Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (The Animation…Again!) あずまんが大王 One of the early “Back to the Vaults” pieces I did back in 2007 was for the Azumanga Daioh anime. Since I had just read the source Azumanga Daioh manga, it occurred to me that I had never watched the anime adaptation immediately afterward to get
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 134 Manga Review (Emotional Damage #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 134 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: As Athena drains Natsu’s and Sting’s dragon power, Lucy and Yukino summon celestial spirits to attack. The surprise attack irritates Athena, who ponders if this is an emotion she’s feeling. However, Athena claims she has no emotions despite the feeling. Lucy uses
Top 5 Favorite Current Manga (June 2025)
Top 5 Favorite Current Manga (June 2025) As stated before, surprisingly, these posts get a bit of traction. Unlike before, I’m modifying this list slightly to whatever I happen to be currently reading. I mention this ’cause I’ve been finally wrapping up some older, completed manga titles that I never finished. Also, I repurpose old
Starting a Busy Week
Starting a Busy Week Hey gang! I’m well into a fourteen day in a row work period. I’m not getting any time off until the fourth of July holiday. 😅 As such, there’s precious little time to do some blog posts. As such, I’m probably going to be doing several of these Elder Scrolls IV:
Akira Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
Akira Review アキラ Since the Community Anime Reviews site frequently has issues, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part of the “Back to the Vaults” series as I have
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 133 (Furries #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 133 フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: As the giant Lusso giggles over stomping Minerva, Minerva reveals herself to be inside Lusso’s giant body. As such, she destroys the body from within, causing the real Lusso to re-emerge. Lusso then binds them in chain before turning them into small furries. Minerva becomes
Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (The Animation…Again!)
September 26th, 2021 
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Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (Manga Review)
September 23rd, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (Manga Review) あずまんが大王 Back in my early days of anime fandom, Azumanga Daioh was an anime title that I was steered to. I loved it and bought the ADV box set. However, I lamented the fact that the source manga material was never properly adapted. That changed in 2009
Posted in AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers, Manga Tags: AZUMA Kiyohiko, Azumanga Daioh, Back to the Vaults, Yen Press No Comments »
UQ Holder Chapter 187 Manga Review
September 20th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy ユーキューホルダー! 魔法先生 ネギま！2 Manga Review UQ Holder! Mahou Sensei Negima 2 UQ Holder!: Magister Negi Magi! 2 Chapter 187 UQ Holder Chapter 187 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Touta, Gengorou, and Juuzou return to the battle, the moment just before they were killed. This allows them to kill Asuna, Yue, and Nodoka, who turn things over to Touta.
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Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 153 (War Orphan)
September 19th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 153 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 153 トニカクカワイイ 153 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: On the evening of Tokiko’s funeral, Tsukasa decides to tell Nasa her history with Tokiko. At the end of World War II, Tsukasa returned to Japan. During the confusion of the time, she invented a family registry and thus
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Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 2: Connections/Lore)
September 14th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 2) Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 異世界の聖機師物語 After rewatching Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, I discovered I had so much to say, I needed to split up my thoughts into two articles. Those wanting the review simply based off the story, characters, and FUNimation’s release, please
Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 152 (Final Will)
September 9th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 152 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 152 トニカクカワイイ 152 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: An annoyed Chitose stops by Nasa and Tsukasa’s residence, leading Tsukasa to snap at her for always barging in on them. Chitose delivers Tokiko’s final will to Nasa, as it is addressed to him. Nasa and Tsukasa begin reading,
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Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 1: BD/Story Review)
September 7th, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 1) Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 異世界の聖機師物語 Having recently watched Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA 5, which serves as a prequel to Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, I felt the strong desire to finally break open my old Blu-ray set from FUNimation and rewatch the series for
Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 151 (Marking Time)
September 3rd, 2021 AstroNerdBoy Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 151 Tonikaku Kawaii Fly Me to the Moon 151 トニカクカワイイ 151 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis: Nasa is in the batch, thinking about how cute the blushing Tsukasa was. As such, he finds himself growing in excitement. Meanwhile, Tsukasa decides she needs to stay calm. Back at their residence, the married couple are now nervous
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