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~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2025
Last year was my favourite year of anime, and 2024 is a tough act to follow, but I was quite hopeful for 2025. The year started off slow,…
THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, Blue Box, BanG Dream!, Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: FALL 2025
Well, I was so late to finishing last season’s shows that Fall was a rush to catch up with everything. I have end-of-year posts to worry about! This…
Ansatsusha de Aru Ore no Status ga Yuusha yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi no da ga, Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka, Tensei Akujo no Kuro Rekishi, Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!
Talking about 2025
Alright, it’s another one of these things. 2025 is over, I spent most of it ill, but hey, I still did a bunch of stuff! So let’s chat…
C-pia! Magazine Volume 8
I promised to get a second volume of C-pia! Magazine out before 2025 ended, and somehow, through sickness and injury, I did it! Oh, and now you can…
I Played Some Ancient JRPGs
Back in the PS2-PS3 days I wasn’t enjoying the new JRPGs and I’d begun to question whether I even liked the genre. So in pursuit of an answer,…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SUMMER 2025
Over halfway through the year’s anime offerings, I’ve come to realise this is a real up-and-down kind of year. The quality’s all over the place this time around,…
Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra: Hametsu no Bunmei de Hajimeru Sekai Seifuku, Koujo Denka no Katei Kyoushi, Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto, Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!, Ame to Kimi to
I Played Pokémon Legends: Z-A
There’s a new Pokémon game, and it’s been a while since I talked about the IP on this blog, so… I’m reviewing the new game! Legends Z-A, released…
I Read ‘The Court Physician Cured the Villainess and Ran Away’
Since the turn of the decade, I’ve developed a habit of reading for 30 minutes in bed before going to sleep. Rather than read anything highbrow, my obsession…
I Wrote an Isekai Novel!
Hi, it’s me: that guy who watches way too much isekai anime and sometimes complains about how they’re not as detailed as their novel source material.I wrote a…
I Played Digimon Survive
On the 19th of September, 2018, a new game in an old franchise was announced. Digimon was returning to its old tactics RPG formula, a genre it hadn’t…
C-pia! Magazine Volume 7
The first volume of C-pia! Magazine for 2025 is finally here! There’s a lotta game in this one. The website has, once again, had a few touchups. There’s…
I Played Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme
One thing I’d been weirdly anticipating for 2025 was the release of Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme, which is definitely a lot of words for one…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: WINTER 2025
Okay, 2025 is well underway, but I’m kinda busy, so I’m late to the show. Even then, I didn’t have time to watch much. Weirdly, the first two…
Video Analysis: BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
I had a lot of requests to make this, so here it is!Uploading Mujica content to Youtube is a bit dicey, so this video may get taken down…
Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, BanG Dream!
Thoughts On: Trapezium
Alright, it’s finally Trapezium time! I spoke about this film briefly when it was announced, and it’s been the film I’ve been waiting for more than any other,…
Ave Mujica, or A Live Analysis
I’m late to the show, but Ave Mujica is airing. I’m an impatient sort, so consider this an evolving post for as long as the show is airing.…
I Played KAMiBAKO
KAMiBAKO A Brief Review It’s hard to get a grasp on what KAMiBAKO is at a cursory glance – it looks like a different game in each…
~SPOILER FREE~ Even More 2024!
There’s a first time for everything, and boy was 2024 a first! I’ve never seen a year of anime so packed with things I want to watch. Even…
Cardfight Vanguard, The Grimm Variations, Karas, YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master, LOOK BACK
Talking about 2024
2024! What. A. Year!I dunno what happened to reality this year, but I feel like somehow, miraculously, existence warped around my preferences. The stuff I like normally isn’t…
~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2024
Well… the best year of anime is officially over. I feel I don’t have enough time to even bid it farewell, because 2025 is coming out of the…
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, Drifting Home, The Dangers in My Heart, Days with My Stepsister, Quality Assurance in Another World
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: FALL 2024
Oh boy, it’s the final season of 2024, and unlike last season, there’s no fear in me here. I looked at the chart this season and got as…
Acro Trip, Hamidashi Creative, Loner Life in Another World, Jinsei - Life Consulting, Puniru is a Kawaii Slime
C-pia! Magazine Volume 6
It’s the end of 2024, so in a special volume of C-pia! Magazine, we tackle various topics already covered throughout 2024, but this time, we do so from…
My Most Positive Reviews of the Decade!
It’s been 10 years since I opened up this blog to post my reviews to, and boy have a lot of reviews been written in the time since.…
After the Rain, Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Days with My Stepsister, Harmonie
My Most Negative Reviews of the Decade!
It’s been 10 years since I opened up this blog to post my reviews to, and boy have a lot of reviews been written in the time since.…
LOVE FLOPS, Girls Beyond the Wasteland, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Steins;Gate, Violet Evergarden
Off-site Article: This Is Maeda Jun
Hi hi, bit of a weird one, but… I wrote a giant article about the career of Key’s Maeda Jun, the man behind titles such as Clannad, Little…
I Read Nekogarizoku no Osa
A couple years ago, Maeda Jun released a novella named Nekogarizoku no Osa, and being a big fan of the man’s work, I always meant to read it.…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SUMMER 2024
We’re coasting through the great 2024, and once again I go in with fear: will 2024 suddenly change course and plummet in quality? Well, it’s a bit of…
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells, Love Is Indivisible by Twins, SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary, Wistoria: Wand and Sword, Dungeon People
The Loss of a Voice
Today, the passing of Tanaka Atsuko, was announced.Today, I cried.It’s a strange feeling, really…She had a voice that I heard often as a child and even more often…
C-pia! Magazine Volume 5
After a big ol’ break (I spent a month making GBA games…) our retro magazine is back for another helping of moe madness. With a selection of big…
Video Analysis: Gimai Seikatsu
The first three episodes of this anime were so incredible, I just had to give it some praise. There’ll be a lot more to come in my seasonal…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SPRING 2024
Can you believe it? We have yet another great season of anime to talk about. Sunday and Monday slayed. When this year began, I didn’t think we’d be…
The Irregular at Magic High School, Go! Go! Loser Ranger!, Train to the End of the World, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Astro Note
C-pia! Magazine Volume 4
Another month has passed, so of course, C-pia! Magazine has a new volume out! I really need to take a break… It’s a lot of work. As always,…
C-pia! Magazine Volume 3
After a short break, C-pia! Magazine is back! It’s the third volume, and this time, it’s centered around the ’80s and ’90s. Very classic. We’ve got news on…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: WINTER 2024
Come one, come all! Step into this season of amazing EDs! Aside from the shows listed below, I also watched Pon no Michi, which depressingly isn’t really about…
The Apothecary Diaries, Pon no Michi, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-, A Sign of Affection, The Dangers in My Heart
C-pia! Magazine Volume 2
C-pia! Magazine continues! The second month of the year brings the second volume of our new magazine, and since less time had to be dedicated to setting up…
C-pia! Magazine Volume 1
As readers of the blog will know, I can ramble about a lot of things. The blog, thus far, is pretty focused; anime reviews, analysis, and sometimes a…
Talking about 2023
Every year I write a casual little wrap-up of everything I did throughout the year. I used to do this via Twitter’s “moments” functionality, but as mentioned in…
~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2023
What a busy year 2023 was! I made a game, I made a big ol’ video essay, and I drew far too much. Played some games too, none…
My Clueless First Friend, Magical Destroyers, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, Tengoku Daimakyo, BanG Dream!
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: FALL 2023
Fall arrives, and with it, my two most anticipated shows of the year: 16bit Sensation and Sousou no Frieren. That doesn’t mean I think they’ll be good, but…
I Shall Survive Using Potions!, SHY, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, GOBLIN SLAYER
Video Analysis: BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!
I was sick over the month, so with nothing better to do, I made a video version of my BanG Dream It’s MyGO!!!!! analysis post.
16bit Sensation, or The Value of Skills
Konoha is an artist, and she’s popular enough. She ranks in the Pixiv rankings sometimes, she has all the skills you’d expect of a modern-day artist, and yet……
BanG Dream!, or 13 analysis posts for 13 episodes.
2023’s Summer season has fully wrapped up, and the highlight anime of the season for me has (as usual) gone mostly without substantial praise, sooo… here’s some substantial…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SUMMER 2023
We’re almost done with 2023 if you can believe it, and Summer has basically come to an end… ignoring a few straggling shows that have fallen behind in…
BanG Dream!, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Helck, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior, The Duke of Death and His Maid
My Happy Marriage, or Empowering the Abused
Miyo is a victim. Born as the first daughter of a noble family, raised by an unloving father, abused by her spiteful stepmother, and manipulated by a sadistic…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SPRING 2023
It’s here! The season of romance! I never thought I’d see one of these again, but boy am I glad. There were so many that, for once, I…
The Dangers in My Heart, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, TOO CUTE CRISIS, Insomniacs After School, Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star
I Played Demons Roots
While I was working away at a game of my own, I briefly glanced at a lengthy positive review of a game named ‘Demons Roots’ on the JRPG…
Loving Yamada At LV999, or Teaching an Audience to Empathise
Akane was dumped. In a cozy ol’ cafe, sat opposite her boyfriend, dressed to the nines for a date and with a hot cup of coffee in hand,…
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: WINTER 2023
Yo yo I made a Visual Novel! It’s free, it looks pretty, go read it. That’s why I’m almost a week late posting this, but uh… I did…
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, Farming Life in Another World, In/Spectre
Talking about 2022
Well, this wasn’t a format I was planning on making a mainstay for the blog, but Twitter removed its Moments functionality, so I guess this is how I’m…
~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2022
Another year is over, and unfortunately it was the year that finally killed Twitter Moments, so I can’t do my usual linking of an “everything I did this…
Sing a Bit of Harmony, Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness, Healer Girl, Summer Time Rendering, Akebi’s Sailor Uniform