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

01 Tuesday Jun 2021

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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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.

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

10 Saturday Apr 2021

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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

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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?

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Not Going to SwanCon

08 Monday Mar 2021

Posted by John Samuel in anime

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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? 

Castle Town Dandelion (2015)

26 Sunday Jul 2020

Posted by John Samuel in anime

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Castle Town Dandelion Key Visual

L-R: Aoi, Akane, Kanade

Castle Town Dandelion[1] is a charming show about the superpowered[2] Sakurada family who are also the local royal family. For some reason the patriarch of the family has decided to hold an election for who will be the successor to the throne, and the series is about the good-natured competition between the siblings. Continue reading →

Kakushigoto (2020): Final Thoughts

20 Saturday Jun 2020

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Kakushigoto

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Source: Anime Lab

By the end of its run Kakushigoto was an acrobatic mix of comedy, drama, and tragedy, which is an extremely difficult story to get right

And then Kakushigoto damned well stuck the landing with a near perfect dismount.

There were tears, and then there was massive laughter at the final punchline. Continue reading →

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