I’m finding this series strangely difficult to talk about considering how much I’m enjoying it. I really, really like Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun.  But somehow, as a blogger it’s almost too spot-on – the show has rarely put a foot wrong so far, and Brains Base is doing their usual bang-up […] Read more

The best thing about the shoujo offerings as a group this season is that each of them is quite distinct from the others. I don’t really have much to say about this week’s episode of Tonari, even though I enjoyed it quite a bit.  It was pretty much a build-up […] Read more

Things appear to have gotten a lot more complicated here. It’s interesting that I’ve come to like the male lead here better than the one in Sukitte, because that’s certainly not what one might have expected after the first episode.  But my initial take on Haru seems to have been […] Read more

I know some folks were offended by the premiere, but I can’t deny it – I really like Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun. There’s a lot to praise in this series, but I can cherry pick a couple of things I think most people would agree on.  First, it’s a beautiful-looking show, […] Read more