Celebrating a New Chapter of Demian

 Same ol' refrain: no time, no time, no time. But this little corner of the web has been neglected for so long I figure I gotta do something! So, time to cheat. Today's post will be all (good!) links.

The World God Only Knows

Wow, it's been a busy month. School. Lots and lots of it. This weekend is the dreaded presentation, my first time presenting at an academic conference. I get to do it on Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle though, which is quite exciting! If I can just get over the fear of speaking in front of hoards of people it should be fun. In the meantime, watching the occasional anime keeps me sane (Honto ka?), and right now I've just started on Crunchyroll's new fall anime The World God Only Knows.

Hanasakeru Seishounen Review

It's kind of ironic that my first real review here covers a shoujo anime series. Don't think I usually go in for shoujo or, if I do, I prefer parodies like Ouran High School Host Club. Something about the obsessively narrow focus on sticky-sweet romance with perfectly unbelievable plot twists that makes me cringe. Again, unless it makes fun of itself, like OHSHC. In the case of Hanasakeru, I came across it while browsing for something new on Crunchyroll and for some reason found myself tearing through the episodes. Some reason probably being the start of the new semester.