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St. Pius V Corner: The Josephite Forger
In human life, Joseph was Jesus’ teacher in their daily contact, full of refined affection, glad to deny himself to take better care of Jesus. Isn’t that reason…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: SAO – Aincrad Arc, Revisited
Don’t let Holy Week, which starts on March 29 this year, distract you from the fact that Konno Yuuki, protagonist of what, in my opinion, is the greatest…
Convention Tales #47: CSC Collectors Showcase 2026
Last Valentine’s Day proved to be the first time I ever did something on that day that wasn’t academically challenging or null. I went to the same venue…
Anime Review #146: Makeine – Too Many Losing Heroines
This is probably the first time I’ve ever exposed this fact during the seven years I’ve ran my blog. But today, May 9, the feast of St. Gregory…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: When Shinji Met Asuka
People like to ask theoretical questions for movies and its pivotal moments to see what may have changed if such went one way rather than the other. Bring…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Conventions Of Old
You know what, screw it. IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER MONDAY POSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT As the true litness that is Anime North approaches, my mind is beginning to look back at…
Anime Review #145: Spy x Family – Code White
Almost a year ago I wrote my review on the hit 2022 anime Spy x Family, which chronicled the adventures of the Forger family of spy Loid, assassin…
St. Pius V Corner – Fate, Free Will, And Anime – Part 4
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ. His prayer brought…
Anime Review #144: Detective Conan – The Phantom of Baker Street
You know what, I’ve noticed something. Every few months or so, when picking a show to make as the review topic, I’m going to end up selecting a…
Convention Tales #36: Toronto Comicon 2025
Let me preface this post with this disclaimer: originally I did not want to go to Toronto Comicon this year. After CSC Fancon basically ensured a similar experience,…
St. Pius V Corner – Fate, Free Will And Anime – Part #3
No one, moreover, so long as he is in this mortal life, ought so far to presume as regards the secret mystery of divine predestination, as to determine…
Anime Review #143: Soul Eater
I’ll start this review with a few positive quips about Soul Eater. For one thing, I hold Maka Albarn as one of my favourite female anime characters and…
Convention Tales #35: CSC Fancon 2025
Note: This post was written throughout 18-19 January 2025, hours after I had finished my time at the convention, and to make sure that I have a clearer…
Anime Review #142: Touhou – Memories Of Phantasm
Yes, you heard it right. There is an anime based on the popular video game franchise Touhou, or if you want to be 4Chan, 2Hu. You might be…
St. Pius V Corner: Fate, Free Will And Anime – Part #2
Three knowledges may be distinguished in God:… the third is middle knowledge which deals with the hypothetical or conditional future…. [it is] proper to Molinism; by virtue of…
Anime Review #140: Kaguya-sama, Love Is War
I DID IT GUYS AFTER 6 LONG YEARS I FINALLY FINISHED THIS ANIME Ok, so basically, back with another romance anime review. When I first watched Kaguya-sama: Love…
Anime Review #139: Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai
Some people know this series by its popular title, Bunny Girl Senpai. But the official title of this popular anime is actually quite wordy, in true modern-day anime…
Convention Tales #35: Anime North Idol 2024
Note: This post was penned on 28 May 2024, 2 days after the end of the year’s Anime North. I chose to write this post as soon as…
St. Pius V Corner: Fate, Free Will And Anime – Part #1
Thus man under the influence of efficacious grace remains free, although he never resists it; for it causes in him and with him even that he act freely;…
Anime Review #138: Nadia – Secret Of Blue Water
Do you remember Gainax? On 7 June 2024, while Traditionalist Catholics like myself celebrated the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and snagged a plenary indulgence on…
Convention Tales #34: Anime Fiesta Winter Festival 2025
Anime Fiesta’s summer edition in July 2024 became one of the surprising hit events that I attended. With the dense hallways, diverse range of character cosplay appearances, and…
Anime Review #138: Detective Conan – Countdown To Heaven
As the first Anime Review of 2025, I have for you another film supposedly an expy of Bruce Willis’ 1989 Christmas action flick, Die Hard, except this time,…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: 5 Centimeters Per Second, Revisited
Another year, another round of blogs! Hope everyone’s 2025 goes well and much better than last year’s. If you’ve got a goal in mind to set for this…
Anime Review #137: Toradora
Christmas greetings to all! Christ is born, let us glorify Him! And now, time to write about something that I haven’t done in a loooong while: a romance…
St. Pius V Corner: Consistent Ethical Conundrum
The concept (of consistent life ethic) is a challenging one. It requires us to broaden, substantively and creatively, our ways of thinking, attitudes, and pastoral response. Many are…
Convention Tales #33: Short Stories From Anime North #6, Games Edition
It was during the Saturday of Anime North 2023 (27 May, more liturgically known as the Vigil of Pentecost) and I was roaming around the convention, exploring all…
Anime Review #136: Penguin Highway
When you think about movies with penguins, you tend to focus on the typical ones most people will bring up. Happy Feet, The Penguins Of Madagascar, Pingu, Batman,…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Dude, Where’s My Next Season
There seems to be an ongoing trend in anime nowadays which has caught the ire of many people; and quite frankly, I’m one of them. When I was…
Anime Review #134: Steins;Gate 0
To this day, Steins;Gate remains one of the best, and mystifying sci-fi anime that I have had the pleasure of watching. I’ve compared it to Back To The…
Anime Review #134: Sword Art Online – Ordinal Scale
If you’re at all familiar with the timeline of Sword Art Online, here it is. On 6 November 2022 – two years and two days ago – the…
Convention Tales #32: Anime North Halloween Event 2024
It’s been two weeks since Anime North’s annual Halloween event, which they have been hosting for about 20 years, ended. For those of you who don’t know, this…
St. Pius V Corner: Frieren And The Faithful Departed
We maintain, then, that we may pray for the faithful departed, and that the prayers and good works of the living greatly relieve them and are profitable to…
Anime Review #133: Samurai Champloo
My best friend is a man of many technical abilities and quite knowledgeable about various outside subjects. When I first met him, he was a young, recently-graduated man…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Recap Movies
IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER RANDOM MONDAY POOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTT Recently, the anime Bocchi The Rock released its first major theatrical production. It was divided into two parts, which relea…
St. Pius V Corner: The Digi-fied Pursuit Of Perfection
When a man’s intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his incisiveness is completely transformed into divi…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Dude, Where’s My Subtitles?
Have I got a joke for you! One day, a guy went to Japan on a vacation and as soon as he stepped off the plane, he asked…
Anime Review #132: Detective Conan – The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
Back in June, I reviewed the very first Detective Conan movie that I ever watched, subtitled The Eleventh Striker, which was the soccer-themed movie that saw our young…
St. Pius V Corner: A False Scientific-Religious Dichotomy
Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Implicitly Catholic Anime
Occasionally, I will get people asking me questions about what anime I recommend them to watch. It can be either a show to start off with in general,…
Anime Review #131: Tamako Love Story
Last time, I reviewed Tamako Market, which covered the shenanigans of a young mochi-making girl and a fat retarded talking bird who simps for her classmates, dances as…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Six Years In Retrospect
September 10, 2018 marks the very first time I wrote a post on my blog, and thus today marks six years since then. Thus, it’s time for another…
Convention Tales #31: Fan Expo Canada 2024
After last year’s rendition of Fan Expo, I was hesitant about attending the 2024 edition. With the packed, sweltering heat of the lower level marketplace, exceedingly crowded Artist…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Dude, This Show Sucks
This last week has been very taxing to manage. Shuffling between meetings with 3 different persons scattered across Toronto, keeping up with my 4-day upper/lower gym schedule, numerous…
St. Pius V Corner: Maquia’s Admirable Heart
St. Augustine speaking to our Blessed Lady says, “You are worthy to be called the mould of God.” Mary is a mould capable of forming people into the…
Anime Review #129: Assassination Classroom
It’s been one year since I started watching this series; wow, how time flies. A year ago, I went on a massive anime binge to relieve the August…
Assassination Classroom, Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Anime Review #127: Girls Und Panzer
It’s about cute anime girls driving giant tanks and running glorious battles with them. There, make up what you will of it. Thanks for tuning in to my…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Musical Numbers
GUESS WHO’S BACK? BACK AGAIN? MONDAY POSTS, TELL A FRIEND!!!!! Anime North Idol. I’ve said it many times, but it’s one of the highlights of my convention experience…
Anime Review #127: Beautiful Bones – Sakurako’s Investigation
Beautiful Bones holds a significant place in my mind despite not being one of the series that I would consider my favourite, let alone worth my time. It…
Convention Tales #30: Anime Fiesta Gakuensai 2024
What do you get when you merge a Japanese-style school festival, a line of anime-decorated cars, and pack 1,000+ people including cosplayers, vendors and photographers into a suburban…
St. Pius V Corner: The Courage To Preserve Our Faith
For the Church, since it contains all nations in its embrace, since it is going to endure until the consummation of the ages, and since it utterly excludes…