I've really come to hate the word bullying. It isn't just that acts described as bullying are morally repugnant, it is more that the term gets thrown around to cover everything from excluding someone, minor pranks, staring at them, talking behind their back, openly harassing them, directly sabotaging their person, profession or possessions, to full … Continue reading A Comparison of the Portrayal of Bullying in Anime
Episode 2 of this anime turns down the extreme content, but what do we get instead? As much as the first episode of this show flaunted misery for the sake of it and gave us characters that we couldn't sympathise with because they hadn't tried to make them real characters, at least there was the … Continue reading Magical Girl Site Episode 2: Shock Factor Done, Set Into Familiar Patterns
In the battle to see which magical girl anime could hit the bottom first for dealing out sensationalist violence without substance, this one is a strong contender for victor unless it actually does have some point other than misery. What did you think of this first episode? Other than Killing Stalking and the occasional BL … Continue reading Magical Girl Site First Impressions – Warning on the Content and Images In This Post
Overview: I doubt there are many who haven't heard of this one. Lucky for me, AnimeLab added it for just one week which gave me a chance to see this much talked about film. Focusing on Ishida, a teenager who in primary school bullied Nishimiya who was deaf and later found himself the target of … Continue reading A Silent Voice Movie Review: Almost Nailed It
Review: Usually when a show makes their protagonist disappear for a whole episode the word filler is the first thing that comes to mind and yet episode 34 of March Comes in Like a Lion shows us how it should be done. Rei makes no appearance in this episode which is largely narrated by Hina … Continue reading March Comes in Like a Lion Episode 34: Hina’s Choice
Review: The bullying saga continues and there are no easy options here. Every step leads to further complications and Hina is caught in a very rough spot. However, once again March Comes in Like a Lion shows us it understands people very well. Hina's friend fled from bullying and retreated into herself and now is … Continue reading March Comes in Like A Lion Episode 28: Fight or Flight
Review: This show is not good. It didn't start well, but at least had an interesting kind of premise even if the execution was questionable, but at episode 3 I just have to admit that this is going to be kind of terrible. I also have to admit I kind of need to know how … Continue reading Evil or Live Episode 3: I Didn’t Think It Was Possible, But It Is Getting Worse
Review: I'm not totally sold on this show but this episode was quite charming. Instead of letting the gossip go on Hikari decides to take matters into her own hands and while I don't think this would work in the real world it was kind of fun to watch. The rest of this episode seemed … Continue reading Interviews With Monster Girls Episode 4
Overview: Arata Kaizaki's life has kind of hit a stand still. After quitting his first job three months in he is finding it pretty hard to find employment, or even really face the world and is becoming increasingly isolated. Enter a pill and a contract to go back to being 17 years old for a … Continue reading ReLIFE Series Review