oh the humanity
Honey & Clover, After Set 1
I like to indulge in things that remind me of days gone by, even if the memory gets a little fluffed and imagined way better than it really was. Being able to hook into into Honey & Clover like that has made watching it more fun than I expected.
Starting Honey and Clover
Now, I know this series gets a lot of love amongst blogos and after watching the first two episodes I’m into it, but I can’t help but wonder if the only reason I’m enjoying Honey and Clover is because it feels different, like an anime not made for otaku. This makes it refreshing (as an [...]
Kare Kano Revisited
When I first saw Kare Kano (His and Hers Circumstances), the unexpectedness gently blew my mind. Wait a second, how? Kare Kano is a high school romance story with quite a few expected developments, but it was the two main characters and how I could relate to it was that made Kare Kano a favorite [...]
Welcome to the NHK, Finished
In between the crazy moments of Sato’s imagination, Welcome to the NHK lives in the sober moments of reality, when the soundtrack of lazy drums nudges the guitar along behind Sato’s wallowing, the unwarm sunlight through the window of the half desolate Tokyo train, a full ashtray, and a computer monitor as the light of [...]
Otaku, Clothes and the Normal Life
A couple of days ago I watched that Genshiken episode where Kasukabe goads Madarame into investing in his outward appearance…
Portraits from Memory: Boogiepop Phantom
I’ve been wanting to write something smart about Boogiepop Phantom for years now, but I’ve come to realize that, no, I really don’t want to. Every six months or so it goes into the dvd player and I sit and take it all in. It has to have been at least ten times [...]
