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Éclair Blanche Review
What is it with yuri anthologies being named after desserts?
Éclair Blanche: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart Review
If you like to gobble up new yuri content, Blanche is worth checking out, and it’s also a good starting point to find new creators.
Éclair Blanche: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
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Thoughts on Éclair Orange
Once again, time to take a look at another anthology of yuri stories – this time the next entry of the Éclair series, Éclair Orange. Seventeen different people…
Thoughts on Éclair Rouge
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Takarazuka; God of Stars / Éclair Brillant (GOD OF STARS -食聖-』/『Éclair Brillant 』)
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Éclair Bleue: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart Review
While the first two installments of the Éclair yuri anthology series were interesting, Éclair Bleue's stories aren't as strong this time.
Éclair Bleue: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
It feels like a lot longer ago, but it was only 2018, when I reviewed Éclair Bleue: Anata ni Hibiku Yuri Anthology (エクレア bleue あなたに響く百合アンソロジー) and today, thanks…
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart is the fourth volume in Kadokawa’s Éclair anthology series put out by Yen Press. Overall, I thought…
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart is the fourth volume in Kadokawa’s Éclair anthology series put out by Yen Press. Overall, I thought…
Éclair Orange: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Orange: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart, the fifth and final book of the Éclair anthology is a hefty volume full of favorite Yuri…
Éclair orange – Anata ni Hibiku Yuri Anthology (エクレア orange あなたに響く百合アンソロジー)
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"BEASTARS is one of the more gracefully written anime of the year, and it continues in that vein as it enters its first dramatic arc"
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Baccano! is a very convoluted anime with way too many characters that don't actually matter. Isaac and Mira are cool, though.
Spiritfarer Review
I was introduced to Spiritfarer by my brother, who purchased the game for me because he wanted to have someone to talk to about it. Playing this game…
Synergia Review
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You know, I still can’t believe that Hori is actually a brunette. The manga doesn’t shade or tone her hair at all, so I assumed for so many…
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“It’s in the carefully handled tone where Fragtime finds its success”
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Btooom! Review
Genres: Action, Drama, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen Plot summary: Sakamoto Ryouta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing…
Haikyuu!! Review
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Review: BELLE
As a child, I spent most of my waking hours surrounded by technology. One of my earliest memories is of lazing about on the floor, Nintendo DS in…
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It’s often the unexpected things in life that we remember the most. Looking back on memories, both fond and terrible, are the cornerstones of what makes us up…
Review: WANTED
I was hoping that this book could provide some summer fun in shojo manga form. What I got couldn't be more different. WANTED, by Matsuri Hi...
Evergate Review
Note: Review code provided by PQube Here we are with another game starring a female protagonist (Yes. Ki is female). A soul like entity with the ability to…
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Yumekuri Review
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Well, certain circumstances have left me saddled with a bit of time, so I decided to check what was available on Netflix and stumbled across Beastars.…
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The animation is stunning, the voice acting flawless, and the soundtrack expansive, but what makes writer-director Makoto Shinkai’s latest film Suzume so very brilliant is the way it…
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“They want to use their journalistic craft to bring an end to the bloodshed, and Flag shows how they can do that – by capturing life, humanity and…
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Let's escape the stress of the everyday world (if just for a bit) with some fantasy manga. We could all probably use the break. To begin,...
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Let's take a look at one of the most recent retro releases from this year - a new selection from the vast library of Osamu Tezuka. BOMBA!…
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I welcome you to yet again a short review of a series I’m reading. I wonder if writing about the stuff I read on a weekly basis and still…
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“Because its DJ gimmick fails to expand, the only talking point, then, is how this is actually a CGI tech showpiece”
Review: STRAVAGANZA
Good news! I found a fantasy manga to review this month that isn't an isekai light novel adaptation! The bad news? Well... STRAVAGANZA (...
Shy Review
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Remember the old days, when getting sucked into a video game was all the rage in video games? This manga certainly does. BTOOOM!, by Junya ...
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