Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 – Episode 5

Welcome back to your weekly dose of superpowered detectives outsmarting each other. After a very bumpy ride, we find ourselves back at the Armed Detective’s main office. Well, not quite. Poe has made a copy of the office inside a novel so they can hold a meeting. It turns out Ranpo got out safely and … Continue reading Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 – Episode 5 →

Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 – Episode 4

The random guard reporting everything to the mainland and making Akutagawa and Atsushi look worse to the general public really is a kick in the balls to Atsushi after he really didn’t want the man to be killed. Of course, it makes sense for him to be against the terrorists even if they did spare … Continue reading Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 – Episode 4 →

One Piece – Volume 30

I received the following letter:“Oda Sensei, you’re such a weird, irresponsible person. Just to be clear, I’m always writing silly things in my comments these days, but in my youth there was a boy who was always being praised by all the adults in the neighborhood. He was a genius when it came to schoolwork … Continue reading One Piece – Volume 30 →

Quick Reviews: Otaku Elf, Yamada-Kun & A Galaxy Next Door

It’s summer. The season of sunshine and being outdoors. The season of eating ice cream and reading on the nice chair. It’s the season of, you guessed it, code red weather alerts. When I woke up this morning I heard the rain - it’s the 5th of July as I’m writing this, by the way … Continue reading Quick Reviews: Otaku Elf, Yamada-Kun & A Galaxy Next Door →

One Piece – Volume 24

‘When I visited my family recently, my parents expressed an opinion about One Piece for the first time. “That story about the deer was really good.” DEER?’- Oda in 2002 The latest few chapters in One Piece have been absolutely crazy. I feel like every Sunday I’m having to brace myself for what is coming … Continue reading One Piece – Volume 24 →

Baroque Works Recap

Baroque is a French word and it refers to a style of architecture, music, painting, sculptures and other artforms that were around in early 17th century Europe. Now I looked through the Wikipedia article for this for a little bit and I have to admit I’m not smart enough to see a connection between the … Continue reading Baroque Works Recap →

One Piece – Volume 23

The final volume of the first box set and the conclusion of the second major saga: Baroque Works. We’re speeding through this, but there’s so much more amazing content on the horizon that I don’t really mind. Besides, at this rate it’s still going to take until 2025 before we even get to the volumes … Continue reading One Piece – Volume 23 →

One Piece – Volume 22

Somehow both so much and so little happens in this volume. We move the story forward only a little bit in time, and we’re paying attention to the countdown towards disaster, but everything that happens, happens in maybe thirty minutes or less. This is the second to last volume in the Baroque Works Saga and … Continue reading One Piece – Volume 22 →

One Piece – Volume 20

This series is called One Piece Wednesday and today is Thursday. What this means is that someone - not going to name any names - forgot to upload this post yesterday. So instead you’re getting it a day late. But it’s still just as good, so enjoy! I’ve not talked too much about the volume … Continue reading One Piece – Volume 20 →

One Piece Volume 17

My staff and I often go to a very noisy Japanese restaurant where a lot of people take their children. There are TVs at each table. If you go there on Sunday nights at 7:30, you’ll see the children staring at the TV screens with their mouths wide open, looking silly.They’re watching One Piece.When I … Continue reading One Piece Volume 17 →