It is with a heavy heart that I am writing this article. The news that I am about to relay has undoubtedly already been heard by a lot of my dear readers, but it something I must relay in full. This is something that roused me out of my three month stupor, so shocking it…
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Overall Summer 2019 Anime Season Thoughts
Another sultry summer comes to a close as the singing birds, buzzing cicadas and chirruping crickets give way to a more subdued time of the year, where nature decided to take a small nap before the proverbial commercial storm that is winter. Fall slowly falls upon us and a new and exciting crop anime will…
The Kimi No Nawa Conundrum
Every otaku knows about Kimi No Nawa. There are no exceptions to that. If a person has even the slightest exposure to the anime, manga or light novel communities, chances are that they’ve heard about this masterpiece. Kimi No Nawa is an animated movie released in 2016, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. It’s also…
Memories, Nostalgia and Fruits Basket+A bit about my otaku habits
I must confess, I don’t watch a lot of anime. I’m the kind of person that’s fine with spoilers, but if I’ve experienced a story via one visual medium like manga, then I have a hard time fully enjoying it in another visual medium like anime. (Beware, this is going to be a long one)…
My Summer 2019 Watchlist
I must confess, Spring 2019 was quite an exception for me as an otaku because I generally do not watch that many anime at the same time. Spring 2019 was special because there were so many manga that I was reading that got turned into anime that I just had to watch them. It seems…
Shokugeki No Souma Has Ended
In my post yesterday, I talked about how depressing it gets at the end of a series that has long since accompanied you. Shokugeki No Souma is a series that has accompanied for quite a few years. I don’t want to do a full post on Shokugeki No Souma right now, and I don’t think…
Let’s Talk About Kaze No Stigma
I have no idea how many people are aware of the tragedy that is the story of Kaze No Stigma. I have no idea if people even remember or care about this series. All I know is that today, I’m going to be talking about it. I’m in quite the forlorn mood as I write…
A Basic Analysis Of The Spring 2019 Anime Season
As I have mentioned many times before, I’m not very partial to doing reviews and stuff because they’re to mechanical. Each individual’s experience is different. Contrary to my earlier point, I love analysing trends and patterns and elements of any form of media. Since Spring 2019 is one of the few anime seasons I have…
A Personal Story That’s Embarrassing For Me As An Otaku
So to celebrate my return, let me start off the stream of backlogged articles with a meta post, a more personal story keeping in theme with this website’s motto, ‘The Musings Of A Veteran Otaku’ and it is exactly due to that motto that this incident I’m about to relate to you is so embarrassing….
Eguchi-kun Wa Minogasanai: A God-Tier Casual Ecchi
So there are some manga which completely consume you, which take hold of your life and don’t let it go until they are completed. A good example of such a manga would be Domestic Na Kanojo; but there are also some manga which you can pick up anytime, anywhere and still be happy reading it….