*CAPTAINED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I'm a sucker for a flashback and I'm a sucker for sports anime, so this OVA was tickling my fancy perfectly! Narumi and Hirotaka ask how Kyonagi and K...
2026-01-04 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostYou've heard my end-of-the-year thoughts, but now, YOU all get to choose the best!
You all suggested categories! And with the exception of top Husbando and Waifu, Romania Nominated! No...
2026-01-03 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*SMOOCHABLE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
For two mad scientists, this episode was all about emotion and heart over the mind, as Kurisu and Okarin have to make a decision...and it's one that ...
2026-01-03 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*CYBERNETIC HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We're starting off JanuYaoi proper for our 5th Year of installments and this one seems fit for the times! As a military cyborg is stationed on a peac...
2026-01-02 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
*WRESTLED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
It's a new year, so why NOT meet some new classmates of the Bofurin first years?! The pink and orange-haired students from the start of the series tak...
2026-01-02 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*FINALE-SETTING UP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Look at me, thinking this episode would be chill and once again -- Chihayafuru proves me OH SO WRONG! This episode was jam-packed with set up...
2026-01-01 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Seriously, this year was a lot, but you all made it infinitely better! I cannot thank you all enough (but I'll say it a lot in this video)! And now...ONWARDS, to a better 2026!
00:00 Happy 2...
2025-12-31 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
**PINING HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
I have been DREADING this showdown for so long with the series, because you know it's going to be Angst City...and Alien Stage definitely knows how to do Angst...
2025-12-31 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
**CONVICTION-FILLED HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
This episode is SO fantastic for discussion - the visual symbolism, the theme of "convictions" and how we should sometimes let go of them, lest they...
2025-12-30 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*SHOWDOWN-WORTHY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
00:00 Introduction
06:53 Episode 7 Reaction
29:38 Episode 8 Reaction
53:02 Episode 7 and 8 Discussion
01:41:39 SPOILER CORNER
Lord...it only took me an entire YEAR to finish the novel and talk about it!
The shipper in me is so conflicted but the reader in me acknowledges that this novel is so good -- I hate it took...
2025-12-29 22:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to count down the anime Romania's watched for 2025! What was your favorite I watched this year? What has you hyped for 2026?
00:00 INTRODUCTION
02:31 #20. Shows Currently Watch...
*JADED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
The "Rule of 8" does NOT let us down with this one, folks! Shen Qiao is sent to a birthday party on behalf of Yan Wushi, but he's not too far out of sight...
2025-12-29 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
*COUPLED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
How is this already the season finale?! I'm so ready for the OVA's but this episode really makes me put the manga on my to-read list! Everyone is all i...
2025-12-28 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
IT'SSSSSSS BACK! The Husbando & Waifu Brackets!!
We'll be starting proper in January, but there were SO many nominations, that I had a few extra "buy in" slots to the brack...
2025-12-27 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
*TOP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
00:00 INTRODUCTION
02:52 TOP MANGA START
03:53 #20 Honorable Mention
06:10 #19 - 12 Manga I'm "Currently" reading, but haven't "Finished"
15...
*PARADOXICAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Well, I thought the last several episodes were going to be the one for crash outs, the one for emotional breakdowns, but THIS one gets to the heart ...
2025-12-27 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Shimoyama was such a real patron for commissioning this film! I have been waiting a LONG time to watch this, as Slam Dunk is one of the fi...
2025-12-26 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
*TALKATIVE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
In an episode surrounding the "aftermath" of the Shishitoren vs. Bofurin battle...Umemiya would rather make it an "after...PARTY!" I am in LOVE with h...
2025-12-26 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
*PINING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
The Semifinals match against Akashi Girls' Team reaches its climax and down to the WIRE, as Chihaya's match gets tense as these women are vying for a sp...
2025-12-25 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*MIX FINALE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
00:00 Introduction
06:16 Click Link for OVA Reaction!
06:20 Discussion of OVA
29:28 Given 10th Mix - Chapters 1-4 Review!
41:43 Given...
*BOILED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
00:00 Introduction
06:13 Episode 5 Reaction
28:36 Episode 6 Reaction (I note a moment I paused on accident)
52:01 Episode 5 & 6 Discussio...
*EXPLOSIVE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This episode brought things together like I was dreaming it would...only to takes those dreams and throw a heaping spoonful of bitter reality on top o...
2025-12-23 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*TWO-FACED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We meet new characters this week, face some old threats, and while Yan Wushi doesn't need to be told twice to protect Shen Qiao, I love that Shen Qia...
2025-12-22 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*IDEAL-CHANGING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Is this my favorite volume of the series so far? YES! We round out the Hidden Inventory flashback and it is WILD! The manga is unhinged and as we...
2025-12-21 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Just a few updates with Yona of the Dawn on my channel!
The Anime is getting a 2nd season after a DECADE! It's a Christmas Miracle!
I am workin...
2025-12-21 14:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post
*LEVELING UP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
In our penultimate episode of the season - so wild to say - we have a NEW character emerge in the 10th Hour! I already love them so much and for the...
2025-12-21 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
**CORNERED HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
Well, we go from crashing out to calibrated unhinged as Okarin convinces Moeka to help him track down FB -- the clues were there from the start, but lead to ...
2025-12-20 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*RITUALISTIC HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
As a major fan of NGE, I knew any work by Anno was going to be good -- but this subversion of the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" trope that brings togethe...
2025-12-19 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
*STYLISH HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
The main event is here: Choji vs. Umemiya and it is a literally "blood bath," but in no way the way I was anticipating how this episode handled the batt...
2025-12-19 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post