Part of the magic of You and I Are Polar Opposites is that it can be light and breezy while at the same time thoughtful and incisive. Read more
Anime
Fumetsu no Anata e (To Your Eternity) Season 3 – 19
FFS, don’t drink the water. Read more
Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) 2nd Season – 08
Madhouse doesn’t get as many chances to show off these days as, say, Bones. But I’m certain they love to flex when given the chance. Read more
Champignon no Majo (Champignon Witch) – 11
Lize and Luna are incredibly tragic characters, each on their own way that’s inexorably tied to the other. Read more
Oshi no Ko Season 3 – 09
You can’t accuse OnK of being a no-frills production. Read more
Darwin Jihen (The Darwin Incident) – 10
Some series just take a little longer to find their voice, and this is one of them. Read more
Golden Kamuy: Saishuushou – 10
For all its absurdities, this is a story written with a very clear grounding in Japanese history. Read more
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals 2nd Season – 10
What do you know, the vigilantes’ work diaries prove useful to the “legit” authorities – who could have predicted? Read more
Ikoku Nikki (Journal With Witch) – 10
I can apply many adjectives to Ikoku Nikki, and “unsparing” is definitely one of them. Read more
Patron Pick Winter 2026: Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary) – 09
In the end Namu saved Mabu, but it was more on the order of returning the favor than anything else. Read more