Thank you, everyone, for your patience in January!
Let's talk about all going on this coming February!
00:00 Introduction!
01:00 I. THANKS TO Y'ALL!
04:00 II. Polls and Brackets this month!
07:18 III. The Commission Tier on Patreon!
14:27 IV. Channel Suggestions
19:...
*HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This week we make a VERY delicious meal with "giant frog" (but not really) that is not only minimal ingredient, but also DELICIOUS! You just have to be ready to fry some food!
There was a lot of trial and error this week, but I did it! Now I'm ready to ...
2025-01-31 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*BLOOMING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
SO, after watching the anime, I decided I want to finish the manga for this series and already, Volume 5 is SO GOOD!
I'm going to review the manga that the anime covered and then finish off Volume 5, picking up where the anime left off! I can't...
2025-01-31 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*FROGGY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I CANNOT believe we are so close to the dragon encounter ALREADY?! This episode was so wild and fantastic and I had a lot of fun with it! Plus, I got to make a meal fit for a dragon-slaying!
AND, the exposition intrigue and plot thickens above gr...
2025-01-31 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
*FINALING HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I was wanting to see Kong vs. Kazama - ask and you SHALL RECEIVE! I was FLOORED by this episode and the multiple matches that happened between Kong, Peco, and Kaio's squad! There is a LOT to talk about this week, but this episode - like Episode ...
2025-01-30 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe are narrowing down to the top 4 Sports Anime to replace Ping Pong in March! Let's go!
It's the battle of the baseballs this round!
Pick your favorite to advance to the Elite 8!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
2025-01-30 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
*SPORATIOUS HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I really love a mystery that gets a full episode devoted to it, and it's "murder she wrote" this week, as MaoMao is tasked to track down the cause of a concubine's murder, but it leads to some very interesting discoveries!
Meanwhile, Ji...
2025-01-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
*TALISMAN-DRIVEN HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
So far, I am certain of three things with this series:
1. The animation is lush and gorgeous!
2. This show likes talking about sex and playing with tropes!
3. I am already hardcore defending and promoting the pairing of Momo...
**DEITY-DEFYING HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
The two-parters in this season just get better and BETTER! I am a major Tanuma x Natsume shipper, BUT I also am a *future* shipper of Natsume x Natori, so this scratched the itch as well and there is a LOT to talk about with these two episodes! <...
2025-01-28 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
*NAILED IT HEAPHONE WARNINGS*
We start a new series and I am ALREADY OBSESSED with Mr. Zhou Zishu! An angst-ridden, grieving assassin that's been driven to slowly destroying himself and living out the rest of his days in homeless bliss?!
But Mr. White-With-Fan does no...
2025-01-27 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe are narrowing down to the top 4 Sports Anime to replace Ping Pong in March! Let's go!
These series have had a lot of requests, so let's let them face one another!
Pick your favorite to advance to the Elite 8!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
2025-01-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*RING THE ALARM HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I am nervous-laughing my way though this episode because it's SUCH the set up! While we get really cute and funny moments with Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi, we also get a very suspicious dynamic developing between Felix and Liu Xiao and ther...
2025-01-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*BAREFOOTED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
This episode....THIS EPISODE...made me want to throw up. My heart is literally at the pit of my stomach and every fiber of my being is cringing at the moment -- all I can say is:
I need Anthy to speak up.
I need Utena to realize a l...
*LUMINESCENT HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I cannot believe this is the season finale! It definitely does NOT feel like it and I'm so ready to dive into the manga, now! But officially: Pad is Rad! I love them! And ooohhh, my heart mildly breaks for Cinnabar and Phos - I just want them...
2025-01-25 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*SIBLING RIVALRY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Oh, we're halfway through the series and Tahomaru, my lad! Seeing him be tugged around by his parents and his own thoughts being muddled, seeing him come to the morally...wrong(?) conclusion, and seeing him fight his own family was HARD t...
2025-01-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*IMMERSIVE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Was making pumpkin soup an attempt to do something different than the meat and potatoes stew we've had before, avoid cooking liver again, and test out my new Immersion Blender?
....maybe? Jaybe? Probably? YOU DECIDE!
Thank you, AnimeAnn...
2025-01-24 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*WINDY HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I thought this would be a simple OVA to wrap up JanuYaoi with this year...OH HO HO, was I ever wrong! I also thought I wouldn't be baited to want to read the manga after this...WRONG AGAIN, haha!
I'm just going to talk about the anime OVA for now,...
2025-01-24 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*UNDINING (get it?!) HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I was not sure how I'd feel about this former party member joining the crew, but our red-headed weapons expert instantly won me over this episode! And OH, the Undine is one of the scarier monsters in the series so far...but for making...
2025-01-24 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe are starting the bracket to narrow down to the top 4 Sports Anime to replace Ping Pong in March! Let's start with the first round!
Two long-running sports anime going toe to toe!
Pick your favorite to advance to the Elite 8!
Happy Voting!
<3 RB
2025-01-24 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
*DEDICATED HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I cannot believe we're actually at the Inter-High tournament ALREADY, and that Smile is taking on HIM?! WHAT?! THIS SOON!?
This episode is my favorite so far and solidifies this series as a great one to me - there are so many characters, with ...
2025-01-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHEY EVERYONE!
I did a Patreon survey in early January, asking about new series to watch for 2025 - with sports anime, there were 16 sports anime recommended and I thought...WHY NOT HAVE A BRACKET BATTLE FOR THE NEXT ONE?!
So, we have a LOT of time before Ping Pong: The Animation<...
2025-01-22 23:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
*HERBAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
A caravan has arrived ahead of a special "envoy" and MaoMao and XiaoLan explore and take in all the "discount goodies!" However, there's some strange coincidences with the items sold and scents being spread around the Rear Pavilion -- and there ma...
2025-01-22 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
*CURSED AND LINKED UP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I walked into this series with few expectations, but I'm already blown out of the spaceship - so to speak - with the two leads especially! Ken and Momo are my new power couple and I am rooting so hardcore for them!
The zany animatio...
2025-01-21 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
*DECEPTIVE HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Y'all, if you asked me what was on my Natsume Yuujinchou BINGO card, a backstory episode for Nanase was NOT on there, I can tell you that!
And yet, the similarities between Nanase's younger self and Natsume, amid the differences, and her...
2025-01-21 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
*HAPPILY EVER AFTER HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
I CANNOT believe I'm at the final chapters for Scum Villain! Honestly, though, WHAT a fantastic set of chapters to go out on! These "happily ever after" chapters were so much fun to read and they left me with a very good overall impression f...
2025-01-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
**GATHERING HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
*NERVOUS LAUGHTER* Oh, it's no big deal, y'all! Just meeting Felix, our sweet-seeming blonde, who might be entangled with two menacing figures - oh, and things are not adding up around him visually in the episode - OH, and there could be multiple timelines...
2025-01-19 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
*TRIANGULAR HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
Y'all, I thought I had Ruka figured out and I could not have been MORE WRONG in the BEST WAY! This series is just WILD and continues to blow my mind!
I hope you're ready for a DISCUSSION and breakdown of this beautiful episode that is o...
2025-01-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
*SUSPICIOUS HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
It's the penultimate episode and...uhm....well...we're meeting a NEW character in the 11th hour, and Adamant has SECRETS, y'all! Phos now has to decide if they're going to pursue answers or have blind faith in the status quo...and which is the...
2025-01-18 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
*SIBLING-SET UP HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
If I didn't have as much to say last week, uhm, there is a LOT more this week!
Tahomaru is bound and determined to learn his parents' secret and things start to come out of the wood work, as Dororo and Hyakkimaru track a mysterious ...
2025-01-18 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I make Beef livers and onions and enjoy some delicious raspberries! If I would have redone this recipe, I would have put more flower in the pan to make a thicker gravy, but otherwise...let's see how my first time trying livers go!
Thank you for watching with me and for all the s...
2025-01-17 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post