*BLOSSOMED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Utena, please remember your promise to Anthy. Why?!
Utena, please stop being starry-eyed and blush-faced around Akio. WHY?!
Akio, please go roll in a vat of gasoline and then light a cigarette.
This episode continues my journey through Frustration City with U...
2025-03-02 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
Dororo and Utena will be ending this month and early April, so in anticipation, I want to poll what "genre" you all would like to replace it!
NOTE: The options for each genre will be based off of the January 2025 survey - I will be looking for two series that are 12-16 episodes in length to watch a co...
2025-03-02 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
*CHANGING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This series just gets wilder, more intense, and more heartbreaking as we go! Phos has fully turned from Kongo and is on the war path to work with the Lunarians...but what is the cost of working with the moon people? And who is going to forever change from learning the truth and fr...
2025-03-01 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*REUNITED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I have been waiting for this reunion the entire series and here we are! What all is involved with this episode? A lot, apparently!
A much needed encounter with Hyakkimaru and Jukai, as tensions start to build around his other family members and it looks like all the threads...
2025-03-01 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Please vote for which sports anime deserves to be in the Final Four! There was a tie and I need your help breaking it!
Happy Voting!
RB
2025-03-01 13:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostWe're down to the "Elite 8" of our sports anime poll and we need to get a Final Four!
Please vote for whichever of these series you'd like me to watch!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
*PSYCHOLOGICAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I thought I was ready for the story after last week, but they opened up a MASSIVE exposition bomb and gave us a spotlight on a character I've been SUPER intrigued with and am now even MORESO with - KABRU!
This episode has me so giddy, y'all! Unfortunately, no cooking t...
2025-02-28 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Many thanks for all the kindness, fun; support in February! Let's talk about MARCH!
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Travel Updates
0:1:09 The Sports Anime Polling Bracket! The Elite 8 to Final Four!
02:55 The "Genre" Polls for Dororo and Utena!
04:48 Commission Tier Update
05:34 Thank You Moderators & C...
*CALL IT A COMEBACK HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
The RULE OF 8 does not let us downnnn!!
I was NOT expecting this episode to come full circle with a series of set ups for possible rematches and Peco taking center stage as the CHALLENGER -- or is he the HERO that we need?! I was not expecting this episode t...
2025-02-27 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*COLORBLIND HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
If you told me the Emperor was going to enlist MaoMao to help him solve a puzzle connected to family lineage -- I would not have believed it! But this season is giving us some unexpected situations!
What is NOT unexpected is that the Emperor has joined the JinMao shipping...
2025-02-26 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe're down to the "Elite 8" of our sports anime poll and we need to get a Final Four!
Please vote for whichever of these series you'd like me to watch!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
*DANGEROUS HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We properly meet Aira and she is a WILD character! But not only do we have to focus on her - but we're on the lookout for Ken's balls! And this episode gets intense REAL QUICKLY! Let's dive into this episode because there's a lot to chat about with our new pink-haired chara...
2025-02-25 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*SNOW DAY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I was NOT ready for this snowman yokai -- y'all, I haven't been gripped by something so cute and creepy in so long, but should we be surprised by Natsume at this point?!
This OVA was honestly ADORABLE and precious and I'm so glad I watched it! I loved it even more tha...
2025-02-25 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
*DREAMY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Wen KeXing is ever the social butterfly at the Sanbai Mountain Villa, but while Zhou Zishu would like to stay uninvolved, there are mysterious and sinister manipulations a foot, and everyone is suspect - ghost or otherwise!
We also meet my new favorite ghost, have some ...
2025-02-24 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*EXTRA HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We're looking at SO much today, now that we've finished the Bridon Arc! PV's, MV's, Character profiles, Posters, Advertisements, and so much promotional material and an interview with Director Li!
I'm also checking out the remaining comments that had me theorizing for the Brid...
2025-02-23 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*STAGED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We FINALLY get some answers, exposition, and connections - but the question is: how much of this is fabricated? What is real? Are these memories reliable? And when will Utena start to remember things correctly?!
I had a lot of frustrations with this episode, but don't w...
2025-02-23 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe're down to the "Elite 8" of our sports anime poll and we need to get a Final Four!
Please vote for whichever of these series you'd like me to watch!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
*BLINDED BY THE LIGHT HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I....thought I was ready for the truth on the Moon. I could not have been further from being ready! Has Phos become a villain? Is this even Phos even more?! And can we trust these Lunarians? AM I FEELING SAD FOR KONGO?!
I will have to review this volume again be...
2025-02-22 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*SEA-WORTHY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Dororo and Hyakkimaru are separated, as Itachi returns to make Dororo help him locate her family's hidden treasure, leading to an encounter with a quite dangerous individual!
Dororo is a LITERAL saint, though, and I want to root for them so much this episode, as we see Hy...
2025-02-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
*SMOKE-FILLED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Never have I prepped for a cooking adventure...or had this much smoke in my home. Well. As this latest episode teaches us, we can't win them all, but we can have dragon steak and a decent pizza at least!
Thanks to patrons for the Q & A! This was a fun week to cook! ...
2025-02-21 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*BLOOMED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This series has been so wonderful and I've really enjoyed it - and this volume was SUCH a cherry on top of a beautiful Yuri cake!
Yuu and Touko's growth as characters and their relationship's complexity has been so beautiful to watch unfold -- I am so happy I was able to see...
2025-02-21 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*BAMBOOZLED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Oh. OH. OHHHHHHH.
So many dots align in this episode and yet there are suddenly SO many new theories and questions! All I do know is that Laios is Best Brother still, Chilchuck has more of a heart than he lets on, and Marcille needs a rematch, y'all!
Also, I cook u...
2025-02-21 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*COACHABLE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This show continues to shock and awe, but now we have Smile and Peco on two different paths with their coaches -- but will fate bring them back together again? Is history repeating itself, or will things be different?
Meanwhile, we see the repercussions of fate as Ko...
2025-02-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*CRYSTAL CLEAR HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
So, remember when I was a little worried where this season was taking this medicine-making subplot? OH, The show SHOWED ME that I need to have more faith in it, because this episode was FANTASTIC!
I am 100% here for vigilante-justice-seeking MaoMao and Lihua is fully r...
2025-02-19 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe are narrowing down to the top 4 Sports Anime to replace Ping Pong in March!
Let's go! One LAST round of the Sweet Sixteen!
It's a mixed bag for the final round!
Pick your favorite to advance to the Elite 8!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
*MISCOMMUNICATED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This episode was a roller coaster for my emotions - running the gambit from me being so frustrated with the miscommunication, to feeling for both Momo and Ken, to feeling so relieved for actions that happened, to being just as bewildered with the DEVELOPMENT concerning Ken'...
2025-02-18 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*ERRAND-RUNNING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We are not only discussing Volume 9 of the manga - which covers a nice CHUNK of Season 4, but we're viewing the first of two OVA's before Season 5!
This one has Madara facing his worst nightmare: PRESCHOOLERS! But they do know how to get this cat into some hilarious s...
2025-02-18 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
*BRAWLING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
So, this is a long video. But there is a REASON! Uhm...because this episode was AMAZING!
We get possible answers! Amazingly choreographed brawls! GHOSTS! FLIRTING! ASSASSINS?! There is SO much happening this episode and I'm trying to sort it all out, but what I do kno...
2025-02-17 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*FINAL ROUND HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We are SO back, y'all! TJ has gifted us with a 10-chapter match between Teito and Ugumori and we're covering the first 5 chapters, and OH, what a match it is already!
I naturally want to root for my OTP and delinquent team Ugumori, but Teito makes a surprisingly great ca...
2025-02-16 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
**NOT A LOT OF HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
Welp. All I can say is that this episode hit me very hard and very close to home.
**Content Warning Below About Episode**
Watching an episode about a 14-year-old experience SA by a grooming predator...from the perpetrator's perspective...was absolutely haunting, ...
2025-02-16 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
