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Bonus: Momentary Lily Spoiler Space - what if a post-apocalypse didn't make any sense

As the guy from Hand Shakers says, this stuff just won't mesh.

David Cabrera

10 Apr 2025 — 5 min read

I was tempted to put everything in the regular review, but then that review hit 3000 words and I decided, no, my subscribers should have something to themselves. If you’re reading this, thank you. I don’t say it enough. You’re helping keep me fed in frankly uncertain times. If has been a truly strange time to sit around writing about anime. Anyway!

Isekai isn’t always bad; two atypical and fun isekai series from last anime season

"The thing I hate most passionately about isekai slop is the false modesty of a fake underdog."

Unfortunately, GoHands' Momentary Lily is the boring kind of bad anime

...like a conversation between robots programmed only to spout catchphrases like Pokemon babbling out their own names at one another.

Tohai settles gang wars with mahjong, and maybe also some spare organs

(As a general content warning, Tohai— yes, this mahjong anime— contains frequent graphic violence, including dismemberment, mutilation, torture, and sexual violence. Do not watch this series unless you are ready for anything; the violence escalates as the show goes on.) All the different Japanese manga magazines have a brand, and

What do we know about the connections between GQux and Gundam? A Missing Persons Investigation

(There’s no video release for Beginning, so I am running a bit off memory of a movie I saw last week. I will get things wrong; forgive me.) GQux Beginning wants to fit its whole alternate One Year War onto film, but as it only has so much time

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Isekai isn’t always bad; two atypical and fun isekai series from last anime season

Unfortunately, GoHands' Momentary Lily is the boring kind of bad anime

Tohai settles gang wars with mahjong, and maybe also some spare organs

What do we know about the connections between GQux and Gundam? A Missing Persons Investigation