The club’s carefree days of cook offs and other challenges come to an end as the Hinamizawa Syndrome takes over Mion. Shion’s increasing closeness to Keiichi sparks a paranoia in Mion which only becomes more volatile after she learns of their sneaky adventure during the festival. Mion become obsessively convinced that she needs to protect… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Sotsu Episode 5 & 6 Review
As Rena’s paranoia continues to build, despite all of Rika’s interventions, the arc ultimately comes to a bloody end. Rika ends up resetting the loop, and Satoko follows behind shortly after. Despite the setback, Rika resolves not to give into despair and continue fighting. But with the start of a new loop, Satoko sets her… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Sotsu Episode 3 & 4 Review
Higurashi Fridays are back (or Thursdays if you live on the other side of the globe)! Dropping two episodes at once, Sotsu takes us back to the first arc, but this time we gain a deeper look at Rena. Already suspicious of her father’s late nights, Rena becomes even more agitated after being injected with… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Sotsu Episode 1 & 2 Review
Barbie is looking for someone to pin the blame on for last week’s phantom incident. As she grills each doll cleaning group, three dolls in particular earn her ire – Emilico, Shaun and Rum. Barbie orders them to take over the night’s watch, and ultimately find out the truth of why the phantom appeared. The… Continue reading Shadows House Episode 4 Review : Watchers in the Night
Emilico joins her new friends in a class where they teach her more about the mansion and her role. But with each piece of information Emilico learns about the Shadows and the way they live, only more questions come up. The day’s lesson is cut short when a phantom appears, a collection of soot that has gained form… Continue reading Shadows House Episode 3 Review: The Soot Sickness
Emilico has settled into her life at Shadows House, and now joins the other living dolls in cleaning the rest of the mansion. The other dolls greet her warmly, and Emilico is shocked at the size of the mansio almost fainting on the spot. But nevertheless, they all get to work singing a tune. Later… Continue reading Shadows House Episode 2 Review: Outside the Room
Takemichi Hanagaki’s already bad life hits rock bottom when he finds out his middle school girlfriend (Hinata Tachibana) has been murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang. Reeling from the news Takemichi begins thinking of the past and where it all went wrong. But he doesn’t have long to reminiscence when someone pushes him in front… Continue reading Tokyo Revengers Episode 1 Review: Reborn
At long last, here it is – the final episode of Higurashi Gou. The episode opens with Eua questioning Satoko on her uncle’s change of heart. Satoko resolves to put the ‘new’ Teppei to good use and sets her sights on Takano who has experienced the ripple effects of Satoko and Rika’s looping. After dreaming of… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 24 Review (Final)
Now with the power of looping at her disposal, Satoko does everything she can to change Rika’s mind about St Lucia’s. But Rika refuses to give in, and with each refusal, Satoko merely resets the loop and starts again. The mysterious spirit tells Satoko of Rika’s own 1983 looping and to understand her friend better,… Continue reading Higurashi When They Cry – Gou Episode 22 & 23 Review
There’s that cliche phrase of being ‘hungry for more’ and when Demon Slayer season one concluded back in September 2019, I was absolutely ravenous. I waited with bated breath, as news of the teased film came out, its eventual October 2020 release in Japan and finally the confirmed Australian/ NZ release. It felt like I… Continue reading Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train Review – What A Ride!
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