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My Top 30 Ado Songs | Medley #AdoWish

In anticipation of Ado's first world tour, WISH, coming to the U.S. and Europe in March, I spent some time listening to (almost) every song she's ever recorded…

Andre's Shelf

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xxxHOLiC Episode 20: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 20: A woman brings a string-wrapped envelop to Yuuko for disposal. Why doesn't Yuuko just burn it? There's a good reason...

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 19: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 19: Yuuko invited Watanuki, Doumeki, and Himawari to a park after a major snow storm. Why a park? What's Yuuko up to?

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 13: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 13: Watanuki sees a girl sprout tiny angel wings. Within days, they're quite large. Are they actually a good thing?

Crow's World of Anime

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Sunflower Season: 5 Splendid Himawari Gardens in the Tokyo Area

Japan is home to beautiful fields of sunflowers come late summer—and some of them aren’t too far from home! Read on to find out which gardens you want…

Savvy Tokyo

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xxxHOLiC Episode 12: Favorites

xxxHOLiC episode 12: Yuuko took Watanuki, Himawari, and Doumeki to a vacation house near the ocean -- a house with very strange architecture.

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 11: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 11: Watanuki wanted to give a culinary treat to Himawari. Who was out of town. Doumeki ate it instead. Then things got dark.

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 10: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 10: Watanuki lacked the courage to ask Himawari on a date. Yuuki helped -- by inviting herself and Doumeki along!

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 5: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 5: Watanuki fumed; Himawari gushed about Doumeki's archery. Watanuki should have paid more attention to his surroundings!

Crow's World of Anime

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xxxHOLiC Episode 3: Favorites

xxxHOLiC Episode 3: The good news? Himawari asked Yuuko for help! The bad news? Yuuko volunteered Watanuki -- and Doumeki!

Crow's World of Anime

Doukyuusei: Climax v2

And now for something completely different. Orphan's next release is a revised version of the 1995 OVA Doukyuusei: Climax . The original rel...

Collectr's Blog

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Anime Like Shinobi no Ittoki

After the death of his father, Ittoki Sakuraba didn't really think to much of his mother, uncle, and even childhood friend being extra protective of him.

Recommend Me Anime

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Anime Top 5 – Fall 2020

My Stats. (*at time of writing)Shows watched from season: 28 (including 4 shorts, 7 sequels)Highest rating: 7/10Lowest rating: 1/10Average: 2.9 (Note: In most cases I will be avoiding…

Anime Ataraxia

Arisa Good Luck

Here's a true bluebird: the 1999 one-shot OVA Arisa Good Luck . Last month, Tennouji, translator and proprietor of SakuraCircle, contacted m...

Collectr's Blog

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 267

In this review of Boruto Episode 267, I try to figure out who gave Eiki the note about Kawaki's secret. I have a suspect.

DoubleSama

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 266

In Boruto Episode 266, Osuka Kamakura and Himawari Uzumaki get kidnapped! It's up to Kawaki, Kae, and Neon to save them.

DoubleSama

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 265

In Boruto Episode 265, we get the names of the final four students in Himawari's class. Also, Hana-sensei shows her true power.

DoubleSama

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 264

The Academy students (including Kawaki) form an investigative team to get to the bottom of the Seven Mysteries of the school.

DoubleSama

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 261

In Boruto Episode 261, Kawaki and Himawari enroll in the Ninja Academy. Let's meet some of their classmates and the new teacher.

DoubleSama

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Thoughts on Divine Raiment Magical Girl Howling Moon Volume 3

Kaguya and Himawari attend an idol concert in the third volume of Divine Raiment Magical Girl Howling Moon. Just a totally normal concert, definitely nothing evil going on…

Rory Muses

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Nijisanji Project: Welcome to the World of 2D!

Nijisanji Project is a VTuber agency whose main focus was to hire virtual idols to provide entertaining content on YouTube using Live2D

Dere★Project

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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2022

Kio Shimoku provides a few more insights into the Hashikko Ensemble creative process this month. Kio realizes that Menturm and Mentholatum are different products. Kio posts a Hashikko…

OGIUE MANIAX

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First Impression: Onipan!

Three typical slice-of-life girls arrive in the big city. There’s Himawari, the confident blond sporty one, Tsuyukusa, the sleepy-eyed, dessert-loving blue-haired one, and Tsutsuji, with the reddis…

Beneath the Tangles

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Navigating Your Cultures: Himawari House

There are stories I can appreciate and enjoy, and to which I can emotionally connect. Then there are the stories that I can feel right down to my…

OGIUE MANIAX

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Why Is CLAMP Like This, Part III

12 Days of Aniblogging 2021, Day 9 Last year I pledged myself to blogging through CLAMP’s entire published corpus, and this year I finally succeeded. CLAMP’s 2000s were mostly…

Floating Catacombs

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ANIME REVIEW: Oresuki (Are You the Only One Who Loves Me?!)

If you’re the buddy character in a harem anime rather than its hero, love can be a real bench.

Anime Obscura

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Boruto Episode 223

Boruto Episode 223 features the first round of the Chunin Exam finals between Inojin Yamanaka and Houki Taketori.

DoubleSama

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LDH’s Newest Girl Group – iScream

Back when they debuted in June, I wrote up in Monthly Favorites that I would be talking about this group more. It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote about…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

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XXXHOLiC musical theatre: new main visual, all male cast announced

© CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 講談社 A new main visual and the full cast list for the XXXHOLiC musical theatre adaptation have been announced today. The newly announced…

Chibi Yuuto's CHRoNiCLEs

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Boruto Episode 195

In this review of Boruto Episode 195, I explain how you can find clues as to what's going to happen in the future from the ED.

DoubleSama

12 Days 2020, Day 4: Micro-Ninjas? Himawari’s Nonsense Escalation

You say that as if it’s not all that unusual Himawari! is a series with a lot of weird escalation going on. Another entry on the list of…

The Anime Duck Compendium

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Sensou Douwa: Tako ni Natta Okaasan

Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…

Collectr's Blog

The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Divine Raiment Magical Girl Howling Moon Volume 1

Two Anti-Social Geniuses check out Divine Raiment Magical Girl Howling Moon, and find the name of it is probably the best part of this manga.

TheOASG

Boruto Episode 154

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 154 follows Himawari as she takes part in a trial session at the ninja academy with two other kids.

DoubleSama

The Misfortune-Devouring Witch is Actually a Vampire?! LN Review

Nope. In a world much like our own in a Victorian-esque era, Count Ernest Selden is trying to get to the bottom of a mysterious ailment which has…

GAR GAR Stegosaurus

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Best Underrated Japanese Dramas of This Decade (2010-2020)

Here is my list of the best japanese dramas of the last decade 2010s. You probably missed some of these since most of them go under the radar…

ThatJapaneseDramaGuy