Behind The Nihon Review

You are browsing the archives of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu.

We usually don’t do posts like this around here, as we prefer to stick to a singular thesis and use the post to explore it.  Also, we’re elitists, which means that articles that seem “phoned in” are beneath us.  But, Sorrow-kun phoned one in recently, and he’s on hiatus right now, so I think I’ll [...]

This post is largely inspired by a Twitter debate largely between Sea Slugs! Anime Blog‘s Jesus159159159 and The Cart Driver‘s Scamp, over the respective merits and flaws of Excel Saga and Seto no Hanayome. For the record, I sided with Jesus159159159, but it’s quite a stretch to say either is an exceptionally funny, let alone [...]

I had the full intention of signing up for Crunchyroll membership this season, but baulked when I realized they only had two shows I was interested in. However, those two shows are arguably the best of the season so far, and with the US dollar where it is, there’s probably no better time for me [...]