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Anime Like The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

When she was a young child, Princess Anisphia recovered the memories of her previous life. Despite her having disappointingly no aptitude for magic, she uses

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Weekly Round-Up, 8-14 March 2023: Grown-Up PreCure, Shojo Beat, and Harassment in the Japanese Film Industry

AniFem Round-Up How Otherside Picnic masterfully uses horror to explore abuse and show healing queer love Toriko and Sorawo’s bond gives them the strength to heal from the…

Anime Feminist

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How Otherside Picnic masterfully uses horror to explore abuse and show healing queer love

Otherside Picnic makes a wonderful addition to the canon by centering queer love and examining how survivors of abusive relationships can heal from their pain and trauma in…

Anime Feminist

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Top 10 Anime of 2021

I know what you are thinking. Isn’t it 2023? Yes. I’ve had a bad habit recently of falling very far behind on anime. My first reason for delaying…

Daze3x's Blog

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Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 3

Jealousy is a really weird emotion – it’s being hurt and being hurtful at the same time. And jealousy can sneak up on us, especially as an adult.…

Okazu

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 28, 2023

Yuri Manga Otherside Picnic, Volume 3 is out now from Square Enix and up on the Yuricon Store. I’ll be finishing it up this weekend and reviewing it…

Okazu

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Animes I watched last year part 1

After I watched Birdie Wing, my desire to watch anime ignited once again and decided to watch alot of animes last year.

Sirius Writes

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Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 3 (Manga)

In this volume of Eita Mizuno’s Otherside Picnic manga adaptation, the February Station arc concludes… for now. Then Toriko pulls a vanishing act. This volume contains chapters eleven…

Rory Muses

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Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 2 (Manga)

Sorawo and Toriko return to the Otherside for the third time in the second volume of Eita Mizuno’s Otherside Picnic manga adaptation. Inadvertently, though… This volume contains chapter…

Rory Muses

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On Writing Yuri with a Death Wish

12 Days of Aniblogging 2022, Day 2 This is the second half of a larger essay. Click here for the first part. Iori Miyazawa is a madman. If you don’t…

Floating Catacombs

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On Reading Yuri with a Death Wish

12 Days of Aniblogging 2022, Day 1 This essay will discuss suicide. Existentialism is the study of why you shouldn’t kill yourself. This is a noble pursuit, because I’m never…

Floating Catacombs

News Update - Mon, 17 Oct 2022

The Picnic is a Lie. Ohoho yes, eat that old meme. Because Allen's pick of the week is a rather odd one. As he tells it, there are no…

THEM Anime Reviews

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Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 2 Guest Review by Sandy F

Welcome to another Guest Review Wednesday on Okazu! Today we welcome back Sandy F, for continuing coverage on the Otherside Picnic manga from Square Enix. Please give him…

Okazu

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 27, 2022

Yuri Manga Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 2 has hit English-language shelves (and hell yes, I read it right away, thank you…. ^_^)  I think the manga version is…

Okazu

My Favourite Anime of the Last Four Years 2019 - 2022 Part 1

  It's more than halfway through 2022 when I write this.  When I started this article, I really didn't think there were too many anime that ...

Tokyo Excess

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Anime Series Like Vampire in The Garden

After a great war, humankind has been pushed to the brink by vampires. Now they live in pockets that each find their own way to survive. In a…

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Otherside Picnic, Vol. 7

By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. If Otherside…

Manga Bookshelf

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465th G-View: The Executioner and Her Way of Life

Here we have another action yuri anime adaptation similar to Otherside Picnic. Not in genre or concept but in that they are both action shows starring lesbians. Question…

The Yuri Empire

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Otherside Picnic, Volume 7

Otherside Picnic, Volume 7 is an excellent read on every level. In fact, please feel free to stop reading right here and just go read the 7th novel…

Okazu

Books: Otherside Picnic

By Shelley Pallis. Sorawo Kamikoshi is a loner, a twenty-year-old nerd studying cultural anthropology at a Saitama university, whose hobby is exploring spooky places. Nor are these randomly…

All the Anime

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Anime Series Like The Executioner and Her Way of Life

For years, the Lost Ones have come from the distant world of Japan to a fantasy land. Not even these Lost Ones know how or why they arrive…

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Seeking the Ineffable in Otherside Picnic

When I set out to write up Otherside Picnic’s first volume, I figured it’d be best to first investigate the story’s formal predecessors: the original novel Roadside Picnic…

Wrong Every Time

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Day 1 Doki Doki Days – Top 5 Anime Couples of 2021

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of Doki Doki Days! We’re so happy that you’re all here with us to enjoy the next seven days of anime and…

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Urasekai Picnic: Has My Seal of Approval

Urasekai Picnic is an anime from Lidenfilms & Felix Film. You may recall Liden from Arslan Senki and that dumb anime about cockroaches from Mars. It’s based off…

Anime Reviews

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Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 1 (Manga)

Originally a light novel series written by Iori Miyazawa, Otherside Picnic received both anime and manga adaptations. This post shall be focusing on the manga adaptation by Eita…

Rory Muses

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My Top 10 Manga of 2021

While 2021 was a challenging year in many respects, thanks to the ongoing COVID pandemic, it’s hard to claim that it wasn’t a great year for manga in…

Al's Manga Blog

375 – Manga Machinations Awards 2021

Please enjoy a present from Manga Machinations with this final episode for 2021! It’s time again for Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus to create unique awards to go…

Manga Machinations

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Otherside Picnic, Volume 6, Guest Review by Sandy F.

Welcome back to Guest Review Wednesday on Okazu. We’ve had 17 guest Reviews this year, 10 of them since September. Thank you so much to our Okazu Patrons…

Okazu

Otherside Picnic, Vol. 6

By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. After starting…

Manga Bookshelf

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Weeb Reads Monthly: October and November 2021

Ugh, light novels. As you might’ve read in my “There’s Too Much” post, I’ve been getting burnt hardcore by these things. I’ve even dreaded the ones I truly…

Weeb Revues

363 – Triple Dip 55 – Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, Otherside Picnic

It’s time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year’s October Extravaganza! We’re kicking off Night One of the festivities with a Triple Dip on Dai…

Manga Machinations

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The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window – Episode 1

BL and yuri fans, I think you all know how we roll the dice when the word “adaptation” comes around. For every given or Bloom into You that…

Anime Feminist

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Weeb Reads Monthly: August 2021

Well, here it is. Another irrelevant monthly post because it isn’t August whatsoever. But hey, at least being super picky with light novels means that I’m going to…

Weeb Revues

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Otherside Picnic GN 1

Otherside Picnic creates a creepy world that gives a sense of vast, unexplored space and dangers lurking just below your line of sight.

Anime News Network - Views

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Otherside Picnic (Manga) Vol 1 Review

Eita Miyazawa’s Otherside Picnic manga is an adaptation of a series of sci-fi/adventure novels that were written by Iori Miyazawa. I haven’t read these books, or seen the…

Al's Manga Blog

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Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 1, Guest Review by Sandy F.

Happy day! Not only is it  Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu, we have a brand new reviewer! Today  we welcome Sandy, who is taking a look at…

Okazu

Pick of the Week: Here Comes Mr. Bride

KATE: Maybe it’s because my house is a mess right now, but Mr. Bride sounds kinda hot… ANNA: I agree, the idea of someone cleaning my house sounds…

Manga Bookshelf

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Otherside Picnic, Volume 5

Otherside Picnic, Volume 5 begins in the middle of a story and for the rest of the book, that is pretty much where we stay. A scenario occurs,…

Okazu

Otherside Picnic, Vol. 5

By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. This may…

Manga Bookshelf

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Top 5 Canadian Anime Characters

I'm Canadian so I am always jazzed when I discover a new Canadian anime character. There aren't enough of them. Here are the top 5 I found.

I drink and watch anime

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The Otakusphere: So many controversies and Eva

Good morning, afternoon or evening where you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the Hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around The…

In Search of Number Nine — An anime blog

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Otherside Picnic (Season One)

A strange world exists behind ours. It’s home to weird creatures that seem to be the source of most urban legends. While searching this foreign landscape, Sorawo met…

The Otaku Author

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Otherside Picnic (Episode 12) – Sorawo and Toriko

Sorawo and Toriko are up against the Kakandara which is desperately trying to stop the American soldiers from returning home. It even seems to be aware of the…

The Otaku Author

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Otherside Picnic (Episode 11) – Operation Rescue U.S. Forces

Sorawo and Toriko return to the cafe with Lady Hasshaku’s hat in order to see if they can open a gate to the Otherside and find the American…

The Otaku Author

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Otherside Picnic (Episode 10) – How to Get to the Barbeque Restaurant by Elevator

After inviting Sorawo and Toriko to a Japanese barbecue, Akari gets lost in the elevator and ends up in the space between worlds. Sorawo and Toriko rush to…

The Otaku Author

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Otherside Picnic (Episode 9) – Mrs. Sannuki and Karateka

Akari managed to track Sorawo and Toriko to Kozakura’s house as she needs their help once more. Here friend was visited by a monkey that left some teeth…

The Otaku Author

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Otherside Picnic

Otherside Picnic could have been a pretty good horror anime. Unfortunately, it decided to ignore most of its horror elements.

DoubleSama

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Otherside Picnic (Episode 8) – Attack of the Ninja Cats

Sorawo is approached by a first-year who is having some unusual problems. Apparently, she’s being stalked and attacked by ninja cats. It sounds too ridiculous to be true,…

The Otaku Author