Thursdays this season just aren’t good days for florists and normal relationships. While it didn’t pack the hilarity of last week’s two skits, the camping chapter was interesting to me for a couple of reasons.  One, it pointed out the very real dichotomy of mind that exists for me when I contemplate […] Read more

I don’t mean to throw superlatives around frivolously, but that might just have been the funniest episode of Shirokuma yet. Two flat-out winners this week, with both chapters completely succeeding as comedy and offering just enough sincerity.  First off we had a classic situation comedy starring Grizzly-san.  I’ve personally never […] Read more

OK, I admit – I didn’t see that one (that seven?) coming. Development!  What a novel concept for a comedy, but Shirokuma Café has definitely started delivering it lately.  This has all been building up to Penguin-san finally confronting his fears and asking Penko-san out, but first we had a […] Read more

New seasons are exciting and all, but don’t forger about this hidden gem. Sometimes there are shows which I blog basically for myself.  I always debate whether it’s worth covering a series that generates effectively no response from readers, but I usually end up covering it anyway – because, frankly, […] Read more

Was that a romance flag I saw proudly waving there at the end? There’s a definite trend here – Polar Bear’s Café seems to trending less ironic and more heartfelt as it races towards the end of its first cour.  Whether you view that as a positive or not depends […] Read more

Hey, who got heartwarming in my irreverence? Two chapters today, as different as day and night (or the white and black in a panda’s fur).  I enjoyed the first, chronicling Penguin-san’s broken heart at the hands of Penko-san, though it doesn’t rank among the best Shirokuma has had on offer.  Basically, the […] Read more

Short intestines?  Kawaii!! A little change of pace this week, with the entire episode taken up by one chapter – “Mr. Handa’s Group Blind Date” (apart from a tiny segment about pot stickers at the beginning).  Actually, the pot sticker mini and the blind date chapter did have a common […] Read more

Panda loli – you knew it was coming. It was an odd week for Shirokuma Café.  The manga went on indefinite hiatus, with the author, Higa Aloha, complaining that she “hadn’t received a single cent” from the anime adaptation.  She also said she “only heard news about the adaptation through […] Read more