Higehiro (2021) – First Thoughts – Good but Content Warnings Needed

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Bunny Drop, Higehiro, Koikimo, Usagi Drop

Higehiro Key Visual (Source: CrunchyRoll)

Ok, deep breath. After Being Rejected I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway[1], aka Higehiro[2] is a surprisingly solid adaptation of a light novel series with a fairly dubious premise. As of episode 9, it is also a show that should come with some definite content/trigger warnings.

In addition to spoilers, content warnings apply after the jump for discussions of emotional abuse, statutory rape, attempted rape, bullying, and suicide. I may also be swearing a bit in places.

To be fair, alert viewers will pick up warnings along the way, although not for the specific issue that prompted this post.

Fate/Grand Order – Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering; Airgetlám (2020)

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Fate Franchise, Fate/Grand Order, Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero

Key Visual

In the wake of the Heaven’s Feel movies and also the Absolute Demonic Front TV series the bar for Fate anime generally has been set a whole lot higher now.

The Fate/Grand Order – Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering; Airgetlám isn’t a bad movie, it’s pleasant enough to watch but it’s mostly just there. Which is the whole problem.

So, where does Airgetlám[1] fail, and how?

Our Teachers Are Dating! Volume 3 by Pikachi Ohi (2021)

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books, Manga, Our Teachers Are Dating, Pikachi Ohi

Volume 3 Cover Art

Despite the somewhat, ah, embarrassing cover[1], volume 3 of Our Teachers Are Dating! is exactly what I’d hoped it would be: an adorably fluffy book about an adorably fluffy yuri couple surrounded by Shippers On Deck.

In this volume Hayatera are relaxing into being more public about their relationship, how they met, and they also move in together[2].

Not Going to SwanCon

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COVID-19, friends, sf cons, SwanCon

Sadly I have made the decision to not travel to Perth for SwanCon this year. Whilst COVID-19 is mostly under control in Australia, Western Australia tends to be a little more hair triggered on the self quarantine requirements.

Which I’m not objecting to, that’s a reasonable call for Western Australia to make – given that they have the pain of relative isolation, they may as well leverage it for safety now.

But the risk that I might end up in 14 days quarantine on arrival and thereby miss the convention anyway is just too high this year. I’ll wait for the vaccine to be widely deployed before conducting any major interstate travel I think.

So, for those of you who will be attending SwanCon this year, I wish you the best. May you have a safe, healthy, and happy SwanCon, and hopefully I’ll see you next year for what will finally be my 35th SwanCon.

Question of the Post: How many SwanCons have you been to? Would you like to go to more? 

Fate/Grand Order: Now that was a tough fight.

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Fate/Grand Order

I’m going to try to reduce how much I put on twitter this year, so there will (hopefully) be a lot more in the way of random posts here. First up, a victory in the current Fate/Grand Order event Revival: Abyssal Cyber Paradise SE.RA.PH – Second Ballet that I really wasn’t expecting to pull off.