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Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! Volume 1 Manga Review (Spoiler‑Free)
Stephanie reviews the first volume of Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!, a cute romance about closet lesbians at the workplace.
FRAGMENTS OF MY TRANSPARENT MIND — A LOVE LETTER TO HAYAKAWA NOJIKO AND ALL THAT IS ASKEW
I’ve written a few love letters this year, haven’t I? It’s a shame I can only share them with you digitally. Then again, imagine receiving a handwritten review…
Strangers (Kenta Ikeda, 2024)
Naoko, the heroine of Kenta Ikeda’s Strangers, says she’s been pretending all her life. She’s been pretending to be what everyone wanted her to without really knowing or…
The Dinner Table Detective Episode 1 Review – Rich Detectives That Share A Brain Cell
The most incompetent detectives, yet they’re so funny.
Hell Dogs (2022) review
For the hardened fan of the genre, Harada’s newly bottled old wine will be a frustrating experience that delivers nothing more than a sprinkle of excitement.
Japanese City Says It Won’t Make Women’s Sanitary Products Free After Criticism
Tsu in Mie Prefecture says it's worried about theft and the expense - but city halls and some train stations in Japan already offer them.
Sorairo Utility – Episode 12 (END) – Minami Plays Golf Alone to Try to Achieve a Par
Minami dreamed of getting a par in her dream after pairing up with Hina in a doubles golf match against Haruka and Ayaka. Minami wants to give a…
How a Sheltered Rich Girl Became a Viral Voice Actor
If an anime has Saori Hayami, it's an insta-watch. (also any Ayaka mains in the comment like me?) Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedJoker0808?s=09 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/redjoker0808 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/RedJoker Fanbox: https://www.fanbox.cc/ Business Email: akalive0713@gmail.com Credits: Jazz clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiSoa6XSi5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKEpPhefcxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7G1F4mu_4&t=280s School clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3OXdnvWRK0 Sakura…
Sorairo Utility – Episode 11 – Doubles with a Rich Young Lady and a Novice
Last time, Haruka, Ayaka, Minami and Hina decides to do a doubles match. Of course, Hina sees this match as against Haruka as she doesn’t have much faith
Sorairo Utility – Episode 10 – The Young Rich Lady Golfer
A particular wealthy young lady finally shows up at the golfing range. You might be wondering, why is she there? It's raining, and Ayaka and Minami are at
Sorairo Utility – Episode 9 – Ayaka Finds the Spark to Go Viral
After Minami golfed on a fancy course with Haruka and Ayaka, Ayaka struggled to create content on her social media. Can Minami and Haruka help her? At the
Sorairo Utility – Episode 7 – Minami Finds the Special Shot and Co-op Golfing
After Minami goes golfing with Ayaka and Haruka for the first time, she tries to figure out her golfing further as Ayaka and Haruka take on some virtual
Sorairo Utility – Episode 6 – Minami’s First Golf Outing with Ayaka and Haruka
At last, Ayaka and Haruka take Minami to a golf course. How will Minami fare with her new utility and special training? Minami, of course, was a little
Leaving on the 15th Spring (旅立ちの島唄～十五の春～, Yasuhiro Yoshida, 2013)
“How many of them will come back?” a man on the shore ominously asks as he watches the young people of his island ship out to pursue their…
First Impression: Fate strange Fake
Snowfield, Nevada. A young blond woman, Ayaka Sajyou, walks into a convenience store asking for a recommendation for a cheap motel in the neighborhood. She’s looking pretty shell-shocked,…
More Yuri About Adults To Accompany Your Seasonal Festivities
12 Days of Aniblogging 2024, Day 12Happy Christmas and Hanukkah!Per usual, I will close out this year’s blogging by going over some yuri I read this year starring…
Mechanical Telepathy (メカニカル・テレパシー, Akiko Igarashi, 2018)
Scientists investigating the possibility of creating a simulacrum of a mental image are thrown into existential confusion in Akiko Igarashi’s sci-fi-tinged drama.
Weekly Round-Up, 4-10 December 2024: Disability in Witch Hat Atelier, Kodansha Print-on-Demand, and Manga Erotics F Relaunch
Content Warning: This week’s links deal quite extensively with racism and racism-motivated hate crimes AniFem Round-Up Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! and the toxic workplace This office…
Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! and the toxic workplace
While toxic workplace culture is originally presented as something that’s keeping the couple apart, ultimately the narrative ends up reinforcing it, asserting that finding happiness in love and…
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 4
In Volume 3, Ayaka stood up and protected Sora from a neglectful and selfish mother. With Sora no longer dealing with an unkind parent, Ayaka and Sora are…
Kalanchoe (カランコエの花, Shun Nakagawa, 2017)
The truth is, most people genuinely mean well but they often make mistakes. They make them because they don’t think things through, fail to consider perspectives outside of…
Pseudo Harem – 11 – One for All
Eiji had planned to “get serious” win Rin by choosing her over all her acting personas, but this ends up backfiring. For Rin, who after all is allowed…
Ayaka-chan ha Hiroko-sempai ni Koishiteru, Volume 3 (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる)
We left Ayaka in full “hitting on Hiroko-sempai” mode in Volume 2. In Ayaka-chan ha Hiroko-sempai ni Koishiteru, Volume 3 (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる), we finally get some backstory on why…
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 3
We ended Volume 2 with a good feeling about whatever was building between Sora and Ayaka, however screwed up it was at the start. But both of them…
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 2
Sakurai Ayaka is an excellent student who sucks at tests. A teacher offers her a recommendation to the college Ayaka aims for with a pretty manipulative twist –…
Pseudo Harem – 05 – Random Occurrences
This week Rin’s little sister Ayaka meets Eiji and instantly takes a shine to him as a big brother. She also clues Eiji in to a hitherto unseen…
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Whale Bones 鯨の骨 (2023) Director: Takamasa Oe [Japan Cuts 2024]
Takamasa Oe’s social media mystery turns into a satire of living life online as a hapless website worker tries to find a missing AR girl in his beautifully…
Whale Bones (鯨の骨, Takamasa Oe, 2023)
A brokenhearted office works finds himself chasing a digital ghost in Takamasa Oe’s eerie drama.
Ayaka-chan ha Hiroko-sempai ni Koishiteru Live-Action (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる)
Ayaka works in a fairly typical Japanese office where the star of the company is Hiroko, a very competent, caring career woman. After a gaffe early in her…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 29, 2024
Yuri Live Action Ayaka Is In Love With Hiroko, based on Sal Jiang’s manga of the same name (of which I have reviewed Volume 1 and Volume 2…
Tokyo’s Election Poster Boards are Out of Control
A legal loophole has enabled one party to "hijack" the official election boards for the Tokyo governor's race - and the result is pure chaos.
(Ab)normal Desire (正欲, Yoshiyuki Kishi, 2023)
Excluded from mainstream society, those isolated by desires seen as atypical find solidarity in community in Yoshiyuki Kishi’s sensitive drama.
To Heart Volume 2 Review
Multi, you didn’t even do anything of importance in this volume, so why are you in the center?
ToHeart Volume 1 Review
The manga adaptation of a visual novel that I’ve kept a physical copy of for a very long time.
ToHeart Volume 1 Review
The manga adaptation of a visual novel that I’ve kept a physical copy of for a very long time.
I Can’t Say No to the Lonely Girl, Volume 1
Ayaka is an excellent student, who has a hard time taking tests. In return for a recommendation from her teacher to any college she chooses, she finds herself…
Evil Does Not Exist (悪は存在しない, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023)
A glamping invasion threatens the equilibrium of a small rural town in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s haunting drama.
The Geisha (陽暉楼, Hideo Gosha, 1983)
The coming of the railroad spells doom for one of the most prestigious geisha houses in Japan in Hideo Gosha’s adaptation of the Tomiko Miyao novel.
Anime Like Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
After losing his father in a volcanic eruption that nearly destroyed the Ayaka Islands, Yukito Yanagi has been living with foster families on the mainland.
Noragami, Onmyoji, Tokyo Ravens, Twin Star Exorcists, Beyond the Boundary
A Seasonal Review — Summer 2023
Didn’t Watch: Am I Actually the Strongest?, Atelier Ryza, Ayaka, BanG Dream! It’s MyGo, Bleach, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Dark Gathering, The Duke of Death and His Maid S2, FLCL…
The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today, Am I Actually the Strongest?, Bleach, Cardfight Vanguard
Crafting A Tangible, Aging World – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Production Notes 01-04
Frieren is, at its best, a story tightly written about time; its passage, how different people perceive it, and the tangible marks it leaves in the world and…
First Glance: Ayaka
Alternative title(s): Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and WoundsAnime original by Studio BlancStreaming on Crunchyroll
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 12 Review – An Ayakastic Finale
Overall, this was entertaining. Not the best show of this season, but a decent watch.
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 11 Review – Rest In Peace, Jingi
I can’t believe they killed him off.
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 10 Review – Jingi Did WHAT?
I can’t believe Jingi made me feel something for him…
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 9 Review – Yukito’s Truth
I think it was obvious…
Anirevo 2023 Summer: Wrap
After being teased about great seiyuu guests earlier in the year, Anirevo comes through with Itou Miku, Ohashi Ayaka, and Machico along with veteran Morita Masakazu. Their big…
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 8 Review – Festival Time
That ending, though…
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 7 Review – An Abrupt Flashback
I didn’t expect a flashback episode to be dropped like this!
Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 6 Review: Conflicts From The Past
Yukito wins his first fight, but witnesses issues from the past.