Between its gorgeous presentation and sentimental script, Please Be Happy might just be the most uplifting and heartfelt story I’ve taken in all year.
Slice of Life
League of Enthusiastic Losers Review – A Dose of Melancholy
League of Enthusiastic Losers speaks deeply, if imperfectly, to a life experience that we don’t often see in games: weary late-thirty-somethings.
10 Games Like Boku no Natsuyasumi
While we’re still waiting for the Boku no Natsuyasumi series to release outside of Japan, many games are proudly carrying on that lackadaisical torch.
Wayward Strand Review – A Modern Oldie
Wayward Strand can be aimless at times and difficult to wade through at others. Oddly, I don’t find either of those things to be a detriment.
[Keywords] Maison Ikkoku and Codifiers
Maison Ikkoku is not currently available to stream. The manga is available from Viz Media and very likely at your local library. I'm...
[Keywords] Yuru Camp and Hobbyism
Few things blend pure enthusiasm for a subject with a light fiction to tie it together nearly so well as Yuru Camp.
[Keywords] Silver Spoon and Home Turf
Man does anime love to geek out over oddly-specific stuff. That can be a real trip when, like Silver Spoon, it hits on something personal.
[Keywords] One Week Friends and Distancing
Anime has a tendency to pull some weird concepts out of its collective hat. But among them, One Week Friends proves a useful story right now, oddly enough.