On paper, there’s a lot to like with Raise wa Tanin ga Ii. It’s a seinen and a pretty well-regarded one at that. My podcast cohost Samu is a huge fan of the manga and while our tastes don’t always overlap (that’s the point of the show, basically) that at least gets my attention. Deen …
OP: “Alca” by Hinata Kashiwagi (柏木ひなた) There aren’t that many anime about which the word “timeless” applies, in my opinion. But Natsume Yuujinchou is one- like its emotional photo-negative, Mushishi (that one even more so, given the nebulousness of the time period it’s set in). Natsume Yuujinchou never really changes much. And neither does the …
I thought this would be twincest but sadly no. I do quite enjoy love triangles and this gave me my fix. Sadly, suffered from a shitty non-ending and every character talking in the same smartass way. I thought it worked well for Naori and the main character’s banter but then adding the whole club which …
What’s his story? Where do you even get a giant bunny cloak in the first place? Quasi-Impressions: You know, after glancing through this episode, and seeing that it too would be going all-in on the theme today of selling people into slavery, I felt like I needed to mention it, just for that. What …
How has this girl survived so far exactly? Impressions: The last of the human trafficking shows for Monday, and certainly one that thinks it’s a lot funnier than it actually is judging by the sheer number of silly faces the main character likes to make. Regardless of the circumstance. She reacts to threats of rape …
Well, humans and humanoids at least. Impressions: The writing’s not getting much better either. She waits until she’s bathed and dressed in the finest of clothes and THEN starts throwing a tantrum. She declares that she has nothing left to lose, and then a couple minutes later, is shocked and taken aback when some …
