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Anime Like Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable
Upon moving with his family from Tokyo to Kitami City in Hokkaido, Tsubasa Shiki is captivated by the rural serenity of the Hokkaido winter. He was so
Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~, My First Girlfriend is a Gal, Non Non Biyori, Silver Spoon
Episode 293 - Silver Spoon
This week, in a little treat to some of our Patrons, Shuan figured it would be nice to have Remington watch the first 3 episodes of Silver Spoon.…
Reader’s Corner: The Do-Over Damsel (Vol. 1), Alice in Borderland (Vol. 7), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 3)
This week we bid adieu to Hachiken, Mikagi, and the rest of the loveable farm kids of Silver Spoon; give a rare review of a volume we didn’t…
Alice in Borderland, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Silver Spoon
Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 5), Imitation (Vol. 1), and Sengoku Youku (Vol. 2)
This week, we feature releases from a variety of manga and light novel publishers with DENPA, Yen Press, VIZ Media, TOKYOPOP, and Seven Seas all showing up in…
Reader’s Corner: Blade of the Moon Princess (Vol. 1), Like a Butterfly (Vol. 2), and Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 4)
New series we’re covering this week include a historical and science fiction retelling of “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter” from the mangaka behind Spy x Family and…
Reader’s Corner: Sunbeams in the Sky (Vol. 2), Issak (Vol. 1), and The Way of the Househusband: The Gangster’s Guide to Housekeeping
Romance and violence are sometimes bedfellows, but we’ve separated them for this reviews—we’ve got shoujo, school romance, and the like with the most recent volume of Sunbeams in…
Reader’s Corner: Bloody Sweet, A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom, and Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World
Bullying, betrayal, and bombing—devastating events personally and, in the case of the bombing in Hiroshima, nationally—form the backdrop of several of the volumes we’re reviewing this week. B…
Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon)
This manga is about a boy named Hachiken who due to having a mental breakdown due to the pressure of trying to keep up academically, abruptly decides to…
The Low Profile Brilliance Of Kotomi Deai, Or How Became A Protegee Of Legendary Directors Became Skip And Loafer’s Inconspicuous Director
Skip and Loafer is as pleasant as anime gets. Its director is Kotomi Deai, and this is how she went from being a fan of Shinichiro Watanabe, to…
Michiko & Hatchin, Natsume's Book of Friends, Samurai Champloo, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Silver Spoon
Anime Like Farming Life in Another World
Of all the anime like Farming Life in Another World, I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills is the most similar. Both anime
By the Grace of the Gods, Farming Life in Another World, Management of a Novice Alchemist, No-Rin, Parallel World Pharmacy
Reader’s Corner: Wandance, Rooster Fighter, and Rainbow Days
This week’s reviews ask the question: Who’s the king of the roost? Is it the talented but unmotivated boxer, Yu? Kaboku’s high school dance club? Or is it…
Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 3), Trapped in a Dating Sim, and The Phantom of the Idol
This week, we cover the thrilling new volumes of Kaiju No. 8, the volume of Trapped in a Dating Sim that picks up the story from where the…
Reader’s Corner: Alice in Borderland (Vol. 2), To Strip the Flesh, and Golden Gold
Horror and the ancient world weave in and out of the manga and light novels we’re reviewing this week, with moments that will make you squirm and others…
Reader’s Corner: Higehiro, The Holy Grail of Eris, and Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
Higehiro, Vol. 3 It’s not easy to keep it secret that a runaway high school girl is staying at your home, especially when you’re the honest type who…
Reader’s Corner: Witch Watch, FMA Fullmetal Edition Vol. 15, and Earthchild, Chapter 1
Witch Watch, Vol. 1 Adolescent witch Nico is thrilled to move back to the city and start high school, though she’s most excited to be paired with her…
Reader’s Corner: Yoshida the Catch, Falling Drowning, and Yu-Gi-Oh!
Fungus and Iron, Vol. 1 Dante is an unusual case among the soldiers of Amigasa. He doesn’t become angry on cue at their enemy, the Ether. He complains…
Reader’s Corner: Sarazanmai, The Abandoned Empress, and the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Artbook
Reader's Corner: Sarazanmai, The Abandoned Empress, and With You and the Rain via @MDMRN @thetangles
Silver Spoon
Silver Spoon is a simple story about the bond between a man and his pig. It's also about an agricultural high school in Japan.
Reader’s Corner: The Way of the Househusband, Her Royal Highness Seems to be Angry, and a Daughter Returning as an S-Rank Adventurer
Manga and light novel reviews including The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 6, Her Royal Highness Seems to be Angry, Vol. 3, Star Wars: Rebels, Vol. 1, Maison…
How Kingdom Hearts 1 Uses Disney and Final Fantasy
Edited by Kor His Silver Spoon Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu4E-rwB5Ew His YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/user/KorStonesword His Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/KorReviews Channel Icon by: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCLdoaQRlxGG3pXMeDtUyqNg Thumbnail created by: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCLdoaQRlxGG3pXMeDtUyqNg Sight Avery YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-spIW2owHgzcix22ORr14A His "All DC Animated Original Movies Ranked"…
Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, R.O.D -THE TV-, Sakura Wars, Silver Spoon, The Eccentric Family
Over Already?!: Last Round Arthurs — Volume 5
This, I hope, is the first post where I cover the final volume of a light novel series. The reason why I’m unsure is because BookWalker doesn’t list…
What I Watched This Week – 5/16-5/22
Silver Spoon S1&2 – This has been in my watch list for a long time, but Crunchyroll’s announcement that it was leaving the platform at the end of…
Silver Spoon Season 2 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The second season of Silver Spoon went on offer during Anime Ltd’s Easter sale and thus I was able to order it finally!
Reader’s Corner: Silver Spoon, Solo Leveling, and the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 (novel) The immensely popular webtoon, Solo Leveling, features a basic premise about a young man rising from the lowest of ranks of “hunting” to…
Silver Spoon: A Refreshingly Honest Look at Farm Life
The best moments come when a show believes in its cast and is careful and honest with its subject matter. A rare, quality anime about farm life.
16 Good-But-Not-Too-Weird Anime Series to Watch With Your Parents
For younger anime fans, even today their parent may not be fully familiar with what anime is. To them, it might seem little different than the cartoons on…
ReLIFE, VINLAND SAGA, Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, Gungrave
The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Silver Spoon Volume 15
No tears are shed here as the Anti-Social Geniuses review the last volume of Hiromu Arakawa's exceptional farming manga, Silver Spoon!
Silver Spoon
I am watching Silver Spoon on VRV / Crunchyroll. I just finished the first episode. It’s a funny slice-of-life anime, about a student attending an agricultural boarding school.…
Sunday 5 years later (Chief editor Ichihara interview)
Hey all! I've been around a little more lately, but just in case you don't know who I am, it's your beleaguered translator/editor/writer/t...
Silver Spoon, Vol. 15
By Hiromu Arakawa. Released in Japan as “Gin no Saji” by Shogakukan, serialized in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday. Released in North America by Yen Press. Translated by…
S3E21 - The Golden Sheep, Burn the Witch
In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy take a magical trip to Reverse London to attend a very stylish Witch Burning before climbing up an awkward…
The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Silver Spoon Volume 14
The Anti-Social Geniuses review the penultimate volume of Silver Spoon, and leave learning Ookawa just doesn't have a face anymore!
Worth Watching – Silver Spoon / Weird Al!
Between a regular commenter talking about the manga coming to an end, watching quite a few favorite episodes, and an upcoming Anime Playlist post… Silver Spoon has been…
Pick of the Week: Farmers, Brides and Villainesses
MELINDA: In a stunning turn of events, I’ll begin this week’s column. I have only one cry to let out into the world, and that would be… “SILVER…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 382: Silver Spoon
In this episode, Xan reviews a coming of age manga that takes place in an agricultural high school. Is it any good. Grab some overalls, sit back and…
The Shōnen Guide to the Eucharist
Well, what a time! I´m 27 this year, and as I start to resemble more a seinen protagonist that a shōnen one, I know I want to be…
Sunday Variety
Two updates in a month? Yes it is indeed true and not an illusion! On the side I write a bit for the great folks at Toonami Faithful…
Claymore, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hayate the Combat Butler, Rin-ne, MAJOR 2nd
Silver Spoon, Vol. 14
By Hiromu Arakawa. Released in Japan as “Gin no Saji” by Shogakukan, serialized in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday. Released in North America by Yen Press. Translated by…
Pick of the Week: BL Unanimity
SEAN: Another week, another pick that’s blindingly obvious. I admit I am interested in Yen On’s new title, but clearly the choice is BL Metamorphosis, which seems to…
The Decade in Review: The Japanese Industry
I said I wouldn’t be updating this blog for a while, but I remembered that I was working on a two-post "decade in review" which I had star...
In This Corner of the World, Macross, Sailor Moon Crystal, Space Adventure Cobra, Blood Blockade Battlefront
S3E05 - Interspecies Reviewers, Chio's School Road
In this episode of Screentone Club Elliot and Andy get very, very lost on the way to school so decide to give up this whole manga reviewing lark…
Anime March Madness 2020: Round One (Day Two)
We kicked off the first set of matches yesterday and have four more for you today! Voting closes at 7:00 a.m. ET tomorrow. Remember that you can also…
Silver Spoon, Vol. 13
By Hiromu Arakawa. Released in Japan as “Gin no Saji” by Shogakukan, serialized in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday. Released in North America by Yen Press. Translated by…
Pick of the Week: As Expected
SEAN: A lot of diverse choices this week. The “prestige” title is clearly Downfall, but let’s face it it’s far too bleak for me. Instead, to no one’s…
Silver Spoon, Vol. 12
By Hiromu Arakawa. Released in Japan as “Gin no Saji” by Shogakukan, serialized in the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday. Released in North America by Yen Press. Translated by…
Sunday Retrospective (2019)
Greetings all! It's the end of the year and I didn't want to leave the blog without looking back at 2019 in memorandum. Sunday went throu...
Reading Log: December 2019
We’ve hit the end of the year, so it’s time for a final reading log update. Here’s what I’ve been reading and here are the rules I set…
S2E22 - Master Keaton, Silver Spoon
In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy discuss a whole BUNCH of returning champions before moving on to discussing the important things - the joy of…
S2E21 - LIVE @ Hibanacon 2019 - 'tis Time for Torture Princess, To Your Eternity
In this LIVE episode of Screentone Club recorded at Hibanacon 2019, Elliot and Andy discuss the unholy power of toast and it's applications in torturing sheltered princesses before…
City boy out of his element?
I'm currently reading the manga for Silver Spoon which was adapted into anime in 2013-14. This is one of my favorite titles from that time period and strongly…
