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Acro Trip Comparison – Ep. 8
None of the first volume’s chapters have names, so you can’t start deducing what chapters are going to be adapted through chapter titles until the anime adapts a…
I Predicted the Future…6 Years Ago…
A sort of mid-point follow-up to this post.
Acro Trip Comparison – Ep. 7
This episode adapts the vol. 2 and vol. 3 bonus chapters Mashirou and Berry Blossom, the chapter from which this episode gets its name, Mashima-kun and Baryuu-san, Try…
1st Episode Impressions – The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World
Took this on because, despite me mildly wanting to check it out (…that reminds me I forgot to write up a pre-season hype list for winter 2025 entirely,…
Fate/Strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn/1st Episode Impressions
I know, Whispers of Dawn is a special from 2023 preceding the Fate/Strange Fake series which is set to air later this year. However, when I looked over…
Winter 2025 1st Ep. Impressions – Zenshu
*sighs* Looks like I’m getting back on the treadmill again… For winter 2025, I was hoping to keep it on the downlow, since I’ve still got *checks* 639…
Fairy Ranmaru Episode 3 Blog Post [Translation]
[Meta context: This is the third of 12 blog posts published to the Fairy Ranmaru website during the anime’s airing. I ended up stalling on this for over 2 years,…
Acro Trip Comparison – Ep. 3
Visit the post for more.
Acro Trip Comparison – Ep. 2
If you don’t know what’s going on, it’s this. Spoilers for the anime and manga below.
Acro Trip Comparison – Ep. 1
If you don’t know what’s going on, it’s this. Spoilers below.
(Quickly) Announcing the Acro Trip Comparison Project!
Since – as you may know if you were here earlier in fall 2024 – I’ve been staring at the Acro Trip manga samples a bunch and basically…
More Trivia Tidbits in Acro Trip (As of Ep. 6)
See the first post here. You’ll need that one to understand some of this one. (Also, there will be spoilers. You have been warned.)
Maou 2099 3rd Episode Impressions – Digressions on Romance
Since I’ve been teasing it and it’s integral to understanding why I’ve come to like Maou 2099 so much, here you are – The Familiar of Forty’s 1st…
Trivia Tidbits in Acro Trip
What even is an “Acro Trip”, you ask?
Maou 2099 2nd Episode Impressions – Defining Isekai/”We Have Hataraku Maou-sama At Home”
Contains minor spoilers for Maou 2099 light novel volume 2.
Fall 2024 1st Impressions – Acro Trip (…4 Out Of 12 Episodes In)
I have really, really bad self-control…
Fall 2024 1st Impressions – Maou 2099
…yes, I have really bad self-control. (Also, reminder you can see my hype list here.)
Fall 2024 1st Impressions – Dandadan
After a while of being away, I’m back. The siren call of anime was never really gone anyway, between Kaiju No 8 and Oshi no Ko.
Musings on Magical Boys (Of Different Stripes)
So…if you haven’t heard, Boueibu is coming back in 2024 and will drop a film in winter 2025. I owe a lot to Boueibu and I’m celebrating, sure,…
Kaiju Number 8’s Take on Women in Male Spaces
Meta note: This is an article I wrote for an anime website. I didn’t sign a proper contract on it, so I figured I’d release it this way…
It’s Catching Up Time! (Spoiler-free Takes on Kaiju No 8, Call of the Night and Oshi no Ko)
I’ve been struggling to write a post since the last one, especially since I’ve been start-stopping the occasional anime around the Amazing Race (currently watching season 1 for…
The First Anime That Made Me Cry
Inspired by this Anime News Network editorial.
How to Keep the Amazing Race…Well, Amazing
The Amazing Race Australia season 7 (henceforth TAR Aus. 7) did something annoying, but they put a fresh spin on it.
Why Are Anime and Manga So Obsessed With “Blue Spring”?
It’s partially a language thing, partially something else…
Hiatus Announcement + The Future of This Blog
I feel like I owe people an explanation after shutting down my blog so quickly…
Why, As Anime and Manga Fans, We Should Learn to Rely on Others (+ Announcement)
…yes, even if you’re a Japanese translator of the highest degree.
(Irregular) Manga Reads
Where I shoot the breeze on what I’ve read recently, much like this post. Note I read a lot of Bookwalker digital manga from my backlog while I…
Positive My Life (Translation)
This is a song from Hypnosis Mic’s latest EP release, The Block Party – Hoods. I noticed I usually make a mess of longer translations, so I wanted…
Don’t Hate the Localisation Process
Regarding the Ancient Magus’ Bride translation.
How Accurate is Internet Buzz as a Overall Gauge of Interest?
Based on the talkback from this Anime News Network post.
5 Anime for Those Who Don’t Want to Watch Gushing Over Magical Girls
Gushing Over Magical Girls is being controversial for…just being itself, it seems, so here’s some options so that you feel less guilty about being on a government watchlist.
The Drinking Problem
(…no, I don’t mean I have one…)
Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima (+) Review
This post, for the uninitiated, covers Rhyme Anima seasons 1 and 2, so obviously, spoilers ahead! You may also need to read up on the previous Hypnosis Mic…
A Guide to Mochikororins
Another post in the “guide to” series.
Crossing Over with Akane-banashi
Ever since Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu became my top-rated series of all time, I’ve been dying to read some rakugo manga…but I found what I wanted in an…
Making Money Moves (Update Post)
What if I told you a cup of juice was enough for me to change my life around?
The Doujinshi Debate
I’m coming to this post several years too late and took a while to form coherent opinions I was willing to post, but as someone who’s been on…
Language Learning 2023 – Update Post 1
Ever since the first post, I’ve been planning to do check-in posts for accountability every few months. My reminders are set for the first of each month, but…
Hyping Up Spring 2023 (…A Little Late)
To be honest, I never thought I’d see myself straying from the path of seasonal anime after 5 years of sticking with it.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Magical Destroyers, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Skip and Loafer, Tokyo Mew Mew
10 Things That Bring Me Joy
Inspired by this post by Rose and this post by Crimson.
Lost in Translation with Cipher Academy
When I was told even a professional translator found a cipher manga impossible to translate, I had to get in on the action. (Spoilers for Cipher Academy up…
Language Learning Goals for 2023
Typically, I’m quite good at maintaining set goals, as you could see with the resolutions in 2018, which I finished 3 months early. Meanwhile, I kept saying in…
Learn Japanese with HypMic: Some Other Things
This is basically the part 2 of this post. These things aren’t entirely compulsory for learning Japanese, but they pop up in HypMic and…maybe…if you want to learn…
Learn Japanese with HypMic: The Very Basics
To be honest, I’ve been wanting to get something like this off the ground for a while. Just a preface: this is meant to be a guide specifically…
RobiHachi is Cleverer Than You Think It Is
…you didn’t think the dumb mech show was actually an allusion to something, did you? (/jk)