I can sum up what I liked about Tsurune very easily, in very few words. But there’s more to the series than that, both good and bad, and nothing exists independently of everything else. Read more
reviews
Gegege no Kitarou (2018) – 40
If you’d described that premise to me and then told me it was going to be that tense and genuinely tragic, I’d have said you were crazy. Read more
Best of the Best: 2018
No hosting controversy here! Read more
Radiant – 16
We’re certainly bombarded with questions, and there’s a lot more where those came from – and only five episodes left to answer them. Read more
Second Impressions – Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Some shows are slam-dunks one way or the other, some you feel indifferent about, but this is one of those that pulls you in two different directions. Read more
Boogiepop wa Warawanai – 04
Superficially this all seems very similar to the first three episodes, but somehow it just works better this time. Read more
Hinomaru Zumou – 14
We have about 10 episodes left and I think it’s a pretty safe bet that the Inter-high – that pinnacle of Japanese sports manga – is probably going to take us through to the end of the series or very close to it. Read more
Second Impressions – Domestic na Kanojo
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind Read more
Yakusoku no Neverland – 02
I’m more or less of the same mind I was last week, that Kanbe Mamoru and CloverWorks are hitting most of the right notes with this adaptation so far. Read more
Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue. – 02
For the questing mind, nothing else fills the endlessly fascinating niche that sharing your life with cats does. Read more