Winter 2026 Season

Ikoku Nikki (Journal with Witch) Wasn’t planning on watching this one. Didn’t really look interesting to me. However, I needed to kill some time waiting in the ER and watched a few episodes. For a drama it was a lot better than I expected. If you’re an introvert, you’ll probably find the aunt’s family situation really relatable. As extrovert family members rarely understand their quarks. It’s also an interesting take on dealing with loss. The teenage girl seems to be handling it on the surface, but in reality she’s not. She’s subconsciously escaping and avoiding her emotions.

Yuusha-kei ni Shosu (Sentenced to Be a Hero) Still enjoying this one. I felt the goddess was kinda 'meh' at first, but now she's growing on me. The guy that keeps sentencing everyone. They kind of paint him as a creepy bad guy, but I don't think that's the case at all. Rather it seems like he's actually the good guy here. Why would you give your most dangerous enemies immortality? That is, unless you're building an army to eventually fight your own side.