If My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari) was a person I’d hug it to death. I never realised how badly I needed this series in my life. I watched this entire series with a silly grin plastered across my face – it’s simply joyous and cute and hilarious! My Love Story!! is a high school romance … Continue reading
The last anime series I watched that fell into the high school romance category was probably Ouran High School Host Club – a good 10 years ago. I like to think that 25-year-old Sophie is a bit more ‘mature’ and has permanently moved on to stories that are much more complicated and psychologically complex (that goes not … Continue reading
I’m not crying. There’s just something in my eye… We have a contender for anime of the year! A Lull in the Sea is one of those series that is difficult to explain without giving much away, so let’s just say this is a story about falling in love and growing up… under the sea. … Continue reading
One of my several guilty pleasures is romance anime, which might surprise those of you who’ve heard me moan about the over-abundance of Mary Sues in fiction today. Not that romance means bland female characters, obviously, but you might get where I’m coming from when I mention Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey. Don’t worry, I … Continue reading
NB: Some of my earliest blogs no longer have their accompanying images but enjoy the copy! ‘ef: A Tale of Memories’ is short, sweet and quite melancholy. In twelve short episodes, it tells two different stories of love and loss. This series is all about the visuals, so let’s just straight get into things with … Continue reading
NB: Some of my earliest blogs no longer have their accompanying images but enjoy the copy! When I first came across ‘Waiting in the Summer’, I knew that I’d either really like it or really dislike it. Fortunately, it turned out to be the former! This show challenged a lot of my preconceptions of the … Continue reading
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