Author: Nick
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I Have a Crush at Work
Watched: Sub Also known as: Can You Keep a Secret? Many romance anime take place in high school. Maybe it’s because so many focus on your first love or it’s a bigger deal when you’re young. But there are those with an adult cast, sometimes even out in the working world rather than college to… Read more
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Okitsura
Alright the full title for this one is, “Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She’s Saying” and so for obvious reasons I’m just going with the shortened version of the Japanese title, Okitsura. Now I don’t know that I’d even be able to distinguish Japanese dialects, but… Read more
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I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class
Watched: Sub It feels a little weird having this anime so soon after Ranma 1/2 given its similar premise. In this case our leads, Akane and Saito, have already known each other for a while before their marriage is arranged, as opposed to meeting and having it arranged. This also means there’s a history of… Read more
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The Owl House
Disney has given us some great works in terms of cartoon shows on TV, but since I’m not generally the primary target audience it’s not something I generally seek out. Luckily there are others like Michael who are aware of other happenings, and since he often recommended this show I decided to finally give it… Read more
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I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
Watched: Sub Following my mega watch of romcoms in early 2024 Christian gave me two more recommendations, this being the first of them. Now I was actually previously aware of this one but the title did detract me from it. However, I decided to have faith. Unfortunately though, I couldn’t quite get into this one.… Read more
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Reign of the Seven Spellblades
Watched: Sub Magical school is probably not an uncommon setting to find in anime, but it is hard not to find similarities between some of the characters and tropes in these shows and Harry Potter. While Mashle takes that concept to a generally more comedic route, Reign of the Seven Spellblades instead has a more… Read more
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Metallic Rouge
Watched: Sub Covers: Season 1 This is an anime original series apparently produced to celebrate Bones’ 25th anniversary. And they mostly did a great job with it. A story that drops you right in, some memorable character designs, and a sci-fi setting with especially notes of cyberpunk in its initial episodes. Add in some great… Read more
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Gods’ Games We Play
Not exactly recommended by Christian as he only watched one episode of the anime at the time of his seasonal reviews, but he did read the light novel so that’s good enough for me. Basic premise is that gods have set up rules and games for humans to compete in, with chosen humans also receiving… Read more
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KonoSuba: Mega Review
Watched: Sub Covers: Seasons 1-3, the movie, 2 OVAs, and the spin-off series It’s not unusual for me to talk about a show as a whole when I catch up on years of content, but this one was quite a bit. 3 seasons consisting of 31 episodes, 2 additional OVA episodes, a movie, and some… Read more
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Winter 2025: The Shows I’m Dropping
I like to give every romance anime a shot at least, casting a focused yet broad net as I look at what’s coming each season. This season has a number of misses in my book, so I’d like to take some time to talk about each of them. Note that this is only for things… Read more