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A one-stop-blog for Eastern and Western media both (but mostly the former) from someone who straight-up loves Japanese culture (and has been studying it, too)! Check out my reviews, and leave a comment. I’d love to hear various thoughts and opinions!

Light NovelsManga…and More!
There’s tons of light novels out there (especially isekai)! I discuss them in my NEW Weeb Reads Monthly series!I read a lot of manga as well! From big I.P.s to hidden gems! Comprehensive reviews and recommendations of all kinds!On occasion, I’ll post videogame reviews, movie reviews, discuss music (mainly Japanese of course) Western media, whatever I think might be of interest.

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Am I Late for This Hype Train? (Yes): ILLUMISHADE — ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows Album Review

I discovered ILLUMISHADE well after their debut album, ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows, dropped last year (hence why this post is so dang late). All the other music reviewers I’ve seen either get advance copies, or binge through their topics on repeat within the week they come out in order to get a professional review out … Continue reading Am I Late for This Hype Train? (Yes): ILLUMISHADE — ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows Album Review

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Children's Novels

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: In Which Baum Tries to be Jules Verne

The afterword of the previous Oz book stated that L. Frank Baum had finally gotten his act together and fully intended on making a whole franchise of Oz. Since they had been, weirdly enough, gradually getting better, I had a vague sense of hope. Let’s see what the fourth book, Dorothy and the Wizard in … Continue reading Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: In Which Baum Tries to be Jules Verne

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Am I Late for This Hype Train? (Yes): ILLUMISHADE — ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows Album Review

by macksamson, posted in Miscellaneous, music

I discovered ILLUMISHADE well after their debut album, ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows, dropped last year (hence why this post is so dang late). All the other music reviewers I’ve seen either get advance copies, or binge through their topics on repeat within the week they come out in order to get a professional review out … Continue reading Am I Late for This Hype Train? (Yes): ILLUMISHADE — ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows Album Review

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: In Which Baum Tries to be Jules Verne

by macksamson, posted in Children's Novels, The Oz Series, Western Media

The afterword of the previous Oz book stated that L. Frank Baum had finally gotten his act together and fully intended on making a whole franchise of Oz. Since they had been, weirdly enough, gradually getting better, I had a vague sense of hope. Let’s see what the fourth book, Dorothy and the Wizard in … Continue reading Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: In Which Baum Tries to be Jules Verne

Time Castaways: Steins;Gate but for Kids!

by macksamson, posted in Children's Novels, Western Media

We all know time travel is iffy. It’s especially iffy in literature, since it’s something that could get needlessly convoluted very quickly. Despite all that, I looked at Liesl Shurtliff’s Time Castaways book series and thought: “This actually looks good.” Let’s see (and hope) if I was right. In Time Castaways, three siblings by the … Continue reading Time Castaways: Steins;Gate but for Kids!

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