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].

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.

Our Teachers Are Dating! Volume 2 by Pikachi Ohi (2021)

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books, Manga, Our Teachers Are Dating, Pikachi Ohi

Our Teachers are Dating Volume 2

Volume 2 of Our Teachers are Dating is pretty much more of what we got in Volume 1.

I was perhaps a touch worried that this series would go off track by introducing romantic rivals for either Saki Terano (the biology teacher in the white jacket) or Asuka Hayama (the Health and PE teacher in the tracksuit) but thankfully that didn’t happen. Pretty much the entire supporting cast remain shippers on deck, and it’s sometime hilarious how oblivious Hayatera (or Terahaya depending on who is talking about them) can be to this.

There is still some adult content, but it is also still handled sensitively and very romantically. The way the entire relationship is built on enthusiastic consent is also lovely to see, as is the reactions of at least one of the partners when she fears that she may (spoiler: she didn’t, it was a misunderstanding) have gone too far in one scene. They did have to talk about it afterwards and work out, together, what went wrong and how not to repeat the problem.

You know, like reasonable adults in love would.

This series is sweet enough to rot your teeth and require insulin shots with every volume. Recommended.