For this week’s Why It Works piece, I wrote a response to To Your Eternity’s phenomenal first episode. I haven’t been cross-posting my Why It Works pieces, since I link them all o…
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To Your Eternity
By Jeannette Ng. To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Oima is the sort of story where I at once want you to know nothing about the premise but also…
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To Your Eternity – Episode 12
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Episode 163 - To Your Eternity
This week, it’s been a few weeks since we have done something weird, so why not embrace the eggy orb and watch 5 episodes of To Your Eternity? Meanwhile,…
To Your Eternity – Episode 4
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To Your Eternity – Episode 9
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To Your Eternity – Episode 19
Hayase may be one of the biggest threats in this series, but she should share her training routine. I mean, Oniguma would have literally crushed anyone else to…
To Your Eternity – Episode 18
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To Your Eternity – Episode 5
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To Your Eternity – Episode 8
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To Your Eternity – Episode 7
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To Your Eternity – Episode 13
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To Your Eternity – Episode 17
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To Your Eternity – Episode 16
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To Your Eternity – Episode 10
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First Look: To Your Eternity
An immortal, shape-changing orb is cast upon the earth. It grows, learns, and changes as it meets various people and has various experiences.
To Your Eternity – Episode 3
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To Your Eternity – Episode 15
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To Your Eternity – Episode 1
To Your Eternity manages to capture that slow, sad and gentle storytelling that I’m used to seeing in shows like Natsume’s Book of Friends and Mushishi
To Your Eternity – Episode 14
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To Your Eternity – Episode 15
I take back everything that I've said. Give me back the slice-of-life silly moments of To Your Eternity. I knew things were going to get intense and sad,…
To Your Eternity – Episode 6
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To Your Eternity – Episode 11
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To Your Eternity – 12 – Crushmore
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To Your Eternity – Episode 2
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To Your Eternity – 14 – Hail to the Chief
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To Your Eternity ep. 13 – Empathy
To Your Eternity is now more than halfway done and I'm still enjoying it. Tagging along with Fushi on his adventures is quite the ride!
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Tonari, who has become somewhat fond of Fushi beyond his utility as a tool for advancing her interests, wasn’t about to leave him to the tender ministrations of…