Whatever miracle diet “King” Araki was on, he needs to patent it, because he’ll never have to work a day in his life. Seriously? Two weeks and what, 50 pounds? This kid should be in bed hooked up to an IV, not playing soccer. Let’s set aside that gaping logic […] Read more

A full-on time skip and a lot of hamburgers later, Area no Kishi has really reshuffled the deck. First off, good call to those of you that made it – the heavyset kid in the preview was indeed Araki Ryuichi 2.0 (Ishida Akira, seemingly busier than he’s ever been). That’s […] Read more

Three episode rule or not, I’m still not sure where I stand with Area no Kishi even after four. I certainly wasn’t surprised to find out that Grey was Nana – that seemed pretty obvious to me from the first time we saw her. But the much more interesting question is this […] Read more

Events continue to barrel along at a breakneck pace, but my suspicion is now that “that” has happened, things are going to slow down quite a bit – and we’re going to find out just how good a series Area no Kishi is. Or isn’t. There are a lot of […] Read more

I knew as soon as the close-up of the traffic light appeared that it was all about to hit the fan… I realize now that I’ve been comparing this series to the wrong Adachi story – it’s Touch that Area no Kishi resembles, not Cross Game. Since I consider both […] Read more