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I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to, like, hear someone say it. Even if they didn’t say it directly. In the final episode of the second season of Yofukashi no Uta (aka Call of the Night), as the formerly murderous detective Anko Uguisu lies exhausted by her long, now-failed quest for revenge next …

I don’t like death games, but I do like maids. I don’t like rampant killing, but I do like it when people make anime in interesting ways. Mineral eyes, you know? SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 1 OF SHIBOYUGI Many years ago, I watched an anime called Akame ga Kill. In that show, there’s a pink-haired character …

Anime has been both good and bad since it first started getting made. As I look back on my anime-watching this year, I find this a helpful axiom to recall, along with its associated evidence. That said, it is probably equally true that the particular ways in which anime has been both good and bad …

Here’s a recommendation for a visual novel from someone who doesn’t play a lot of visual novels. Out of the blue one day, PCube Asia offered me a review code for Iwakura Aria, a suspense/horror visual novel, which I accepted for three main reasons: It’s a short game (<15 hours) The art style is very …