I'm an anime enthusiast who enjoys a wide range of genres. I particularly enjoy drama, romance, thriller, comedy, and slice-of-life. On the other hand, I dislike most ecchi/harem and long running shounen shows due to how incredibly predictable they usually are, although there are a few notable exceptions. I also read manga, visual novels and light novels, but not nearly as much as I watch anime. Feel free to make any anime/manga/VN/LN recommendations that you think I will be able to enjoy.
I'm fairly open regarding friend requests; however, I will not accept random requests from strangers I have never talked to before. This means you should try to start a conversation first before sending an invitation. I encourage friendly discussions and debates, so drop me a comment or two if you have something to talk about. If you have any questions about my ratings or anything else on my page, then feel free to ask. Constructive criticism is appreciated; trolling, however, is not.
Visual Novels
Probably my favorite medium in terms of overall immersion and emotional impact. I would encourage any anime fan to give visual novels a try. Some of the highly acclaimed titles may be time-consuming, but the payoff is definitely worth the time investment. Trust me, you won't regret investing your time on this niche medium.
Last Completed: White Album 2 (Introductory Chapter + Closing Chapter + Coda + Mini-After Story)
Time Spent: 90 hours
Comment: Going into WA2, I knew that it would be a depressing title, and possibly leave me feeling empty inside due to its heavy content. The anime adaptation, while not one of my favorite shows, did pique my interest in finding out what fate awaits the trio characters in Haruki, Setsuna, and Kazusa. So, I mentally prepared myself heading in, while also holding optimism that this could be a special work, given its high acclaim. What I got was a godlike drama featuring some of the best character writing I've seen in any fiction. While none of the main characters are what I would call perfect people, they all did the best they could under the unfavorable circumstances they were placed in. And for how realistically flawed they are portrayed, despite how despicable some of their actions were in the story, I could not bring myself to hate any of them. This isn't to say that the work is perfect, as it does have some pacing issues at times, but overall its consistency leaves a lot to be admired. Among the trio, I found Setsuna to be the most interesting and likable character, and in my eyes, her true ending was the best possible ending for all parties involved. Kazusa's true ending, while also wonderfully written, left a bittersweet feeling in my mouth. The Mini-After Story and Extra Chapter did wonders to wrap everything up in a great way.
1) Fata morgana no Yakata - 10/10
2) Muv-Luv Alternative - 10/10
3) WHITE ALBUM 2 - 9/10
4) G-senjou no Maou - 9/10
5) Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai - 9/10
6) Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recordare” - 9/10
7) Ever17 -The Out of Infinity- - 8/10
8) Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - 8/10
9) Rewrite - 8/10
10) Summer Pockets - 8/10
Top 50 Favorite Japanese Fiction
1) Fata morgana no Yakata (Visual Novel) - (10/10)
2) Muv-Luv Alternative (Visual Novel) - (10/10)
3) Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (Light Novel) - (10/10)
4) Steins;Gate (Anime) - (10/10)
5) Clannad: After Story (Anime) - (10/10)
6) WHITE ALBUM 2 (Visual Novel) - (9/10)
7) G-senjou no Maou (Visual Novel) - (9/10)
8) Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai (Visual Novel) - (9/10)
9) Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2 (Anime) - (9/10)
10) Baldr Sky Dive2 “Recordare” (Visual Novel) - (9/10)
11) Fate/Zero (Light Novel) - (9/10)
12) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Anime) - (9/10)
13) Monster (Anime) - (9/10)
14) Oyasumi Punpun (Manga) - (9/10)
15) Hunter x Hunter (2011) (Anime) - (9/10)
16) Fate/Zero 2nd Season (Anime) - (9/10)
17) Fruits Basket: The Final (Anime) - (9/10)
18) Vinland Saga Season 2 (Anime) - (9/10)
19) Ever17 -The Out of Infinity- (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
20) Nigeru wa Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu (Manga) - (8/10)
21) Something About Us (Manhwa) - (8/10)
22) Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
23) Rewrite (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
24) Summer Pockets (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
25) Subarashiki Hibi ~Furenzoku Sonzai~ (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
26) 20th Century Boys (Manga) - (8/10)
27) Link Click (Anime) - (8/10)
28) Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic (Anime) - (8/10)
29) Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai (Anime) - (8/10)
30) Chikan Otoko (Manga) - (8/10)
31) Onanie Master Kurosawa (Manga) - (8/10)
32) Ase to Sekken (Manga) - (8/10)
33) Bastard (Manhwa) - (8/10)
34) Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Manga) - (8/10)
35) Chihayafuru 3 (Anime) - (8/10)
36) Toradora! (Anime) - (8/10)
37) NHK ni Youkoso! (Anime) - (8/10)
38) Sakamichi no Apollon (Anime) - (8/10)
39) Cross Game (Anime) - (8/10)
40) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (Anime) - (8/10)
41) Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou (Anime) - (8/10)
42) Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (Anime) - (8/10)
43) My Girl (Manga) - (8/10)
44) The Friendly Winter (Manhwa) - (8/10)
45) Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan (Manga) - (8/10)
46) Grisaia no Kajitsu -Le Fruit de la Grisaia- (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
47) Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo (Visual Novel) - (8/10)
48) Hoshi no Samidare (Manga) - (8/10)
49) Monogatari Series: Second Season (Anime) - (8/10)
50) Odd Taxi (Anime) - (8/10)
MAL Status
I don't think I'll be active on this site anymore, due to work life getting busier than ever before. I'll probably only be around to update the shows I watch/read until I find more time for online activities. Until then, I won't be replying to comments regularly. Hope you guys understand.
Recent Thoughts
Link Click comes back to deliver yet another unforgettable, thrilling ride from start to finish. Without a doubt, the best anime of summer 2023.
How I Rate Stuff
My rating system takes account of four main categories (Story, Character, Enjoyment, and Significance), and uses them to calculate a cumulative average. I put more weight on the Story and Character sections because I deem them to be the most important aspects in evaluating a work, while Enjoyment and Significance are given less weight since they're more personal and subjective. Note that this system is far from objective, as every score is ultimately influenced by my own subjective take on the subject, and is primarily there to give me a more balanced approach of doing ratings. For the sake of consistency, I use the same guidelines for anime, manga, light novels, and visual novels.
Story (Presentation, Theme, and Pacing) - 30%
Character (Development, Interaction, and Characterization) - 30%
Enjoyment (Consistency, Anticipation, and Impact) - 20%
Significance (Memorability, Value, and Nostalgia) - 20%
Rating Scale
1/10 = Atrocious: An utter waste of time. Something that is so bad, that its very existence is a joke. Hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
2/10 = Awful: Terrible show with countless flaws that is difficult to like or appreciate in any manner, save for perhaps a few occasional moments.
3/10 = Bad: A poor show that is riddled with questionable writing and cliches, but can still be amusing to watch at times. Nonetheless, it is far from a worthwhile experience.
4/10 = Subpar: A mediocre series which may have more negatives than positives, but thankfully has some redeeming qualities that makes it worth watching to the end. A guilty pleasure.
5/10 = Average: An enjoyable series with plenty of good points, but is hindered by an equal amount of bad points. Typically a work that is subjectively entertaining, but lacks any real significance that makes it stand out from the rest of its peers.
6/10 = Decent: A solid work that is not only consistently enjoyable to watch, but also offers something unique to the viewer. It is not without its own share of flaws, although the overall experience should be considered as a success.
7/10 = Good: A very strong work that provides both quality writing and impact. Something to be praised and respected.
8/10 = Great: An excellent work in all categories that easily stands out from the rest of its peers. Whether it's in the story or characters, the show brilliantly nails them down, and presents a thoroughly engaging experience that will be remembered for a long time.
9/10 = Amazing: An absolutely fantastic ride that delivers impeccable writing, presentation, significance, and enjoyment. Virtually impossible to forget, and leaves a huge void upon completion. Truly an extraordinary experience to behold.
10/10 = Masterpiece: What I regard as the pinnacle of the medium. This is a work with an unforgettable story and an exemplary character cast. And, most of all, this is a work that speaks to me on a personal level - a feat that simply cannot be replicated in other titles. Masterful writing agglomerated with sentimental fulfillment, make it the closest thing to perfection. Simply awe-inspiring.
The only anime from the season I'm currently watching Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo & Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon, though I do have Frieren on my my ptw list since I heard it was good. It's 28 episodes long so I'm waiting for it to finish before I watch it while I clear out my list.
On that note one thing I'm also doing is putting every anime that I only watched dubbed on my ptw list since I exclusively watch things subbed nowadays.
given you expressed certain displeasure/disinterest in this author, I'll conclude the topic by saying about a quarter way into reading Aku no Hana is I'm convinced shuzo oshimi is writing in his personal fetishes before conveying any moral or message lol. About five different manga in, I feel confident saying that.
Like this manga absolutely does not break the status quo of prior works, it's kind of shocking I had the impression it'd be something scary based solely on what I remembered of its surreal anime adaptation.
Do you think it's weird to read a mangaka's work from the beginning of their career works and climb up to what you were interested in? Rather than just get into it right away. It's kind of a habit I only recently developed.
For the most part, I didn't mind it and liked Katsuhiro Otomo's (AKIRA) broader range of works for example. But reading early Shuzo Oshimi (Aku no Hana fame) has been rough. It's hard to believe this writer who only seemed to pen juvenile borderline hentai comedy manga decided to apparently get into psychological horror.
But just at a glance, you don't seem to have a good opinion of Aku no Hana anyway (4/10) so I'm not sure if he really does a 180 in quality.
I have the opposite problem going on, I have a hard time finding new anime that look interesting to me, so I'm using this opportunity to clean out my backlog or rewatch some old favorites.
Pluto anime in two days. Did you like the manga? I am kind of hurrying up what I'm doing atm (reading To Love-Ru lol) to read that manga before watching that.
Kind of like how I have until November 4th to hurriedly rewatch binge Attack on Titan.
I know of Outlast (though only the first game by personal experience), just not really too interested. I don't have any prejudice or motives behind the lack of interest, but it seems the fact I spent most of my life on anime bled into what kind of games I lean towards since almost everything is from Japan. The last Western game I played and can remember was The Last of Us (TLOU) early this year, which was a pretty great game. Got monstrously spoiled on what its sequel was about so the interest to play it isn't really all there ATM.
As for this month, I don't really do things per holiday or season but I have been coincidentally trying to play through the Fatal Frame series if you heard of it. I beat the first game, was pretty unimpressed by its datedness, then before I really dug into the second game got addicted to Mario games (namely 100%ing Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel) up until recently where I'm trying to find something to do in my backlog worth 20+ lives.
Not sure if I ever asked you this (like in all the years), but do you have much of an opinion on or any personal ethics on piracy? I mean recently I thought since I have spent almost 20+ years on pirating anime, VNs, light novels of no consequence on the West side of the globe, I recently decided to turn Steam Deck into an all-purpose video game emulator.
It can play basically everything in existence, and I now have access to every game I would ever want to play if my legal Steam library isn't covering such (and I hoarded literally everything during a September spree), but this is oddly where I kind of feel guilty.
i noticed you dropped it so im guessing your impressions aren't positive but, still: even relative to all the ecchi schlock i've been steadily watching for a while now, monster musume tingled the brain for how dumb and over-the-top it was.
I'm basically going through a backlog of anime from a long time ago in order, and while some of it are just good rewatches (Gurren Lagann), some of the stuff I never saw before I'm just 100% forcing myself through. You know, like the seasonal 12-episode incest anime from the 2010s.
Just finished the mini after-stories.
I did Setsuna's first, then Kazusa (saving best girl for last 🔥). Setsuna's was pretty boring ngl. Like I'm happy for the characters and all, but that doesn't take away from how😴it was.
Kazusa's was kino. It didn't feel like an epilogue for the sake of being an epilogue (like Setsuna's felt like), this story felt like the epilogue Kazusa True route NEEDED. And goddamn the cg artist went wild
Also how worth it are the other extra contents (like the extra episode and digital novels and all)? What were they about + how were they overall?
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On that note one thing I'm also doing is putting every anime that I only watched dubbed on my ptw list since I exclusively watch things subbed nowadays.
Like this manga absolutely does not break the status quo of prior works, it's kind of shocking I had the impression it'd be something scary based solely on what I remembered of its surreal anime adaptation.
For the most part, I didn't mind it and liked Katsuhiro Otomo's (AKIRA) broader range of works for example. But reading early Shuzo Oshimi (Aku no Hana fame) has been rough. It's hard to believe this writer who only seemed to pen juvenile borderline hentai comedy manga decided to apparently get into psychological horror.
But just at a glance, you don't seem to have a good opinion of Aku no Hana anyway (4/10) so I'm not sure if he really does a 180 in quality.
Kind of like how I have until November 4th to hurriedly rewatch binge Attack on Titan.
As for this month, I don't really do things per holiday or season but I have been coincidentally trying to play through the Fatal Frame series if you heard of it. I beat the first game, was pretty unimpressed by its datedness, then before I really dug into the second game got addicted to Mario games (namely 100%ing Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel) up until recently where I'm trying to find something to do in my backlog worth 20+ lives.
It can play basically everything in existence, and I now have access to every game I would ever want to play if my legal Steam library isn't covering such (and I hoarded literally everything during a September spree), but this is oddly where I kind of feel guilty.
I'm basically going through a backlog of anime from a long time ago in order, and while some of it are just good rewatches (Gurren Lagann), some of the stuff I never saw before I'm just 100% forcing myself through. You know, like the seasonal 12-episode incest anime from the 2010s.
I did Setsuna's first, then Kazusa (saving best girl for last 🔥). Setsuna's was pretty boring ngl. Like I'm happy for the characters and all, but that doesn't take away from how😴it was.
Kazusa's was kino. It didn't feel like an epilogue for the sake of being an epilogue (like Setsuna's felt like), this story felt like the epilogue Kazusa True route NEEDED. And goddamn the cg artist went wild
Also how worth it are the other extra contents (like the extra episode and digital novels and all)? What were they about + how were they overall?