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Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 7), Kimi ni Todoke Soulmate (Vol. 1), and Mr. Villain’s Day Off (Vol. 3)
A blend of old and new releases, and first volumes and those more toward the middle fill our selections in this week’s column. As usual, love stories are…
DAN DA DAN, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Mr. Villain's Day Off
Pick of the Week: Turn the Skip Beat Around
SEAN: Once again, tempted to just say "Viz". We get so much good shoujo this week, with a new sequel for Kimi ni Todoke, the next Neighborhood Story,…
Manga the Week of 4/3/24
SEAN: It's time for April manga! The best month! MICHELLE: All the cool people were born in it! SEAN: We start off with Viz Media, who have a…
Skip Beat!, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Moriarty the Patriot, Naruto
Anime Like A Sign of Affection
Born with a hearing impairment, Yuki Itose is college student who rarely interacts with others because of her disability. However, when she has an awkward
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, A Galaxy Next Door, A Sign of Affection, A Silent Voice, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Doki Doki News: State of Play and English Versions of Fate/Stay Night and Kimi ni Todoke
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of January 28th! Check out the latest episode…
479 – Manga Machinations Awards 2023
Happy holidays everyone! Welcome to our annual awards show! dakazu, Darfox8, Morgana, and seamus2389 celebrate with their individual awards, such as Why Are These Boy Problems™ So Fucking…
477 – Triple Dip 78 – Innocent, Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Under Ninja
All the hosts are back to talk about Ireland riots, collapsing stairs, The Boy and the Heron, and more! Then we rally ourselves for the final Triple Dip…
475 – Shojo Showdown 6 – Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Deborah is My Rival, Ceres: Celestial Legend
In this episode Morgana leads the charge as we examine Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Deborah is My Rival, and Ceres: Celestial Legend for a Shojo…
“K”ind-Hearted Heroines Thrive In These Shojo Manga!
I continue the ABCs of Shojo Manga with these kind-hearted heroines are sure to win over your heart in these series that start with the letter “K”! From…
Anime Like My Love Story
With his tall stature, bulky muscles, and mean face, Takeo Gouda is not exactly a hit with the ladies. Men and women alike find him terrifying, but he…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Lovely Complex, Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, My Senpai is Annoying, Ojisan and Marshmallow
Tangle x Cast 17: Good Samaritans of Anime
One of Jesus’ most beloved parables is “The Good Samaritan,” the tale of the most unexpected person showing the greatest care for a victim on the side of…
Anime Like Skip and Loafer
In order to pursue a career in politics to make a positive change for Japan, Mitsumi leaves her rural town to go to high school in Tokyo. While…
Honey and Clover, Horimiya, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, O Maidens in Your Savage Season, Skip and Loafer
NEWS: VIZ Announces Licenses for Kimi ni Todoke Sequel, I Want To End This Love Game, Gokurakugai, and More!
It’s a beautiful day to be a manga fan. In a Twitter thread, VIZ Media announced a few manga titles…
Anime Like My Clueless First Friend
Akane Nishimura is a quiet girl with an intimidating gaze. As such, her classmates gave her the ominous nickname of “The Grim Reaper” and started avoiding her
The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura, My Clueless First Friend, Mysterious Girlfriend X, The Dangers in My Heart, A Destructive God Sits Next to Me
First Impression: Kimi ni Todoke (Netflix, Live-Action)
Kuronuma Sawako is a curiosity. While she insists to a friend from her middle school days that she isn’t being bullied, Kuronuma is still treated like an outcast.…
Things We Saw Around The Web #29: Azuki, Viz Media, HIDIVE, Hell’s Paradise, Kimi ni Todoke, My Happy Marriage
Topics mentioned: Azuki, Viz Media, HIDIVE, Hell's Paradise, Kimi ni Todoke, My Happy Marriage, and more!
Hell’s Paradise, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, My Happy Marriage
30 Anime Tomboys With a Lovable Boyish Personality
Tomboys were always enjoyed in anime, but seeing such a blatant one like Tomo as a main character is finally giving anime tomboys the spotlight that they
Black Lagoon, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Ouran High School Host Club, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sailor Moon
Holiday Review #21: NO LONGER HEROINE
This next one won't be for everyone, but I appreciate the way to tries to interject some weirdness and awfulness into the standard shojo ro...
Holiday Review #21: NO LONGER HEROINE
This next one won't be for everyone, but I appreciate the way to tries to interject some weirdness and awfulness into the standard shojo ro...
Anime Like Bocchi the Rock!
Having social anxiety but still wishing to make friends, Hitori Gotou started learning the guitar to help lure people into talking to her. Years later, she
Tari Tari, BOCCHI THE ROCK!, Carole & Tuesday, Comic Girls, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
22 Romance Anime Series Where The Popular Kid Falls In Love With An Outcast
While romance can bloom from literally anywhere, romance anime only has a select number of set ups to make a compelling romantic story. One such set up is
Brothers Conflict, Haruka Nogizaka's Secret, Horimiya, Sankarea, Wolf Girl and Black Prince
Doki Doki News: Bleach at NYCC, Kimi ni Todoke Drama, and Tearmoon Empire Anime
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of September 4th through September 10th! Check out…
How to make a best friend, shojo manga-style
In a throwback to an early tongue-in-cheek blog entry listing some of the best romantic tips shojo manga has to offer, I thought I’d write a similar post…
My Top 15 Manga
Thank you so much my hoejos for 15 THOUSAND subscribers!!! It is absolutely wild that I have hit this milestone and I can't thank you all enough for…
Chihayafuru, Ghost Hunt, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Natsume's Book of Friends, Natsume's Book of Friends 5
Anime Series Like Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
Izumi is a normal guy, albeit with a predilection for attracting misfortune. However, the one piece of shining fortune in his life is his girlfriend,
Horimiya, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Momokuri, Ouran High School Host Club, Revolutionary Girl Utena
“Kimi ni Todoke” Manga First Impressions – Trying to Get Into Shoujo Romance
As a straight guy, shoujo romance has never really been on my radar all that much. This is especially true since they’re rarely in the conversation outside of…
10 Romance Anime Where The Main Character Suddenly Becomes Popular
You know what they say, all it takes is the attentions of one popular person to shine even the biggest turd into a diamond. It certainly isn't a
Masamune-kun's Revenge, Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Haganai, Boys Over Flowers, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 2, Day 3
Round two of AniMarch Madness 2022 continues with our next four matches! For those coming here for the first time, AniMarch Madness is our annual one-on-one anime tournament…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Mob Psycho 100, Sailor Moon, Attack on Titan
AniMarch Madness 2022: Round 1, Day 2
Day one of AniMarch Madness was so much fun! Results are still being tabulated, with a few polls still open, but look for those results to pop up…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Mob Psycho 100, Sailor Moon, Your Lie in April, Bleach
Wolf Girl and Black Prince (re-watched the anime - Review)
Review of the anime series "Wolf Girl and Black Prince"
Blue Spring Ride, We Were There, Chihayafuru, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane
Top 5 Anime Valentine Episodes
With so many anime featuring a Valentine Episode it was hard to narrow down the list so pretty much I jut went with those episodes that left an…
Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vampire Knight, Place to Place
Top 5: Christmas Episodes in Anime
My favourite anime Christmas episodes. Which are your favourites?
30 Best Romantic Comedy Anime Series Full of Love and Laughs
Romance and comedy – It is a simple recipe, but an effective one. The intoxicating mix of genres that is “rom-com” just go together like a warm mug…
Love Hina, My Little Monster, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Snow White with the Red Hair, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
Feature: On Romance in Anime
Romance in anime can be super adorable. While tomorrow's post is going to focus on bad romance, today is all about the common features of sweet and romantic…
Kamisama Kiss, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Snow White with the Red Hair
Pick of the Week: A Wide Variety
SEAN: This week I am torn between debuts and final volumes. I really should be picking When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, as I love the author’s other…
Maison Ikkoku, The Way of the Househusband, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
Anime Series Like Blue Spring Ride
Futaba Yoshioka was an attractive middle schooler, popular with boys, but not with girls. It left her feeling lonely, but none of that mattered as long as her…
Tsukigakirei, We Were There, A Town Where You Live, Blue Spring Ride, Horimiya
Reader’s Corner: 86, After-School Hanako-kun, Batmanga, and Marie Kondo
86–Eighty-Six, Vol. 1 The recent anime adaptation piqued my curiosity about this series, and the first volume didn’t disappoint. A country steeped in racism and greed uses child…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, One Week Friends, 86 EIGHTY-SIX
Top 5: Romantic Anime (updated July 2021)
While this list was original pretty simple more and more romantic anime come out every year that compete for my attention. Here is my updated top 5 romantic…
Kimi ni Todoke Review
“Kimi ni Todoke makes its whole raison d’etre putting a bit more depth into every aspect of the banal anime rom-com genre tropes”
Waiting for Spring Part 1 (with Kelly Quinn Chiu)
Covers volumes 1–7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.The wait is finally over! We're FINALLY talking about the basketball boys! Waiting for Spring is one of the most…
A Silent Voice, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Kuroko's Basketball, My Hero Academia, Natsume's Book of Friends
Waiting for Spring Part 1 (with Kelly Quinn Chiu)
Covers volumes 1–7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.The wait is finally over! We're FINALLY talking about the basketball boys! Waiting for Spring is one of the most…
My Hero Academia, Natsume's Book of Friends, Princess Jellyfish, A Silent Voice, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
20 Romance Anime Series Told From the Female Perspective
In romance anime, it takes two to make a couple, but there will almost always be a main character that takes the reigns of the story. Most commonly…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Ouran High School Host Club, Vampire Knight, Engaged to the Unidentified, Kamisama Kiss
Shoujo and the Bride of Christ (I)
I was fourteen years old, Shinji Ikari´s age, when A Bridge to Terabithia made its movie debut. Like his fated stay in Misato’s house, only in time have…
Anime Series Like Horimiya
Although lauded for being likable and intelligent, Kyouko Hori hides the fact that she has to take care of her brother and the housework because her parents are…
Horimiya, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, My Little Monster, Tsukigakirei, Tsuredure Children
15 Romance Anime Where Opposites Attract
It is the simplest of romance tropes, and one of the most classic. You take two people of opposite demeanor or circumstance and craft a love story from…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, My Little Monster, Super Lovers, Your Lie in April, My First Girlfriend is a Gal
Pure Love in Tonikawa
#tonikawa #tonikaku #kawaii Tonikaku Kawaii starts after the marriage...but why? Discord (Not Mine): https://discord.gg/fourplateaus Twitter: https://twitter.com/pauseandselect Patreon: https://patreon.com/pauseandselect Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pauseandselect TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pauseandselect Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:33 Background 3:38 Tonikawa 8:50 Credits Stray Notes: - I forgot to white balance…
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, A Town Where You Live, Suzuka, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, Hayate the Combat Butler
[Repost] The Great Pretender Review: Cases 1 through 3
The following is my review of Cases 1 through 3 of The Great Pretender that I wrote for Anime Quarterly back in September. If you like what you read…
91 Days, Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, My Little Monster
What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!
One of our Twitch streamers, negativeprimes, recently tagged a number of our staffers on a Twitter post that’s making the rounds asking users to name their five favorite…
Fruits Basket, Interviews with Monster Girls, Library War, Monster, A Place Further Than the Universe
After School Nightmare Pt. 1 (with Mouna Toure)
Covers volumes 1–5 of After School Nightmare by Setona MizushiroWelcome to the most mysterious and frightening after school club you’ll ever join. Content warning for sexual assault and…
Tokyo Mew Mew, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Ouran High School Host Club
Anime Series That Are Good For Practicing Your Japanese At Any Level
I won’t generalize the community by saying “everyone does it,” but chances are if you enjoy a lot of anime, you’ve had a thought that maybe you should…
Love Hina, Hyouka, Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, MUSHI-SHI