This is a perfect way to end, much more so than a climactic battle with Tsubaki would have been. It’s much more consistent with the series’ personality. Read more
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Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari (Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You) – 12 (End) and Series Review
Fans love to complain about dense romcom leads and misunderstanding tropes, but clearly this time it’s working. Read more
World is Dancing – 13 (End) and Series Review
To see such huge and noble ideas treated with such respect is a rare thing. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2026: Sayonara Lara – 12 (End) and Series Review
The irony here is that the anime did in fact reject Andersen’s ending materially and spiritually (though the extent of the latter can be debated), but still set itself up for the same criticism. Read more
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 4th Season – 23
It would be hard to imagine an Iruma-kun episode more unlike last week’s. Read more
Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm) – 24 (Season FInale)
The biggest problem I had with this episode – and it’s a big one – is the false equivalency Arawaka created between the Kagemori and the Tadera team. Read more
Fall 2026 Season Preview and Video Companion
Not gonna lie, this one’s looking pretty rough. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 10
You learn to be satisfied with good enough adaptations of manga you love, because experience tells us it could always be so much worse. But boy, when you get one like this it really reminds you of what you’re missing with those others. Read more
Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen (Please Excuse My Younger Brothers) – 12
Who the hell rings the doorbell at their own house? Read more