Loosely translated, it means “grown-up women’s anime time”. 4 vignettes of 4 females at varying stages of life (based on 4 short stories written by award-wining novelists): Kawamo wo Suberu Kaze (The wind that slides over the river): Noriko, 33, married with a 4-year old son Yuuge (Dinner): Mimi, 29, […]
Ode to Friends It’s true, having friends help widen one’s horizons. Someone proposes a crazy idea, another acts on it and then you find yourself being swept along. Buoyed, raised, pushed beyond your boundaries. It’s really good to have friends. I’d never have run a marathon, if not […]
I’ve been wanting to say this from the very first episode: I’m a big fan of Juuni Taisen. With 1 more episode to go, we’re already down to the winner of this war. The anime has been quite consistent, except for Rabbit’s backstory. But I suppose there’s more […]
As Close As One Can Get 100km away from Torino, along highway 50, there was a chain of lakes nestled deep in the mountains – the target. From the village of Locana, it’s only 40km but almost a 2000m ascent. As we turned the corner of yet another […]
Memory & Reality Disconnect – Europe 15 Years On I remember Italy with fondness. The tragic history of Pompeii; that to-die-for Margherita at a roadside pizzeria in Napoli, the grand and imposing St Petersburg in Roma, the cool wind-surfing dudes at Lake Garda. These left an indelible imprint […]
