Month: April 2009
Helen ESP – What disability?
There are great works of literature on disability. Rather than focusing only on the helplessness of disabled individuals, they turn into affirmations of life. These…
ISMLdo
I finally know why I am participating in ISML, and why it is so important for all otaku. It is not as a lone individual…
A N00b Reads Bleach: Volume 3
We come to the deepest and the most emotionally stirring volume of Bleach so far, with the “6/17” arc that covers the entire tankoubon. It’s…
A N00b Reads Bleach: Volume 2
The desire for resurrection–or at least bodies–animates, so to speak, the main stories in this volume, which is bringing back all the memories of the…
La La La Mio
With a line like “there’s just something about a girl with a bass guitar,” how could I resist? La La La Mio based on “La…
Beginner Anime
Two major categories have sprung up in anime discourse. There are referential anime such as Yakitate Japan and Lucky Star, and there are anime which…