REVIEW: ‘Mao,’ Volume 2
Reading Time: 2 minutes The twists keep coming in Mao Volume 2 as the Nanoka and Mao’s quest for cat-demon Byoki picks up speed as they investigate a strange cult.
Author: Olive St. Sauver
Olive is an award-winning playwright with BAs in English and Theatre. At BWT she is a manga and anime critic, with an additional focus on mental health portrayals in media and true crime.
REVIEW: ‘takt op. Destiny,’ Episode 4 – “Let the Performance Begin -Showtime-“
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you thought takt op.Destiny Episode 4 would conclude the flashback and go back to the present, you would be incorrect. Vegas, anyone?
REVIEW: ‘takt op.Destiny,’ Episode 3 – “Awakening -Journey-“
Reading Time: 2 minutes We knew things couldn’t stay happy in the flashback arc, and takt op.Destiny Episode 3 shows just how devastating the D2 attack on Takt.
REVIEW: ‘takt op.Destiny,’ Episode 2 – “Music -Reincarnation”
Reading Time: 2 minutes We can always count on MAPPA and MADHOUSE for gorgeous looking anime, and takt op.Destiny Episode 2 certainly doesn’t disappoint.
REVIEW: ‘The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea’ Looks at Seoul’s Notorious Serial Killer
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea follows the investigation into a serial killer whose case led to changes in Korean law enforcement.
REVIEW: ‘Britney vs Spears,’ is Compelling, but Can’t be Viewed in a Vacuum
Reading Time: 3 minutes Netflix’s Britney vs Spears, while worth the watch, unfortunately, can’t stand on its own as separate from other documentaries about the conservatorship.
REVIEW: ‘Tokyo Revengers,’ Part 2 Is Filled with Interpersonal Politics in Bloody Halloween Arc
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tokyo Revengers Part 2Â certainly finished off the summer season with a bang, literally (too soon?), adapting the manga’s Bloody Halloween Arc.
REVIEW: ‘The Case Study of Vanitas,’ Episode 12 – ‘Point of Departure’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Case Study of Vanitas Episode 12 provides a solid finale for the first cour and a near-seamless build-up to the second cour scheduled for Winter ’22.