A Farewell to Bleach

This post will be a bit different than usual, because I want to talk more about the ending of this entire series than my thoughts on the final season. If you want those, I can sum it up quite easily. It’s a good ending that expands on the shortcomings of the original manga without changing what happens. Like with my last posts, most of the story at this point has already been told and it is just a series of fights until the ending. If you love that, then you’ll enjoy this, if you don’t, then honestly I don’t know why you watched this series for so long.

Instead this post will be a farewell to a series that has been one of the defining anime and manga for my generation of fans. So after the cut, let’s say a final farewell to Bleach*

*Unless they adapt the Hell-arc beyond its one shot, but at that point, it’s all just gravy. This is really the end.

Tune of the Week(ish): Bleach’s Number One

Bleach has finally ended, and the credits went out with a bang. The Tune of the Week is Number One by Shiro Sagisu and voiced by Hazel Fernandes!

Street Fighter (2026): Hit me!

I normally never review live-action stuff on this blog. However over the years I have made exceptions (One Piece Live Action, Alice in Borderland) when I feel there is a show that is in the spirit of anime or has a direct connection to it. I’ve also spent the last year or so diving into the franchise of Street Fighter and so far I’ve enjoyed what I saw. Yet would a live action movie be able to capture that magic? Something that has a very, VERY shaky track-record of success? Well after the cut let’s take a dive into live action film Street Fighter (2026) and find out!

Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 First Cour: Bad Timeline

After three seasons, most people have come to their conclusions regarding this series. People either think it is a fantastic series, or people think it is the worst thing on the planet and anyone who thinks otherwise is clearly a criminal. I of course believe in nuance, but I am of the belief that Jobless remains one of the best isekai shows in the last ten years. Have such feelings continued as we enter its third outing? Well after the cut, let’s take a dive into the first cour of Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 and find out!

Tune of the Week(ish): Black Clover’s Kienai Riyū

This show is back and tihs time they are throwing money at the screen. The Tune of the Week is the opening to season 2 (heh) of Black Clover: Kienai Riyū by WANIMA

The 100 Girlfriends who Reallyx5 Love you: Dewbond continues to reallyx5 love this show.

Peak has returned! I normally don’t like saying such things because I find them overused, but this has been a joy to see come to life. The Harem genre has more or less been on a downward slide since the highs of the 2000s and 2010s, but every now and then a real gem comes along and this is no exception. However we’ve now had three seasons of this and it is fair to ask the question: has that shine worn off? Well after the cut, let’s take a dive into the third season The 100 Girlfriends who Reallyx5 Love you and find out!

Bi-Weekly Booty: Reincarnated as a Slime’s Hinata

Even dead, she’s got a sweet one. The Bi-Weekly booty is Hinata from That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime!

The Ghost in the Shell: Deja-Vu

I’ve been on a bit of a kick with this series for the last few months. I recently watched the classic film, and I’ve been working my way through the Stand Alone Complex series. So it was a surprise that around the same time it all started, it was revealed we would be getting another installment! And not just a sequel or remake, but a full on, true to form, adaptation of the original manga work. Like many, I had never taken a look at the manga, and coupled with the animation but Science Saru, I figured we’d be in for a good series. Did that end up being the case? Well after the cut let’s take a dive into The Ghost in the Shell and find out!

Tune of the Week(ish): TO BE HERO X’s INERTIA

I’ve always had a soft spot for english singing in anime and this is no exception. The Tune of the Week is the opening theme of TO BE HERO X: INERTIA” by Sawano Hiroyuki in collaboration with Newspeak vocalist Rei]

Fate/strange Fake: In America!

Been trying to get to this one for months now, but life just got in the way. People will know I am a big Fate fan. I’ve watched pretty much everything and it is one of those series that I just adore, warts and all. Yet if we are going to be fair, I think the series has more than its few shares of misses. For every hit like Blade Works or Zero, you have something like Last Encore or some of the Grand Order films. This is expected in a large franchise and personally I think it is healthy for a fandom to have a few clunkers in its catalogue. That brings us to the newest entry for Fate and just where will it fall? Well after the cut let’s take a dive into Fate/strange Fake and find out!