Given Episode 11: Song 2 Anime Review

“Well I lie and I’m easyAll of the time but I’m never sure why I need youPleased to meet you” Song 2 by Blur I love how Sato didn’t beat around the bush. There is no grey area, he likes him more than just a friend and now it’s time for Uenoyama to speak his feelings. Uenoyama defers inward to […]

Given Episode 10: Wonderwall Anime Review

Uenoyama begins this episode with some reflection. It was like this performance rekindled the spark in Uenoyama. Given Wonderwall Episode 10 is filled with bursting at the seams emotions. Our Uenoyama completely dissociated after the performance and he forgot about…the kiss! Before his moment of reflection Yayoi has a meltdown because Kaji rejected her, again. Uenoyama trust me, Sato likes […]

Given Episode 07: Tumbling Dice Anime Review

An emotionally jam packed episode! Given Tumbling Dice is a content with intention filled episode. The episode begins with Kaji recalling his first experience with love. His first experience wasn’t storybook, but what is his current relationship status? Uenoyama is highly emotional. He came to a huge realization that he’s jealous that Sato had someone that he loved. He’s a […]

Given Episode 06: Creep Anime Review

I’m so glad he was able to snap out of the shock. In this episode of Given Creep, Uenoyama is dealing the aftermath of Kasai’s words. The audacity of Kasai trying to refute her last statements. Uenoyama is confused. It’s a very shocking revelation and it will be interesting to see how Uenoyama unpacks this information. When she said friend…I […]

Given Episode 05: The Reason Anime Review

We begin with details about the band’s first gig. It will be at same place that Sato works part time. Uenoyama is encouraging and creepy at the same time. Given The Reason…do we find out something? Uenoyama tells the band he’s working on a song and Sato is giving us full-fledged chicken nugget vibes. It was super cute how he […]