Allen goes to How I Attended An All-Guy's Mixer and comes out the other side a... relatively satisfied guy. The main complaint I hear the most often is that the main lead is a bit of a boring nothingburger, and Allen doesn't seem to want to challenge that notion either. So it goes, I suppose.

Next week, things will get considerably crazier, though. Keep in touch.

-Stig Høgset.

OMG Context PLZ. See, Allen watched 365 Days to the Wedding, and it's about a guy who doesn't want to go to Alaska. So he finds himself someone who can be his pretend-girlfriend, and then... problem solved, right? Right?

Maybe, maybe not, but at least he's better off than... say, someone who actually goes out with the intent of meeting someone with honest intent. Wait, how does that make any sense? Drop by next week and find out, I guess.

-Stig Høgset.

Time for the Christmas update, and we got two for you today.

First, Allen gives TsumaSho a look, and he finds it kinda nice. (And thankfully didn't go where he feared it would.)

And secondly, I bring you all the review for the seventh season of Natsume's Book of Friends, which... well, I cheated a bit here -- there is still one episode left -- but does anyone really think the show is going to jump the shark here? No? It's all fine, then. In fact, this show is more than "all fine". Again, no surprise there.

And that's that. We'll be taking next Monday off, so we'll see you all again next year.

-Stig Høgset.

So yeah, this one ended up being a day late. Sorry about that; I've been a bit under the weather lately.

Anyway, my pick for this week is Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable!, which is certainly not false advertising for this show, even if the genre was a bit different than I expected.

And that's that. The next update will be on the very "night before Christmas", so expect a double one (at least) and that'll be our last for the year. So yeah, see you next week.

-Stig Høgset.

Allen watches The Gene of AI from beginning to end, and finds it quite appealing. Turns out that when you really sit down and consider all the good and bad things that robotic beings can experience or even be, you get a compelling show. Who'da thunk it?

And that's that for this week. Next week, we'll be getting a visit from the good vibes fairy, cause she's a nice gal. See you all then.

-Stig Høgset.

I quite happily went straight into watching Tonari no Yokai-san, expecting something along the lines of Natsume's Book of Friends without some of the darker aspects of the latter, and that turned out to be.... not quite the case, as it mixes up Japanese faith/spiritualism with science. And it somehow works. (Even if the ending is more than a little bit bonkers.) But hey, good show. Go watch.

And that's that for this week, jumping into December on four feet. See you all next week.

-Stig Høgset.