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 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
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
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