PPPPPP – Why I Keep Reading a Music Manga That I Can’t Fully Recommend (Review/Analysis)

By: Beata Garrett  | @zhongxia246​​ PPPPPP is a manga about a family of geniuses with piano superpowers, and it’s everything I expected something with that premise to be, yet underwhelming in ways that I’ll do my best to describe. I feel like it’s the kind of work you’d read if you want to read a mashup of The Umbrella Academy and Scott Pilgrim vs. the … Continue reading PPPPPP – Why I Keep Reading a Music Manga That I Can’t Fully Recommend (Review/Analysis)

Belle – Please Erase the Last Half of This Movie From My Mind (Review)

By: Beata Garrett | @zhongxia246​ Belle won me over for the first hour with its gorgeous visuals, nuanced take on the power of the internet, and soundtrack. At least, that was until I saw the turn it was taking in the latter half and thought, Please no, don’t do this. It’s hard to reconcile my overwhelmingly positive feelings for the first half with the dismay I … Continue reading Belle – Please Erase the Last Half of This Movie From My Mind (Review)