 徐峥 (III), Shen Teng 沈腾 (IV).…
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Dealing in Death: Gundam AGE, Sword Art Online, and Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
As one of those universal human experiences, death occupies a rather key position as a narrative device or event in, well, basically all media. Despite being so dynamic…
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My Clueless First Friend | 2023’s BEST Slice of Life Anime
Such a wholesome and inviting manga is being turned into what I predict may be one of the most beloved anime of 2023. My Clueless First Friend is…
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The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend
Information for the light novel series The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend. The official English release is by Yen On
Episode 173, "Villains Don't Know When To Shut Up"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we have a ton to go over: we have some News with Greg and Ed, some Manga Recap of Chapter…
Episode 173, "Villains Don't Know When To Shut Up"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we have a ton to go over: we have some News with Greg and Ed, some Manga Recap of Chapter…
Episode 173, "Villains Don't Know When To Shut Up"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we have a ton to go over: we have some News with Greg and Ed, some Manga Recap of Chapter…
The Iceblade Sorceror #03 — “I Freaked My Heart”
I'm not sure I heard that correctly, but let's run with that. Impressions: Blegh. The only fun part about last week's episode was how bonkers and nonsense…
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My Girlfriend’s Child - The Loneliness of Teen Parents
I'll admit that this is my first real shojo manga read in a very long time. I will say that this is a great title to get back…
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I recently started reading and watching “So I Married the Anti-Fan”
The lengths they went with the K-Drama to stay true to the source material–the Webcomic, which was adapted from the Light Novel of the same name–is why…
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I Finally Watch Squid Game Because The Internet Won’t Shut Up About It
It’s like Among Us all over again.
Tale of the Outcasts #01 — My Furry Friend
Please stop slapping each other's tentacles. Impressions: For how much emphasis is put here on Robert's Rules of Being a Demon™, they don't make a ton of…
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Sailor Moon Cosmos: Look Up Eternal Sailor Moon and Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon
MegaHouse is releasing Eternal Sailor Moon & Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon in their figure series...
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The Dangers in My Heart – 13 (S2 01) – Best Condition
As the new term begins, Ichikawa immediately finds himself within the orbit of Yamada’s friends, including Chihiro, who heard that his arm was broken and wants to scribble…
Finishing the best animes are like saying goodbye to a friend
I finally got around to watching Steins;Gate during Thanksgiving. And then rewatching it this Christmas season with my sister. I thought it was a fantastic show. And it…
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The Girl I Saved On the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend Novel 1
Can two introverts find romance over their shared love of a quiet physics room?
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend, Vol. 1
By Kennoji and Fly. Released in Japan as “Chikan Saresou ni Natteiru S-kyuu Bishoujo wo Tasuketara Tonari no Seki no Osananajimi datta” by GA Bunko. Released in North…