Karen's Anime Blog
Because there's always time for more anime
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- About Downtime, Part 2
- About Downtime
- This Week in Anime: August 10, 2025
- Clevatess Episode Six
- Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon S2 Episode Six
- The Fragile Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode Five
- My Dress-Up Darling Episode 17
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Episode Five
- This Week in Anime: August 3, 2025
- Takopi’s Original Sin Episode Six (END)
Tag: review
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I enjoyed the first episode of Game Center Girl, but I am kind of bothered by the fact that Lily, our heroine, is twelve years old. My husband kindly reminded me that back in the day, Usagi of Sailor Moon was 12-13 when she started dating Mamoru, who was in college. Darn it, those were…
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Sometimes it’s an asset to have watched anime on and off for a good three decades: I’ve seen a lot of shows, meaning I have a lot of context to put things in when new shows come out. Unfortunately, I just don’t remember everything I’ve seen. I remember watching Nichijou in 2011 and enjoying it,…
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I need my replacement anime for Food for the Soul, so Fermat’s Cuisine seemed like the closest thing. It stars a high school student named Gaku who loves doing math, but realizes that he’s not enough of a born mathematician to participate in national math contests. At a loss for what to do, Gaku is…
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Sometimes you can tell a show is really good when practically nothing happens and it’s still engaging. In this premiere, novelist Fuji finds an abandoned “dog” (actually a tanuki), takes it home, gets it the shots it needs, and both tanuki and woman take a bath; that’s pretty much it. It’s tremendously soothing, one of…
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I’m a big fan of the Rascal Does Not Dream….series. It’s kind of looked down upon by some as kind of the poor cousin of the Monogatari series, since both series feature a male MC who helps different girls with various supernatural problems. Personally, I just like the characters of Rascal better. Sakuta, our main…
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It’s easy to write about something that’s either really good or really bad. Stories that are wonderful or terrible bring out passion, and passion makes for good writing- hopefully, anyway! So I’m sitting here with The Water Magician, which is fine but doesn’t wow me, and I’m having trouble figuring out how to talk about…
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Last time, I said I wanted a certain character dead; how’s that for service? For those who aren’t watching this show anymore but want to rubberneck, in this episode we see the specific acts of bullying that led to Shizuka committing suicide in the first episode– before Takopi started reversing time. Marina purposely starts beating…
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I loved Restaurant to Another World from a while back, so I’m excited for another fantasy restaurant show. So far, Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant doesn’t seem very food-focused, but I’ll take what I can get; the other food show this season, Fermat no Ryouri, isn’t licensed yet. This show uses a couple of tropes…
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I’m a sucker for anything about a baby. Call it nature doing it’s thing, but whenever I see a little baby on film, animated or not, I turn into a pile of goo. However, I’m not so keen on violence and gore. What then do I do about Clevatess, an anime featuring a baby that…
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True story: I was catching up on season one of Reborn as a Vending Machine when my daughter came into the room. I thought, “Should I turn it off and put on something more kid-friendly? Nah it’s just Vending Machine, it’s not really objectionable.” Within one minute, Boxxo began selling condoms. Thanks Boxxo! I’m getting…
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