Winter 2018
A Place Further Than the Universe
Atsuko Ishizuka’s clever use of social media in A Place Further than the Universe
After the Rain
Musings on After the Rain and Twin Peaks
The lines drawn between us — cinematography in After the Rain
Darling in the Franxx
“Parasites” in Darling in the Franxx (and robot name flower meanings)
“A paradise within thee, happier far” — Strelitzia in Darling in the Franxx
Prunus Cerasus and self-pollenization —more flower names in Darling in the Franxx
The Flower Language of the Darling in the Franxx Women
The Golden Bough and Darling in the Franxx
Devilman Crybaby
Snapdragons and flower language in Devilman Crybaby
Violet Evergarden
Victorian flower language and Violet Evergarden
The written word and more Victorian-era trappings in Violet Evergarden
A person worthy of that name: Violet Evergarden (and more Victorian flower language)
The White Camellia Princess and the Red Rose Prince (and Violet Evergarden)
Violet Evergarden and the Power of the Written Word
Spring 2018
Persona 5: The Animation
Break in to Break Out: the perfect Persona 5 adaptation
Steins;Gate 0
Stepping back into the Steins;Gate time machine
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
Determinism and . . . horse girls? Uma Musume Pretty Derby
Summer 2018
Banana Fish
For Eiji— with Love and Squalor (Banana Fish first impressions)
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight
To be a center — Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight Episode 1
The Star Knows — Junna Hoshimi’s dueling stage in Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight and the Mystery of Daiba Nana
Our “Starlight” — more Takarazuka influences in Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight, sparkles, and the comic relief episode
Let us only walk the flower road: in defense of Kaoruko Hanayagi
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight and the Mystery of Daiba Nana (Part 2, more Takarazuka criticism)
“Fly Me to the Star” — tracking the iterations of Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight’s ending sequence
To be a stage girl: the fall of Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight’s Hikari Kagura
Banana’s “Starlight:” Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight Episode 9
The Melancholy of a Musumeyaku — Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight’s Claudine Saijou
The Melancholy of a Musumeyaku (Part Two) — Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight’s Karen Aijou
The Disappearance of Hikari Kagura
The true giraffe was inside of us all along (or the Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight finale)
When Past was Future: the goddesses of Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight’s ‘Starlight’
Autumn 2018
Bloom Into You
The flower language of Bloom Into You (Sayaka, Koyomi, and Akari)
The flower language of Bloom Into You (Touko and Yuu)
SSSS.Gridman
In the summertime: yet another post on the atmosphere and cinematography of SSSS.Gridman
We are who our backpacks say we are (or not) — SSSS.Gridman and color-coded archetypes
Welcome to Akane-ism — SSSS.Gridman
Closing thoughts on Rikka and Akane’s relationship in SSSS.Gridman
Tsurune
Creating Otherworldly Spaces (Visual Storytelling in Tsurune Part 1)
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