![Blue Box Ep. 25 "Even So": Hina Shipwreck Aftermath [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Episode_25_Preview-660x371.webp "Episode_25_Preview")
Blue Box Ep. 25 "Even So" marks the finale of the first season of this anime. As you might expect from the previous episode, this one deals with the wreck of the Hina ship that sunk then. Interestingly, it's the way the story deals with that ship sinking in a way that blames neither party that
![Blue Box Ep. 24 "A Roller Coaster": Hina Ship Sinking [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0c111d70-bf05-4fc8-85e7-425ac6c5a6e1-660x371.webp "0c111d70-bf05-4fc8-85e7-425ac6c5a6e1")
Blue Box Ep. 24 "A Roller Coaster" isn't quite as exciting as the title makes it out to be. In fact, it varies from being light-hearted fun to being downright tragic, with the roller coaster aspect of the show bringing the emotional feels swinging up and down until it hits the ground. Alas, this is
![Blue Box Ep. 23 "Spinning": Spinning In Place [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/c40ef548-4d6f-44f5-8322-2e7cea348684-660x371.webp "c40ef548-4d6f-44f5-8322-2e7cea348684")
The clue to as what Blue Box Ep. 23 "Spinning" is all about is in the title. Taiki is basically spinning in place as he goes into emotional turmoil over his feelings towards both Chinatsu and Hina. It's torture for him, but good entertainment for us. Blue Box Ep. 23 "Spinning": Details There's a
Blue Box Ep. 22 "Inota!" gives us a more in-depth look at the new girl: Ayame Moriya. Relax, everyone. She's not here to form another corner of the love triangle. If anything, she ends up supporting the Hina corner of the triangle after hearing her story. As it turns out, Ayame can be a very fierce
![Blue Box Ep. 21 "A Chance To Blossom": Love And Managerial Woes [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AOH_ep21_000029-660x371.webp "AOH_ep21_000029")
Blue Box Ep. 21 "A Chance to Blossom" carries multiple meanings. The first meaning comes from Chinatsu, and is only apparent when you look at her scene in a romantically philosophical context. The second meaning comes from the newly introduced Ayame Moriya, who is also getting a chance to blossom
Blue Box Ep. 20 "As One of Her Closest Friends" has a bit of a emergency happen with the local school's Snow White play. Mostly due to the prince being a no-show. Fortunately, Taiki is there to save the day as a substitute prince! With some interesting complications for his love life considering
Blue Box Ep. 19 "I've Got Plans" is the day of a cultural festival: a kind of open campus festival typical for Japanese schools, and is thus typical of school-focused slice of life anime in general. As it turns out, this anime is no different from them. However, it does have the advantage of that
Blue Box Ep. 18 "I Know" has Taiki engage in a badminton battle of the century against Shūji Yusa. All in spite of the fact that it's a practice match and theoretically not as important as an actual match. Theoretically, that is. If you think about it though, it's great prep for those real matches
It was just three years ago that the world was introduced to the magical world of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. That film was a runaway success at the box office and was surprisingly great, considering some of the gripes coming into it. Now, we're getting a sequel that is adapting one of the most
There's a growing trend in cinema right now, and that is the trend of movies being fun again. Just a good old-fashioned time at the theater (or home since streaming accounts for most viewership these days) filled with laughs and action and heart that remind you why you go to escape in the first
!['Mother Mary' Pop Stars, Ghosts, And Immaculate Dresses [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/3d1c70fc-8768-44cc-93d9-cb3b6c635edb-320x180.webp "3d1c70fc-8768-44cc-93d9-cb3b6c635edb")
Sometimes the best way to access the core of a film is to let it take you over completely. Locked behind metaphorical dialogue and an obtuse artistry, the key to the door is simply letting it all in and fester inside until the understanding comes to light. You can't second-screen a film like this,
