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Jan 13, 2025
Spoiler
This is MY hill to die on.

For some weird reason 11yo me was absolutely infatuated with this show like only 1 before it; starting from watching youtube clips on mum’s Ipad, and that sentiment definitely followed me as I watched more anime, then when I thought I was finally done simping for the anime, I started reading manga - This was my first.

I again became attached to this fucking story and it’s fucking characters all over again… This manga sometimes feels like a fever dream with some of the whacky shit the writer pulls, and in no way am I saying it's somehow more ...
Jan 12, 2025
Preliminary (8/18 chp)
Gou and Sotsu were shit… Contemporary Higurashi content is really hit-or-miss and it’s hard not to point out the towering “miss” that Gou/Sotsu were in 2020, considering that they were the only products that got an anime release. However I’m here to say that most of the Reiwa content that we’ve gotten has been a hit in a big way, Hoshiwatashi in particular was incredible and and I loved how it’s part of the story was handled by the writer(s?). Now… The same goes for most irotoutoshi, but I don’t know what happened towards the end man, It gives the impression that they had simply ...
Aug 20, 2024
Spoiler
I feel like this manga needs a certain mindset in order to read.
I read through the first 20-30 chapters of this manga on complete autopilot, because that's what I thought the manga wanted me to do.
I was supremely bored.

It wasn't until I started treating it differently to other SoL manga that I really became invested. Instead of passively reading and expecting it to entertain me, I started paying attention to the scenery and masterful art, and I started appreciating the manga more for what it actually was - A Journey.

One thing that really stood out to me above everything else was the juxtaposition between ...
Jul 26, 2024
I really don’t know where I stand with this manga. On one hand it has some of the most breath-taking moments and incredible panels that made me stop and have a little moment, and on the other it has so many short-comings that bothered me to the point that I feel like I didn’t enjoy it as much as the 8.97 score suggests I should have.
Me being the cynical cunt that I am, I think I have an automatic urge to find problems and flaws with popular works such as this, that stop me from enjoying myself to the fullest extent compared to a ...
Jul 20, 2024
A recent trend of new-popular shows rising to the number one spot on the rankings, only to drop off to hang around the top 100 or lower after more episodes release. Some examples of this are rather undeserving; think Oshi no ko which I was rather unimpressed with apart from the fantastic first episode, Spy x Family was good but didn’t deserve #3 (if I remember correctly), Kaguya-sama S3 - I thought season 2 was better - and more.
Despite all the shit I just gave the top spot, Frieren does seem to be sticking around, and it is definitely the “best” anime I’ve seen to ...
Jul 11, 2024
Taiyou no Ie (Manga) add
I shouldn’t need to persuade you to read this, I mean - as of writing this - it has a 33-0-0 review ratio (now 34-0-0), that’s incredible. Please go read this manga, you won’t regret it.

Much like the title itself: everything about this read emanates a certain warmth that’s hard to generate from a typical read. From the fantastic characters and their interactions with each other, to the cozy art-style; comparable to the other rom-coms we all know and love - to the perfectly slow-paced story and the rewarding progress towards the main characters primary goals. It all weaves together to create a feeling unlike ...
Jun 8, 2024
Tokyo Ghoul (Manga) add
Right off the bat, Tokyo Ghoul's concept is inherently cool and interesting.

Regardless of how media has twisted its perception and how the anime made it seem “edgy and twisted”, the show’s core concept is really interesting: What would happen if “ghouls” existed in modern society. Not only does this pose countless philosophical questions, but its a fun take on how humans would react if such a thing were to happen, and the show goes to extremes to flesh the worldbuilding which I appreciate. However where my issue with this area lies is that some aspects weren’t reinforced and I ended up having to remind myself ...
Sep 25, 2023
The 'Second' instalment of Higurashi Rei is a massive step up in terms of characters, plot, and my general interest in it.

Before anything, I just want to give this credit for how accurately it depicts its characters. Specifically, Keitarou (Based), and just the cast in general, act exactly how I imagine myself and others would act in their incredibly specific situations, which is no small feat to pull off. Congrats.
Onto the actual review.

The people of Hinamizawa and Polaris can be viewed as two sides of the same coin, stuck together, yet so completely different that you can't tell. Oniokoshi-hen showed us the viewpoints of the ...
Sep 18, 2023
The 'first' installment of Higurashi Rei is rather slow and uninteresting as a part of the wider Higurashi universe; however, it's very necessary as a setup for the next two arcs of Rei.

Now, I'm just going to talk briefly about how well it does as an add-on to the original. When it comes to this, it does well in some areas and terribly in others. It builds on the existing story strictly for Hinamizawa and Hinamizawa alone; this is obviously great, but the original cast barely appears, and the way we get most of our information about them is through dialogue by the new main ...
Sep 17, 2023
Well-writtenWell-written
"It’s not that hard to write a sequel, expand on characters and story in meaningful ways, and try to make it as good or better than the original. For most people, the standard was the original Deen anime from 2006-2007, and for a sequel to not even begin to reach the quality of that, let alone the original VN, is… well… maybe it just shouldn’t have been made in the first place.

Gou is unique in that, if you’ve consumed any Higurashi content before it, it will actively hinder your experience while watching it. Yes, you will have a worse time watching a sequel if you've ...


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