Friday, April 19, 2024

 


The One Piece saga, the Boruto revelations, the brawlers of Windbreaker, and more, gave us enough action in the first quarter of 2024. On top of that, the gaming realm got us at the edge of our seats with the release of Tekken 8, where everyone sacrifices sleep to climb online ranks, hoping to be competitive enough to battle against frequent EVO powerhouses.


Fortunately, we can still have our daily and weekly slice of life and romance. Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai, A Condition Called Love, is a shojo manga written by Megumi Morino and publicized by Kodansha. Its anime adaptation first aired on April 4, 2024, and it has already had three episodes on Netflix.


Love's Sickness with Hananoi Plot



Hotaru Hinase values her family and friends above anything else. Like Hotaru, many of us otakus thought we were a bunch of weirdos at some point in our lives, with the inability for romance.


Everything changed on that fateful day when she witnessed a relentless breakup involving a handsome student, Hananoi. As a gesture of kindness, Hotaru extends her umbrella to the lonely guy sitting in the snow. Little does she know that this encounter would be the start of a possible romance.


Everything changed on that fateful day when she witnessed a relentless breakup involving a handsome student, Hananoi. As a gesture of kindness, Hotaru extends her umbrella to the lonely guy sitting in the snow. Little does she know that this encounter would be the start of a possible romance.


Where To Watch "A Condition Called Love"



The series initially aired on TBS network. Eventually, Crunchyroll licensed it for release outside Asia. Medialink also slated A Condition Called Love in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. As mentioned above, Netflix also hosts anime series in select Asian territories.






Sunday, April 7, 2024



Breaking into the list of trending anime, Windbreaker blew many spectators away with its first episode release today, April 5, 2024, in Japan.


Although an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit Fukushima, with tremors felt in Tokyo, that didn't stop this scheduled anime from hitting Japanese television. It even caused a search engine breakout, leading us to wonder whether it is worth being on our list of anime to watch.


If your list could use more anime titles, here's a list of upcoming 2024 anime shows. Some of them have been released as the year's first quarter has just concluded.


Windbreaker Plot



Windbreaker is a story about student delinquents who crossed paths in a school for young individuals with bad reputations.


Our protagonist, Haruka Sakura, meets these intimidating folks one by one and has a bad first impression of them. However, he's about to realize that these perceived bad guys are the protectors of the town.


As someone with little interest in weaklings, Haruka is your typical competitive brawler. Now that he learned of others' strength and purpose, he is eager to push his way to the top.


Tokyo Revengers Vibe



First impressions first, it is easily a Tokyo Revengers sibling. Since we don't know much about the anime, we had to quickly review the manga and here's what we found out.


Windbreaker by Satoru Nii is a light, easy-to-read manga that will make you think it's a copy of Tokyo Revengers. However, its distinct characterization will make you stick around for more. It's full of action and has a very interesting main character.


Where To Watch Windbreaker Anime?



Ranked 20th in the web manga category of the Next Manga Award, this content is indeed worthy of seeing. Although it didn't reach our radar as frequent manga readers, Japanese enthusiasts said it's one of the manga they want to see animated. 



Cloverworks produced the anime, with the premiere episode airing on JNN affiliates like TBS and MBS under the Superanimeism Totarbo timeslot. Crunchyroll also licensed the series for North America, and Muse Communications bought the license for Southeast Asian broadcast.







Friday, April 5, 2024



We know reverse harem to its core, and we sometimes wish that it's still a thing. However, with the world becoming less naughty by the minute, the team found a reverse hero genre in the upcoming anime Go Go Loser Ranger.


Upon reading its synopsis, we realized it fits our watchlist. With its first episode scheduled for April 7, 2024, we have enough time to convince others to join us in this anti-hero experiment.


If a villain-centric anime isn't your thing, here's a list of upcoming 2024 anime shows.

Go Go Loser Ranger Plot



With many alien empires trying to invade Earth and failing, our rebellious foot soldier protagonist comes from the evil army that got its leaders wiped out by Ryujin Sentai Dragon Keepers 13 years ago. After years of humiliating charades, where he and other troops who lost the war had to reenact their defeat in front of spectators, this foot soldier has decided that he has had enough.


Keen to defeat the Dragon Keepers, he began by infiltrating the organization, hoping to destroy it from within. The plot also mentions that this FootSoldier D has transformative and regenerative abilities, which is kind of OP for a mere pawn. 


The Super Sentai Reference


Like Kaiju No. 8, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! was inspired by Tokusatsu media, particularly the Super Sentai series. Anyone who grew up on hero shows might want to follow the story of a character from the other side.


As far as we know, alien races like the Crisis Empire of Kamen Rider Black RX also have a form of government that attends to its citizens. To survive, they had to find a liveable space for their constituents: Earth. It is sad that co-existence is not in their leaders' vocabulary and that war for territory is their only option.


However, for someone caught in the middle like FootSoldier D, what they can only do is fight for their race. It's every being's instinct. Their children and kin are going to die either way, so they might as well fight.


We're excited to see its debut episode and how it will fall out. Will FootSoldier D succeed?


Anime Like Go! Go! Loser Ranger!



Apart from Tokusatsu shows, you might want to watch these anime titles to condition yourself into watching Go Go Loser Ranger.


  • My Hero Academia
  • Gatchaman Crowds
  • One Punch Man
  • Super Sentai 1975
  • Tiger and Bunny
  • SSSS Gridman
  • Samurai Flamenko

Where To Watch Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Anime



JORX-DTV, also known as TBS, will host the premiere on April 7, 2024. Worldwide streaming will be handled by Disney +. With over 130 manga chapters, we're not sure how many anime episodes will materialize. Let's hope that'll be too good!