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Weekly Digest 1/24/23 – Mononogatari, High Card
Two tossups, no waiting. Read more
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HIGH CARD – Episode 1
HIGH CARD is desperate for you to think it’s cool.
Weekly Digest 1/30/23 – 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, Tenchi Souzou Design-bu
Learning stuff from anime is good. Read more
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team, Heaven’s Design Team
High Card
Imagine if that British Kingsman series had an anime version. Oh wait. They already did. In the form of High Card. But this time add some poker cards…
High Card
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HIGH CARD
Plot: After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino…
High Card Special
With the disastrous ending of the second season, I hope this special final episode of High Card will make amends. I hope. They better pull off a miracle…
High Card S2
Anime’s Kingsman is back! Oh, I mean High Card S2. After the interesting first season that left viewers with some few questions, hopefully this season will answer and…
High Card Season 2
Plot: After discovering X-Playing Cards, powerful cards that grant powers, pickpocket Finn is recruited by High Card, a secret group sworn to protect and collect them. This deck…
First Look: HIGH CARD
Known of only by a select few, the 52 X-Playing cards can each grant their owners superhuman power and abilities. After the cards are stolen from the Kingdom…
Initial Results: High Card
My initial thoughts on High Card.
First Impression: High Card
The best place to keep a valuable treasure stowed away is in a castle, on an isolated island, guarded by machine guns and heavy armor. Or so you…
Anime Like High Card
In the Kingdom of Fourland, the royal family possessed a powerful deck of 52 cards. Each card has the ability to grant its wielder a special power, but…
Blood Blockade Battlefront, Bungo Stray Dogs, Great Pretender, Hamatora, Joker
Second Impressions – High Card
I’m not expecting to take much away from the experience but for what it is, High Card is pretty enjoyable so far. Read more
Sunday news digest (July 31, 2024)
In an effort to keep the blog active and provide everyone with the Shogakukan news we know and love, I'm trying something new --a news dig...
Beyblade, Blood Blockade Battlefront, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Weekly Digest 5/8/23 – My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
I'm pretty much a captive audience here in the almost literal sense. Read more
Weekly Digest 6/23/20 – Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro, Fruits Basket 2nd Season
Ishikawa Takuboku has become one of the most fascinating anime characters of 2020. Read more
Weekly Digest 4/25/23 – My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
Nothing takes you out of the moment like bad CGI, and that was some seriously bad CGI. Read more
Weekly Digest 5/1/21 – Bakuten!!, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
The mystery of Azemichi's head deepens. Read more
NORA’S WEEKLY ANIME DIGEST — WINTER 2022, WEEK 1
Greetings blogosphere, and whoever is reading this post right now! Even after a period of great agony and deep introspection, I couldn’t decide on a series that I…
High Card #24 — The Royals
And everything worked out forever. Impressions: It's pretty funny to have a very rushed not-ending juxtaposing constant shots of protests against the current regime with the current…
High Card #15 — Intelligence Failures
These people are all idiots. Impressions: It's rarely great for your characters or story when everything hinges on them being both suicidally unprepared as well as just…
High Card #14 — El Flash
Wait, are they in Spain now? Impressions: Hold up. Wasn't the existence of magical cards/super powers supposed to be a secret? Isn't that the whole deal with…
High Card #01 — Marble Madness
Whole lotta people tripping to their deaths here. Impressions: This was a lot bloodier than I was expecting, although to be fair, since the promos had mostly…
Weekly Digest 10/31/20 – Haikyuu!! To the Top 2nd Season, Jujutsu Kaisen
Never have I missed crows so much. Read more
Bookshelf Briefs 7/31/23
Insomniacs After School, Vol. 2 | By Makoto Ojiro | Viz Media - It can be hard to start up a club that's already been shut down before.…
High Card #04 — Love and Pieces
Sorry, Vash. Not you. Malevolent Spirits may be a little delayed. Nothing important. Just shuttling some people to the airport and kidnapping their dog for a couple weeks.…
Miss Dream Update 1/31/23: Digging Through the Backlog
This week we bring downloads and galleries of six Sailor Moon doujinshi stories.
Weekly Digest 1/25/24 – Metallic Rouge, Majo to Yajuu
As much as I try to muster interest in Metallic Rouge and/or Majo to Yajuu, it seems to be a losing battle.
Weekly Digest 5/1/23 – My Home Hero, Kimetsu no Yaiba Katanakaji no Sato-hen, Ao no Orchestra
Comparing visuals, this is not the slam-dunk you'd think it would be. Read more
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, My Home Hero, Ao no Orchestra
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari – Episode 1
Kunato Hyouma grandfather makes him move in with tsukumogami so that he can learn how to dispatch them in a humane way.
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Mononogatari Episode 1 [First Impression]
Again, I am very very sorry for the late post. I thought I could post this a few days ago, but work and having to go to clinic…
Weekly Digest 7/14/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, The God of High School
Man, I need Kingdom back ASAP. Read more
Weekly Digest 10/29/23 – Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2, Tokyo Revengers Tenjiku-hen
This Mahoutsukai arc has the feeling of a series that's inherently unconventional doing its best to try and be conventional.
High Card #03 — Root of All Evil
Not even "Cash is King?" Impressions: You'd think that becoming some kind of crazy fire-woshipping cult, meeting in a warehouse to chant over a half-assed piece of…
High Card #12 — Gun-Haver Trumps All
Pretty sure your plan would've been fine if you hadn't wanted to do it at the top of a ferris wheel. Impressions: First things first. It does…
High Card #11 — Long Speeches About Family
One of my favorite thing in anime after flashbacks. Impressions: This arc has just been so bizarre to me. They're still introducing new characters even in the…
High Card Season 2 Anime Series Review
High Card is a show that seems to live by the rule of cool, but the problem is that the lore of High Card isn't always that interesting…
Mononogatari
Plot: Saenome are tasked with sealing spirits that possess objects and pose a threat to society. Known as tsukumogami, these spirits are generally non-violent, and saenome normally seal them…
Weekly Digest 1/29/24 – Yubisaki to Renren, Meiji Gekken 1874
For some reason I can’t necessarily put my finger on, I found this episode of Yubisaki to Renren a bit more engaging than the first three.
Manga the Week of 5/31/23
SEAN: It's the 31st of May, so get back indoors, you filthy people. (Sorry, Jonathan Coulton joke.) ASH: I lol'd. SEAN: Airship debuts, in print, There’s No Freaking…
Visual Novel Translation Status (31/12/23)
Welcome to the Fuwanovel VNTS, where we shamelessly copy the work of one illustrious 4chan /jp/ member in collating translation progress and add minor dabs of value through…
High Card – Superpowers and the mystery behind them.
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…
High Card #13 — CGI Is the Ultimate Antagonist
As ever. There's five premieres today. I'll get through them eventually, but I have other things I need to attend to as well, so expect gaps. Impressions:…
High Card #16 — A Country For Old Men
Yay. Flashbacks that don't actually accomplish anything whatsoever! Impressions: After lamenting that various main characters still haven't really had their characters/arcs resolved and it keeps introducing new…
High Card #08 — Obligatory Burning of the Orphanage
One roast chicken for like 20 kids? Uh… Impressions: Boy, this episode escalated quickly. The first ten minutes were just going back to the orphanage with all…