Another fun episode! Matches are nice to watch with all the cool movements and close up, well done animation sequences but there’s a different joy I get when I know more about what brought the characters today and what shaped their beliefs or mindset. And while I’m not really fond of children, anime children are …
This episode’s star is Kita, our calm and collected Inarizaki captain, and It opens with a comment from his grandmother: Gods are everywhere and they are always watching. This reminded me of an article I’ve read on Marie Kondo and her ‘de-cluttering’ having roots in Shinto beliefs/practices. Here’s a quote that I felt was related: …
This episode, “The Ultimate Challengers”, is more of a transitory episode. We are just finished with the Nekoma match and the Inarizaki match picks up the story where it was left: Atsumu targeting Nishinoya. My memory is only good when it comes to Haikyu, it seems. I kept remembering some parallels between this episode and …
If I had titles for my weekly reviews like I did for my usual posts, I would have definitely picked the word ‘resilience’. Every character on either side of the net have held their ground throughout, and I also felt like I’ve held my breath along the long rallies and suspense. The episode opens up …
Greetings~ I’ve recently switched over to AniList to keep up with the series I’ve been reading and watching. It’s still in progress, especially my manga list because up until now I haven’t kept any track of what I’ve been reading. As I was arranging things around, I came across this series I’ve been meaning to …
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This is not even a weekly review anymore but more like an I’m-writing-it-whenever-i-can-find-the-time’ly review. I only had time this week to properly sit down and catch up with the episodes and it would be a pretty awkward review if I would only rely on the bits I remember from manga. Very much like Kenma, to …
Hello everyone. Before I get back on my usual posting schedule and as I slowly catch up with two/three week's worth of seasonal anime, I wanted to write about Taisou Samurai. Now, it's called Zamurai at times and Samurai at other but since I'm more used to the word samurai, I will refer to this …
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