Bucchigiri?! – 05 I’m probably at the fish or cut bait with the shows in this post, and with Bucchigiri it’s a close shave either way. I like a lot of what’s going on here and the visuals remain really solid, but the characters just aren’t grabbing me. The inspired lunacy of the first couple …
Kingdom 5 – 05
Kingdom is most obscure show on the LiA schedule, at least as far as traffic is concerned. But that’s been the same pretty much since Season 2. You’d never know Kingdom is a huge deal in Japan, with multiple live-action movies and volume sales in the all-time top 20, if you went by its profile …
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 18
There are degrees of success in anime, obviously. Three shows I’m following qualify as genuine hits, though not interchangeably so. I’m extremely gratified by the success of BokuYaba, which has leveled up commercially in a big way and is easily my favorite. But it’s Kusuriya no Hitorigoto and Sousou no Frieren that are the two …
RJ Writing Ink Doing a New Series
Hello, everyone, RJ Writing Ink here with a special announcement regarding a new series I will be doing. So, a few months ago, it was announced that Donte, co-founder of this blog, would be leaving to pursue his own projects, leaving Aaron as the head of the blog and myself as one of its writers. …
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Season 2 – 06
I needed a minute after that one. To say this is a date BokuYaba readers had circled on the calendar is no exaggeration. 6th episodes and monumental events – it’s coincidence, but both seasons have worked out that way. The graduation speech arc is my favorite in the manga and not just mine – it’s …
The Apothecary Diaries #18 — Prostitute Soup
We’ve just given up on the entire mystery side after the mystery box episode, huh? Impressions: Another very dull and pretty pointless episode, driven home mainly by the bath scene with all the standard nipples being just barely obscured or out of frame. Oh, sure, we finally get it spat out what the deal …