Book Review: Anyhow, the Rabbit is Infatuated With the Puppy by Nie

 

Anyhow, the Rabbit is Infatuated With the Puppy       

Author: Nie

Publisher: Seven Seas

American release date: November 28, 2023

Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/Yaoi Manga//234 pages

Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★

 

Usagi Akira is a 25-year-old man who works in an office and loves shojo manga. He also loves playing in the MMO Tail Earth. He plays a female character, a bunny named Usaco. In the game, she is in love with a wolf character named Gakuto. The couple are adorable! The two players talk outside of the game, and Gakuto is aware that Usaco is a guy, but he’s cool with that. When he wins tickets to a Tail Earth convention, he invites Usaco to come with him!

At work, Usagi has an annoying boss named Suzumiya, who is always nagging him to come drinking with the other employees after work. But Usagi isn’t interested, although he is finding it increasingly difficult to avoid such events.  Usaco and Gakuto meet up at the convention, and they really click! After the convention closes for the day, they go to a nearby internet café… and they not only click, they kiss!

Even after the convention ends, their relationship only grows deeper. Gakuto invites Usaco to the apartment where he lives with his uncle, who is conveniently gone for the night. Naturally they discuss their characters and decide that an in-game wedding would be wonderful! They start marking preparations for the event. But then things start to get hot and heavy between the two, when all of a sudden Gakuto’s uncle comes home unexpectedly – and turns out to be Usaco’s annoying boss! Can things get any worse?  The answer is… yes! A new girl shows up on Tail Earth, and she seems to have her eyes on Gakuto. Does Usaco have competition for Gakuto’s affection?

This is an incredibly sweet and very hot story of two people who find each other through a shared interest in an online game. They begin as friends, but their friendship develops into something more, and they have to navigate the strange new waters of their romance. I love the artwork and the characters! I highly recommend this book if you enjoy seeing cute boys in love!

Saturday is Horror Day #228 - Terrifier 3

 Terrifier 3

Sienna (Lauren LaVera) has been in a hospital since her previous encounter with Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), whom she believe to be dead (but would we be here if he was?) She goes to live with her Aunt Jessica (Margaret Anne Florence) and her husband Greg (Bryce Johnson) and their daughter Gabbie(Antonella Rose), who idolizes Sienna but has no idea of what she has been through. Sienna's brother Jonathan (Elliott Fullam) is also trying heal, away at college.

Meanwhile Art (of course not dead) and his new friend/girlfriend/minion have become dormant. For now.

Sienna visits her brother and meets his roommate Cole (Mason Macartea) and Cole's girlfriend Mia (Alexa Blair Robertson),Mis has a true crime podcast and is seriously into Art the Clown. (Not a good idea). Before long, Everyone realizes that Art is back - and just in time for Christmas.

I found this film confusing, to be honest. I had a hard time trying to follow (or find) the plot. There was the usual gratuitous violence and gore - what else do you expect from a Terrifier film? At the same time, it felt like they were trying to give Art a humorous I don't remember him having before  (I admit it's been a couple of years since I watched the second film). Almost a macabre sense of whimsy, if you will.  And the wtf ending had me questioning why the sudden supernatural element? Other than setting up the premise for the next film, of course

I'm giving this film 2.5 Stars.

Saturday is Horror Day #228 - Scream

 Scream

Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is struggling, has been ever since her mother was brutally murdered almost a year before. Her boyfriend Billy (Skeet UIlrich) seems unsympathetic to what she is going through, and wants to take their relationship to the next level. When Sidney resists, she wonders if they will even stay together. She has a group of friends she hangs out with, especially her friend Tatum (Rose McGowan) who is dating Stuart (Matthew Lillard), Then there is Randy (Jamie Kennedy), who has a crush on Sidney, works in a video store, and is the resident expert on horror movies.

When her friend Casey (Drew Barrymore) and her boyfriend Steve (Kevin Patrick Walls) are killed, fear 

fills the town, and local news reporter Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) is quick to connect the murder with that of Sidney's mother. Sidney already hates Gale for the book she wrote about her late mother, which is about to come out, and resents her intrusions into her life. When a Scream mask is found at the stie of Casey's murder, it becomes the face of what is going on. But as the body count grows, Sidney isn't sure who she can trust... and she thinks she might be the killer's next target.

Hard to believe this film is almost 30 years old. It's just as good now as it was then, and wears well.  This is a Wes Craven film, who also brought us Nightmare on Elm Street. A lot of familiar faces here, including David Arquette, who later married Courtney Cox (I believe this is how they met). There is a brief glimpse of the convicted killer of Sidney's mother, Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), who is the subject of Gale's book  - she claims he is innocent. I had totally forgotten most of the film, so I was able to be surprised again, as if I was seeing it for the first time. The story is solid, the acting good, the writing good. Also, look for Henry Winkler in an uncredited role as the school principal. This film delivers on all cylinders, and is definitely worth revisiting. I'll give this film 4.5 Stars.