Critical Abstraction

Aku No Hana

Aku no Hana - Review

I've just recently found out I was a psychology nerd, as far as most stories go. So when I first heard about this title being a psychology horror, I want to jump in head first to see what this type of genre would be like. And lets just say, Aku no Hana isn't something to complain about story wise.

Photokano

Photokano - Review

The introduction to Photokano was the main "story" for the series, but really that introduction was drawn to be moot, when we got to the romance. It lures you into something that became a slot machine of girls and the only connection we have to original plot is Maeda Kazuya and his camera.

Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

Oregairu - Final Thoughts

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru beside have an extremely long name, it was certainly one of the more thought provoking anime this season. I haven't really seen

Lovely★Complex

Simply Complicated

I was going to write about my final thoughts on Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, but I'm going to push it aside for this case. As of Wednesday, I've been

To Love Ru

Polyamory and Anime

I'm probably not the best person to write about the subject of polyamory, since I've never experienced these kinds of relationships, let alone anything to do with monogamy. However, it is interesting to see how this subject is in regard to anime...

Date A Live

Date A Live - Final Thoughts

Date A Live has ended, and it certainly the biggest surprise coming out the season for me, based on my lackluster initial impressions of the anime. So rather than do

Kotonoha No Niwa

Kotonoha no Niwa - Review

During the rainy season, a boy named Takao -- who is training to become a shoemaker -- skips school to sketches shoes, in a Japanese-style garden. He meets an older

Hentai Ouji To Warawanai Neko.

Crafty Kitty

As we begin to see this season coming to an end -- about two to three more weeks left, for the thirteen episode anime at least -- I would say

Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

Opposite Sides of the Same Coin

How people treat others can be highly influenced by how similar they are to the person they are interacting with. Because humans naturally form groups based on common interest, it

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Retiring Anime Suggestion Sunday

After doing Anime Suggestion Sunday for sixteen straight weeks -- basically this being it's four month anniversary -- I have to pump the breaks on the series for the time being. I know there might be a couple of follows that have probably only

Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai

Ruri's Ruse

I haven't been the biggest fan of OreImo, but the latest episode has something worthy of noting. I never liked Kirino in general, because of her dishonest nature throughout the

Aku No Hana

Inside the Puppeteer

Manipulation, isn't inherently a good or evil action. However, when it comes to Nakamura Sawa, it is the tool she wields proudly over Kasuga Takao. The one thing I find

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Rozen Maiden

Several living dolls participate in a something called the Alice Games, which is a competition to find out who will be Alice -- the perfect doll with no flaws and is angelic -- and will be reunited with their creator. However, before the actual plot, we were introduced to boy, named Sakurada Jun.

Sankarea

Not So OVA?

I'm a bit late to the party on the new OVA from Sankarea, where we have Baabu narrating for a majority of this episode. It was pretty nice to see

Chihayafuru

Sweet Victory

In most stories, they usually follow a structured way of laying out the flow of events that leads to its conclusion. It always feels good to see a character reach

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Hotarubi no Mori e

There is nothing like summer love, at least that is what Hotarubi no Mori e feels like. The story is focused on Takegawa Hotaru, a girl who get lost in a forest, near her grandfathers house -- who she is visiting during summer.

Aku No Hana

Release the Kraken

I don't know what switch was flipped for Takao, but the ending scene of Aku no Hana on episode 7, to say the least. The walls that our protagonist, Kasuga

Shingeki No Kyojin

Nowhere To Run. Time to Fight

When the option of running -- in a fight of flight situation -- is over, what do you do? Freeze up in the moment or prepare for battle. Depending on

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Hyakko

As a freshman in high school and it being a new school, Nonomura Ayumi and Iizuka Tatsuki, ended up getting lost in the massive grounds that is made up of Elementary, Middle, and High School -- Kamizono Academy. In an attempt to look for the way to class, the meet an eccentric blond...

Date A Live

Man Eater

It is quite funny how much my view of Date A Live has changed since my first impressions of it; Date A Live had it's slow beginnings, making me very

Phantom Requiem For The Phantom

Transparent

Just to complement the Anime Suggestion Sunday this week, I have to write about the ending of Phantom, because it had enough in there to get me thinking about it.

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: Phantom

Kill or be killed, it is the main motivation for someone that woke up in an unfamiliar place and no memories, all he has to go by is his base instincts. Zwei is the name he was given, and his job is to train to be an assassin for an American organization, called Inferno.

Shingeki No Kyojin

Old Man Titan

As of late I've been focusing a lot on Aku no Hana, and never gave any love to Shingeki no Kyojin -- Attack on Titan -- this season. Attack on

Anime

Too Different to Care

It isn't too hard to figure out that a lot of people don't like change. Website redesigns, different music styles from a band you like, moving to a new place

Anime Suggestion Sunday

Anime Suggestion Sunday: I"S Pure

I"S Pure is a story told by Ichitaka Seto, who is remembering his past with his crush, Yoshizuki Iori. Through the years, Seto has known her, he has been too shy to confess to her and this day, Christmas Eve, is the last chance he has to confess his feeling toward Iori.