Anime x Lit Crit: Vampires & Valentine’s – Toradora! 07

Guess what, people? Summer has come upon us! And you know what summer means in the world of anime? Yup, pool/beach episodes! Technically, this episode of Toradora! came out in the winter of 2008, but who cares. Primes: Know what else? My very first post on Curiously Dead Cat included an image from this very episode! Nice! (You just really …

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Build a Harem: Hair Curtain Edition

So...Moya's been highly fascinated by and a teeny bit afraid of this tag that's spreading these days, thanks to its creator Cactus Matt. Edgy Anime Teen made sure that I'm not left out from the fun though, so it's now my turn to build a personalized harem! Rules: Link back to the original post on Anime QandA so …

Anime x Lit Crit: Vampires & Valentines – Toradora! 06

Hello! It's finally time for Toradora! again. Have you noticed that you can never predict when a new episode review comes out on this blog nowadays? Gyahaha...I fear I am becoming rather sporadic. Primes: *stares sheepishly at his own toes after not posting for an entire week*  What do you mean? You wrote four posts last week (I went and …

[Highlights] Piano no Mori 07-09: People Grow Up!!

I'm super behind schedule on this. To be honest, I seriously considered dropping this series just because of how busy I've become, and because by episode 6, it no longer appealed to me as much as its opening episode did. Now that characters have grown up and are playing lots of Chopin... I'm happy about …

Anime x Lit Crit: Vampires & Valentines – Toradora! 05

My intro just becomes shorter and shorter, so I might as well skip it. You can check out last week's Shiki review and find a links for our previous collabs on Primes' website! Finally, Ami Kawashima. When I Googled "Toradora," Ami was the first suggestion to pop up for some reason. Is she a popular …

Anime x Lit Crit: Vampires & Valentines – Toradora! 04

Welcome to Episode 4 of Toradora. Check out our discussion of Episode 4 of Shiki on Primes' website when it's up. The student council president (I think that's what she is?) is introduced! With her distinct personality and how the whole school fawns over her, she seems like a pretty important character. I don't see her in …

Very Late, but Hopefully Still Lovely

Guess what, it's an award post! May is a slow month for this blog, mostly because I haven't been posting much other than tardy episode reviews. Can't believe I'm still occupied by so many things despite being on vacation. I'm sorry for answering so late, but I do really love the sets of questions from …

Anime x Lit Crit: Vampires & Valentines – Toradora! 03

Welcome to installment 3 of my collaboration with Negative Primes! Read about girls beating up their weaknesses in Toradora! here (and violation of sacred boundaries in Shiki here and here). Ryuji postulates that Minori has family issues to take care of when he learns that she's juggling multiple part-time jobs at once, and Taiga responds by warning him to …

[Highlights] Piano no Mori 06: Forest’s Edge

Kai's career as a pianist is about to kick off. He surprised me by choosing to stay in his home, Forest's Edge. The piano gets struck by lightening. Interesting how the random Forest Edge girl cares more about the piano than Kai, who forgets about the piano until he sees it burning. Perhaps it symbolizes …

Colour-Coded Kalafina: Black

Welcome to Kalafina recommendations ver. Gothic/rock. Sorry it took me so long to get to this one! Also, for those of you who requested translyrics/lyrics analysis, I'll get to that eventually! Previous song recommendations: Colour-Coded Kalafina: Red Colour-Coded Kalafina: Blue Colour-Coded Kalafina: Yellow "Yami no Uta" (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHYww8oh_0 Colour justification: "Song of Darkness" needs no …