When the young noble Caterina Claes accidentally hits her head she comes to a startling realisation – in her past life, she died at the age of 17 after a traffic accident. Now, she finds herself living in the last game she had played before her death, an otome game called Fortune Lover – where […]
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish revisits Seiko Tanabe’s 1984 short story about the relationship between two young people, one of whom is disabled and relies on a wheelchair for mobility, as they challenge each other and societal norms in this coming of age youth drama. In Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Tsuneo Suzukawa […]
A student at Suzaku High School, delinquent Ryu Yamada is often berated by teachers for his attitude, and his irritation grows when he is compared to the studious Urara Shiraishi. But not all is as it seems at Suzaku High School, and after Yamada and Shiraishi share an accidental kiss, the two discover that they […]
Though he doesn’t look it, Takeo Goda is a first year high-school student. He’s got plenty of friends and is popular with all the guys in his class, but thanks to his intimidating physical appearance he’s never had a girlfriend, and anyone he’s interested in is immediately drawn to his best friend Sunakawa. This all […]
Nisekoi’s first season, on the whole, managed to succeed on its own terms by challenging its harem tropes through improved characterisation. The second season picks up directly from the conclusion of its predecessor with interesting results. Nisekoi Season 2 kicks off with Chitoge lamenting that she has a thing for Raku as a carry over […]
A few months ago I was pleasantly surprised in my review of the first chunk of episodes for Nisekoi. This release finishes up the remainder of the first season of the show, covering the next stage in the story arc. Going into this review I was curious where they were going to take the cast […]
At a cursory glance, Sankarea sounds like an excuse for an anime series to do the whole zombie thing. I’ll admit I don’t think I quite get the zombie trope movement – I found Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies inane in a kind of internet humour thing, and like the […]
To be honest I wasn’t sure where to start with Nisekoi. I’m a sucker for slice of life/high school/romcom/drama/comedy anime so it ticked all the boxes, but at the same time on the surface it also seemed a little too familiar to the veritable ocean of similar shows out there. The question is, what can […]