Category Archives: Commentary

Clannad: Episode 1 – 6

I continue to watch this show hoping that at sometime there will be a point, a plot, something, anything, please, I’m begging. Here’s what’s going on so far: There’s a young man, Tomoyo, who lives in a sleepy town. This town is exceedingly boring so Tomoyo hates his life, a sentiment he makes biting clear in the first 30-seconds of

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Hana-Kimi: Volume 21 (FINALLY!!!)

Volume 21 of “Hana-Kimi” (“Hanazakaria no Kimitachi he”) has finally come out in the US. This is the pivotal volume in the Hana-Kimi series. So far, “Hana-Kimi” is my favorite manga series and this volume is the best in the series. Gosh, it took so long to get there, which makes this volume all the more sweeter. (I have to

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Manga: Train + Train, Volumes 1 and 2

This manga series is from the same author as “Read or Die.” It is the story of an unlikely couple, the raucous Arena and the mild mannered Reiichi. In this world children go off to board school trains. Reiichi and his childhood friend, Liae, travel to planet Deluca to board the general education train when, through a cultural misunderstanding, Liae

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