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Aku No Hana Episode 7
That triumph. By which I mean, the triumph of women over men. Nakamura-san annuls the contract which should have caused Kasuga to scream in joy like MLM making skinship with Kana-chan a reality....
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Railgun and Sex And The City
Railgun was the highest hope anime of this season, yet, I don’t see any skinship friendship between Mikasa and other three, Kuroko, Uiharu, and of course our hero Saten-san! Railgun is a Sex & The...
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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 20: Of the Autumn Rice Field
Is it just me or is Kana-chan so much cuter drawn in Azumanga style? And shame on you Arata for that heinous remark regarding Sumire. On account of your amazingly adorable blush, I shall forgive you...
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Hataraku Maou-sama, Chii-chan’s facial comedy
Chii-chan is so cute, but that Suzuno (aka Udon-san) is really cute too. Chii-chan got a fujiko-fujio face. That mouth is so Fujiko-Fujio manga style. Kekeke. So cute. And this kimono girl, Udon-san,...
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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 21: But Its Legacy Continues to Spread
That was… not possible. I realize it’s anime and the lovely and talented Chihaya but one does not reach comparable dexterity in the non dominant hand within minutes. It makes me feel old to remark...
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Attack On Titan: Mikasa is shockingly beautifugly
Attack On Titan, really gross, probably the nastiest gruesome anime I’ve ever seen. The only reason I’ve been watching this show is Mikasa. Misaka is horribly beautiful. Her face is OMG, swooning…,...
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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 22: Long Last We Meet
Fashion fades, only style remains the same. Coco’s infinite fashion wisdom in those words defined and continues to shape my wardrobe choices. Two weeks ago, as some of you know, Mike was invited to...
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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 23: To See The Beautiful Cherry Blossoms
As if there was any doubt previously, I am definitely cosplaying Arata for Otakon. And now I know exactly what to say and the expression to say it with. This moment marks the birth of arata as a new...
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Aku No Hana: Ep 11, phallic inferno
This scene is in Fukuoka, Japan. Because that building is from Shime town of Fukuoka. Shime-kougyousho-tatekou-yagura (志免鉱業所竪坑櫓). This is a winding tower for mining built during WWII, that was used to...
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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 24: When I Must Hide These Feelings
So Arata won because the Queen was sick? Here I was thinking the match is akin to the US Open in 2009 when Del Potro defeated the five time defending champion Federer who has never lost to the...
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Animazement 2013: A Growing Family
Animazement 2013, a three-day convention held on Memorial Day weekend, has steadily grown the past few years it has been held. 8,855 attendees came to Raleigh this year, roughly 10% more than last...
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Valvrave is painful…
Valrave is a painful anime. Haruto rapes Saki??? How did that happen? I mean isn’t he supposed to be a vampire? He just needed to suck the blood out of her. So, he had a vampire’s fit. But, somehow he...
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Aku No Hana, final ep, Kasuga should be kimo-ota.
Nakamura’s Hentai note. Aku No Hana final episode… Crap, so this is not the end. I have to wait until there’s Part 2?? This cliff hanger certainly sucks. A thought of “what’s gonna happen next?” can’t...
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New anime I want to check out 2013 summer
I at least want to check out 3 titles from the summer season 2013. 1. Kitakubu Katsudou kiroku. Kitaku (帰宅) means “going home.” So, kitaku-bu (帰宅部) means “going home club.” That’s what I belonged....
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Mari Okada AX Fan Panel and Press Conference Liveblog
Nobuhiro Kikuchi (PA Works) and Mari Okada. Mari Okada, prolific anime screenwriter extraordinaire, lover of (true) tears and melodrama—she came to Anime Expo this year, accompanied by PA Works...
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Porno Graffitti AX Press Conference Liveblog
Actual pictures of the band pending management approval. We were one of the lucky few pre-approved press outlets to be able to attend the Porno Graffitti[sic] press conference at Anime Expo 2013! Here...
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Genshiken, Then and Now: A Reflection
Ohno isn’t happy. Should you be at the new season? When I first laid eyes on the first Genshiken, I was in Japan teaching English. More precisely, I was on break and I was in a random anime shop in...
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WataMote
So were many of us. I’m not exactly sure when I realized that I had more friends than I thought. It might have been sometime during my mid 20s, when I was sitting in a Corner Bakery with other church...
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WataMote, hilariously epic! Gestaltzerfall!
Ah, this is the anime I wanted. Yes, kimo-ota life from a female point of view. No, no quite kimo-ota, but Tomoko the mojo (喪女 non-popupar girl that all boys avoid to date, literally “mourning woman”)...
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