Bleach Recap #4: The Arrancar Arrive

Having skipped over the Bount arc, we go right into a whirlwind of a continuation of the Soul Society arc where we’re just barely recovering from Aizen’s schemes. Luckily we get to do so in great company as Rukia, Renji, Ikkaku, Yumechika, Rangiku and Hitsugaya all join us in the world of the living. I … Continue reading Bleach Recap #4: The Arrancar Arrive →

My Book Fair Haul

There is a yearly book fair in Deventer, which is a city in the Netherlands. It’s supposedly one of the bigger second hand (and some new) book fairs in all of Europe. It is a pretty big market, although a lot of their books are in Dutch and I prefer English. I haven’t gone the … Continue reading My Book Fair Haul →

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Harvest Festival I

After a stay of several months at the woodland sage’s house near Milinia, it was finally time for the harvest festival. After patrolling the area had finished, everyone had gone back to preparing for the festival itself. Throughout the last day of preparation, numerous people had come up to Cobal and Mana and helped explain … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Harvest Festival I →

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 5

Round five of children suffering to atmospheric music. I believe we should be getting some volume 7 stuff now, unless they change up the order of the material again. Either way, let’s dive into this again, shall we?With Nanachi and Mitty reunited under the watchful eye of a hauntingly terrifying Belaf we start off the … Continue reading Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 5 →

Five of my favorite anime OST songs

A couple of months ago I made a post about some of my favorite anime themes in recent seasons. Today I figured I’d do something a little bit different but in a similar vein. Anime openings and endings are great, and I will absolutely post more of my favorites here in the future because I … Continue reading Five of my favorite anime OST songs →

The Gotei 13

One of the biggest reasons for the massive success of Bleach is the structure of its different groups. And the main group that we encounter early on in the story is the Gotei 13 or the 13 guard squads. Each squad is led by a captain and a vice-captain with several seated officers ranked by … Continue reading The Gotei 13 →

A small update

Hello, and I hope you’re all having a good Monday. I am having a pretty decent day so far. I did laundry, groceries and even some cleaning. My room is nice and clean again, and so is most of the house. I’ve always liked cleaning the house, it’s like a substitute for doing something useful … Continue reading A small update →

Chapter Twenty-Seven – Going Around in Circles

Cobal and Mana hurriedly found their way to the source of the cry but where they expected someone cowering in distress, they instead found several of the townsfolk with weapons, fighting back what looked like another one of these fiery creatures. It seemed like the elves weren’t keeping their village safe by sheer luck, they … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Seven – Going Around in Circles →

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 4

We’re back right where we left off last time, at Reg meeting Faputa. Faputa asks what happened to Reg’s arm, triggering old memories in him. He realizes he might have met Faputa before. Reg is from the Abyss after all and lost his memories, so there’s definitely a chance he had an encounter with Faputa … Continue reading Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 4 →

Bleach Recap #3: The best that Shonen has to offer?

I don’t say this lightly, but after finishing this part of the anime I really had to sit down and think if I could think of more hype moments than the best that Bleach has to offer. There’s some that came to mind, some of which I discounted, but it really only boils down to … Continue reading Bleach Recap #3: The best that Shonen has to offer? →