**This post is NOT sponsored by Sugoi Mart and I’m not being paid to post this! (UNFORTUNATELY)** Sugoi Mart has released a new lucky bag with the hit anime and manga, Spy x Family, as the theme. In the past I’ve loved getting anime lucky bags because it’s an opportunity to get some merchandise, snacks,…
Black Butler Season 1 Anime Review
AKA: Kuroshitsuji, 黒執事 Genre: Supernatural, Dark Comedy, Fantasy, Psychological Studio: A-1 Pictures Episodes: 36 (+ 7 OVAs) Seasons: 2 Available On: Hulu, Funimation This show has to be one of the most confusing I’ve ever watched. Even finding it online in full seems like a task, due to Hulu having the first and second season, Funimation having the first…
A Condition Called Love Vol. 1 Manga Review
花野井くんと恋の病, Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai Genre: Romance, School Life Written By: Megumi Morino Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: Dessert Volumes: 12 Summary Sixteen-year-old Hotaru has always been ambivalent about romance. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting alone in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he…
Belle Automata Game Review [Indie Spotlight]
Released: March Developer: Jellyfish Parade Genre: Sci-Fi, Otome, Amare, Romance Platform: Mac/PC/Linux TW: The full version of this game contains brief flashing and blinking background effects. If you have a sensitivity to these types of effects, you can turn off animations in the options menu. Steam and Itch.io This year has been on fire with more indie otome games. Especially…
An Everyday Love Game Review [Indie Spotlight]
Released: November 9th, 2022 Developer: Hollow Rose Studios Genre: Otome, Amare, Slice-of-Life, Contemporary, Romance, Visual Novel TW (spoilers): Medical trauma, body talk/discomfort, death, workplace abuse, biphobia/family abandonment, car accident injury Platform: PC, Mac Itch.io – An Everyday Love Summary Being young is the best – you’re full of energy, relentlessly optimistic, and can take on as many risks…
Endigo Society #1 Manga Review [Indie Spotlight]
Endigo Society Genre: Action, Superhero Written By: Norwick Robinson Illustration By: Mikhail Sebastian Volumes: 1 This week’s edition of Indie Spotlight will focus on the indie manga Endigo Society which is a black indie manga created by Norwick Robinson. Summary Humanity has always been intrigued by the many puzzling mysteries of the universe. One of the…
Chainsaw Man Vol. 6 Manga Review
チェンソーマン, Chensō Man Genre: Action, Comedy, Dark Horror, Fantasy Written By: Tatsuki Fujimoto Publisher: Shueisha/Viz Media Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump Volumes: 13 Summary This week’s manga Monday focuses on CSM. So far we’ve come to a point where I have no idea where the story is going yet. We’ve met a variety of characters but they just…
Mieruko-chan Anime Review
AKA: “The Girl Who Can See Them”, 見える子ちゃん Genre: Horror Comedy Studio: Passione Episodes: 12 Seasons: 1 Available On: Crunchyroll, Funimation Imagine you can see spirits but you actively ignore them. In fact, you go out of your way to pretend they don’t exist. That’s essentially what Mieruko-chan is about but adds in some comedic and dark twists. Before…
Boys Run The Riot Vol. 2 Manga Review
ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット, Bōizu Ran za Raiotto Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ, School Life, Seinen Written By: Keito Gaku Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: Weekly Young Jump Volumes: 4 Summary This volume focused more on Boys Run The Riot developing their brand more as well as Watari is trying to see if he’s able to come out to others. It’s a very bumpy…
Blue Flag Vol. 1 Manga Review
青のフラッグ, Ao no Furaggu Genre: Drama, Romance, Slife-of-Life Written By: KAITO Publisher: Shueisha Magazine: Shonen Jump Volumes: 8 Manga Monday was almost about to turn into ‘Reading Wednesday’ but I pushed through to get this post out today. This week, we’ll be diving into possibly my second favorite high school series of the year (Blue Box has stolen…