![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
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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. 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
Blue Box Ep. 17 "Of Course I Want to See It" has everyone preparing for their respective sport/event. However, it's definitely Hina who has the spotlight in this episode. Especially with the level of effort she's putting into playing Snow White in a high school play. Blue Box Ep. 17 "Of Course I
While Blue Box Ep. 16 "Unfair Woman" still has a significant focus on Taiki, it seems that Chinatsu is more the central character of this episode. All thanks to an interesting opinion of her actions, and from her own mother too. Viewers may disagree with the opinion that indecision is an unfair
Casper Kelly's Buddy is a mind-bending journey into a very dark version of children's television. Back in 2014, Casper Kelly gave the world "Too Many Cooks," an 11-minute dive into aging television conventions that swam deeper into a twisted darkness the longer it went on. It seemed a fun inheritor
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
Daemons of the Shadow Realm slows down the plot just a bit to plan things out in Ep. 21 "Zashiki-Warashi and Higashi Village". First to let Danji and Kiri the Zashiki-Warashi daemons give Yuru and Asa some important backstory to explain the past of Higashi Village. Then to let the twin siblings to
