About Themes of Separation During the Twilight Scene in Your Name

It’s no secret that works across Makoto Shinkai’s career bear heavy emphasis on themes of separation. Starting as early as his debut short movie, Voices of a Distant Star (ほしのこえ / Hoshi no Koe, 2002), telling a story of two star-crossed lovers separated by time and space, or 5 Centimeters Per Second (秒速５センチメートル / Byousoku 5 Centimeter, 2007) with its powerful message about how difficult is it to hold on to your first love.

Kaori did Keep Her Promise to Kousei at the End of Your Lie in April

When discussing ending of Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘 / Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) from Fall season 2014, to my surprise, I tend to run to an unexpected number of people asking what the “lie” from the title is referring to. Leaving the last episode, it didn’t occur to me this was in any way an open question;

Analyzing Re:Zero Anime – What Went Well, What Not So Much & Why Is Rem So Popular (Part 2)

Couple of days ago, I’ve published an article where I’ve discussed some good and some bad aspects of insanely popular Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu from Spring season 2016. As the article grew little out of proportions, I’ve decided to split it into two parts.

Analyzing Re:Zero Anime – What Went Well, What Not So Much & Why Is It Different (Part 1)

Re:Zero from Spring season 2016 has got to be one of the most talked about shows to come out last year. So it’s not all that surprising that I‘ve seen numerous people talking about it. Yet, a lot of discussions I’ve witnessed left me disappointed somewhat.

Homura Akemi: Test Subject One – thoughts on ending of the first part

If there’s such a thing as the opposite of a clickbait, it’s probably writing blog posts about someone else’s fan fictions. But this is my blog, and if a fan fiction is what bothers my mind, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do.

So today we’ll take closer look at Homura Akemi: Test Subject One, written by PK. Atomyst, a fan fiction based of Winter season 2011 show Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか★マギカ),

Angel Beats! -1st beat- Detailed look at Iwasawa route! PART 2 – Affection

After stopping Iwasawa from singing, she immediately faints, causing whole concert to stop. At this point, I was worried about reactions of other SSS members, especially other members of the band, Iwasawa included. I mean, I did prevent her from disappearing, but purely because I knew it was going to happen because I’ve seen the anime.

Angel Beats! -1st beat- Detailed look at Iwasawa route! PART 1 – My Song

So I’ve been busy last few days, mostly by playing Angel Beats! -1st beat-, but also (as expected) by reevaluating my entire life and the meaning of the Universe and stuff after I’ve finished the Iwasawa (岩沢) ending. Ah, all those feels… It also got me thinking: what makes a good fiction good fiction? My answer to that question is quite simple, even though it might not by applicable in general.

First impressions on Angel Beats! visual novel. What happnes if you don’t join SSS?

After disovering complexity of choice design of Angel Beats!, which allows you to say and do pretty much anything, I started to wonder – could I even not join Yurippe nad the others in their figth agains God? And indeed, game allows you to do that.

Did Charlotte learn from mistakes made in Angel Beats! ?

So, I’ve made that mistake again yesterday – I watched some of Maeda Jun’s (麻枝准) works without package of tissues prepared within my reach. And I’ve sure regretted it at the end of 7^th episode of Charlotte. You might be nodding your head in agreement right now, or you have no idea what am I talking about.

Real Account: what’s going on with the 1st/2nd story?

If by any chance you’re not familiar with manga series Real Account (リアルアカウント) – written by Okushou (オクショウ) and drawn by Watanabe Shizumu (渡辺静) – then what the hell are you doing, go and read it now. I’ll wait. Good? Good.

If you’ve read this manga, you were probably just as confused as me, when half-way through, we’ve got introduced to whole new set of main characters, pretending that the original cast never existed.