News: “Given” the movie is COMING IN 2 WEEKS

Batten down the hatches!! The "Given" movie is releasing August 22nd, 2020. In just 14 days, we will have a continuation of the anime's story. The moment I realized this, I had to blog about it. It's just too exciting to keep to myself. https://youtu.be/_ejiR3yfJkc Blue Lyxn (a label belonging to Fuji TV) produced this …

“Are you willing to die for me, then?” — on processing, expressing, and forgiving (inspired by anime “Given”)

Think about your first love. Not your first crush. Not the first time someone caught your eye. Think about your first love. Have you been there yet? Now tell me, did it hurt? Please be aware that this post gets very honest, and it isn’t about only romance. The first time you're in a relationship, …

“Guide me to the world where your soul drifts”—-Supervillain Ships in “Sailor Moon”

We're on our way back from our anniversary trip to Chicago. As part of that trip, we visited the Field Museum, and at the Field Museum we saw (amongst many other things) a gemological exhibit. I noticed this: My brain 🧠 immediately whiplashed into Sailor Moon Mode (TM), and things only got worse from there: …

Final Impressions of Banana Fish, Vlog — “I just keep thinking about how weird this must look.”

I'll leave much of the explanation up to the end of this video, but I've tried something new which may or may not be cringe-y. FaceRig has a steep learning curve regarding its avatar customization, but I do wonder if someday I could get this looking really slick with my own character and all that. …

“Band of Brothers: This is going to take me like 17 years.” (Or, A Sane Person’s Commentary on “Brothers Conflict” – dub)

Enjoying this title should probably be considered shameful if the number of times I shouted, "WHY ARe yoU DoING THat ShE's YOuR SisTER!?!" is any indication. In Brother's Conflict (hereafter referred to as BroCon), protagonist Ema (also referred to as "Chi") is thrust into a new family dynamic when her father gets remarried after many years of …

“In Spite of How I Truly Feel Inside” -_ midpoint impressions of “Banana Fish” (sub)

[Author's Note: This is not a full review, but an impression post. A review will come after I finish the series.] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXSqv63iUA&t=8s I first heard of Banana Fish through---surprise, surprise---Twitter. Initially, my interest was peaked by still images from the title being compared to stills from Yuri!!! On Ice. (You all know how that show's relationship …

Declines and Swells (a ficlet based on “Hakuouki” media) —HaraChi

Author's Note: Hakuouki is historically based, and as such one might look to history as a vague representation of what's to come. Is history a spoiler for canonical deaths? You tell me. I will say that this story is canonically based and does includes a major character death. I cannot say who this warning regards, …

To Ship or Not to Ship: That is the Question -misquoted and misrepresented

"To ship, or not to ship: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous secondhand chemistry, Or to take arms against a sea of poorly construed AUs, And by opposing end them? To ship: to interpret; No surety; but by interpretation to say we end …

Honor and the End-All: A Goku and ChiChi Expose (or “I Can’t Go On Not Loving You”)

Author's Notes: -Cover image from drops-miico on Pintrest- Do I really need to say it at this juncture? Spoilers ahoy! We are looking only at the anime, filler included. A post written without filler inclusion (and only on the subtitled version) could arguably reach the same place with a little stretching, but we're operating strictly within …

The First Domino: Looking Back on the Cataclysmic Moment (or, “It Could Have Been Inconsequential”)

Are you going through a hard time? I was 18 years old and more innocent than my friends knew what to do with when the boy asked to meet me after class. I'd been a victim of bullying for some time, and I hadn't much self-esteem, so the first time a boy I didn't know …