How the heck do you tell your life story in two pages or less?
The Accidental Otaku - The Official JMaz Anime Substack
Mar 17, 2025 • Subscribe
More like this
My Complicated Feelings Towards Metroid Dread
To begin, I’d like to highlight that the discourse surrounding Metroid Dead has been an absolute cesspool, and I’d prefer not to contribute to that environment. If you…
My Complicated Thoughts on Generative AI
With all the talk I’ve been seeing about generative AI, I had to give my two cents about this topic. Whenever I see a post or a video…
My Complicated Thoughts on This One =LOVE Song
Have you ever had trouble thinking whether a song was good or not? That’s what I’ve been going through recently… and it’s been two whole weeks now. To…
My Complicated Thoughts on This One =LOVE Song
Have you ever had trouble thinking whether a song was good or not? That’s what I’ve been going through recently… and it’s been two whole weeks now. To…
My Complicated Thoughts on This One =LOVE Song
Have you ever had trouble thinking whether a song was good or not? That's what I've been going through recently... and it's been two whole weeks now. To…
My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 1 – It’s Complicated
One of my goals for this year was watching and reading more material that make me uncomfortable and pushing my own boundaries a bit more. Based on the…
My Feelings On Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Are Complicated
Would have gone easier if the best fight scene wasn’t in the third fucking episode.
My Complicated Relationship With Fanservice and Yuri in Anime
This blog post was incredibly hard to make. I may say some things that you may not agree with, but if you’re really interested in what I truly…
My Complicated Thoughts on the Bunny Girl Senpai Movie
To be honest, I didn’t think I would write another one of these posts where I ramble/rant about an anime I had some problems with. Usually after I…
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
This Week in Anime - Sex in Anime is Complicated
Nick and Lucas use last week's Chainsaw Man manga chapter as a springboard to discuss sex and sexuality in manga, from messy to raunchy to endearing depictions.
How to Write a Japanese Resume
Follow this handy guide on how to write a Japanese resume when applying for your next job in Japan.
XXXHOLiC Rei to resume serialization in April
The wait is over!!! CLAMP’s official website and social networks announced today that the serialization of XXXHOLiC Rei will be resumed in Young Magazine #21, which goes on…
VG Pulse 285: Complicated Simplicity
This week on VG Pulse, we start and end with sad news, but hopefully fill the middle with entertainment! We start off with side notes of the sad…
Teaching at International Schools in Japan: How I Added the IB Certificate to My Resume
Here’s what I learned from earning certification in a global education program and how it boosted my professional development.
The Complicated Man Who Made 'Rudolph'
Plus: animation news and a Ghibli ad.
That Complicated Guy / 複雑な彼 / Fukuzatsu no kare (aka ‘A Complicated Man’,1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #238Jiro Tamiya This Daiei production stars Jiro Tamiya as Joji Miyagi, who works as a flight attendant for a Japanese airline. One day, en route to San Francisco,…
A Couple of Cuckoos – 08 – Family’s Complicated
While Erika is out shopping, Nagi is preoccupied with her words on the beach about his “fate changing” if he knew who she was trying to reach through…
Twin Peaks: A Complicated Yet Delightful World
January sixteenth, year two thousand twenty-five, David Lynch passes away at the age of seventy-eight due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. For a while it was known Lynch…
Thunderbolt Fantasy season three is the most complicated puppet show I have ever watched
Talking weaponized musical instruments are always fresh.
I Should Resume Watching the Anime: S.H.Figuarts “NieR:Automata ver 1.1a” 2B
2B is technically not mecha, but she’s an android. And the franchise does feature mechanical lifeforms and actual mecha, so go figure. Prior to its initial premiere earlier…
I am about to resume ISLAND (both anime and visual novel)
I decided to start playing the ISLAND visual novel on September 2, 2018. I bought it because I kind of want to watch the ISLAND anime, but I…
“Hollow Hunger” — Overlord and a Complicated Viewing Experience
I’m coming in hot this time, Overlord has caused me more frustration than anything I can remember watching in the last few years. Four…
My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex
My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
Yuri Is My Job!
Yuri Is My Job! is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....
My Childhood Is Ruined...
I just watched that Quiet On Set documentary series on Max, and man...that was a hard watch. I actually grew up watching a lot of the shows featured…
My Artist is Dead.
Hello again! Apologies for the long silence. It was not intentional! An unexpected spike in demand for my physical presence in the real world is to blame, combined…
My blog is Changing!
My blog is changing, like a wiggly caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly! Look Up! I just wanted to let everyone know that the “I’m Currently Watching” list…
My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex – 05 – The Moon Is Beautiful
One night, before they started going out, Mizuto and Yume were in adjacent rooms on a middle school class trip. When they both looked out their windows at…
![Featured image for [Concept Analysis] Knighthood: It’s Complicated – A Broad Overview of Knights](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20240727/1722100193.87855.127991.png)
[Concept Analysis] Knighthood: It’s Complicated – A Broad Overview of Knights
Source: Sigrid, Chapter 15 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting A while ago I analyzed the concept of a mage defined within the work The Return of the…
First Impression: My Stepmom’s Daughter is my Ex
In middle school, framed now in glorious golden light, Yume Irido used to be Yume Ayai, the timid girl with glasses who dated the clumsy and smiling Mizuto Irido.…
First Impression: My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex
This is my third anime this season. Here my review for first 4 episodes of My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex.
First Look: My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex
The title says it all.
Episode 217 - My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex
This week, Shaun has decided that Remington has been riding high long enough! Join us as we watch 3 episodes of the "totally not incest" My Stepmom's Daughter…
My Stepsister is My Ex-Girlfriend Review — B-
His stepsister is his ex-girlfriend. The rare incest anime where I am more concerned about the parents than the children.
My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex – Episode 1
A just okay premiere that plays weird sex chicken at times with its "it's complicated" stepsibling relationship, but seems to be aware of the line it definitely shouldn't…
My Sixth Novel is Here!
Evolution's Hand Book 6: Unnatural Crypsis: The sixth and final book in the series Evolution's Hand is now available for purchase!
2020 Is My Manga Prime !!
I see you there manga friends waiting patiently for this post, I covered 2019 favourites now you want to know what I’m salivating for this year. Come read…
My Fave is Problematic: Nobunagun
You never know when a series you watch on a whim will turn out to be one of your favorites. That’s how I discovered Nobunagun: I just plopped…
My Fourth Novel is Here!
My Fourth Novel is Here! Evolution's Hand Book 4: Blind Exodus is now here! You can order it from Amazon, Apple, and Barnes & Noble!
My Senpai is Annoying 09
AstroNerdBoy reviews My Senpai is Annoying 09. Kazama, Takeda, Yuuto, Sakurai, Futaba, and Natsumi arrive at the beach for some fun.
What is my favourite season?
Summer isn’t my favourite season, so which is it?
Querying is Draining My Soul
I have made nothing in the last month. This isn’t due to Covid or depression, though the former has led to a bit of the latter. It isn’t…
My Fave is Problematic: Kakegurui
It soon becomes clear that within Hyakkaou Academy, it's the women who get shit done. That was where I found what had first caught my interest in the…
My Fave is Problematic: Free!
One of the biggest gripes I have now with Free! is the amount of fanservice the show throws at you. While the perfectly sculpted muscles of the main…
My Journal is Fully Digitized
In April 2013, after I filled out one of my journals, I started a personal project where I would digitize all the journal entries I had written. This…
And My Anime Review is. . .?
After much anime soul searching, deep diving anime research, and looking for guidance from my anime taro cards, I finally managed to dig up a new anime series…
My Fave is Problematic: Bleach
Bleach means quite a lot to me. It’s the foundation for so much of my work as an artist and writer that breaking it down into its smaller…
THIS IS NOT MY CHILD!
Hello and welcome back to another video today we will be covering a pretty solid horror manga titled This is Not My Child! A whole lot of delusional…
One Complicated Backpack: HGCE Rising Freedom Gundam – Work in Progress #2
I spent the last couple of days building the HGCE Rising Freedom Gundam and while I do appreciate the modern nuances Bandai Spirits placed in the kit, I…
Anime Series Like My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex
In middle school, two bookish kids met in the library, bonding over books, and eventually dating. However, as time went on, the small annoyances began to
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Citrus, Domestic Girlfriend, Eromanga Sensei, Kaguya-sama: Love is War