Back from hiatus and future plans

A little TMI I don’t mind sharing, but I’ve been on a hiatus due to school… specifically thesis. It’s a long story, but sometime around January I brokedown due to thesis and decided to scrap it and redo everything all over again with a different topic. Man, university is hard. Being a normal person in…… Continue reading Back from hiatus and future plans

雛あられ – Hina Arare (A Few Remarks on Bananya ep11)

As I have said, the granny on episode 11 was eating hina arare (雛あられ). Arare (あられ) is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce (Wikipedia, 2017).   On the other hand, hina arare* is a type of arare which is sweet, as opposed to usual salty arare. Hina arare is (usually) eaten/served on Hinamatsuri.…… Continue reading 雛あられ – Hina Arare (A Few Remarks on Bananya ep11)

Love is Selfless (AneMone Seikaten)

Love is selfless. Love inspires. AneMone Seikaten is a series of one-shot mangas by Minami Maki. Here are the titles inside (in English): Ane-Mone Seikaten (cover title), Everyday Treasures, Batsu-san, Day Dream Believer. Ane-Mone Seikaten – the story is about Mone, a short (in terms of height) and baby-faced high school girl who falls in love…… Continue reading Love is Selfless (AneMone Seikaten)

Poster Girl (Lunn wa Kaze no Naka)

Lunn wa Kaze no Naka (Lunn Flies into the Wind) is a short anime film by the world renowned Tezuka Osamu.
The anime revolves around the delicate issue of bullying vis a vis the power of a material object (in this anime, a poster -and plants, lol) to influence others.