Astra Lost in Space Episode 2 & 3 Musings: Space Monsters, Scrumptious Fruits, & Saboteurs, OH MY! (#AniTwitWatches)

After last week’s fantastic pilot, I wanted to see the development of friendships and teamwork between this motley crew of kids, with some tiny rough patches for conflict and better storytelling, as well as some kind of explanation (or the start of) what the initial intention was of sending kids alone into space. While I suspect it is some sort of coming-of-age ritual, I also can’t help but wonder if it’s

Mid-Season Musings: Winter 2021 Anime Simulcasts

With this week, we shall be reaching (and in some cases surpassing) the halfway mark for most of the Winter 2021 anime simulcast season. I thought it would be neat to briefly chat about my overall musings for the stack of serials that I’ve currently got my hands in (well, that doesn’t sound naughty at all…). Luckily, most of my watchings have been bitchin’ awesome with only a couple of sour mangoes in the bunch.

Mid-Season Mutterings: Fall 2020 Anime Simulcasts

I know, I know. The Fall 2020 anime season has technically ended, however, most of the shows that I’m watching from this past season are 24-episoders, meaning that rather then it being the end, it’s merely the mid-way point. With that, I bring y’all to my mid-season mutterings on the handful of simulcasts that I have been keeping up with.

Mid-Season Musings for Spring Anime Simulcasts: Wholesome Character-Centric Stories All Around

This season the simulcast situation has been a bit iffy due to the arrival of COVID-19. Plenty of shows have gone on hiatus, while premieres of others (including OVAs and films) have been pushed back by quite a few months or put off indefinitely in some cases. Luckily, my watching shenanigans hasn’t been affected too…

Chihayafuru Episode 9: Team Training Theatrics

Watching people train, specifically in anime, is a whole lot of fun to me. It’s one of the main reasons I absolutely fucking love shōnen serials, such as Hunter x Hunter and even Naruto. Working hard to accomplish something is just validating to watch. I think one of the reasons I love it so much…

Chihayafuru Episodes 6, 7, & 8: The New Trio of Teammates

Please note, there shall be spoilers for these episodes. These episodes follow Chihaya and Taichi as they try to round up some members to add to their Karuta club so that it can be recognised as an official school club! Each episode focuses on a specific individual that they try to tempt to their side.…

Chihayafuru Episodes 4 & 5: What Is Life Without Passion?

Please note, these musings shall contain spoilers for Season 1. Read at your own discretion. In these two episodes, we follow Chihaya as she successfully becomes a Class A player of Karuta. She calls Arata to give him the news but is confronted with an icy demeanour. Determined to discover the reason behind Arata’s negative…

Chihayafuru Episodes 2 & 3: The Idyllic Spirit of Childhood Passions

Welcome back to my episodic mutterings for season one of Chihayafuru. In the second and third episodes, Chihaya continues to reminisce about the time she met a young boy, named Arata Wataya, who would change her entire life by introducing her to the game of Karuta. Chihayafuru has a marvellous way of expressing the stories…

Naruto & the Parallels of a Nurtured Upbringing – The Land of Waves Arc Review (Eps. 6 to 19)

Naruto is a shōnen, fantasy, martial arts manga series written by Masashi Kishimoto and I’ve recently started watching the anime adaptation of it (strictly Naruto for now, not Shippuden yet). Today I’m going to be chatting about the second arc in the series, which is called The Land of Waves arc and covers episodes 6…

Goblin Slayer Episodes 11 & 12: The Ultimate Horde of Goblins & Goblin Slayer’s Face is Revealed!

Episode 11: In this episode, the inevitable has happened: signs of goblins scouting the farm where Goblin Slayer resides have popped up, which means they’re planning a grand-scale attack. In an effort to save the people who gave him a home, Goblin Slayer makes a risky request. I wish all of the episodes were like…

Goblin Slayer Episodes 9 & 10: A Magical Portal & Making Friends

Episode 9: So, the motley crew found a magical portal Gate that they believe leads to the goblins home world and is how these goblins have been invading the sewers underneath the city. To be perfectly honest, I kind of checked out of this episode a little bit because I found myself feeling bored. I…

Goblin Slayer Episodes 7 & 8: In the Face of Death & the Healing Powers of Naked Virgins

Episode 7: The adventurers go back under the city to continue clearing out the goblins and to figure out who the big baddie is that’s been creating the chaos. Man, this episode was a hot ball of surprise and just the sort of blood bath I’ve been waiting for since the first episode! It was…

Goblin Slayer Episodes 4, 5, & 6: Low-Level Adventurers & Instigating Destruction

Episode 4: They go into the massive Goblin hideout and discover a captured Elf woman who had been abused terribly, and a couple of characters vow to get vengeance on her behalf. The rest of the episode proceeds with them fighting the goblins and then an unexpected new baddy towards the end. There is a…

Goblin Slayer Episodes 2 + 3: The Naked Stretch & Finding Camaraderie

Goblin Slayer is a seinen anime series that I did a first impressions for a long time ago (in March, I believe) and I have finished watching the entire thing since then. However, between some writing slumps and my personal life being all over the place for me mentally and emotionally, I haven’t been able…

Mid-Season Episodic Mutterings: Fairy Gone – Decomposing from Disappointment (Spring 2019)

The first two episodes of Fairy Gone didn’t impress me in the least, as it came off very cliché. Actually, I did like the fight sequence in the second episode and was curious to learn more about the dynamics of fairies during battles because of it. However, that also compelled me to go ahead and…

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