Bleach Recap #5: Hueco Mundo Entry

Let’s dive straight into it. Today we’re recapping up to episode 150. As everyone is training to get stronger; Ichigo with the visored, Sado and Renij at Urahara’s place, Ishida with his dad and Orihime and Rukia in the training grounds with Ukitake, more arrancar arrive. This time it’s a more dangerous bunch. Aizen has … Continue reading Bleach Recap #5: Hueco Mundo Entry →

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Harvest Festival II

The banquet itself was a sight to behold. Large tables were put in the center of town with tree stumps serving as chairs. Everyone could sit wherever they wanted and move from table to table. There was a table with all sorts of prepared fish dishes as well as one with meat dishes. There were … Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Harvest Festival II →

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 6

We’ve made our way to episode 6 and I’m going to try and keep it brief since, as I’ve talked about way too much already, it’s a heatwave. Riko is currently deciding on the value of organs. She thinks they’re overrated. Kaja stops her from offering up something she can’t get back while Nanachi says … Continue reading Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Episode 6 →

My issue with late sequels

A short post today since it’s a billion degrees this week and I have other stuff I need to get done. This season we’ve got sequels to Danmachi, Overlord and The devil is a part-timer, amongst others. Danmachi last had a season 2 years ago which is relatively recent, but still a while ago. Overlord … Continue reading My issue with late sequels →

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 →