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Dropping the Cross
Lately, much of my time has been going towards learning how to write screenplays and research on the subject of the story, which explains the lack of posts.…
Common Immodesty
I decided to drop Sorairo Utility. After a fun start, this anime committed the cardinal sin which no self-respecting viewer can tolerate for long: it bored me. Learning…
Male vs. Female Voices
Flower and Asuna utilizes an interesting idea for an anime. The tale began as a manga, but the concept behind it can only be properly enjoyed as a…
The Proper Scales
Anime titles, especially in the realm of isekai, are getting too long these days. So, I’m happy to see a nice short title like Headhunted to Another World.…
Frieren’s Demons and the Limits of Evil
Reading the Frieren manga has been a treat. The anime follows the manga with a slavish exactitude, so I read exactly what I have seen in vivid colors.…
Dusting off Scrapped Princess
During Advent, I went ahead and watched Scrapped Princess for the fourth time. This show aired back in 2003, which likely makes it an old school anime for…
On the Advent of Advent
May all of my dear readers have enjoyed a happy St. Andrew’s Day yesterday–especially those who are Catholic or Scottish. I must confess to have overdone the celebrating…
Points about Heretic (2024)
Last weekend, I watched the movie Heretic, starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. Usually, I don’t write about live action movies, but this one has topics…
What about Luce?
I’d like to congratulate all of the Trump supporters who helped their candidate achieve one of the greatest political comebacks in American history. Now, a second U.S. president…
Back on Twitter
I took off from writing on Sunday and must confess that this will only be a short message letting everyone know that I have returned to Twitter. So,…
People are Still a Woman’s Best Work
The AD Police Files is set in the same world as Bubblegum Crisis, differing from that more renowned anime by including much darker stories. It still features humanoid…
Start of NaBloPoMo
Committing to posting once per diem over the course of a month seems crazy if you consider how little I have written of late. It has been some…
A Reading Hiatus
Well, dear readers, putting my thoughts together on anime has been rather difficult of late. Truth be told, even the desire to watch anime has been wanting of…
Personality Effaced in Service
He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30) The anime and the manga of Izakaya Nobu stand out in that the protagonists exude far less personality than…
How to Go About Doing Good
Somehow, I find myself watching Inuyasha again. I picked it up from the beginning of season four and have made my way to the beginning of the Band…
Can’t Love God
I finished watching the prologue to Oshi no Ko, which is an hour and a half long film showing the origins of our two protagonists. This series has…
Rating the Anime of Spring 2024
One cannot praise Spring 2024 enough for the plethora of excellent anime it offered–especially in light of the present season. I ended up dropping two anime, because they…
Only Bad Spirits?
A friend of mine lent me several volumes of Mieruko-chan. I have not watched the 2021 anime, so my perspective on it is based on the manga. Miko…
Necessary Suffering
A four and a half star anime came up this season, namely Unnamed Memory. It kept me hooked from start to finish. There are some big fans of…
Basically Free of Summer 2024 Anime
To say that none of the anime of summer 2024 catches my eye would be a lie, but I only feel invested in Sengoku Youko. This gives me…
Short Story: The Monk in the Arena
Some fascinating news for you, my dear readers! I’ve written a short story. It’s the first one which I have published in twelve years. Some people on X…
The Purification of the Intellect
Of late, I have tried to read the Bible more often. (How avidly I read the Scriptures goes up and down. Truly, it’s a collection of books one…
Spring 2024 Mid-Season Review
This season has provided us with so many good anime that I feel compelled to drop one. If you guessed Yataragarasu, you would be incorrect. The Misfit of…
Spring 2024 Anime and an Experiment
A total of eleven anime caught my eye from this season. I would not be surprised if I dropped four or five of them before the end. Usually,…
Women, Violence, and Anime
The thought came to my mind while watching Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Anyone else annoyed by the lack of the article “the” before “Journey’s”?) that moderns …
Rating the Anime of Winter 2024
It has been far too long since I rated a season like this. The spring season of anime has only just begun, so I hope that I’m not…
Delicious in Dungeon, Metallic Rouge, Sengoku Youko, Solo Leveling, The Witch and the Beast
12th Anniversary Post
Here we are! Twelve years writing about anime and religion. How much things have changed since 2012! The one constant is that I still watch anime. (Fun fact:…
At Last! Reached #700!
Here I was hoping to have reached this point a couple of months ago, but I just finished Spriggan moments ago. It is amazing how little delays add…
The Dagger of Kamui (1985)
Ever want to watch a ninja anime which includes an epic journey to the United States of America where the hero meets Mark Twain before returning to Japan…
7 Movies to 700 Anime
The last time I did a series of posts like this was back in 2018 when I hit 500 anime. That time I put up a poll to have…
The Eminence in Pride
The beauty within The Eminence in the Shadow struck me: elegant backgrounds, stylish fights, and gorgeous women are found throughout the anime. I took great pleasure in just looking…
Looking Back at My Manga of 2023
The idea came to me to look back on the manga I read last year. My Goodreads reading challenge reveals a rather sporadic manga reading year: I never read…
7 Quick Takes for Christmastide
Let me wish all of my dear readers a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! In light of the Christmas Octave, I thought that I would post some…
In/Spectre’s Problem of Atonement
The last episode of In/Spectre S2 unveiled a fascinating moral problem. The episode stands outside of the other story arcs, so all the spoilers below only relate to…
The Virtue of Vengeance: Clare’s Vendetta Against Priscilla
I just finished watching Claymore again–this time in the English dub. The voice actors and actresses did a great job. The way they translated “Yowasa ga tsumi” (Weakness…
Claymore & Fighting Dragons
Watching familiar, old anime is a delight in which far too few fans indulge. These days, everyone talks about a season’s best two or three anime, which will…
Bakemonogatari Manga Not Worthwhile After Watching the Anime
I have been reading a couple of manga of Nisio Isin: Bakemonogatari and Imperfect Girl. Both were part of a deal on Humble Bundle which I took advantage…
Custody of the Eyes and of the Mind
The misfortune of spending one’s money unwisely always leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth, which can only be alleviated by not having spent much. Buying four volumes…
The True Message in Isekai de Cheat Skill
The premise of I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World seems completely fantastical and worthy of its genre, where each series tries a new gimmick to grab…
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster: A Sign of Hope
To my reckoning, this story is a little more than a week old. After being dead and buried for four years, the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was…
Magical Destroyers’ Spirit of Revolution
Watching the first two episodes of Magical Destroyers stood as a unique experience for me because of the clarity with which I saw the wares they tried to…
Divine Mercy Chaplet in Japanese
The idea for this post comes from looking for a Japanese translation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which our Lord revealed to St. Faustina Kowalska for the conversion…
Babylon and the Suicide of Moral Argumentation
An anime came out in 2019 called Babylon. I don’t remember Babylon receiving too much discussion at the time. I attempted to watch the first episode, and it…
A Noticeable Absence in Suzume
Suzume is a good anime movie to watch. Fans of animation are sure to be pleased with it, and even the English voice actors performed well. Suzume fits…
Going to the Theater: Suzume
Having watched Your Name and Weathering with You, I am eager to see and support Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume by paying a visit to the theater tomorrow. I have…
The Results of Removing UY’s Soul
The most important thing for any film adaptation is to recreate the feel of the original work. Slavishly adhering to the original plot is not necessary as long…
Rating the Anime of Spring 2022
You know, there were too many anime worth watching during the spring season. Only one ranked as high as four stars in my opinion, but the ten anime…
Quick Takes for a New Year
Let me wish you all a much belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! If I was a proper blogger, you’d have heard from me twice ere…
The Tipsy Pelican Tavern Series
The Tipsy Pelican Tavern series is an English fantasy series in the tradition of Japan’s light novels. I happened upon the series quite by accident while searching for…
Reblog: The Roman Martyrs and 86ers
Here’s my latest post on Beneath the Tangles. I want to get more into the story of 86 and might pick up the light novels in the near…