Here’s a quick preview of what I’m planning to watch next season, starting in about a month.

No Longer Allowed In Another World
A novelist in the 1940s attempts to commit suicide with his girlfriend, but they get isekai'd.  The guy sets out to find her so they can continue to double suicide.
An adventure dark comedy.  I liked the manga, even if it was slightly a harem.

Dungeon People

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I’ll be back next time with a preview of shows in the upcoming season.

Tonari no Youkai-san

Boy, this show really goes hard on both the straightfaced absurdity and feels.  The craziest things are commonplace in this world.
"You have pretty eyes."
"Oh yeah, my grandfather was a banana."

Train to the End of the World

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It's quite rare that I get a season that is already so defined right out of the gate. I don't think any of the shows have gone up or down the rankings since the beginning.

Train to the End of the World

Always a romp. Manages to be different every episode, yet maintains the story continuity. At this rate, though, I'm fearing we might not have an ending this season.

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Train to the End of the World

Equal parts cute girls doing cute things, surreal worldbuilding, comedy, and horror. 

Tonari no Youkai-san

We didn't really need the addition of a sci fi plot.  Waiting to see if it can somehow improve the already lofty heights of the show, or it will detract from the coziness.

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I recently did a deep dive on Earhart's disappearance as research for a story, and figured I would share it here.

As usual, I'll do my best to delineate facts from opinions.

Bottom line up front:

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Most astronauts are not highly paid considering the work they do - given that many are active duty military, I'd say most probably don't even make six figures.

But with a new space age upon us, we may now be living in a time where “astronaut” can be not only an aspiration, but potentially, a career.

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Court martial!

Okay, calm down, let's take a step back. Court-martial is the worse of the two outcomes here, and it has several variations, so we'll walk through the basics first.

The UCMJ

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We've covered Strong Female Characters before.  I recently developed a few more thoughts.

The other day, I remembered one of my favorite short stories of all time, a chapter from Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried entitled "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."  TL;DR- white girl goes native, hard.  If you have a few minutes, I would encourage you to read it.

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Too many laws to discuss, so here I'll focus on just a handful because they're the most relevant for my writing.

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If you haven't seen the episode that premiered April 20, Sparkle's Seven, I highly recommend it. It's the 200th episode and they did a special job. I'll wait. Alternately, you can watch the abridged version.

If you have seen it, or don't mind spoilers, read on.

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