My Top 10 Anime

This selection is purely based on my own opinion, please do not consider this as an official list of any kind.

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi *Bed and Breakfast for the Spirits*

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi is a charming anime about a girl named Aoi Tsubaki who is spirited away by an Ogre god to be his bride. Aoi is shocked to discover that she is the collateral for her grandfather’s unpaid debt and must either pay back the millions he owed to the Ogre-god or submit to being his wife.

Siren’s Lament

I must review my first ever webtoon. 

It’s a short one, since I don’t have a lot of time, but here we go…

Siren’s Lament is a webcomic available on webtoons.com. It’s about the interactions between Lyra, a florist with no big dreams, Shon, the sexy childhood friend™, and Ian, a siren who’s willing to do anything to be human again.

Langrisser

Langrisser is an app reboot of the classic strategy/role play game of the same name.

I had never even HEARD of this game before I was flipping through recommended apps on Google Play and it appeared. I saw the app icon and hit download, no questions asked. I knew it was an SRPG, and I enjoy Fire Emblem Heroes and FGO, so I thought, with a face like that→  how can I say no?

Howl’s Moving Castle

In celebration for finally getting my hands on the book, I’m going to review Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle

Howl’s Moving Castle is LOOSELY based on a novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. The characters are roughly the same as those in the book, but there are some serious discrepancies in the story-line.

I don’t think it’s bad though.

Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold

Ah, the (arguably) most infamous Saint Seiya spin-off ever…

Let me introduce you to Soul of Gold.

I watched Soul of Gold through in one sitting, because it was July of 2017 and I had a horrible cold. Since I wasn’t going anywhere I picked a new show at random and began to watch.

Soul of Gold is about the twelve gold saints of Athena who have been resurrected in Asgard by the will of  Odin to save the country from destruction caused by the malicious tree Yggdrasil.

Make sense?

It didn’t to me either.

But with the power of cold medicine and the fact that I didn’t want to get up, I ignored the strange synopsis and pressed on despite all warning signs.

Shonen Anime Starter Pack

This is something of a guide for the Shojo fan wanting to break into the large but intimidating genre of Shonen.

It’s easier for some people than others, but if you have trouble making the jump, or are just looking for some shows to teach your the basics, then look no further.

These are my top 5 recommendations for the budding Shonen fan in no particular order.

(If I haven’t gotten around to seeing a series, I will not be discussing it)

Mr Love: Queen’s Choice

Today we’re going to be reviewing a new type of Otome game (at least for me).

Mr Love: Queen’s Choice, also known as Love and Producer or 恋与制作人 , is a free-to-play otome game that features lots of side games, a gacha, and a very active event roster.

As you play, you interact with four love interests and bring up intimacy via texting, calling, and dates while also keeping your production company afloat. After a certain point in the game, you select a route and continue gameplay just like you would with any other otome.

Man in-game features are fully voiced, but you can choose if you want your guys speaking in Japanese or the English dub (which is not as bad as the average dub, but I recommend the Japanese).

Hiiro no Kakera: Fragments of the Past 💚 Kuso no Mikoto💚

Hiiro no Kakera, (at least this particular one) can be downloaded as a free-to-play otome from Google play. Most of the Hiiro no Kakera franchise are pay-to-play only, so consider this game a teaser for what the paid games can offer.

💚Kuso-no-Mikoto is the first otome route I ever played.💚

I had watched the Hiiro no Kakera anime and saw the game while browsing through Google Play.

(Be warned, before starting Hiiro no Kakera, the game is time intensive. It takes a while to get through the game, and the extra story-tickets are hard to come by without paying for them with real money )

Hiiro no Kakera always starts the same way: MC is the cursed Tamayori Princess, charged with guarding the power that can destroy the world. In the case of Fragments of the Past, MC stumbles upon an injured fox god and takes him back to her home to heal him. Thus begins a struggle to protect the world, etc. etc.

Saiunkoku Monogatari

Saiunkoku Monogatari,  is a period romance series that began in 2003 as a series of light novels. It became a manga in 2005 and an anime in 2006.

The series is set in Saiunkoku, the land of the colored clouds, where a great warrior was aided by eight color-coded sages in founding a great kingdom. The main character, Shurei Hong, is chosen for the great honor of being concubine to the Emperor. Despite her reservations, Shurei agrees to the proposition for the sake of providing for her desperate family that has fallen on hard times.

Best and Worst Free-to-Play Otome Games

Lots of the good lists of Otome games are for individual routes or for pay-to-play games like Hakuouki and Code Realize.

For those of us who don’t want to spend money on our romance hobbies, here’s a list of the best and worst free-to-play otome games out there right now. I’ve put links to the download pages on Google Play for each game, so if you want to try them out, just click their name.

Let’s get to it!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…we’re looking at them all.