Strawberry Loft

  The perks of working from home include more time to sleep, time for breakfast, a short commute, and overall, more time for yourself. A meet cute seems more unlikely when you’re a single person office, somehow though Nokoru finds one during his break time on his balcony. Though the romance started from the comfort of his own home it still comes package with all the same uncertainties and stress of starting any new relationship. Home Office Romance is a story about the pandemic which I feel like we don’t get to see very often. Sure, tv shows had characters wear masks to acknowledge it, but I felt like I didn’t see too many stories about people just living through it. Home Office Romance showcases how new bonds didn’t stop forming just because people were stuck inside. Not only in the traditional sense of bonds with others, but people also found themselves connecting with old hobbies or picking up new ones, finding joy in things they were once too busy for. People suddenly had time ...

  On October 6 th 2024, Netflix brought Ranma ½ back into the light of the anime world, though I don’t think it ever really left. Ranma ½ seems up there as a timeless classic like Inuyasha. Unlick Inuyasha though I’ve never seen more than clips of the original Ranma anime. I did try to watch it at some point and loved the soft early '90s, but something about the plot didn’t jive with a younger me. Watching this remake, however, had me yelling at my computer screen in a good way. I had fun with the Netflix adaptation of Ranma ½ and I think you will too. Ranma ½ is a staple of the anime community, at least it was when I was younger. There was fan art and clips all over the internet, and even if you never saw the show, you knew something about it. Ranma is the main male lead with the worst kept secret, when hit with cold water he turns into a girl. This creates one of the main gags for any character who changes when they’re hit by cold water, keeping their other identity a secret f...