I find myself torn about what I’d like to see happen in the final stages of this competition, and that’s not a bad thing. Read more

I must confess this episode of Welcome to the Ballroom had me a bit worried for a while.  Read more

I suppose it’s no revelation, but in many ways Chinatsu and Tatara are the worst possible pairing one could imagine in ballroom dance.  Read more

If I were to be totally honest, the last couple of episodes of Ballroom e Youkoso have not been the strongest in the series for me. Read more

It’s certainly not news to anyone who’s been reading my posts down the years, but I’m not crazy about extended flashbacks in the middle of important events.  Read more

Is this an irresistible force proverbially meeting the immovable object? Well, no – it’s really worse than that. Read more

The deeper we get into this show, the more what becomes important is that which makes Welcome to the Ballroom special, not what makes it flawed. Read more

You know, one of the key measures of a series is whether or not it improves as it progresses. Read more

One of the things I notice as we get deeper into Ballroom e Youkoso is the surprising extent to which it’s a creature of shounen habit. Read more