*Major spoilers for those who haven’t read the manga!* Note: this review does NOT encompass the entire storyline as it was written before the manga was complete. At first glance, this anime seems like your run-of-the-mill school-life gag anime. However, this is far from what Assassination Classroom is. For someone who doesn’t watch much shounen anime,…
Kino’s Journey is one of the most interesting light novels (with an anime adaptation for volume 1 but read the light novel for a more complete experience) that I have come across so far. When one thinks of anime, we immediately link it to super powers and action with the protagonist emerging victorious in the…
-Spoilers Ahead! You have been warned- After death, humans are either sent to the void or reincarnated. But for some, at the instant of death, they have their memories wiped clean and are sent to Quindecim, a nether-worldly bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim. He challenges them to play the Death Game, wherein they…
Warning: *Major Spoilers Ahead* 残響のテロル is an alternate universe to the present, one in which Tokyo is devastated by sudden terrorist attacks and the only hint to the perpetrators are bizarre videos uploaded to the Internet. These videos are taped by a duo who have dubbed themselves “Sphinx” – an appropriate title as they leave the world dumbfounded with…
When They Cry consists of two independent yet somewhat related anime series, ひぐらしのなく頃に (“When the Cicadas Cry”) and うみねこのなく頃に (“When the Seagulls Cry”). These two are popular Japanese murder mysteries that have had an anime adaptation, manga, visual novel as well as a video game. For this review, I’ll be covering only the former. PG…
What seems like an exciting new year for class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Middle School turns into a nightmare as the main character, Kouichi Sakakibara, transfers in. Sensing an atmosphere of fear when he enters the class, he begins to talk to the girl with the unsettling eye patch who always sits alone. A girl that…
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