The Summer of Love V continues! This week we are taking a look at one of the main characters of the series and examine a specific part of her personality or history. It is always fun to do these wh…
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Hey guys. For the last four years, I have undergone a summer project. I dive into a series, going into every aspect of its seasons, main characters and…
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The Summer of Love V with Shakugan no Shana: The Season 1 Specials!
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The Summer of Love V: Final Thoughts on Shakugan no Shana
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The Summer of Love with Shakugan no Shana: The Season 2 Specials!
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The Summer of Love V with Shakugan no Shana Episodes 1-12: The Hunter Arc to Aizen Sibling Arc!
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Shakugan no Shana: Season One
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The Summer of Love V: Shakugan no Shana Episodes 13-24: The Girl from Tendokyu Arc to Bal Masque Arc!
The Summer of Love V continues! Last week we discussed the music of Shakugan no Shana and now it’s time to return to the series itself! The second…
The Summer of Love with Shakugan no Shana Final Episodes 1-12: Blackout to Battle of Seireiden Arcs!
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The Summer of Love with Shakugan no Shana II Episodes 13-24: Colorful Wave to Grand Order Arcs!
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Tune of the Week(ish): Shakugan no Shana’s Aka no Seijaku
Start the summer holidays with some calm music and good art. The Tune of the Week is the second ending to Shakugan no Shana: Aka no Seijaku by…
The Summer of Love with Shakugan no Shana Final Episodes 13-24: Battle of Seireiden to Final Battle of Misaki City Arcs!
The Summer of Love V continues! We are finally here! The last batch of episodes of Shakugan no Shana! Oh man this has been a journey and now…
The Summer of Love with Shakugan no Shana II Episodes 1-12: Village of Jestful Slumber to Omens of a Storm Arc
The Summer of Love V continues! We are now getting into the second season and the plot is…well it’s moving alright. Does it work? Does it do anything…
Tune of the Week(ish): Shakugan no Shana’s Yoake Umarekuru Shojo
You gotta love it when a song just sounds epic when it has no reason to be. The Tune of the Week is the first ending theme to…
Shakugan no Shana: Great Ideas, Good Moments, Crappy Script
Shakugan no Shana was a difficult series for me to watch, but also a challenge. The first time I went into The Summer of Love with a new…
Shakugan no Shana’s Yuji Sakai: Fresh Eyes, Screwed by the Script
The Summer of Love V continues! We are almost at the end, but we can’t finish this off without a look at this boy! This will be a…
UNBOXING | Shakugan no Shana 電撃文庫 FIGHTING CLIMAX SEGA Prize Figures
It’s been ages since I last got in any Shana figure for my collection. The last time I did get one in was about 3 or 4 years…
The Summer of Love IV with Cardcaptor Sakura
Hey guys. Well it is once again time for this! For the last three years I’ve spent every summer taking a real hard look at a certain series.…
The Summer of Love II with Date A Live
Hey guys. Last summer, I undertook a massive blogging project. Over the course of three months I decided that I would do a full re-watch and collection of…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan
Hey guys. It’s that time once again. For the last five years, I have undergone a summer project. I dive into a series, going into every aspect of…
DanMachi V – 06 – Monopoly of Love
The ruthless, systematic gaslighting of Bell Cranel continues with a visit to Freya Familia’s healer Heith. She diagnoses him with a curse that has planted false memories in…
The Summer of Love with Attack on Titan: The Marley Arc!
The Summer of Love VI continues! We are now in the last part of Attack on Titan and the board has shifted greatly! I’ve spoken about the Godfather…
The Summer of Love IV with Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
The Summer of Love IV continues! We have reached the final piece of media! The final chapter in this long journey of a girl and her magical cards.…
The Summer of Love III with Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya
Hey guys. For the last two years, I have undergone a summer project. I dive into a series, going into every aspect of its seasons, main characters and…
The Summer of Love IV with Cardcaptor Sakura: Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
The Summer of Love IV continues! Last week we finally wrapped up our look at the final few episodes of the first half of the series. With that…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: The Clash of the Titans Arc!
The Summer of Love continues! We’ve talked about the English dub, and now it is time to return to the story. Where we last left off, our “heroes”…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: The Female Titan Arc!
The Summer of Love continues! We’ve discussed the music of the series, and now we return to the story. I ran rather lukewarm on the first two arcs…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: The Royal Government Arc
The Summer of Love continues! Last week we took a look at some quick character dives because Mikasa is a one-note piece of shit. This time we turn…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: Character Dive Quickies!
The Summer of Love VI continues! This week was supposed be a character dive in Mikasa Ackerman, but honestly? There isn’t much to say about her. I’ve gone…
The Power of Two: Rei and Shinji
Okay, Neon Genesis Evangelion is too cool for words and everyone knows it. This is not news. One of the ways it’s cool is that it has multiple…
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumoku Rei
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died is a poignant, deeply sublimated, barely acknowledged (but definitely queer) love story between a boy and… the monster that…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: Final Thoughts on the Series
The Summer of Love concludes! Three months ago I decided to finally set down and watch, front to back, the entire series of Attack on Titan. Now that…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: The English Dub: Part 1
The Summer of Love VI continues! Before we go headlong into the second season, I want to take some time and take a gander at the dub of…
The Summer of Love VI with Attack on Titan: Return to Shiganshina Arc!
The Summer of Love VI continues! This week we hit a big turning point in the story of Attack on Titan. Plot lines are resolved, but new twists…
Welspiner Rei
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The Summer of Love IV: The Music of Cardcaptor Sakura
The Summer of Love IV continues! This week we are discussing the music of the series! Cardcaptor Sakura has always had good tunes, and some that are beloved by…
The Summer of Love III: The Music of Fate/Illya
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The Summer of Love with Cardcaptor Sakura Episodes 1-10: Sakura and the Clow Cards
The Summer of Love IV begins! It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally here! It is time to take a look at one of the…
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The Summer of Love II: The Music of Date A Live
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I’m in Love with the Villainess – 08 – Labors of Love
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The Summer of Love IV with Cardcaptor Sakura: Episodes 47-55: Sakura and the Sakura Cards!
The Summer of Love IV continues! We have watched the first anime film and now it is time to return to the main series! With the Clow cards…
The Summer of Love IV with Cardcaptor Sakura: Episodes 40-46: Sakura and the Last Judgement
The Summer of Love IV continues! Now I know I was doing this show in ten episode chunks, but since the first half of the story ends here,…
Neon Genesis Evangelion – 5 [Rei, Beyond the Heart/Rei I] – Throwback Thursday
Finally, Throwback Thursday returns, with a new episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion! Apologies for the wait. I have explained across a number of posts now, but work and…
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