Remake of the 2008 Taiwanese series. Tries to be quirky as well as tragic. Drags on for too long. Annoying male lead. Avoidable.

Sachiko (女の一生<２部>: サチ子の場合, lit. A woman’s life part 2: Sachiko’s case) is a novel by Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作) that was first published in...

A fantasy-adventure that follows elementary school student Asuna and widower Mr Morisaki as they deal with death and loss.

Set in 1860s Nagasaki, the story follows 16-year-old Kiku, a strong-willed girl, who falls in love with Seikichi, a young Catholic man.

In case one isn’t convinced that the Roman church has been infiltrated for the past half a century or so, here’s another reason…

Interesting premise with potential. It’s a show that I want to like, but some of the characters are difficult to sympathize...

Voices of a Distant Star is an OVA and one of Shinkai’s earlier works. Like most of his later works, it explores love and friendship.

Mostly enjoyable romantic dramady and very funny at times, but the plotting and pacing plateau in the second half of the series.

Attempts to be melodramatic emotion porn and fails. It’s not quite Uncontrollably Farcical but there are moments it’s so bad...

Attempts to be the got-a-bit-of-everything romantic dramady. It somewhat achieves that, but the pacing is unnecessarily slow...

Anime, Manga and Light Novel review of Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second.

The Girl I Left Behind (私が棄てた女), first published in 1964, is one of the earlier novels of Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作).

This novel is a re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The story is narrated by an aging Orual...