Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2 Short Synopsis: Second cour of Dr. STONE Season 4, you know what this is about by now. Lenlo: Look, we’re 4 seasons in at this point, I really don’t know what I can tell you that you haven’t already heard before. You know by now whether or not you …
Panty & Stocking S2 Short Synopsis: Season 2 of Panty and Stocking. Just go watch the original, it’s hard to explain, you won’t regret it. Lenlo: I was really nervous about the Panty & Stocking revival because it had been almost a decade and a half since the original aired and I wasn’t sure they …
Introduction to Mineralogy Short Synopsis: A bratty teenage girl goes gem hunting with a grad student. Wooper: It would seem that the preferred localization of Ruri no Houseki is “Ruri Rocks,” but despite being closer to the Japanese title, as a phrase it’s a bit too punny for me. So, I’m going with “Introduction to …
The Summer Hikaru Died Short Synopsis: One summer Hikaru went into the mountains on a hike, but what came back down wasn’t the same person. Lenlo: I really enjoyed Hikaru. It perfectly straddled that line between Iyashikei about grieving and processing the death of a friend, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers horror. The first …
Secrets of the Silent Witch Short Synopsis: A shy witch is assigned to go to school to protect the Second Prince from assassination. Mario: Now, I don’t mind another witch anime, and the premise isn’t half-bad, but there are two main issues I have with Silent Witch’s premiere. Firstly (and perhaps most importantly), I find …
WataNare Short Synopsis: Two high school girls test out a potential romantic relationship by alternating between friend and girlfriend days. Wooper: A few posts back, I said that attraction overcoming the language barrier was one of the romance genre’s best tropes. Well, for every good fictional trope out there, there’s an equally terrible one, and …
