I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year or more simply Three days of Happiness is a novel written by Sugaru Miaki; it received a manga adaptation illustrated by Shoichi Taguchi that I recently had the pleasure to read. I wanted to share some thoughts (without spoilers) on the manga since, in my…
Category: Animation & Comics
The Old and the Chivalric
Chivalry (2022) is a graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Colleen Doran. If you have already read my article on The Sandman then you already know what I think about Gaiman’s brilliance as an author. As far as the artwork goes, I read up on Colleen Doran’s endnote and it’s safe to…
Mr. Sandman, bring me a Dream
This article is an homage to The Sandman comic book anthology; it is in anticipation for the upcoming series which I sincerely hope will somehow make justice to the source material. Admittedly, it will be hard to adapt such a brilliant work and I do not believe that even my own words could hope to…
The warm notes of icy snow
Slice of life anime have a way of creating characters that make the very act of feeling reverberate within you. In some cases the premises may seem strange, something that normally would never get your attention, and yet relying on good characters they compel you to continue watching. In the case of Those snow white…
Dystopian worlds (of mushrooms)
Sabikui bisco is a light novel series that recently received an anime adaptation and premiered at the beginning of 2022. Given that it is a pretty decent watch, I would like to share some thoughts on it. The world building in this anime has its interesting points if you are willing to accept the craziness…
The empathy within the Fruits Basket
I knew the title for it to be somewhat a classic, but I never expected to remain so impressed it. Fruits Basket is a shōjo written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya, recently re-animated by TMS/8Pan and Funimation. I thought it to be a classic story of high school love and drama, something to put in…
A song of change
This article will cover some aspects of Vivy: Flourite Eye’s Song, an original animation aired recently that in my opinion has and will somewhat ‘fly under the radar’. I will talk about the premises, as they are unveiled in the first episode, but will hence refrain from spoiling anything else; I prefer to concentrate on…
Due considerazioni su Silver Spoon
Con questo articolo non voglio minimamente cercare di convincervi a leggere un fumetto giapponese; voglio comunque usarne uno per analizzare due punti che trovo interessanti all’interno della dinamica sociale contemporanea. Quello che voglio dire è che non serve leggere prima il manga per capire le considerazioni che voglio proporre; per chi comunque né vuole sapere…
Shelter
A distanza di alcuni anni da quando ho scoperto questo piccolo capolavoro, mi è capitato di ritrovarlo tra i vecchi preferiti e ho deciso di scriverci qualcosa in merito perché considero che vale veramente la pena. Sono sei minuti di video, quindi se decidete di leggere quest’articolo vi consiglio prima di guardarlo (trovate il link…
Splitting personalities: The dichotomy of good and evil
I will start this short article by stating clearly that I will take into considerations some aspects of a fictional character that I particularly like, this being Batman. I will not bore you with tales from my childhood and spare you a Proustian moment of spiraling memories; suffice it to say that I grew up…