The title of this blog post says it all. I was really happy to read a You Can Have My Back in English! It ticked most of my boxes in terms of what I wanted/expected from the fantasy BL genre. Before I get on with describing the book and what I liked about it, I …
ANIME EXPO 2023 CELEBRATES 32nd ANNIVERSARY WITH ATTENDEES FROM OVER 60 COUNTRIES, OVER 400 EXHIBITORS AND 1,000 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING
Second Annual anime expo chibi Focused on Exhibit Hall and Artist Alley Returning to the Ontario Convention Center on November 11-12, 2023 LOS ANGELES (July 27, 2023) – Anime Expo has celebrated its 32nd anniversary at the Los Angeles Convention Center, bringing together global fans and industry professionals for the largest celebration of Japanese pop …
What My Happy Marriage Gets Right About Cinderella Stories
It’s a tale as old as time: a girl from an abusive family meets her prince and experiences a brief and sweet reprieve from her miserable existence. But it can’t last forever—when the clock strikes midnight, she must return to her old life. But the prince swears not to give up on her, and he …
Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight – This LN Should Have Pandered To Me But Didn’t :(
When it comes to anime boys, I have a Type. All you have to do is stick an earnest knight guy into your story and I am suddenly incredibly invested. The reason I’m called “Frog-kun” online is because I love the frog knight character in Chrono Trigger. For years, Suzaku from Code Geass was one …
Don’t Let All the Joyless Hacks Who Only Hate on Things Distract You from the Fact that The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Is Super Fun
GoHands does it again (unironically). In way, the furor over the premiere of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses (hereafter, SukiMega) has been refreshing. The episode has divided opinion—perhaps a generous characterization of the situation on my part—and it feels in a way like the anime-watching public has returned, if only for a time, …
I’d Like to Apologize to These Two Spring 2023 RomCom Anime
It turns out there is still room in this heart for cute romance. Some of you might not know this, but I have this tradition on Twitter where I post my own little seasonal preview as a screenshot of a .txt file a week or two ahead of each season to inform the people what …