![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. 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
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
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
There will be many moments during Paul Greengrass's new film The Uprising that create chilling parallels to recent historical events. His exploration of the 1381 peasants revolt in Medieval England is rooted as much in historical fact as it is relevant to the present day. Some of this is clearly by
“By Any Means” treads familiar ground, but Mark Wahlberg shines as real life Hitman-turned-Fed informer Gregory Scarpa, and behind the tropes and cinematic conventions is the kernel of a true story that has relevance to this day. Mark Wahlberg is distracting (mostly in a good way) throughout
