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End of January 2026 Update: New Year, Future Plans & Goals

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Hi all!

This was supposed to go out a MONTH ago, but alas, 2026 has already been testing me.

First, Happy New Year! It’s the year of the Fire Horse which, according to VOGUE sources, means something like this:

“It reflects a stage of life that moves boldly forward without the fear of obstacles, placing emphasis on being in motion rather than standing still.”

Whether you to subscribe to Chinese zodiac astrology or not, we can always take it upon ourselves to reflect on our past and present situations and decide to improve our future outcomes. So this year, I’m choosing to move forward with all of the creative endeavors that I used to enjoy so much in the past.

You see, ever since my life as a working adult picked up in 2023, I had dialed back my creative output dramatically, and largely without even knowing it. Blog posts stopped being written. YouTube videos were reduced to mere hauls (which I still love doing, don’t get me wrong). Cosplay . . . well, cosplay is still kind of going strong, if you account for the fact that I only “have” to prepare for one anime con each year.

In the space where I had been creating, I ended up filling it with watching more anime, playing games (curse you, Genshin), and sleeping. Honest. This isn’t entirely a foul trade-off, though, considering that one of the big reasons I hit a creative burnout point was because I hadn’t been watching nearly as much. I’ve had lots of time to rest since then, and it’s time to get back in the saddle in 2026.

Returning to Monthly Updates

I don’t plan to come back to blogging with any renewed vengeance. I’m starting small, beginning with my monthly updates that I used to routinely publish for years . . . until I’d stopped doing that, too. In these update posts, I’ll share what I’ve been watching and reading along with any related collection or hobby tidbits.

Changing the Blog Name

It’s the greatest blessing and curse to have a blog built around an existing concept. When I “opened the cafe” as a high school student, it was because I’d really, really wanted to own a cafe. And I liked anime. So I put the two together. Real creative, I know. Anyway, I’m still debating on whether to stick with the whole cafe thing, especially since the premise revolves around categorizing anime based on my REVIEWS of them. And I’ll be honest––I don’t plan to review anime anymore.

By changing the blog name, I’m referring to its subtitle, “Takuto’s Anime Cafe––anime reviews and relaxation.” Once I can locate the site setting, I’ll re-title it as “anime reflections and relaxation,” which makes a lot more sense with my personal writing style. It has surely shifted from crisp, strategically outlined reviews to ramblings on subtopics, informal analyses on themes, or my own viewing experience with a specific anime. The “cafe” theme stays for now, but I will move towards reflection-based writing. We’ll see if that helps tame the perfectionist in me.

Setting a Few 2026 Goals

First, I’d like to make it to the end of the year with all 12 monthly updates posted. This will at least give me 1 post per month (a 100% increase from the ZERO posts I had been publishing).

Second, I want to finish a few projects I had started/continued in 2025. The first is Blaugust––not necessarily the “blogging in August” part, but covering the topic: my summer 2025 trip to Japan. I think I left y’all somewhere in the countryside, whoops. I’ll make sure we’re brought back home. The other project that comes to mind is my semi-annual Sailor Moon themes analyses. These posts are some of my favorite that I’ve ever written. Unfortunately, they are usually aligned with whenever I feel like revisiting Sailor Moon, specifically the manga. I’ll try to wrap up the work on the Death Busters Arc draft and push onward through the final fifth arc.

Third, I aim to watch my entire physical backlog of anime. 2025 was an excellent year for my collection, less so for my wallet. Thankfully, most of the titles I picked up were ones that I’d already watched; I just wanted them archived on my shelves. However, there’s still a solid little stack of unwatched titles that I likely purchased while on sale but haven’t gotten around to yet. My next goal might help with this . . .

Fourth, I want to write a reflection post for at least one anime each month. This could be a retrospective post, such as my “Anime Revisited” series, though it might also be about a “new” title. For starters, I’d love to revisit any of my unplanned 2025 rewatches: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gunbuster, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, The Vision of Escaflowne, and Seraph of the End to name a few. Writing a monthly featured post like this also bumps the count to TWO posts per month. Talk about productivity!

Fifth, I plan to watch at last 26 anime released from 2021 to last year. I stayed mostly on top of what was hip and current, but that doesn’t mean I watched all of it. My net is cast wide precisely because there are anime from the early 2020s that I KNOW I passed up for one reason or another. If I watch more than 26, awesome. But there’s a good handful of vintage anime from as early as the 70s that I’m still working through. As long as I’m still watching, I won’t count anything out.

Recently Watched

Since I haven’t made an update post like this in literal years, this “recent” list could stretch back quite far. So, let’s just look at 2025 winter to now, start of February 2026.

Angel’s Egg––Oh yeah, this list definitely goes back a bit, as I was completely enthralled by GKIDS’ theatrical screening of Mamoru Oshii’s haunting and visionary standalone film from 1985. The 4k restoration is far more stunning than my initial traipse through Angel’s Egg as a 2-part 480p YouTube video during the early 2010s. I was so taken by the stark atmosphere and its visual motifs this time around that I jumped on the preorders for the re-release of the Japanese art book. It seems that the world was overdue for a revisit of this one. Now just to wait for the U.S. Blu-ray . . .

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade––Fresh off the Oshii bus, I hopped on another one he helped write and was made immediately more depressed. Why must men be men sometimes. Ugh! But for real, this was a lot less sci-fi than I thought it’d be. I’m not even sure what gave me that impression in the first place; I’ve owned the Blu-ray for a while, so perhaps it was the signature suit and red spectacles that made me think it was not going to be so historically rooted. Regardless, it was equal parts harrowing and fear-inducing. I was instantly hooked by the MC’s situation: the risks he had to take, the depression he faced, the anxiety that edged him backwards and forwards. The ending was sad.

Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise––ANNO FEVER DREAM TIME. I know he wasn’t the director, but it was fun to explore more of this early work. This 1987 film is stunnin’, plain and simple. For some reason in retrospect, it has me asking some of the same questions that Millennium Actress does regarding our ambitions, what we sacrifice for them and how we make use of what truly little time we have to create and connect.

Otaku no Video––Can you tell I was going through the physical backlog? lmao. I abhor the roller coster this one took me on. WHY MUST MEN BE MEN. The first half of this two-part OVA/film project is all “look at how much we love anime!” while the second half is “this is what ‘loving anime’ did to us.” Sometimes wistful, sometimes regrettable, but always well animated. RIP Gainax.

Tekkonkinkreet––I have thoughts for this one, I swear . . . For now, I’ll leave it with this: Was Tekkonkinkreet inspired by Night on the Galactic Railroad? If that is, in fact, how I’m supposed to watch it, then it instantly gets my two thumbs up.

Memories––Of these backlog titles, these short “episodes” that comprise Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories belong at the top of my “recommendations to friends and family if they want to experience bizarre sides of what anime can do.” Discotek’s sharp Blu-ray release (combined with NYAV Post and Sound Cadence Studios’ English dub work) has made each of these short stories infinitely more accessible to foreign audiences. I genuinely want to put on Magnetic Rose or Cannon Fodder for my family and see what their reactions to them are.

The Apothecary Diaries 2nd Season––At last, we’re back in the present era! I. Love. Apothecary. Diaries. I do, I do, I do. It took me a few episodes to get into the story (and that’s not because of the time period, because I enjoy a good period piece). Mao Mao’s adventures through ancient Chinese palace life offer more than intrigue, mystery, and romance. I find it’s a vibrant window to life during this time, even if fictionalized. We see poetry, art, textiles, etc. about periods this old, but when human bodies move through the space, living––surviving––like we do now, I learn to appreciate the depths of our collective history. And a third season is on the way, wahoo!

Scarlet––Let’s say that I caught the pre-season film awards IMAX screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s latest CG mess so that YOU don’t have to! I’m disappointed, which comes as little surprise given my immediate skepticism when the trailer initially came out. All Scarlet––the Hamlet-inspired action story set in a fantastic underworld afterlife––made me want to do was reread Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!––At some point, we need to address my need to consume everything Science SARU produces. Because when it misses, it’s at the very least entertaining and wild. And thankfully, it rarely misses! In the same vein as Shirobako and Zenshu, Eizouken is a well-known, well-animated series about aspects of animation production. What sets it apart from its peers is its setting: a school club located in some wacky kind of sci-fi enhanced cityscape. The trio of girls in this club wander the maze-like city seeking inspiration for their projects, not unlike the duo in Girls Last Tour. Their world is half scrapyard, half complex Japanese cityscape. In this way, their quest to make an anime is as ambitious as Eizouken‘s own production. LOTS of fun to be had in this one.

Godzilla Singular Point––Eventually, I made my way to Netflix. The backlog there only ever seems to grow, so I tackle it in pieces knowing that I’m only ever biting off more than I can chew. This Godzilla entry stands out because it was a collaboration project between studio’s Orange and Bones. Kaneko Yuki’s background animation art book reminded me that the 2021 series existed, and surprisingly, I did like parts of it. I guess S.P. wasn’t received well by most, and that makes sense because of its jarring CG monster work, huge cast for a single-cour series, and scattered plot following two separate leads (which may or may not involve time traveling elements). But when S.P. was committed to acting the part of a researcher, I actually felt compelled to root for the characters in this story about much more than Godzilla––challenging fate, our capacity as humans, and our dedication to discovering life’s answers.

Lord of Mysteries––We escape Japan for a moment to a Victorian-inspired steampunk world by Chinese animation studio B. CMAY PICTURES. I guess it’s a hugely popular web novel over there, and this donghua fascinated me FIRST because of its insane animation. The last time a series broke my brain with such level of detail was Violet Evergarden. I didn’t think it could be outdone. Yet, in many ways, it has. That’s not to say it’s a better or more preferred series, but I did enjoy it immensely. This will sound odd, but it’s the closest spiritual successor to the Castlevania animated series produced by China or Japan. Lovecraftian horror awaits at the heart of most mysteries our lead attempts to solve. And, ah, he’s also quite the catch, visually.

The Heike Story––It’s rare these days for me to add anime to my imagined “top ten” list. But out of all the anime to come across my screens over the past several years, Heike Monogatari stands out as a contender. And to be honest, I knew long in advance that it’d reach this status. When you have all-star director Naoko Yamada helming this ambitious project at Science SARU to adapt the grand, timeless tale of the Heike clan’s magnificent rise and immense fall, two things will be true: 1) it will be incredible; and 2) music will play a huge part of executing the drama. Perhaps one is direct result of the other here, though let’s just say that I hold The Heike Story in the highest. I hope it will endure for years as viewers’ gateway into Japan’s poetic past . . .

30,000 Miles From Chang’an––”Poetic past”––see what I did there? Well, you might if I weren’t about to briefly highlight one of the most amazing Chinese animated films from 2023. Light Chaser Animation is out here casually churning out what I would consider modern classics of Chinese movies left and right, from romance drama/tragedy White Snake (Bai She) to their xianxia reimagining of Chinese deities via their New Gods films. Chang’an is neither of these genres, though; rather, it’s a historical epic chronicling the lives and careers of poets Gao Shi and Li Bai as the Tang Dynasty breaks against the An Lushan Rebellion. The biggest crime about these films is that while some are rescued and released (THANK YOU GKIDS), Chang’an and many more like it seem at risk of being lost to time. I consider myself fortunate that I was able to find the film chopped up in at least 10 videos online (it’s almost 3 hours long, so the cuts were like episodes unto themselves). This was such a compelling watch and the perfect way to greet Chinese New Year in February. That said, someone––anyone––license this film! I’m begging!

Ongoing Watches

I’ll save this for next time since this post ended up being unexpectedly long.

Final Thoughts: V-Day is Coming Up

WOW, what a trip down memory lane! Guess these past few months really have been full of incredible watches. When not watching anime or carefully picking my way through danmei, I’ve been glued to Teyvat and roaming Nod-Krai in Genshin Impact. I try not to talk about Genshin too much because I could be here all day. Really! So, if you want to follow that part of me, my Twitter is where I retweet my favorite Genshin art. Safe to say, I’m smitten by Nod-Krai: Columbina’s story and return to the moon, Dottore’s multidimensional scheming, and everyone’s determination to find a place to call home.

In closing, I want to forecast an annual tradition––Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means the V-Day Special returns for another year! I’ll actually be out of town on the day of, so my “weekend” anime marathon will likely occur throughout the month, if not in the 3rd and 4th weeks, which is ok. I’ll release a post with more info soon, including the potential titles up for viewing.

I don’t expect anyone to actually read this full post; my writing is an exercise in reflection and keeping time tables, so to speak. That said, if you made it to the end, you must be dedicated! Thanks for reading! I hope you’ve been well! And since we opened with Chinese astrology, we’ll close out appropriately:

From me to you, Xin nian kuai le!

– Takuto

Am I Still . . . Weathering With You?

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Hi there, it’s been a while.

There’s a lot I want to say to you, so I’ll start where I always once used to in my reviews: some background context.

I’ve been time traveling.

!!

(Kidding ~~)

But I dusted off the keyboard and propped open the cafe’s awnings—only to realize that my last post was almost a year ago?? Yeah, it sure does feel like time travel. And as the case is with most travelers, I’ve been irresponsible with time.

Anyway, hello from the future!

My life is very different now, you know?

At some point, I apparently came in and edited my blog’s sidebar bio so that it no longer read that I was a “teenager.” Although, when I think about it, I wasn’t a teenager when I last talked to you on here, either. Regardless, since 2021, I’ve not only completed my undergraduate degree but also a 2-year master’s program AND started my first “adult job” this past fall.

I’ve grown up ahead of the blog, I guess.

With every new year that rolls in (By the way, I hope yours has been kind so far.) I think about this place. Really, I do. This online safe space where I used to greet readers and see them out each hour of the day. It truly is our corner of the internet.

We sure were busy back then, weren’t we? Hah!

All this talk about growing up brings me to what I really wanted to ask you.

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Am I still . . . weathering with you?

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Yesterday, I finished reading YenPress’s release of Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You novel. It’s a fantastic little book (and it’s actually little, only 180 pages). As I slipped the dust jacket back around the green hardback and archived it on my shelves, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I love Shinkai’s work. Especially Weathering With You.

Last spring, I was lucky enough that my hometown theater had showings for Suzume, and that encounter, too, had me tumbling down memory lane. Discussions over many of Shinkai’s works have been “served up” here at the cafe over the years. Why I didn’t write about Suzume DESPITE it being my new favorite of his? . . . I had a lot on my mind at the time.

But back to Weathering With You, ah, my heart! It’s hard to believe that the film (and the book) will be celebrating 5 years this summer. As I’m revisiting it here, I’m going to spoil the end of the story, so go watch/read it if you haven’t!

Reading the novelization, I couldn’t help but re-realize how rough young people have it these days.

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Seriously! If you make it to the end and can only despise Hodaka for effectively drowning Tokyo for love, then you’ve missed the entire point of the story.

How did Hodaka, a child, end up so desperate and starved for connection in the first place? Who put him in a position where all he felt he could do was run further and further away from the responsibility that comes with growing up?

We did. The adults in his life did. And we continue to fail adolescents just like him when we pressure them LIKE ADULTS and then treat their feelings as if they were TODDLERS throwing just another tantrum.

This seems unrelated, but in my recent rewatch of Fire Force (still a banger btw), Captain Obi proudly says that being a grown-up means “caring more broadly and deeply.” From our first meeting with Hodaka, we are already dealing with someone who feels tried and exiled from his hometown. Island life is suffocating, yet at the same time, he is neglected by those few with any real stock in him. With ambition, he leaves. And when he finds the adults in Tokyo just as unwilling, neglecting, and even downright unkind, he’s willing to abandon that world, too.

Caring more broadly and deeply. Ah. Perhaps we wouldn’t have found Hodaka’s entire world cradled in the care of Hina’s tiny, tired hands if the adults back home cared for him an ounce more than they had. He’s genuinely a good kid, too! Traumatized and hungry, all Hodaka wants is a job that can sustain him a little longer while he sorts life out. Thinking about it, it’s sad how it all went down. Thankfully, in the novel, one of Hodaka’s Tokyo “caretakers” and friends is able to learn about the hope that can come with adulthood before some of the others do:

Kid, I’m gonna grow up just a little earlier than you. I’ll become a role model to you and Hina whether you want it or not. I’ll be the kind of adult who makes you want to grow up faster so you can be the same. I’ll be nothing like Kei—I’ll be a fantastic, amazing, super adult like no one’s ever seen.

Natsumi Suga

Tokyo remains plunged underwater in the epilogue, and as gut-punching as the advent is, I closed the book satisfied that Hodaka—that Shinkai—was able to wake [the viewing/reading] society up to the suffering of its young. The endless rain is not only a karmic effect of neglecting an ages old superstition but also a reflection of the way we’ve continuously sacrificed the innocent and the good for our own benefit. Maybe the storms currently ravaging our world are starting to spark the same eye-opening effect that Hodaka and Hina’s rain has on theirs.

       

I didn’t intend on writing a current issues post, so let me circle back. Tenki no Ko, the Japanese title, translates more accurately as “Child of Weather” in English. Its localized title, however, is also lovely. “Weathering” sounds as if Hodaka and Hina are simply going around making the weather change, which is exactly what they do.

But also, “weathering” is the process that naturally wears down rocks and surfaces, leading to erosion. Finally, to “weather,” as a verb, means to come safely through something (like a storm). When Hodoka and Hina go weathering, I like to think that they are quite literally enduring life the way they’ve only recently discovered how:

By surviving the storm together.

When I asked towards the beginning of this post whether I was still weathering with you (cause that’s not confusing at all!), I was wondering if WE have been able to endure this long rainy season apart from one another—a blogger to his fellow blogger buddies and dearest readers—sincerely confused, anxious, and uncertain about whether we’ve weathered this distance ok.

Have we? Do you remember me?

Do you remember what we used to do here?

Because honestly, I couldn’t forget about you.

Thank you for having me back. For keeping the cafe warm.

I’m Takuto.

It’s very nice to meet you again.

End of March Update 4/9/21

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Hey guys,

Once again, I don’t have too much to report on from March. Throughout the past month, I mainly spent my days studying, reading manga, and rewatching a few of my favorite anime. It was a therapeutic month, if a somewhat unproductive one on the blog side. While I want to spend April making posts over the things I enjoyed in March, another part of me wants to keep on moving forward. So, there may be posts for older stuff, but also maybe not. I’ll play it by ear. For now though, let’s look at how terribly I failed my goals for March. >.<

Goal Reflection

Write Five Posts Each Month | Did I really only write two or three posts in March? Yikes.

Review More Anime | I did not do this either. If it counts, I did discuss my hopes and dreams for the Evangelion 3.0+1.0 now that it is finally in theaters! And it was a “Cafe Talk” post–like, when was the last time I wrote one of those!?

Continue Writing Manga Reflections | I was able to write a post (AND film a video) for my first impressions of Battle Angel Alita that you can read right here! April will have more manga content for sure!

Write Posts for Video Content | All four of my March videos were uploaded here as blog posts. I’m one short of my YouTube goal there of five videos a month, but please check those out if you’re interested!

Achieve 750 Followers | Current count is 724. Thank you so much for reading and following along~!

What I’ve Watched

The Mystic Archives of Dantalian — I actually started this early 2010s gem quite some time back, but I’ve yet to go further than the first 3 or so episodes. My main reason for starting Dantalian was because it had the same look and feel as Gosick, one of my favorite mystery anime. Although the plots differ, the energy is the same, and I’ll try to keep going with it even if it leans on the slower side. Has anyone else seen this show?

Crest of the Stars — The hype of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 has led me down a tunnel of craving vintage sci-fi anime. I won’t lie, this series didn’t initially catch my eye until Funimation licensed and released it on DVD a couple years back. The art looked mystifying, and I finally caved to watching. I’m 3 episodes out from the end (I think) and I’m enjoying how sad yet romantic it is. Loving the space travel aspect, too. More to come in a review!

Sword of the Stranger — I plan to watch more films in 2021, and it looks like this samurai-turned-vagabond adventure flick was first up. I won’t lie, this era of Japanese history isn’t my favorite. BUT, it’s definitely starting to grow on me, and this film was fantastic from start to finish. The fight choreo and animation hold up super well after all these years, and the MUSIC, oh my GOD, so riveting and passionate!! I might review it, but . . . just know that the Blu-ray will stay on my shelf.

Great Pretender — HELLS YEAH I watched Great Pretender, and HELLS YEAH I loved the shit out of it. This is the kind of series I needed to fill the void left by Eden of the East, Baccano!, and Terror in Resonance, and I couldn’t have enjoyed it more than I did. In fact, I binged all 23 episodes of the series in a SINGLE DAY it was that good, and while I want to review it, I already know my words will be senseless squealing over my mans Laurent, my queen Cynthia, my girl Abigail, and mah boi Edamameeee ❤ Seriously, this was the thrill ride I needed to kickstart my love for anime again. The dub is phenomenal, too! GO WATCH IT!

Attack on Titan Final Season — This was the ONLY simulcast I actually finished in time, and WOW what a series this has been. Of course, we’re not done yet, though, as a the second cour of this anime giant is set to conclude the story this winter. I’m thrilled to see how it ends, especially with the manga’s recent completion. But for now, we wait!

The Promised Neverland Season 2 — CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST SIMULCAST ANIME I EVER DROPPED. LOL. After 5 or 6 episodes, I couldn’t do it anymore. Because I still love the story and characters, however, I took to the Shounen Jump app to start reading the manga. That’s right fam, ya boy’s reading Neverland. I can’t wait to get past the content of the first anime to see where the sequel started. Maybe I’ll revisit season 2 after I’ve read it all just to see how some of it was animated, but otherwise it’s manga-only for me from here on out!

Fire Force Season 2 — With all of the Simuldub episodes finally available on Funimation, I was able to binge the second half of the series and see how it compares to the manga. The good news? Fire Force remains one of the most consistently adapted series that the anime fandom has ever seen. The bad news? At present, we’ve no guarantee for a third season. Keep on supporting the manga and the anime and maybe we’ll get a season 3 before too long!!

***I have yet to continue watching episodes of Wonder Egg Priority, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Skate-Leading Stars, Horimiya. Finishing these simulcasts is the first goal of April! I will have more to report then.

What I’ve Read

Please watch my March 2021 Manga Reading Log video if you have the chance, as I discuss all of these titles there in more depth!!

Battle Angel Alita Volume 1 — Read full the post here!

My Androgynous Boyfriend Volume 1 — Here we have a start to the relationship between a beautiful man who likes makeup and his wonderful graphic designer girlfriend. The art style is super cute, and these two pretty much just support each other for life! It’s a simpler story than I thought it’d initially be, but who knows where the story will go. Looking forward to reading more.

Eniale & Dewiela Volume 1 — Between this hope-yearning angel and trouble-seeking demon, a minor fashion disaster in heaven can spell major catastrophe for the people of Earth. Eniale and Dewiela are just about the pettiest (and prettiest) pair of friends you’ll ever find, yet their individual quirks and charms often cause the other to wreak havoc on the other. And of course, who else would be caught in the conflict than the innocent mortals of the lower world. I think there are only 3 volumes in this series, and you bet I plan to read all of it!

Phantom Tales of the Night Volume 1 — My favorite read of the month! In this series, we are following the innkeeper of an enchanted inn that exists between the spiritual and mortal realms. Seemingly innocent passerbys stumble upon the inn, and for safe passage, they are admitted at a single cost: they must forfeit one of their secrets to the innkeeper. Of course, in monkey’s paw fashion, nothing ever goes right for the guests, but that doesn’t stop the devilish innkeeper from preying on humanity and learning more about them. My only regret from this read was that I didn’t have the next 4 volumes waiting for me on my shelf!

Caste Heaven Volume 1 — This darker BL series explores what happens when high schoolers are forced to find cards scattered all throughout the school and that also dictate that student’s role in the social hierarchy. Poor Ones and Twos will yield to Fives and Sixes, and Sevens and Eights will obey Jacks and Queens. Of course, the King is on top, and anything they say goes–including manipulation and sexual favors. This series is far from clean, but I’m interested in seeing how certain characters will play the game past this initial volume.

Fire Force Volumes 19-20 — When you watch more Fire Force, you naturally want to read more of it, too. Things are starting to gear up towards the series’ climax, I can almost feel it. These volumes cover the end of Season 2 and some change, so if you’re dying to know what is happening to the Tokyo Empire and Company 8, Volume 20 will give you that sneak peak! Now that I’m all caught up with what I own, I can go out and pick up the two latest volumes, yay!

As a whole, March enjoyed a bunch of odd watches, random catch-ups, and much relaxation from school work. That said, April will be tricky if I try to blog more. But, as I’m sure you all know, I never choose the easy way out, heh heh. I’ve already got a head start into manga reading for April, and I don’t plan to slow down. Also, I’ll get back on my simulcast game so I can take a look at what’s new and airing. WAIT, are you telling me that the Spring 2021 anime season has already begun!? Looks like I’ve got lots to catch up on this weekend!

We had a couple rainy days this past week, which was an amazing relief from the dramatically warmer temperatures we’ve been having. Though, it also snowed the other day, so who knows what’s what with weather anymore. I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. Here’s to hoping I get my vaccine shot this weekend!! Thanks for reading, and ’til next time!

– Takuto