March was a hell of a month and kind of a bad time for fans of Japanese creators, between the deaths of Toriyama Akira, Tarako (the voice of the main character in Chibi Maruko-chan), and Inomata Mutsumi (character designer on the Tales RPG series). I feel like I’m still reeling from the passing of Matsumoto Leiji and Kimura Takahiro last year. It drives home to me the conviction that I need to cherish artists, performers, and creators—because you never know when things might change.

At the same time, I’m still high off the hype of hololive 5th fes. I can’t stop watching all those wonderful performances, and I’m looking forward to whenever the Blu-ray comes out. And how about that Bravern, huh? Expect a review soon.

April is when the Japanese school year starts, and while that has nothing to do with my life, I feel a sense of renewal in the air. Maybe it’s my imagination.

Thank you to my Patreon subscribers for April!

General:

Ko Ransom

Diogo Prado

Alex

Dsy

Sue Hopkins fans:

Serxeid

Hato Kenjirou fans:

Elizabeth

Yajima Mirei fans:

Machi-Kurada

Blog highlights from March:

A Bird Among Dragons: Remembering Toriyama Akira

Here are the ways the work of arguably the world’s most influential manga creatro touched my life.

Above and Beyond: hololive 5th fes. Capture the Moment

This year, I stayed up to watch hololive’s big annual concert series. Was that a good idea? In any case, here are my thoughts about the event.

Dare to Defy the Past: Soaring Sky! Precure

The 20th anniversary of Precure brought one of the most innovative series to the franchise.

Kio Shimoku

A pretty quiet month of Kio tweets (though if you follow his account, you’ll know that he retweets a lot of artists and stuff).

Related to this, I finally found out FUWAMOCO’s favorite Genshiken character!

Closing

The spring 2024 anime season is upon us, and it is stacked, especially when it comes to returning series and sequels. Here’s to hoping that Shinkalion: Change the World actually gets picked up for streaming!