Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. I really needed something light and fun to watch and Wotakoi was a new concept that I just had to try out. Anyways, MILD SPOILERS AHEAD like always, you should know this by now.

Narumi Momose who has just joined a new workplace is an otaku who likes to keep her habits secret from other people due to fear of being ridiculed. She runs into a childhood friend Hirotaka Nifuji at her new workplace. Hirotaka is a gamer who is open about his habits unlike, Narumi. Narumi is also friends with cosplayer Hanako Koyanagi who goes to the same office and Taro Kabakura who she is dating. The story is about these 4 characters navigating their day to day life while keeping up with their otaku habits and maintaining their own relationships.

The thing that I liked about this anime was that while there was little character ‘development’ because these characters are already adults and it is hard to change when you’re an adult, the characters have their own little realizations throughout the story especially, Hirotaka who gradually deals with his insecurity. There’s not much to say about the characters other than that they’re fun and interesting to watch and that my favorite is Koyanagi because of her insults.

The romance in this anime isn’t typical either because normally romances are set in high school and involve teens who are still developing since the characters in this anime are all working adults the story is different and moves differently from a normal romance. The new concept gives a lot of freedom and while it may feel unrelatable for some people, it actually is pretty fun and comedic to watch. There’s also the fact that this is an anime that gradually gets better, it doesn’t start off awesome but slowly as you get to know the characters you start having fun. There’s also the fact that it feels more like a slice of life about the characters than a romance and while I liked it, this is something that people might not like.

All romances are not the same, that is something that I learned from this anime. Even the two couples shown in the anime are all different in how they interact. One is new and moves slow and the other is all developed and moves differently. The reason I pointed this out as a take away from this is because, people usually always look at other couples (usually celeb couples) and try to mold their own relationship in that image which fails miserably most of the times because every relationship is different and unique to their own pace.

The anime has 11 episodes currently and it is a fun watch. I might just dive into the manga soon because I liked the characters. This is one of those anime that is definitely aimed at working adults so if you’re an adult you will relate to this anime a lot more than I ever can. I loves the comedy and the slice of life of this anime. With a fresh concept, more slice of life than romance and characters that are unrelatable to some people I will gives this anime a 7/10. This is a reccomendation that you will have to try out for yourself to be sure about.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. This anime is close to my heart and I am biased toward it. The reason? Years ago when I was just a kid I switched to the ‘Animax’ channel (if I remember correctly) on my TV and there I watched one episode of this show, since then I always tried to watch this show but the episodes were broadcasted in a random order so I couldn’t make much sense of it. However, it stuck with me and years later I remembered the name ‘Kindaichi’ and searched for it. I found the original but bad subs, low quality and no availability of episodes made me turn to this new anime which is kind of a continuation. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD. Very mild like only character name and some outlines of cases.

The fun thing about this anime is that it doesn’t follow a typical story. I’ll get to explaining that in a bit. Kindaichi Hajme is the grandson of a famous detective, a slakcer in school, his trued abilities show when he works on murder cases that he gets sucked into. He usually works with childhood friend and kind of love interest Miyuki Nanase. the old detective in the police force Kenmochi takes help from Kindaichi from cases and is his go to for police support during cases. Then there’s the police superintendent Akechi, a brilliant and handsome man who offers support to Kindaichi and competes with him. The story follows Kindaichi on different cases, the only constant characters are the four mentioned above and sometimes 2 of Kindaichi’s rivals make an appearance but it never goes anywhere. The thing is that you can basically jump into any arc of your choosing and completely understand the story. The arcs being anywhere from 1 to 5 episodes long. Hence a story summary is pretty much not possible here.

Character development is nonexistent in this anime and you will see that because from the start we see Kindaichi as a static character. He’s smart, goofy, and sometimes a pervert but when solving cases he is the most serious person ever. He doesn’t change throughout the show, not even once, not even when you expect that some change would come in him. The characters are interesting but do not develop. The conversations between characters can be interesting, especially in one particular case where Kindaichi has a conversation with the Puppeter from Hell, a rival but apart from that do not expect any character development because the characters keep changing for each case.

The anime does detective work extremely well. Setting up the case, giving us the clues and doing the ultimate reveal of the culprit, the anime does it all beautifully and each case will keep you engrossed because you can figure out some of the tricks but you will almost never be able to guess the true culprit until Kindaichi reveals him. The animation is good, nothing to write home about. The music too is good and set well according to the scenes. The bad thing about this anime is how there’s no consistent plot even with Kindaichi having 2 really good rivals setup for him.

No matter the reason for the crime, crime is always wrong. That is something that anime can show really well. Often times when the motive of the killer is revealed you would sympathize with the killer and maybe even think that Kindaichi will forgive the killer but no, Kindaichi stays true to his ideal of justice and never once does he forgive a criminal for their crimes. He stays a compassionate human to even the culprits but makes sure they pay for their crimes.

The anime has 47 episodes with 1 TV special. The only strong point of this anime is the detective work that it shows, the fell of the mystery is really well done and is quite entertaining. This is another one of the anime can be a hit or miss with people and completely differs from person to person. The anime can be rated at a 6 at most but I personally give it a 7 because of the hit of nostalgia it gave him. I won’t tell you all to immediately check it out but if you find the time do watch one case and see if you like it.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. This was the first movie I watched in theatres and also my first Makoto Shinkai movie and I was blown away. MILD VERY MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story has Suzume Iwato, a high schooler meeting a mysterious man who asks her about ruins around the town. Intrigued, Suzume decides to visit the old ruins herself and finds out about the mysterious world of Gates, doors around the world that when opened will cause destruction on a massive scale. Teaming up with the mysterious male who identifies himself as Munkata Souta, a Closer whose job is to close the Gates scattered across Japan, Suzume embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.

While the story focuses mainly on our two leads that is Suzume and Souta there are a handful more characters to keep the plot interesting however I was amazed by the ability of the movie to go into depth with the characters in such a short period of time. Dreams, ambitions, life, sacrifice, the closeness of people to death all are beautiful themes that surround the characters and reflect them as well as their actions. Too much and it would be spoilers.

The animation is stunning, absolutely stunning in the movie, the world is crafted with beauty and elegance. The story is also thrilling, there’s not a moment that is boring or that isn’t moving the plot forward in some way or the other. The camerawork and voice acting, both things that I rarely (actually I don’t think I ever) talk about were both so spectacular that they didn’t carry the movie but rather complemented the plot in coming out better with more emotions and moving the audience. The pacing is also really good with the funny moments balancing out the thrill at all the right times to make the audience calm down after some spectacular action striking a perfect balance. The backgrounds and settings always complementing the scenes also elevates the movie. The music was also amazing which can be noticed by how much the tune is loved. The flaw of the anime is that there are multiple mysteries that are never really solved and seem to just be there for plot convenience.

The next paragraph will contain heavy spoilers so please skip if you don’t want that.

While I don’t know where Shinkai’s brilliance really lies, I do know that the theme of healing childhood trauma was most prominent and most beautifully explained through the movie. Suzume tragically suffers from loss and healing only with the help of her own older self shows childhood traumas healing only with our own growth. I loved that scene and I loved how it came out and pieces of media exploring themes is what any media should be about.

With a short 2 hour run time, Suzume is a movie that touched me a lot personally and is definitely something that can be majorly for everyone. The fantasy, the emotions, the animation, there is very well something for everyone. I rate the film a deserving 9/10.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. I was interested in the plot of this anime but the animation was a big turn off for the first few episodes so if you cannot watch CGI then I will not recommend this anime but if you can then read ahead. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Kaina lives in a world where people build houses on trees and the land is a mebrane like substance which is called the Canopy. This world gets its water from the Orbital Spire Trees, giant trees where the villagers built their home. However the canopy is high up in the air and below it lies the Great Snow Sea, an endless sea of snow. The people of the Canopy believe that life cannot exist down at the Snow Sea however down below countries are formed at the foot of the Orbital Spire Trees. Princess Ririha of Atland travels up the Canopy to look for the Sage, a being who she was told stories of by her mother in an attempt to save her country against the cruel Valghia who is attacking them for their water which is in the Orbital Spire Tree that Atland is built on. Ririha meets Kaina at the Canopy and the two team up to go down to the Great Snow Sea, a journey that will save the country of Atland.

This is a series that focuses much more on story progression than characters so the characters are really generic and don’t have that much depth. There’s the curious Kaina of the Canopy, a man who was supposed to simply serve as Ririha’s guide but ends up doing a lot more, however he’s more of a do things as they come type of person, a little bland. The Princess of Atland, Ririha has a bit of personality as her desperation to save her country is evident every time she tries her hardest for the slimmest of hopes that Atland can be saved from Valghia. The Valghian general Amelothee is also another character that is well written, her dynamic with the Atland elite warrior Orinoga is something that was good to watch,

The setting of a dying fantasy world due to the lack of water is a great one and despite the bad animation making the characters look stiff and really bad, they did manage to make the scenes of the world and the environment look amazing, it really invoked a sense of awe when you saw it. The anime knows how to keep the story interesting enough to keep you waiting for that next episode however the best thing was the fights which were few but each fight was absolutely amazing to watch. The fantasy world had immense and I do mean immense world building potential, they could have revealed so much lore and so many other things about the state of the world however I think that they were just confused between whether to go the fantasy or the lost advanced technology route and in the end just gave us a bad mix of both.

The anime is really simple and straight forward, it doesn’t go all that deep into anything however the one thing that I did learn was how fun a simple story could be sometimes, even though the story is predictable at times or the lore is so bad that you don’t understand anything about the world of the story, it’s just nice to see an adventure that is simple.

With 11 episodes, the anime is a short watch with a predictable yet good finale, it’s fun to watch if you can look past the bad animation but that’s all it is, a fantasy adventure for you to watch when you’re bored and just want to watch something that you can turn your mind off to. Do not go in expecting a lot but it’s still good entertainment, I’ll rate this one a 6/10.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. The animation of the first episode was what drew me in towards the anime and I am glad that it did because this was one epic journey and I enjoyed it quote a lot. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Kurima Raizo is a smurai who is tricked by his superiors into killing his own father in law, in grief and wanting to die he comes upon Usui Yuen, a man who works for the organization known as the Chapel which takes revenge on behalf of people who burn their grudges into a gold coin by biting it. Teaming up with Yuen, Raizo takes his revenge on his superior only to find out that the conspiracy goes far deeper than he could have ever imagined. Becoming a revenger like Yuen and his team, Raizo swears to put the matter to a rest, killing all that stand in his way as he deals with different types of grudges and learns of the dark world of revenge.

This anime focuses a lot on the development and characterization of two characters, Usui Yuen and Kurima Raizo both of whom are incredible characters and deserved all the focus that they got. Usui Yuen is a revenger who works for the Chapel, a secret organization that takes on contracts in the form of bitten gold. Yuen questions the nature of revenge and repentance and which of the two should go for each perpetrator. Kurima Raizo is a samurai with a guilt conscience, he constantly battles with the guilt of the crime that he has committed, as the protagonist I really liked the conclusion to his arc. We have Soji, the drunk and irresponsible member of the revengers whose friendship with Kurima is another good dynamic. We also have Teppa and Nio, other revengers of the group that do not get as much focus.

The good animation is one of the best parts of this anime because some scenes can be absolutely beautiful to watch, a contrast to the dark and grim world of revenge that we follow. The action is decent, I didn’t find it really overwhelming or anything like that but it was still good to watch. The mystery of the story is another thing that it does well, constantly revealing connections between characters and the true nature of some of them. The pain of the people that are unable to take their own revenge is well represented despite begin such a heavy theme, you will feel bad for each character that asks for their revenge. The one bad thing is that sometimes some characters get little screen time but are constantly refereed to later on in the plot which can get confusing.

“Should a culprit be allowed to live if he repents?” This is a question that the anime asks, I won’t spoil too much but this something that we can deeply ponder on, every criminal deserves punishment but does a person who has repentance and guilt for the crime deserve to be punished as well? Can it not be that the person that has committed a crime can someday turn their life around but can never get that chance because they are punished? It really is interesting and the anime shows an interesting take on it as well.

12 episodes makes REVENGER a short watch with a finale that concludes Yuen and Raizo’s arcs absolutely beautifully. You should get in it if you like a mystery with loads of action and seeing characters with great depth, for the conclusion alone is worth it. The anime is a solid 8/10 in my book.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. I really thought that this anime would be some psychological card games however not being what I expected doesn’t mean that High Card still isn’t a good anime. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The royal family of the Kingdom of Fourland holds a secret deck of 52 playing card which gives superpowers to the person who uses them effectively making them “players”. The cards were stolen from the royal family and scattered across the country causing many people to become ‘players’. Finn Oldman, a small time thief struggles to get enough money to save the orphanage that raised him before the landlord forces them out. In a desperate attempt to raise money Finn visits the casino and witnesses a bloody fight in between players for the cards that they hold. He is recruited into High Card, an organization that works under the King of Fourland to recover the cards. Working undercover during the day as car salesmen for the Pinochle Old Maid branch High Card works to fight criminals using cards for their greed and recover them. Finn who joins up for the money, enters into a world where everyone has secret plan to use the cards and no one’s true intentions are known.

We have the protagonist Finn Oldman, a petty thief who wants to save Sun Fields Orphanage, the orphanage where he grew up. He suffers from Amnesia about a specific incident which is truly very exciting. We have his mentor Chris Redgrave, a cocky and confident ladies man who is focused on doing the job right at all times. Leo, the branch manager and the leader of High Card has issues with his father that are left unexplored. Wendy, a samurai girl and Vijay, a guy with plant powers make up the team of High Card, though Chris and Finn are explored deeply with their motivations and dynamics with each other, the others don’t get as much depth except Wendy who gets a full episode to herself. I really look forward to the characters getting more screentime in season 2.

There’s nothing that’s really outstanding about the anime, if anything tis the concept as a whole and the amount of mysteries that the story contains even after a full 12 episodes. However the creative powers are definitely something that the anime should get credit for because every card user that we see has a unique power and the way they use it is unique as well making the action of each episode feel fresh. I was annoyed however at how they hinted so much at bigger things going on behind the scenes for the plot and the world however there is no follow-up to most of that at all, I really hope that season 2 follows up on all of those leads because S1 is a whole setup that delivers on characters and not story.

I was really annoyed by the 10th episode because I knew that there was no way that I was going to get the answers that I wanted about the lore and the other mysteries of the story however a season 2 announcement made me excited for the finale all over again and I feel like that showed me that sometimes patience is key when watching a show because I know I would not have enjoyed that finale as much as I did had I not known that the questions I asked still have room to be answered in another season.

12 episodes makes High Card a short watch but that’s just for now because we already have a season 2 announced and I believe that we will be looking at the greater things in there and I hope that we do because I really think that the series has loads and loads of potential that could make it skyrocket in rating but for the time being, only considering what we have, I will rate the anime a 7/10.

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Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. I know that most of you that are active in the anime twitter community or anitwt already have opinions on this anime, either you think it’s good or you think it’s the worst thing every made, well I think I’ll be showing why a battle Shonenesque, hyped, filled with emotions anime can be good. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.’. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Isagi Yoichi passes at a critical moment in a tournament causing his team to not score and his high school team gets disqualified leaving him frustrated. Meanwhile, The Japan Football Association hires Ego Jinpachi to make the Japanese nation team win the World Cup. Ego reveals his plan to be the creating of a facility known as Blue Lock, a training ground to train the ultimate egoist, a striker who will never pass and score 100% of the time. Blue Lock sends out invitations to 300 players with Isagi being one of them. Isagi accepts the offer however the training method of Blue Lock is not what one would expect, striving to be the best in the highly competitive environment of Blue Lock, Isagi and 299 other strikers play to become the world’s greatest strikers with failure meaning they can never represent Japan ever again in soccer, effectively destroying their football careers.

Blue Lock shines with its characters, giving each of them their own motivations and goals for joining Blue Lock as well as their their very own unique ‘egos’ which is a key part of Blue Lock. We have the main character Isagi Yoichi who is eager to be the best but realizes his level pretty soon in Blue Lock, however he strives on with the dream to be the greatest striker in the world. We have Kira Ryosuke, a player who is eliminated early showing what kind of players Blue Lock needs, completely selfish egoists. The incharge of Blue Lock Ego Jinpachi despite not looking like much knows exactly how to make the players under him stronger. Bachira Meguru, the crazy dribbler with a really sad backstory is one of my favourite characters. We have the Ichigo looking guy, Kunigami Kiniku with the dream of being a soccer superhero. These characters all have amazing depth but any deeper analysis on them makes the ‘mild spoilers’ thing change to ‘major spoilers’ and I don’t want that.

The nice visuals are the first thing you notice about Blue Lock even though at some very specific places we can nitpick, the majority of the episodes look good. The egoist type of play shown in Blue Lock can seem like it really doesn’t make any sense in the real world but the anime does know how to utilize it fully and how to not contradict itself when playing soccer in teams. The plot is also constantly moving, every match making sure that things stay interesting. The soccer of Blue Lock actually makes some amount of sense believe it or not but then again I am also not a major soccer fan so I may be wrong. The intensity of a battle shonen, often described as childish in anitwt is the best part of the anime since you’ll get connected to the characters, you get sad when they lose and hyped when they win, this connect to the characters is what makes the intensity and emotional moments perfect for Blue Lock.

Changing ideals to become better. The anime while talking about this point doesn’t mean to tell a person to completely lose themselves but shows that only through constant evolution a person can survive in Blue Lock and I believe that that is also the case in real life since without growth there is only stagnation and stagnation is not good at all.

24 episodes in total, a second season and movie already announced and a finale that makes me want to dive into the manga as soon as I can, the intensity of Blue Lock that some way consider its weakness are its biggest strength and I would definitely give this anime a solid 8/10.

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