Category: Reviews
True Tears Review – The Sum of All Tears (85%)
A few missteps and lurches into soap opera territory cannot spoil what was the most delicately balanced–and affecting–ending this season, capping off a show that…
Bamboo Blade 24, 25 – a slap in the face – my face.
Oh Mai…Wait a second, I meant, omai…iya, that’s not right either. I meant, oh my goodness. Azuma really tells Miyamiya, and in the same process,…
Kimikiss Pure Rouge Review: Is It All Right To Be Average? (75%)
The ending of this fine romance is either unsurprising or a cop-out. Is this show still worthwhile, though? Yes, mostly.
Kimikiss Pure Rouge 22 – At Childhood’s End
As this show draws closer to the end, I’m realizing that it maybe, just maybe, doing for childhood what Honey and Clover did for post-adolescence:…
A Kiss and A Tear: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Harem! (Part 2)
This is the second part of an extensive dialogue that Owen and I conducted recently about Kimikiss and True Tears, where I ask most of…
H2O 8 and 9 – How’s my soul faring so far?
…Well, it’s not rocking, that’s for sure. Maybe I’ve become too jaded for my own good, but I simply wasn’t touched at all. However, That…