Anime

After a long wait fans of Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- finally return to the Hidden Realm in Season 2, where cozy cooking, folklore-rich worldbuilding, and an unexpected quest narrative collide. Season 2 picks up with Aoi Tsubaki settled at Tenjin-ya, learning the rhythms of innkeeping and deepening bonds with the ayakashi who surround […]

Pokémon Horizons: Rising Hope — How a Time Skip Rebooted the Series The new arc Rising Hope in Pokémon Horizons makes a bold narrative move: it uses a one-year time skip to reset the status quo and push its young protagonists into more mature, consequential roles. The shift isn’t merely cosmetic — it alters relationships, […]

My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha arrives as a strange mix of anti-hero melodrama and missed comedic potential. The setup is simple: Light, a weak but resilient protagonist, is exploited for his Infinite Gacha ability by the Concord of Tribes and left for dead when his pulls fail to impress. He survives, attracts a powerful […]

*Note: This review contains major spoilers for The Water Magician.* The Water Magician arrives as a curious experiment in the isekai formula: instead of celebrating the genre’s familiar beats, it often undermines them. That boldness is simultaneously the series’ most compelling element and its chief flaw. On one hand, the show gives us an unnerving, […]

The back half of the Cat’s Eye remake shifts the franchise from lighthearted capers to a darker, more serialized tone as Hitomi and her sisters face the Cranaff Syndicate while trying to recover their missing father’s paintings. Despite the attempt to raise stakes and deepen mysteries, the season struggles with pacing, characterization, and a repeated […]

Azusa Kannawa is the kind of manager who excels at deadlines, presentations and professional composure — but when it comes to small talk, after-work drinks or showing her softer side, she’s spectacularly out of her depth. My Awkward Senpai turns that charming contradiction into the heart of a workplace romantic comedy that’s cozy, sometimes predictable, […]

Puniru is a Kawaii Slime returns for a second season that leans harder into emotion while keeping the series’ signature zaniness and visual flair. What begins as a continuation of sitcom-style antics gradually shifts into surprisingly thoughtful territory — exploring identity, validation, and what “being cute” really means for the characters involved. The result is […]

Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter — promotional cover Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter (translated title) offers a textbook example of an isekai-adjacent school fantasy that leans heavily into character-driven vignettes. At its core the series follows Allen, a commoner-turned-tutor, as he tries to guide a trio of female magic students—most notably Tina, the […]

Poster: The Camphorwood Custodian Based on Keigo Higashino’s 2020 novel, The Camphorwood Custodian is a contemplative anime film that blends gentle mystery with character-driven drama. It follows Reito Naoi, a man who, after a desperate act and subsequent arrest, is released on the condition that he become the custodian of a camphorwood tree at Tsukigō […]

A quietly imaginative slice-of-life drama, Fureru. follows three island-born friends—Aki, Ryo, and Yuta—whose bond is literally strengthened by a small, spiky yokai named Fureru. This hedgehog-like creature erases the walls between minds, allowing the trio to share thoughts and feelings with perfect clarity. As they grow into adulthood and move to Shinjuku, the supernatural shortcut […]