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Review: A FOREIGN LOVE AFFAIR
It's time once more for me to dive into my boxes of BL and find a fresh new handful to talk about this Pride month. We'll start off…
Boys’ Love, Fandom, and Italy: A Passionate Affair
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Yuzu’s mother remarried and it means she’ll be going to a new high school… an all-girl high school… a very strict all-girl high school… and her new step-sister…
Citrus (Volume 1) – Love Affair?
When Aihara Yuzu’s mother remarries, she finds herself at a new school. Its strict regime doesn’t gel with Yuzu’s fun reality and she soon butts heads with the…
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Dimension W Episode 6 Review: A Foreign Prince and a Restless Youth
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Knowing When to Give Up – Anime’s Love Affair with Determination
Never give up! Never surrender!!! If you’ve watched any amount of shonen anime (or really any popular action based media aimed at a younger audience) it’s a sentiment…
Affair, Streaming on Youtube
After GAP and Blank we now have Affair, a recently completed Thai live-action yuri series available on YouTube. Like those series, Affair is based on a novel by…
Love Does Not Equal Trust – Saikey Studios Releases Sweet Wife’s Affair
On December 8th Saikey Studios released "Sweet Wife's affair" a translation for a 2023 Atelier Sakura game.
A ‘Progressive Foreign Policy’ is Nostalgia for a Bygone Era
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Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia
Ready? Time to dive into a small number of Girls with Guns once again! Back into Dirty Pair So yeah, this was originally meant to be posted during…
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 38 (It’s a Family Affair!) #Yashahime
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3 Reasons To Skip: Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth
An objectively unfinished SOL anime
Anime Secret Santa 2013: Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth
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Summertime Render – 19 – Haine-ous Affair
No sooner does Shinpei wake up in what might be his final loop does Haine swoop down on him in the form of a mocking, gloating crow. She…
Love and Fortune, a Review
Love and Fortune is a Netflix and TV Tokyo live-action series that focuses on the life of Wako Taira and her love for a 15-year-old high school student.…
Love and Fortune, a Review
Love and Fortune is a Netflix and TV Tokyo live-action series that focuses on the life of Wako Taira and her love for a 15-year-old high school student.…
Can A Foreign Fan Ever Enjoy Anime to the Fullest?
Surprisingly, my title is actually a serious question. It just sounds kinds stupid. Not a question I know the answer to but one I have been pondering over…
A Condition Called Love Episode 5 Review – Genuine Love
I tried explaining this anime to my brother. He wasn’t interested in watching it but he did like listening to me talk about it.
A Condition Called Love Episode 5 Review – Genuine Love
I tried explaining this anime to my brother. He wasn’t interested in watching it but he did like listening to me talk about it.
Mao, Volume 1: Another Rumiko Takahashi Affair
Encase you were wondering, Rumiko Takahashi is still at it when creating manga. After literal decades of being on top of the manga world with one hit or…
A Condition Called Love Review — D-
A very romantic show in which a girl with no self-respect dates her future abuser.
Anime of Foreign Fears: Samurai Champloo
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How To Find A Foreign Baby Name That Also Works in Japanese
Looking for a cross-cultural name for your little one? We have you covered! Read on for a how-to guide on finding names from non-Japanese languages that would feel…
Love, a Kitten, and a Salty Dog Manga Review
Love, a Kitten, and a Salty Dog is, by and large, a pleasant read, but it feels like a story that was shoved into a one-volume format when…
Manga Review – A Polar Bear in Love
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A review of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
On a moonlit night, just before returning to school, newly minted high school student Yuta Togashi steps out onto the balcony of his family’s apartment to put out…
Will Love in Spring | A Drama Review
"Will Love in Spring" is a Chinese drama based on a novel, portraying the contrasting lives and relationships of its characters. It explores love, healing, and imperfections through…
Dandadan Episode 7 Review – A Mother’s Love
Give your mothers a big hug after this.
Anime working conditions and the foreign animators
The degradation of the anime industry and the rampant participation of foreign animators
Japan and the Foreign Language Film Oscar
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They go on a date, but their feelings aren’t mutual.
Review: Love after Love (2020)
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A Condition Called Love Vol. 1 Manga Review
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A Side Character’s Love Story Volume 1 Review
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Whisper Me a Love Song Vol 1 Review
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A Condition Called Love Vol. 1 Manga Review
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Whisper Me a Love Song Volume 1 Review
Himari doesn’t know much about music, but she’s fallen in love her senpai Yori after watching her perform in a band during the first day of school. “Fallen…
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A Beast In Love (2020) review [JFFH 2021]
“A divisive exploration of various sides of the crazy little thing called love but also a demented finale, which is as disturbingly violent as it is shockingly romantic.”
A Polar Bear in Love Volume 5 Review
A Polar Bear in Love volume 5 does enough to help fill in the multi-year void thanks to Cathy's story and seeing hope for interspecies relationships.
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Are Foreign Tourists Eating All of Japan’s Rice?
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How Are Foreign Tourists Getting Japanese Driver’s Licenses?
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Letters From Japan: “Did He Just Want To Try Sleeping With A Foreign Woman?”
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Vlad Love Review
“you really have to be an older, more experienced anime fan to get all of Vlad Love’s shtick”