Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 09

Interestingly, Yubisaki to Renren veered totally away from Emma this week.  Obviously that’s no loss as far as I’m concerned, but it is somewhat surprising after all that development last episode.  Instead the focus is on the teased “sign language boot camp”, which sees our four main romantic figures head off to the mountains.  Yuki …

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 21

If I’ve learned anything in following this series for five months, it’s not let its moods deceive me.  Light-hearted eps usually end up heavy and dark, and seemingly random developments usually turn out to be plot-critical.  Even knowing this intellectually, it’s hard not to slip.  I certainly found myself musing on how the recent serious …

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 09

Five more chapters.  Chapters of wondrousness, it must be said – this was another tremendous adaptation.  I wonder what Akagi Hiroaki is cooking up here, though.  We (hardcores) thought we knew where this was ending – Chapter 113, the last of volume 8.  It was utterly inevitable.  But here we are at Chapter 99, with …