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About the Stupid Ads Hey gang. In order to get Google to stop throttling my blog, I’ve let them run “experiments” with ads here. You see, when I originally set up this (now out of date) WordPress theme, I did two ads. The first was a small banner ad at the top of the page (web version, not mobile), and one was a small, square add on the side panel. I didn’t want to be intrusive. And back in the…

Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch 03 (Manga Review) Time for the last volume of the Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch manga adaptation. –> Get a rare copy of Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch 03 manga from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief Parn’s party gets Princess Fianna safely to her father, King Fahn. King Fahn, his advisors, and ally King Kashue debrief Parn and his party. They come…

うる星やつら episode 36 (2002) Urusei Yatsura 36 (2022) review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Shuutarou trains in large, octopus jars to try to overcome his phobia. As such, he misses school, causing Ataru, Lum, and others to show up to check in on him and feast. When they learn about his training, Lum sends them back in time to when Shuutarou was a young brat. Ataru takes advantage of the situation to…

Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch 02 (Manga Review) I probably should have reviewed the entire, three volume Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch manga adaptation as a single entity. But since I didn’t, I’ll get on with my review of volume 2. 😜 –> Get a rare copy of Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch 02 manga from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief The Grey Witch Karla kidnaps and enthralls…

Unearthing My Anime and Manga Collection Hey gang! I’ve been busy unpacking all my stuff of late, now that I have my new shelving units in. One of the biggest frustrations is how one of the packers did such a horrible job. Check out this sample of poorly packed boxes, including the Louis L’amour books that belonged to my grandfather. No packing paper, so many of the boxes looked like this. So…

A Look At “Kusunoki-san Failed Her High School Debut” Manga 楠木さんは高校デビューに失敗している Kusunoki-san wa Koukou Debut ni Shippai shite Iru She is (not) a cool girl (in high school) I’ve probably mentioned this before, but one of the great thing about following mangaka on Twitter (X) is that they will sometimes retweet stuff from other artists. Such was the case when MII Mitsuki‘s tweet-thread for their…

Lupin the 3rd: Part III 15 Lupin III Part 3 15 ルパン三世 – Part III Ep. 15 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin has Jigen and Goemon train a young woman named Rolly (Lori/Laurie) to assist on a mission. In order to get treasure from a legendary, missing camel named Joudan (Joke), he needs a skilled maiden. Fujiko becomes aware of this and uses a spray to get Lupin to confess. However, Fujiko becomes…

Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 255 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 255 トニカクカワイイ 255 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: Kaname compliments Nasa on his ability to teach. Elsewhere, Himari does her nails and tells Asimo that studying is boring. Asimo tells her that there’s supposed to be a memorization technique created by the monk Kuukai (Mao). However, when she learns the lengths Kuukai went through to obtain…

うる星やつら episode 35 (2002) Urusei Yatsura 35 (2022) review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Ran makes cupcakes and heads off to deliver them. Ataru spots her, but she disappears, accidentally leaving a cupcake behind. He takes a bite and passes out. Lum finds him and the cupcake, and assumes Ran tried to kill Ataru. She takes Ataru home and hooks him up to monitoring devices after the robot doctor fails.…

Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch 01 (Manga Review) I’ll never forget when I watched the Record of Lodoss War OVA series. While I found the former soldier Parn to be a bit weak, I loved the elf Deedlit. However, the OVA series had some modifications, so I bought some of the manga adaptations of the source novels. When I recently moved, I unearthed my copies of the Record of Lodoss War: The…

Lupin the 3rd: Part III 14 Lupin III Part 3 14 ルパン三世 – Part III Ep. 14 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Zenigata runs an undercover operation to try to nab a kidnapper while officially, the cops deliver the ransom. Lupin, disguised as an old man, steals the ransom and returns it to a blonde woman. She removes the hypnotism she placed on him, then wacks him on the head, knocking him out. Zenigata arrests…

A Look at One Piece Manga Buy the One Piece manga box sets from Amazon.com! Box Set 1 (volumes 1-23) Box Set 2 (volumes 24-46) Box Set 3 (volume 47-70) Box Set 4 (volumes 71-90) Many, MANY years ago, FUNimation sent me the first DVD set for the One Piece anime adaptation. There were things I liked, but cliched, shounen tropes that I found tedious. As such, I never had a desire to watch more of…

Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 254 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 254 トニカクカワイイ 254 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: In 850BC outside of Kyoto, a boy flees from a slaver. When the slaver goes to cut boy with a katana, Tsukasa intervenes. As such, the slaver attacks her, but she quickly defeats him. He flees and she tells the orphaned boy to look for a wealthy family in the city to get help. To that end,…

うる星やつら episode 34 (2002) Urusei Yatsura 34 (2022) review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The principal visits Onsen-sensei’s class as the students bicker with their teacher. Later, the students clean in the principal’s office. The principal is unconscious with a knock on his forehead. Onsen-sensei grills the students and comes up with theories to implicate each of them. Ryuunosuke, Ataru, and Shuutarou…

Lupin the 3rd: Part III 13 Lupin III Part 3 13 ルパン三世 – Part III Ep. 13 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Zenigata chases a disguised Lupin, who can’t elude the detective. Instead, Zenigata’s sticky, capturing devices remove much of Lupin’s hair and clothing. Eventually, Zenigata snares Lupin in a giant, flypaper-like trap. Lupin tricks Zenigata into thinking he has a dynamite stick, allowing Goemon to…

Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 253 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 253 トニカクカワイイ 253 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: In 853BC, Tsukasa confronts the now elderly Mao as he meditates. He confirms that he has entered samadhi. As such, he now only consumes water and in a few days, expects to reach nirvana. In this way, Mao keeps his promise to live eternally with her. Tsukasa confesses she still wishes to die.…

うる星やつら episode 33 (2002) Urusei Yatsura 33 (2022) review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: One of the Mendou octopi goes missing. That night, Shuutarou has a nightmare and starts skipping school due to head pressure. A week later, Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Ten-chan sneak in to visit him. There, they discover he has a floral-colored octopus on his head. While it is the missing octopus Akamaru, it has no…