Soul Eater is pretty good when it doesn’t suck

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Surely the Soul Eater manga couldn’t have the same shitty sense of humor as the anime. Surely the very first chapter I attempted to read wouldn’t have that stupid toilet bowl joke. That was three years ago. Only recently had the emotional and psychological scars healed. I was ready to give Soul Eater another chance, [...]

Initial D: Don’t Miss It

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

I recently took a six-hour Defensive Driving class to get a car insurance discount. The instructor spent the whole class telling me that driving would get me killed, falsely accused of statutory rape, and escheat my life savings to the nanny state. Those being my three greatest fears, I spent the next few days driving [...]

The Useless Character Hall of Shame: Mizuki Asami (Cross Game)

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

You’d think a guy who spent his whole life training in the mountains couldn’t possibly be useless. Indeed, he appeared to be quite the badass when we first saw him. Score Too bad he’s totally irrelevant for the rest of the show. He sucks up to Aoba. Aoba is oblivious. Rinse and repeat. Nothing ever [...]