• willingly misinterpreting Welcome to the NHK

    willingly misinterpreting Welcome to the NHK

    An endless summer, a never-ending vacation from reality. A room littered with neglected quotidian—scattered debris, unopened mail, and gravure Blu-rays. The stench of dissonant hubris and sloth. Soft rays of sunlight filtered through the linen curtains, a stark reminder of the world outside of these four walls—the happy sky, the wild blue yonder.

  • Merry Christmas & Happy New Years

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Years

    It’s the 25th of December, at least I hope it is. The publish date on this website’s backend uses UTC+0. I’m not sure what that is and I don’t care enough to understand what it is, but at the time of writing it’s a day ahead of me at 8:04am. I’ve never celebrated Christmas before,…

  • kirasaku mirai bukkowasu jidai 2023

    kirasaku mirai bukkowasu jidai 2023

    Magical Destroyers is set in a dystopian Japan, where the government decides, for no discernible reason, that otaku need to be “protected” (imprisoned). Years after the SSC invaded Akihabara, the otaku were left in small numbers, taking refuge in a hidden area in Akiba. Otaku Hero, our main character, leads a small group of otaku…

  • Romantic “Sister” Bitch

    Romantic “Sister” Bitch

    Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, also known as OreImo, is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi. For the purposes of this review, I will be referring to the anime adaptation released during the 4th quarter of 2010. Oreimo concerns our main character, Kyousuke Kousaka, who discovers that…

  • our theory of happiness

    our theory of happiness

    Allow me to preface: The lines of text below are a collection of loosely connected thoughts on work, idols, and what we hold dear. There isn’t a established narrative; it’s more like a spontaneous stream of thoughts that popped up during a caffeine-fueled bout of introspection. I find this style to be the most genuine…

  • Haruhi reminded me of the good times

    Haruhi reminded me of the good times

    I was looking for the right time to talk about my thoughts on Haruhi. I finished the anime in the controversial chronological order and JUST watched the film, so I guess it’s time to give my unfiltered (uneducated AND unorganized) feelings on the series thus far. Haruhi is a classic anime, so classic that it…