Ah, 7th-grade – that tumultuous, atrocious time of bewildering change and omnipresent fear of embarrassment and breathless possibility. Read more

One can only tip their cap to Takagi-san, because she’s really taken the art of boyfriend grooming to new levels. Read more

Is Nishikata incredibly lucky or incredibly unlucky, or is it a little bit of both? Read more

Hopefully, by now my contention that Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san evolves over time is starting to be more believable to some of the more skeptical among you.  Read more

At heart this seems such an utterly simple premise.  Except you know, it’s not. Read more

I don’t doubt that what one thinks of Karaki Jouzu no Takagi-san is going to depend on what you think is going on behind that twinkle in Takagi’s eyes. Read more

I’m starting to feel pretty good about the charms of this series surviving the transition to anime. Read more

If I would choose a single word to describe what’s happening here, it would be “subtext”. Read more