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In the fantasy romantic dramedy sub-genre, a certain plot structure has become so common as to practically become a cliché. Light novels and manga including My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen, Villainess Level 99, Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, [ ]
Although it arrived after my second third orders, my first Mercari Japan order finally arrived. Let s see what s in it!
Here s that second video. Apologies first for the overdue post about it. And apologies second for mistaking Kaoru Shintani with Yoshihisa Tagami. You know, off the cuff mind slips.
Since I ve been busy (and lazy), I ve stockpiled a very big stack of import order deliveries. So I finally opened all of them in two videos. Here s the first one. Second one tomorrow.
I recorded a little video of myself opening my latest two shipments of anime manga odds ends from Japan.
For more than twenty years running I’ve been trying to sample every new anime broadcast in Japan each year. In my perspective, 2016 to 2018 was a three-year span that produced a lot of new titles yet few spotlight masterpieces. 2025 may conclude a similar three-year span. Two of the most highly praised broadcasts this [ ]
I recorded a new video expressing my initial thoughts on the Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution/Culling Game movie and some of my latest anime purchases.
On our final morning in Tokyo, Phil I woke early and packed. After Phil came downstairs, I went up and showered. When we fully cleared the dining room table, we discovered another forgotten pile of 10-yen coins. We gave the house a final once-over, turned off the A/C, and departed. My Sterilite footlocker was [ ]
Our final full day in Tokyo began with Phil I taking the Keisei Line train to the Oshieage (Sky Tree Mae) train station. At our local Aoto train station, both of us used the ticketing machines to load another 1,000 yen onto our IC cards that we primarily use to pay for train fares, [ ]
Our next to last full day in Tokyo began in earnest when Phil I took the Keisei line train to Shiodome where we transferred onto the Yurikamome line that took us to the Tokyo Big Sight station. Just across the Rainbow Bridge, as we passed into Odaiba, we could see the life-sized Unicorn Gundam, [ ]
Phil I began our day’s adventure by traveling to Asakusa. We exited the train station’s Senso-ji exit, turned left, then headed toward the crowd of people. The massive throng was tourists, Japanese and international, struggling to find a reasonable vantage point from which to photograph the famous Kaminarimon gate with its giant red paper [ ]
While trying to ignore the loud noises of the house next door being demolished, I slept in until 10:30. Eventually Phil I left the house, headed for Shibuya. When we exited the Hachiko gate and walked over to the station, I reminded Phil of the historical story of Hachiko while pointing out the eponymous [ ]
I woke around 7am to the loud noise of workmen demolishing the abandoned house next to ours. Phil came downstairs at ten. So I went upstairs and took a shower. Then the two of us walked northwest for a half hour to the Kameari train station. We first spotted a golden statue of Ryotsu Kankichi [ ]
Once again, I had difficulty sleeping. So I left the house at 8:30, taking the Keisei line to Asakusabashi, where I switched to the Chuo local JR train to Akihabara. Most of the Electric Town stores opened at 10, 11, or noon, but I figured that wandering around and seeing the sights was preferable to [ ]
On the early morning of our first full day in Tokyo, local time ten to six AM on Monday, September 22, I decided that I’d dress and take a walk around the neighborhood. But then I heard Phil stir on the floor above me. Phil came down the narrow stairs announcing that he was feeling [ ]