Time Travel Soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura Final Grade: +++ There are only two problems with this anime. The first is quasi-pedophilia. The second is ham-fisted depth. Here we have a perfectly good story about a dude/chick who goes around killing […]
I recently wrote about Durarara’s Japanese being too complicated for me to understand. Turns out it wasn’t entirely my fault. Durarara doesn’t understand Japanese either. Durarara’s 2nd–4th seasons were subtitled shou, ten, and ketsu. These terms come from the phrase […]
My latest foray into learning Japanese has been reading the Muv-Luv Visual Novel series. This was the confluence of five independent factors: My reading speed sucks. I wanted a fun and convenient platform for practicing reading. Looking up words in […]
I turned 30 this past year and figured I’d take a hard look at my life. The ultimate goal here is improvement, not reflection. That’s why the following 10 items, while all inspired by specific incidents, are cast in terms […]
Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider wasn’t obvious, but it was no match for Umineko logic + the process of elimination. Once you get past the catchy but unfitting opening sequence, you’re thrown into a mystery that’s so […]
To be fair, I never cared for any installment in the Lupin III franchise. The few times I caught Lupin III episodes on Adult Swim, I was usually leaving it on in the background as I did my homework. Yes, […]
I’m not usually the kind of douchebag who walks into (or worse, out of) a test crying about how he’s definitely going to fail, only to end up pissing all over the condolence flowers he suckered everyone else into buying […]
Sendai is the largest city between Tokyo and Sapporo. Given how much ground that covers, you’d think Sendai would be ridden with tourist traps. Quite the contrary, all the tourist spots in Sendai seemed to be geared towards the locals […]
If you want to climb a mountain but don’t feel like chopping wood, fighting bears, or losing your 4G LTE coverage, Fuji is the mountain for you. With over 250,000 climbers during its summer climbing season alone, Fuji is the […]
Gay Marriage Like several other landmark progressive Supreme Court decisions (e.g., Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade), Obergefell v. Hodges’ moral arguments far outdid its legal arguments. Kennedy’s majority opinion was basically: Feelings Marriage is good Feelings Due Process and […]