"Now and Then, Here and There makes you feel hopeless. Its existential treatment of terror leaves a hole in the stomach that cannot be filled, one that cannot be moved, one that can only be accepted. It feels nigh impossible to carry on, and giving up is the only option left. You feel you must accept this darkness. There is no fighting it, no possible move you can make to escape. But you must."
"the situations ramp up in hilarity - from the awkward snickers that Catarina's world-uninformed antics arouse near the early episode, right up into the gut-busting ridiculousness of an eight year old recreating The Shining's 'Here's Johnny!' moment in the triumphant climax"
"BOFURI is a delight to watch when Sally and Maple hang out"
With the top anime of 2019, overall, out of the way, let's look a little closer at the bits that made each anime what they were, shall we?
With the year concluding, it's time to countdown the best anime of the year.
"all the jokes are simply shouted loudly with brazen punchlines that earn chuckles at best, and overstaying their 'laugh-now' cue at worst"
The seasons change, the calendars change, and yours truly is also changing the way they write preview posts. I go through my top picks for the season, and why.
At the halfway point of this weekly roundup, it's time to go through the entire season.
In the 4th week of Fall 2019's anime season, I check in with two shows handling abuse.
"For the majority of this episode, the pleasant gags and strong background humour gave me a good smile"
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