This is why we can’t have nice things. Read more
reviews
World is Dancing – 07
There’s very much an incestuous quality to the tangle of allusions in this episode, starting with Tale of the Heike. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2026: Sayonara Lara – 06
I’m still not sure all of this makes any sense, but it is interesting. Read more
Seihantai na Kimi to Boku (You and I Are Polar Opposites) – 18
At long last, the main event. Read more
Tenmaku no Jaadugar (Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia) – 07
We now have a dual thread of grey morality being unspooled here. Read more
Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm) – 18
That was much more like it. Read more
Weekly Digest 08/08/2026 – Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen (Please Excuse My Younger Brothers), Kore Kaite Shine (Draw This, Then Die)
I’m pretty much at a loss about what to do with these two series. Read more
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) Season 2 – 04
This is a complicated battlefield, but I commend – once again – this adaptation for the extremely clever way it’s being depicted. Read more
Kami no Shizuku (The Drops of God) – 18
Maybe it’s the sense of personal connection, but this hunt feels the most eloquent and cogent of the apostle cases so far. Read more