[V] Granblue Fantasy – A Fond Thank You

I think it comes to no surprise that Granblue Fantasy makes it to my list, given how much I play it. But to say the least, Granblue Fantasy gave me a home for a really long time, in terms of which guilds I was a part of. I first started playing about 2 years ago?…

[XII] Fune wo Amu- A typhoon of words

Hi I’m back at the end of 2016 participating in the 12 days of anime. You can see the information here. Basically it’s a goal to write for anime for 12 days in a row. It’s a really great writing excersize and I hope I can complete it this year too! 🙂 The vast ocean of…

[IV] Shokugeki no Soma – Learn Until You Drop

Contains MINOR SPOILERS for the arc after the Election Arc aka after the anime. I made sure though to keep as many screenshots away from the major spoilers but read with caution anyway! I was re-watching Community lately and I got to the episode where they do a Good Will Hunting reference in which the…

[X] – Shirobako a Dream for Us All

Shirobako was an important anime to almost everyone who watched it. The thrill of creating something we love. The struggles, the people you have to deal with, and the overall satisfaction at a completed episode. Oh and all the references. For me and for many others one of the most powerful scenes was  Shizuka’s first…

Anime Secret Santa: Shin Sekai Yori (Spoiler Free)

My immediate impressions starting Shin Sekai Yori are of immediate and subliminal foreshadowing. While building the world of SSY, they use past mythos, wonderful animation and folklore to foreshadow the events that will befall Saki’s group and those around her. The first few episodes started off very slow but I was made aware that this was…

[Ten] Family Bonds are little, Human Connections are Everything – (Barakamon, 2014)

While I was growing up, my parents made numerous remarks about how I should be like my older brother. The model student, straight A’s in everything. Caring of the family. I should trust my older cousins. They’re family. Family is everything, right? To this day, I don’t talk to my older cousins. I don’t talk…

Protected: Memories that Shackle your Mind – Aku no Hana

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Touch — Toxicity and Fragile Egos

In the 2nd arc of the 1985 anime series Touch, the main character Tatsuya is playing Baseball at Meisei High School in the position of the Ace Pitcher. Tatsuya practices hard because he wants to get better and go to the Koushien– which is the name of the stadium where the national finals are played. However,…

Love, Death and Character Development

Death is one of the more delicate but overused plot devices in anime. The “worst” deaths in anime are the ones that have no meaning to them in the long-run and only affect the plot. These include almost any and all deaths where it only looks like the character died but they re-appear later. Yet…

True Family is Formed through Forged Bonds, not by Blood

  “Your family will be the closest people in your life, not your friends.” This has been said to me so many times while I was growing up by my parents and aunts and uncles. Something to know about my family is that I have a huge family.  On my mother’s side alone I have 10…