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Patron Pick Summer 2025: Ame to Kimi to (With You and the Rain) – 11

In some ways, Ame to Kimi to is a series that hasn’t worn especially well for me. Elements sometimes seem a bit repetitive. And some of the things I found charming for a while are somehow a little less charming now. Some of the side characters (like Ren, so help me) have proved to be …

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Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-up Darling) Season 2 – 11

It’s been a pretty decent anime season on the whole. But generally speaking a disappointing one for sequels. Hanako and Dandadan have held their end up but Sono Bisque Doll and Yofukashi no Uta have been significant downgrades from their first seasons. With Yofukashi it’s a case of drift I think – the focus is …

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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died) – 10

There are a lot of threads that come together to make Hikaru no Shinda Natsu. The character story is a compelling one, and it’s beyond dispute that there are a lot of allegorical elements to this story. But the foundation is unquestionably the horror-mystery. Cast in the great tradition of Japanese fiction, it incorporates all …

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The Fainting Hero #11 — For the Man Who Has Everything

  Yep. Called it. Impressions: They certainly let the cat out of the bag immediately by having dudes kick in the door and announce the most contrived nonsense while Anemone herself all but declares that this must be a dream. To be followed shortly after by Gore explaining that the only way out of it …