I read this week that Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu is based on the personal experiences of the mangaka. Vis a vis, an office romance where she married the man in question. That helps explain how authentic I find it (I never had one but was accused of it, as I noted …
Why is Jeju Island so Important to Solo Leveling
A Quick 411 on the Jeju Island Arc In the original Solo Leveling manwha, the story opens right as Sung Jin-woo is facing certain death in the Double Dungeon. However, the anime chose to start things off differently. Instead, it begins with a scene on Jeju Island, where a group of Hunters is fighting for …
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 27 – Hourou Musuko (Wandering Son)
This week on My Taste is Better Than Yours, it’s another dip into Samu and Enzo’s pool of shared manga experience. Hourou Musuko is both a great and important series – and important to me personally to boot. This is one of our most impassioned discussions for sure, and with good reason. In addition to …
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 161 — Zenshu
This week, we discuss Zenshu! 00:00 Intro 00:48 ZENSHU 19:15 Winter season progress 22:55 Outro Music Credits: “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain “Seasons” by roljui
Yuri is My Job! – Episode 7
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re diving back into the tangled performance of masks that is Yuri is My Job!, as our heroines struggle to discover something approaching intimacy among the performances and expectations of both genre and adolescence. We arrive back after a moment of great victory for Hime …
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun 2 – 08
This arc (generally known as “Picture Perfect”) is proving one of the longest in Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun. But that’s not incongruous, because it’s also one of the weightiest. It stares down the darkness at the heart of this premise pretty much head-on. And that’s a dark place indeed. Both figures at the center of this …






