All posts by Brittany Vincent

Heavenly Delusion is an intriguing series that brings two halves together in one strange but satisfying whole. Based on Masakazu Ishiguro’s manga series, it weaves together two narratives with two heroes at odds, with dual motivations. Through all this, it manages to deftly combine two …Read more »

Witch on the Holy Night Visual Novel Delivers Tense, Satisfying Story

Brittany Vincent

Japanese game company TYPE-MOON is known for its wide variety of visual novels, namely its most well-known property, the Fate/stay night series. But while just about everyone familiar with TYPE-MOON knows about Fate or even Tsukihime, there are still a few one-off titles that have …Read more »

Shaman King [Anime Review]

October 18, 2021

Brittany Vincent

Shaman King was always an oft-underlooked part of the shonen anime circuit. While shows like Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball Z pulled in massive audiences, Shaman King was content to settle in the shadows and attract its own loyal audience. Still, despite a somewhat …Read more »

Clover: Collector’s Edition [Manga Review]

February 5, 2021

Brittany Vincent

CLAMP has dabbled in a variety of different genres over the years, from romance to magical girl series to gothic horror. Clover, a sci-fi manga that shares some elements with the enduring Chobits, is the closest the team has come to cyberpunk. The elegantly composed …Read more »

Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition [Manga Review]

January 30, 2021

Brittany Vincent

CLAMP has produced a long list of hit manga, but in the 2000s, one reigned supreme. After winning over younger readers with Cardcaptor Sakura and the magical girl audience with Magic Knight Rayearth, CLAMP took a different approach and went after teenage boys. Enter Chobits. …Read more »

Mermaid Saga Collector’s Edition [Manga Review]

January 2, 2021

Brittany Vincent

Say the name “Rumiko Takahashi” and the associations spring up: InuYasha. Ranma 1/2. Urusei Yatsura. The legendary manga-ka has so many credits to her name, it can be overwhelming. But many readers are unfamiliar with another brilliant work in her catalogue, one that doffs the …Read more »

Healin’ Good Pretty Cure [Anime Review]

November 28, 2020

Brittany Vincent

A magical-girl extravaganza The Pretty Cure franchise is rife with hit after hit when it comes to adorable, heartwarming, and flashy magical girl characters. The seventeenth installment, Healin’ Good Pretty Cure, is no exception, as it delivers exactly what fans have come to expect over …Read more »

Princess Connect! Re:Dive [Anime Review]

November 23, 2020

Brittany Vincent

Travel to the land of Astraea When it comes to anime adaptations of video games, many are often hit or miss. They’re either fantastic expansions of a property that remind you why you fell in love with the game in the first place, or they …Read more »

Gigant [Manga Review]

September 28, 2020

Brittany Vincent

Hiroya Oku’s manga, including the enormously popular Gantz and the fascinatingly bizarre Inuyashiki, are page-turners that begin grounded in reality before moving into increasingly fantastical territory. Gigant is no different, but whereas those series were obsessed with violence and gore, Gigant adds sex to the …Read more »

Goodbye, My Rose Garden [Manga Review]

August 28, 2020

Brittany Vincent

In the Victorian setting of Goodbye, My Rose Garden, a young Japanese woman named Hanako has traveled to England to pursue her dream of becoming a novelist. Her first step is to speak with the author whose work has resonated with her the most, the …Read more »

Sweat and Soap [Manga Review]

August 26, 2020

Brittany Vincent

You’ve never seen a meet-cute like the one in Sweat and Soap. Count on it. This romcom manga follows a young woman’s connection to a man who becomes attracted to her because of, to put it bluntly, her smell. Asako Yaeshima is a timid office …Read more »

Not Your Idol [Manga Review]

August 26, 2020

Brittany Vincent

After being assaulted by a fan, idol singer Nina Kamiyama decides to abandon not only show business but femininity. Once the most popular member of the idol group Pure Club, she returns to high school and assumes an entirely different, more “masculine” identity. But ordinary …Read more »

Tower of God [Anime Review]

August 9, 2020

Brittany Vincent

What if scaling a massive tower meant you could have any wish you’d ever dreampt of granted in the blink of an eye? Would you still push yourself to reach the top, even if it meant facing off against some of the most difficult challenges …Read more »

Yuri Life [Manga Review]

March 22, 2020

Brittany Vincent

As fun as it can be to pore over the adventures of will-they-or-won’t-they couples in the world of yuri, sometimes it gets a little ridiculous. If you’re not in the mood for silly love triangles, almost-kisses, or nonsense where two lifelong friends never work up …Read more »

Cocoon Entwined [Manga Review]

February 2, 2020

Brittany Vincent

Cocoon Entwined belongs to the genre of elegant yuri manga like Maria Watches Over Us or Revolutionary Girl Utena, stories about elite students at the creme de la creme of girls’ schools, campus “princes” and “princesses” who seem untouchable by ordinary girls’ standards. As beautiful …Read more »

All posts by Brittany Vincent

Heavenly Delusion [Review]

Heavenly Delusion [Review]

Witch on the Holy Night Visual Novel Delivers Tense, Satisfying Story