Welcome to the first installment of The Unpopular Poplar’s “As Good As I Remember?” Series. As the title suggests, this series will look back on anime that were important to me in…
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My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 6.5
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 11
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 12
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 8
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 13
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 14.5
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 14
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
S3E08 - My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, Kakushigoto
In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy are back to doing what they love - reading questionable light novels and glorying in the beauty of puns!Series…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 10
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 9
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Vol. 10.5
By Wataru Watari and Ponkan 8. Released in Japan as “Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru” by Gagaga Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On.…
S3E08 - My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, Kakushigoto
In this episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy are back to doing what they love - reading questionable light novels and glorying in the beauty of puns!Series…
Review: My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, as I Expected, Vol. 10
There is an entity that invades all friendships, one which gravitates toward steady relationships and seeks to veer them toward a different course. This object is called “change,”…
Review: My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected, Vol. 8
It’s no wonder that the most moving and powerful moments in Oregairu happen not in the final episodes, but in the material during season two covered in volume…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 448: My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong As I Expected
In this final manga review of 2021, Xan reviews a slice of life light novel adaptation that deals with social issues. Sit back and enjoy as he reviews My…
Reader’s Corner: Solo Leveling, Uncle from Another World, and My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong As I Expected (Final)
This week we continue with the newest volumes of favorites like Solo Leveling, which is receiving an anime adaptation, and Uncle from Another World (which has one currently…
Fanart Friday: My Pokemon Training is Wrong, As I Expected
Now imagine this: My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected, one of anime’s most thoughtful romcoms, but with Pokemon! Check out the awesome crossover illustrations below.…
Reader’s Corner: World Piece, SAO Progressive Vol. 2, and My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong Vol. 11
The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride, Vol. 1 Imperial culture had no issue with Lyse being a female knight in her first life, but she then…
Oregairu is over and so is my youth. – Reflections on Oregairu
*And immediately I have to make a disclaimer that Oregairu is technically not over, as I found out while looking up things for this piece of writing—there’s a…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 1
It’s rare that you get a proper conclusion to an anime, one that follows the original source to the end. Very few of my personal favorites have gone…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 9
A very important theme I’ve never focused on when writing some several dozen articles about Oregairu is heavily emphasized in this episode. It’s also part of the series…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 12: This is Goodbye, Then
Ahh…what a lovely way to end such a wonderful series. Many of you know that Oregairu is my favorite anime series, and though I’ve sometimes been critical of…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 2: I Never Wanted Anything Genuine
The second episode of Oregairu’s third season is Yui’s episode. But since it takes 20 minutes to get to her big scene, we’ll likewise save her for the…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 8: You Win
Episode eight of Oregairu’s final season speeds us through some of the light novel material as it wraps up planning for the dummy prom and moves us even…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 6: Wait! And Hope!
Oregairu is at it’s best in the leading up to the big moments—not the big moments themselves. While “something genuine” and other cathartic scenes are meaningful and lovely,…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 11: A Genuine Confession
“Allow me the privilege of distorting your life.” Only Hikki would make his love confession in such a way. But isn’t that just like him in the end?…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 5: To Save You
The third season of Oregairu is a lot like Game of Thrones. As it heads toward its conclusion at what I feel is a breakneck speed, it’s leaving…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 3: Dancing Toward Prom
Readers of the light novels, and astute viewers, too, will realize that while there are certainly going to be climactic portions of Oregairu season three, the entirety of…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 4: Codependency and Heartbreak
The framework of the final season of Oregairu is so interesting. In bringing the final arcs of so many characters to a close, but most fully and resoundingly…
[Eleven] My Youth Romantic Comedy Can’t Possibly be This Awkward (Thoughts on Tomozaki-kun)
In the days leading up to the release of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki-kun’s second volume, I found myself suddenly (and maybe a little unreasonably) excited to get my hands…
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic | Episode 3: Not as good as I hoped.
The third episode of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic has been completed and it wasn't as good as I hoped. Let me tell you all about it.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
New Game!(!): My Dream Is Harder Then I Expected
Ready for another week in exploring moe anime on Mechanical Anime Reviews? While I loved Mecha March and everything, it sometimes gets a little tiring in posting similar…
Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 10: A Gallant Kind of Love
I haven’t made any qualms about feeling that the final act of Oregairu is the weakest, both in the light novels and thus far, in the anime. But…
When the Higurashi Cry: My teenage horror show is pretty fucked up, as I expected.
Back when I was in my youth when I was hanging out on silly abridged series forum. Several of my fellow posters were gushing about a certain show. A…
Try Angles: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (aka My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected) is the modern light novel anime that reminded me to never judge a…
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Oregairu Season 3 (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU CLIMAX), Episode 7: Yahallo, We’ll Use Our Gadget-o
We get a little break from all the heaviness of season three with a mostly-carefree, funny episode of Oregairu. There are three major scenes in the episode, and…
Digimon Survive is Everything I Expected
It has been a long time since Digimon Survive was first announced in a V-Jump in July 2018 and after so many delays we finally got a chance…
Comedy – as a genre – is undervalued
It's gradually come to my attention that the comedy genre is undervalued. Why is that?
My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu Review (Seasons 1 & 2)
My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu is a bit of an odd duck. I don’t recall there being a whole lot of fanfare before the first season aired, but…
Yutori-chan As expected, I love Yutori-chan. It’s...
Yutori-chan As expected, I love Yutori-chan. It's hilarious and true and short enough for me to watch during crunch and it has the best themesong of all time. Here's…
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