![Journal With Witch Ep. 5 "Decide": Posthumous Mother Issues [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Journal-With-Witch-Review-3-660x371.webp "Journal With Witch Review (3)")
Journal with Witch brings up some serious posthumous mother issues for Asa and even Makio in Ep. 5 "Decide". Because as it turns out: being dead doesn't stop Asa's mother from still giving her issues. Of course, Makio's mother (and by extension: Asa's grandmother) is still very much alive, but that
![Journal With Witch Ep. 4 "Cower": High School Blues [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Journal-With-Witch-Review-2-1-660x371.webp "Journal With Witch Review (2)")
Journal with Witch starts off Asa's high school life (and exacerbates Makio's parenting life) with a serious case of the blues in Ep. 4 "Cower". As you might imagine, it all has to do with a whole lot of unresolved grief Asa has for her recently deceased parents. Alas, this episode shows her still
![Journal With Witch Ep. 3 "Discard": Discovering Graduation Pain [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Journal-With-Witch-Review-2-660x371.webp "Journal With Witch Review")
Journal with Witch continues the slice of life drama with quite a bit of graduation pain in Ep. 3 "Discard". All stemming from some unresolved grief over the death of Asa's parents. It's a problem that gets further compounded even before the graduation woes due to a visit to Asa's old (and now
![Journal With Witch Ep. 2 "Wrap": The Growing Cast [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Journal-With-Witch-Review-1-660x371.webp "Journal With Witch Review (1)")
Journal With Witch continues Makio's adventures in taking care of her niece Asa in Ep. 2 "Wrap", and with a growing cast of characters too. Mostly in the form of Makio's friends and acquaintances, but with a hint that Asa has her own friends that will soon be introduced as well. All in preparation
![Journal With Witch Ep. 1 "Overflow": Intersection Of Neurodivergence And Depression [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Journal-With-Witch-Review-660x371.webp "Journal With Witch Review")
Journal with Witch begins an anime about the intersection of neurodivergence and depression with Ep. 1 "Overflow". All starring the introverted and heavily implied to be autistic Makio, when she takes her teenage niece Asa after a car accident claims the kid's parents' lives. The result is a slice
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.
