It’s cold, it’s dark, work is every day. And yet there is time for anime.

Manga

Beyond continuing GTO at a glacial pace, as well as keeping up with Shibuya Near Family and Wasteful Days of High School Girls + Gekkan-Shoujo Nozaki Kun whenever updates release, I have picked up Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. It’s short, it’s fun. I’m pretty early into the story to comment more.

Anime

I have finished Monogatari: Second Season, and the Kaiki arc is just fantastic. It’s another high in a series that I have both underestimated and feel that it does live to its questionable reputation. Onto the next series, which is… uh… Hanamonogatari?

One Outs is a gambling sports anime that has been recommended to me for a while, and it is decent so far. The MC is pretty un-Kaiji like, and more your average extremely confident gambling genius.

I’ve watched Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It’s somewhat style over substance, but it is refreshing in a sea of formulatic slop. I remember the ending having a bit of controversy surrounding it. I thought it was tragic. The post-credit scene did cheapen that though.

Cardcaptor Sakura keeps being fun and cozy.

I have also resumed Sailor Moon, from Season S. It’s still good old Sailor Moon.

Millennium Actress was a pretty good movie, aided by the soundtrack of the excellent Susumu Hirasawa. I felt like I missed half of the appeal of the movie by not being that familiar with what was most likely 1930s to early 1970s Japanese cinema.