World is Dancing – 07
There’s very much an incestuous quality to the tangle of allusions in this episode, starting with Tale of the Heike. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2026: Sayonara Lara – 06
I’m still not sure all of this makes any sense, but it is interesting. Read more
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 64 – Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part I
Was that years or chapters? Read more
Summer 2026 Check-in
I kind of take the view that any season with something in the “Elite” category is a pretty good one. Read more
Seihantai na Kimi to Boku (You and I Are Polar Opposites) – 18
At long last, the main event. Read more
Tenmaku no Jaadugar (Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia) – 07
We now have a dual thread of grey morality being unspooled here. Read more
Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm) – 18
That was much more like it. Read more
Weekly Digest 08/08/2026 – Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen (Please Excuse My Younger Brothers), Kore Kaite Shine (Draw This, Then Die)
I’m pretty much at a loss about what to do with these two series. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 04
This is a complicated battlefield, but I commend – once again – this adaptation for the extremely clever way it’s being depicted. Read more
Kami no Shizuku (The Drops of God) – 18
Maybe it’s the sense of personal connection, but this hunt feels the most eloquent and cogent of the apostle cases so far. Read more
Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari (Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You) – 05
This whole affair was set up to be played for comedy, but somewhere along the way the inherent tragedy in it took over and became impossible to ignore. Read more