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He/him. I review manga and light novels, and also reblog a lot of US and UK politics. I also like dogs, cats, and Higurashi.
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While Hime has mastered a performance of frailty, Kanoko's fears are real and isolating, leaving her with little defense against the confident performer Sumika. Masks and passions collide beneath a thin shroud of civility as we return to Yuri is My Job! wrongeverytime.com/2025/03/03/y...

There’s a song by The Eagles called Lyin’ Eyes about a woman who is cheating and there’s a lyric that goes something like “she’s heading for the cheating side of town” and it makes me laugh like ahh yes, the adultery district

Ikumi Hasegawa and Kana Ichinose will star in the Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games anime, which will debut this year.

The Skip & Loafer anime's 2nd season will have a mostly returning staff. The staff also revealed a new visual!

The This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime will debut in October, and Yui Ishikawa and Fairouz Ai have joined the cast.

[Review] It was a resolution that had me squee-ing like a fangirl in support of one more frontier blazed by this show for potential girlfriend yuri.

New! The ONLY NFL Combine review to include references to ➡️Doctor Zhivago ➡️One Piece ➡️The Marx Brothers ➡️Charlotte's Web ➡️Phineas and Ferb ➡️Bloodsport ➡️Early Pink Floyd And more! Including some NFL prospects! miketanier.substack.com/p/wild-frogs...

FYI for @goonpod.bsky.social and others: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-... due out in a few months.

This has mutual destruction written all over it.

Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! LN 2 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/03/02/h... @sevenseasentertainment.com

The thing about reading religious studies books in public is that I’m not sure whether I’m more afraid of being perceived: 1. Incorrectly as a religious weirdo 2. Correctly as a person who chooses to read books with “Hermeneutics” on the cover in public

The Clinton emails team at NYT seems awful quiet about Musk's cyber security protocols

Who's He? On The TV | Spike Milligan - Part 2 Phil is joined once again by Tyler Adams from @goonpod.bsky.social for the 2nd & final part of our look at Spike Milligan on the TV. #spikemilligan #Podcast #comedy whos-he-podcast.co.uk/whos-he-on-t...

This just in: Ruridragon is amazing. Again.

This has become some amazing horror writing. Just chilling. Not the anime, mind you. The reviews.

My favourite episode is the one where Poirot gets a shoulder-mounted cannon.

[Review] This episode is one of the clearest set up episodes that the series has indulged in, and it's a testament to how good the show is that it doesn't feel like it lags even without major forward-moving plot.

"It was a striking ensemble, the sort one only sees in the 2D world, complete with anachronisms. Medieval Europe had no blazers, of course, but why bother with historical accuracy when you could look this cute? The designers of this otome game knew what they were doing." - #allworksmaid

They really do. A certain type of listener complains that I give "too much" space to the Beach Boys, but in terms of influencing and collaborating with other musicians across a wide spectrum they're up there just after the Beatles and Dylan as far as the sixties go.

Lucia and the Loom: Weaving Her Way to Happiness LN 3 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/03/01/l...

The Manga Review: Thawing Out: mangabookshelf.com/2025/03/01/t...

Naganuma also admitted that those S1 reds in episodes like #09 could be painful to the eye, then said that was the point. Folks, we love a director who says some friction is good actually

RIP Buster Poindexter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/a...

The eternal debate. #watatabe

I know saying this is controversial, but... if you're animating Roll Over and Die anyway, go all in. Go Hands production. They might do the "babies from the sky" scene justice.

"Whoever orchestrated this world, if such a person existed, had done a masterfully poor job at casting its characters. A dark-haired, fanatical maid junkie currently occupied the place intended for a lead heroine." - #allworksmaid

Really good physical effort from Wolves but the better side on the day went through and for Wolves it was the worst possible outcome. Out of the cup, made to play 120 minutes with a depleted squad and lost Cunha for at least 3 games. #WWFC

The latest 500 Songs paid-backer-only bonus episode is now up! "Shortenin' Bread"! "The Bourgeois Blues"! Charles Manson! The Beach Boys! Mental illness! No, it's not the next episode of the main podcast uploaded by mistake, it's the story of "The Letter", the Box Tops, and Alex Chilton.

Management of a Novice Alchemist LN 4 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/02/28/m...

Harems Upon Reverse Harems, Isekai Upon Reverse Isekai, and a NEW GOHANDS ANIME?! Trash Goblins, get ready to gobble like you've never gobbled before with my biggest trash roast EVER! youtu.be/k7_owYPA0IQ

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Futari Switch Shinichi and Ichigo are childhood friends who both have someone that they’re interested in but can’t seem to find a way to get closer to that special person. However, everything changes when the power of a (magical?!) bitter melon switches their bodies!!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Mechanical Marie Marie is completely, totally, 100 percent human. But because her strange new employer seemingly despises humans, her new job is to pretend she’s the latest and greatest android—while protecting him from the endless attempts on his life!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Killed Again, Mr. Detective? Sakuya Otsuki, the son of a legendary detective, works hard to follow in his father’s footsteps. But there's something a bit different about Sakuya: whenever he ends up entangled in a case, he becomes the murder victim?!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Common-Sense Monster Itou, a socially awkward teenager, one day witnesses her popular classmate Takahashi eat someone whole! That’s amazing! A monster who knows how to blend right in with humans? Itou definitely needs to be her friend now!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Land Kazumi Yamashita's award-winning series will be coming to English print in 3-in-1 omnibus volumes! In a village where the residents die upon reaching the age of fifty, An seeks the truth about the inhabitants of the "other world" that the village offers sacrificed to.

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: So I’m a Spider, So What? Ex Everything you'd want to know about So I'm a Spider, So What? and much much more! Get ready for a novel packed with spoilers, behind-the-scenes extras, character designs by artist Tsukasa Kiryu, and more!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Farewell, Daisy: Jun Mayuzuki Short Story Collection From the creator of Kowloon Generic Romance, Jun Mayuzuki, comes a collection of touching short stories from 2007 to 2017, including their debut work!

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Witches Can’t Be Collared Rogue, a detective, finds himself partnered with a witch after being reassigned to the sixth branch. This is no ordinary witch, however—"the Puppeteer" is the witch who almost destroyed the Empire!

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: Reload Missions, mixers, and midnight snack runs—there’s never a slow day at Café LycoReco! Find out what’s new on the menu for Chisato, Takina, and company in this official comic anthology!

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Nagisa Natsunagi Still Wants to Be a High School Girl Nagisa just wants to be an ordinary high schooler—except she's too sick to make it to school. But after receiving a miraculous heart transplant, she can finally live her dream—but who donated her miracle heart?

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Pitch-Black Infatuation A handsome, young cram school teacher's life takes a sudden turn when he finds that he's being stalked by a strange woman. Hoping to solve his problems Toshihiko turns to the Sasaki Investigation Agency for help.

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Almark The son of a mercenary's quest...to become a sorcerer! To fulfill his father's wish for him to avoid the mercenary life and become a sorcerer, Almark journeys to the peaceful lands of the south while hiding his mercenary lineage!

NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: The World’s Strongest Witch A terrible skill, one so useless that it get Rona kicked out of her house because it's an embarrassment to her family! But at her darkest hour, Rona suddenly figures out how to use her skill called...the "Internet?"

Siri, is it bad if consumers in an economy heavily reliant on consuming stop consuming?

We talk about Bezos, or Citi, or Big Tech, but cancer's brand is seriously in the toilet. Everyone hates it. And yet, day one hit from Trump/Musk was to shut down all federal funding for cancer cure research. And it's still mostly shut down. Have you ever known anyone with cancer?