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…
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.…
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…
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…
Episode 16: Seki plays Shogi vs Chess, and Yokoi decided to get some karmic retribution for Seki’s dirty tactics. This was hilarious because the whole karma bit came back to bite Yokoi in the rump and it was great. I wonder if Shogi was the mangaka’s favourite game as it’s made an appearance quite a…
This week’s episodes were all entertaining in their own way and really highlight the imagination that both Seki and Yokoi have. One of the things that I’m really starting to appreciate is Yokoi’s mind. She can get pretty creative and it contributes to her killing just as much time as Seki-kun, which is just too…
My Neighbour Seki: The Master of Killing Time ( となりの関くん ) is a seinen, comedy, anime short series adaptation of the manga written by Takuma Morishige and it revolves around a girl named Rumi Yokoi and the boy who sits beside her, Toshinari Seki, who kills time in some theatric ways during their class period.…
