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It’s sort of ironic that an episode about a typhoon was the calm before the storm.
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Those casting for bigger narrative fish will have to wait another week.
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First Impression: Negative Positive Angler
No luck. That’s how Sasaki Tsunehiro’s life goes. He’s in heavy debt that keeps accumulating, spends his days in a rut playing Pachinko, and apparently, sometimes attempting suici…
First Look: Negative Positive Angler
Tsunehiro’s life has fallen apart, culminating in news from his doctor that he only has two years left to live. After accidentally falling off a bridge, he is…
First Look: Negative Positive Angler
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After falling into a depression, Tsunehiro Sasaki stops going to college and wracks up a huge gambling debt. To make matters worse, a doctor discovered a
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Negative Positive Angler – Episode 1
Dives in deep on illness and suicide without feeling too bleak, and might just thread the needle if you're down for some fishing.
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 09
Episode Synopsis: With a typhoon on the way, everyone’s plans are cancelled so they hang out at the Everymart. Later, the debt collectors join them by chance, and…
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 09
Fun fact - the seiyuu playing Kawamata Sanae is named Osanai.
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 09
Yet another big name in a small role. Read more
Negaposi Angler – 08
Slice of life is, as much as anything, about the pain normal people live with on an everyday basis.
Negaposi Angler – 04
Anime about people really interested in something can be interesting just by the act of showing that.
Negaposi Angler -11
Observational humor is something this series does very well and it's smart not to abandon it.
Negaposi Angler – 06
It always seemed likely the show had another gear it would eventually shift into.
Negaposi Angler – 03
There are people like Takaaki in the world, and sometimes they’re the only ones who can break through with a person like Hiro.
The Positive Negative Review
I am one of the three people out there that openly admits to being a fan of ranty or negative reviews. Most bloggers hold back from writing overly…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 08
Episode Synopsis: Divorcee Machida has a day of fishing with his son, Yuu. Hiro, Hana, and Tataaki tag along for moral support, but it’s clear that there’s a…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 03
Episode Synopsis: Tsunehiro (Hiro) bails on the group and crashes in a net café for the night, but crosses paths with a few of them the next day…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 12
Episode Synopsis: Takaaki and Hiro spend a long night of fishing together, slowly opening back up to one another. Hiro says he’s gone back to the hospital, and…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 07
Episode Synopsis: Hana drags Hiro out to fish for sardinella with her, Takaaki, Kozue, and the mysterious Fujishiro-san. Sardinella are small fry, though, which require yet another specialized…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 11
Episode Synopsis: Hiro fills in for Takaaki at the Everymart when the latter doesn’t return. While he fails to stave off workplace rumors about the nature of their…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 05
Episode Synopsys: Hiro receives his first paycheck, and is wavering between paying back some of his debt or spending it having fun. His co-worker Kozue helps decide the…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: Takaaki and Hiro spend a long night of fishing together, slowly opening back up to one another. Hiro says he’s gone back to the hospital, and…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 06
Episode Synopsis: Ice bails Tsunehiro (Hiro) out of a language barrier situation, revealing she can speak Mandarin and that she’s a model who moved to Japan to pursue…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 04
Episode Synopsis: Now living with Takaaki after settling his immediate debts, Hiro starts his actual work at the Everymart. He catches on to most of the work quickly,…
Second Impressions – NegaPosi Angler
I’m still not fully hooked (pun intended), but I am finding NegiPosi Angler pretty interesting.
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: Machida ends up in the hospital after a skateboarding accident, so Hiro & Co. head over to bring him some necessary items. Trauma kicks in bad…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 02
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It would be hard to overstate how much better this worked than the last couple of arcs.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 09
That the Japanese need series like these to reassure them that it doesn't have to be like that is sad as Hell, but it's nice to have one…
Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 09
Talk about flower power. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 09
Helck getting a look at the darker side of demonkind seems like it might be a moment. Read more
Patron Pick Winter 2023: Mononogatari – 09
I don’t think it would be inaccurate to call Mononogatari a slow build sort of show. Read more
NegaPosi Angler #01 — Social Safety Nets
Maybe stop going to casinos, my guy. Two down, six to go. Impressions: This one missed the mark pretty hard too. Starting off with a hanging is…
NegaPosi Angler Episode 1: Rock(y) Bottom
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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 05
Can you imagine "The Chinese Restaurant" or "The Parking Garage" with little or no humor? Do you want to?
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 04
Was this interesting? I guess sort of, though that's very much in the eye of the beholder.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 08
For me at least the ship has long since sailed on Shoushimin Series being remotely realistic.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 07
It’s always a bit of a minefield when pure slice-of-life series get serious in their final episodes.
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 06
I almost expected him to light a cigarette.
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 06
The voters have spoken. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 08
An episode like this one provides an indication of what Raven of the Inner Palace is capable of at its best. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 10
It says something for how persuasive Koukyuu no Karasu's good points are that it keeps doing the things it does that annoy me and I'm still on-board. Read…
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I confess that ending had me checking the calendar there for a second. Read more