Journal with Witch may be ending the anime series at Ep. 13 "Morning is Here", but it's going out in style. Specifically: life will go on for all of the main characters in this story long after the anime itself has ended. But at the very least, this anime is ending on a high note and plenty of good
Journal with Witch has Asa and others discover acceptance while discussions of toxic masculinity go on in the background of Ep. 12 "Find". At first glance, you might think those two topics wouldn't fit well together. However, upon further exploration, they feel very much connected. After all, what
Journal with Witch has Asa set herself free with a very personal revelation about her future in Ep. 11 "Set Free". After seeing all the love and chaos in her Valentine's Day surroundings, it finally looks like she has a grip on her life at long last. Not only that, it's a rather musical grip to
Journal with Witch has young Asa struggling to find the right words for an original song for her band in Ep. 10 "Bind". Even with Makio's help, she still struggles to find the words for it throughout the entire episode, but she is making progress...of sorts. All while in the background, we see
Journal with Witch gives both Makio and her niece Asa a serious case of writer's block for their respective tasks in Ep. 9 "Intersect". For different things, of course. One is having writer's block on writing a novel, and the other is getting the same thing writing song lyrics. But regardless of
Journal with Witch has Asa finally conclude her stages of grief with the final stage of acceptance in Ep. 8 "Wander". It's taken a while, but it makes sense since this is the death of her parents we're talking about. It's only natural that it would take a while before she finally processes that
Journal with Witch continues the drama and brings up some serious family issues in Ep. 7 "Leave In Writing". Of course, much of it has to do with Asa's deceased mother, who continues to haunt the narrative in an excellent depiction of posthumous characterization. If anything, the mother is haunting
For once, Journal with Witch is giving us depression not from death, but from love and its complexities in Ep. 6 "Overlap". All stemming from the worry and woe that romantic love can give people. Fortunately, as Makio finds out, there are also good things coming from love too. Journal with Witch
We're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger feels like a movie that’s selling itself as something deeper than it ultimately is. There’s an expectation that we’re going to get this grand story about the Gallagher brothers reconciling, putting aside their differences, and coming back together for these
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia shows us the power of wisdom, for good and for evil, in the titular Ep. 10 "Wisdom". With Boraqchin showing Sitara / Fatima that she's both very crafty and utterly ruthless in her pursuit of her goals. However, for all that she is wise, she is by no means omniscient.