Kristina Elyse Butke
May All Taboos Be Shattered: A Review of Season One of "Heaven Official's Blessing"
This was one of the series I was looking forward to watching once I came back from Japan. I watched it in two ways: first, I watched the...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Apr 17
- 5 min
Reading One-Star Reviews of Books I Love
Hello, friends! I've really gotten into BookTube over the past few months, and came up with this idea after watching Elliot Brooks do...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 13
- 6 min
The Devils Will Have Their Due: A Review of "Chainsaw Man"
At last, I've finally been able to subscribe to Crunchyroll! And there's a ton of anime that I have in my watchlist to catch up on, plus...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 27
- 7 min
Wishes and Weirdness: A Review of "Made in Abyss Season Two: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun"
I have been watching Made in Abyss across multiple platforms and luckily discovered that Season Two has been airing as a part of Adult...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 30
- 5 min
On Reviews: A Little Manifesto
I'm a little late to post this, but Twitter has been abuzz with authors behaving badly. Namely, they have been complaining about 1-star...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 23
- 10 min
Quirky and Eerie: A Review of "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre"
I'd been looking forward to this one as a huge fan of Junji Ito's manga (my favorites being Tomie and Uzumaki). I have several of his...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 12
- 7 min
Vengeance and Mercy: A Review of "Dororo"
Continuing my plan to catch up on anime I missed out on while in Japan (due to subtitles being unavailable and geography blocks), I found...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
Death and Delights: A Review of "Wendell & Wild"
I didn't really hear much buzz about this movie before it came out, and I had taken a Netflix break to stream My Hero Academia on Hulu in...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 28, 2022
- 7 min
Deeper and Darker Still: A Review of "Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul"
I recently reviewed the first season of Made in Abyss, which you can read here. After the first season debuted, three movies were made:...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 14, 2022
- 7 min
Darkness & Longing: A Review of "Made in Abyss" Season One
I have since returned from Japan to the United States, and while I was in the land of anime everywhere, I ran into trouble with shows not...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
A Taste of Days Gone By: A Review of "Over the Garden Wall"
I had heard years ago from some of my college students at NCSC about Over the Garden Wall (2014) but didn't really look into it because I...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 13, 2022
- 6 min
Storytelling is Art: A Review of "Love, Death + Robots" Volume 3
The Premise: Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 26, 2022
- 7 min
Magic & Mayhem: A Review of "The Owl House" Season One
I had never heard of The Owl House before until my sister recently recommended it to me, and kindly added me to her Disney account so I...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 18, 2022
- 10 min
Darkness, Humor, and Heart: A Review of "The Legend of Vox Machina" Season One
The Legend of Vox Machina sprouted from the minds of the cast of Critical Role, a show that follows voice actors playing an epic game of...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 3, 2022
- 10 min
Strange Magic: A Review of "Jujutsu Kaisen" Season One
I live in Japan, where all the anime I want is at my fingertips, but English subtitles are hard to come by. Most shows just don't have...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 20, 2022
- 10 min
The End is the Beginning: A Review of "Voltron Legendary Defender" Season Eight
This post was published on Speculative Chic on September 17, 2020. It has been slightly updated. You can read the original here....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 18, 2022
- 7 min
We're Making Our Last Stand: A Review of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" Season Seven
This post was originally published at Speculative Chic on August 27, 2020. It has been slightly updated. You can read the original here....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 16, 2022
- 6 min
You're Not Going Anywhere: A Review of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" Season Six
This post was originally published for Speculative Chic on August 14, 2020. It has been updated slightly. You can read the original here....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 14, 2022
- 7 min
Victory or Death: A Review of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" Season Five
This post was originally published at Speculative Chic on June 18, 2020. It has been slightly updated. You can read the original here....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 12, 2022
- 6 min
RAZZLE DAZZLE! A Review of "Voltron: Legendary Defender" Season Four
This post was originally published at Speculative Chic on May 28,2020 and has been slightly updated. You can read the original here....
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