“My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a typewriter and a suitcase, and my mother made $17 a week working as a maid 12 hours a …
May contain spoilers.
“Housework can kill you, if you do it right.” – Erma Bombeck
At the age of 16, orphaned girl Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral home – not that…
“Clinical observation shows not only that love is with unexpected regularity accompanied by hate, and not only that in human relationships hate is frequently a forerunner of love, but…
“Wow! That looks good and smells tasty!” Kenji, contemplating a potato, ham and cheese pancake cooked for breakfast.
Since Fumi Yoshinagi first introduced us to co-habiting forty-something…
“We servamps get power from your blood. Actually the will in your blood. But you have none.” Kuro to Mahiru. “Do you protect your friend? Or kill him?”
Mahiru Shirota’s…
It’s tough to be the younger son of a gorgeous model turned actress and a singer/talent agency CEO, especially when your older brother Shogo is the lead singer in a world-famous rock group. And …
“He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.” – Bertolt Brecht.
Every anime fan will be aware of the fact this is year which Neon Genesis Evangelion takes place. The year…
“I’m just your… friendly neighbourhood vampire.”
High-schooler Shirota Mahiru – a kind-hearted young man – finds a stray black kitty, calls it ‘Kuro’ and takes it home with him. Imagine…
“Conceal me what I am, and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent.” – William Shakespeare (Viola in “Twelfth Night”)
Comedies…
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Speaking as someone with a disability and who got picked…
Fifteen-year-old orphan Chise Hatori is sold at a mysterious slave auction – for a cool five million pounds – to a British mage who plans to train her as his apprentice. Elias Ainsworth is very much…
“I can’t dance, I can’t talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk. I can’t dance, I can’t sing. I’m just standing here selling everything.” –…
“There is no ‘cat language’. Painful as it is for us to admit, they don’t need one.” – Barbara Holland.
The original Oreimo followed 14-year-old Kirino Kosaka,…
“Back then everything was so pure and simple to me, Now, ten years later, I’ve grown into a warped and jaded adult.” Ritsu Onodera
Ritsu Onodera’s life is not going well. Turning up on the first day…
Yen Press’s attempts to release more light novels are a welcome change to publishers just constantly releasing manga, as manga is not the only print medium anime fans are interested in.…
“Whenever Circus does a big operation to catch some bad guys, they put on a show for the townspeople to apologize.”
A white-haired boy, Nai, is desperately searching for Karoku, the young man who…
“Now is the summer of our sweet content made overcast winter by these Tudor clouds. And I, that am not shaped for blackfac’d war, I that am rudely cast and want true majesty, am forced…
“You need to remember, Teito. If you don’t remember what’s real, how can you live honestly?” Ouka, First Princess of the Barsburg Empire.
Warning: Spoilers! Lots…
Workaholic ad-man Kazuaki Sakurai (37) is returning late – and weary – to his empty flat (his latest girlfriend has left him) after yet another long day at the office. But a chance encounter (a collision…
This review contains spoilers for the Vampire Knight manga series.
Fleeting Dreams is a collection of short stories written by Ayuna Fujisaki based upon the shojo manga series, Vampire Knight.…
