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4 days ago “OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
3 years ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
4 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
4 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
4 years ago Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
5 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
5 years ago “Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
6 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
6 years ago 2018 Miscellaneous Japanese Dramas
7 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?

“OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation

Posted on April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 by Elise

A female detective picks a particular crayon and scribbles a couple of waves on her sketchbook. Her hand moves twice as fast as her racing mind, eyes glued to the read more

“Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood

Posted on June 3, 2021April 30, 2024 by Elise

Dubbed as a coming-of-age, teen romance drama, Hot Gimmick is a film funneled down to a single character’s journey on discovering herself. From a shoujo manga written by Aihara Miki read more