Friendship Is Not Unpaid Therapy

Anime keeps asking one loyal friend to become the crisis line, therapist, moral compass, and rescue plan. Friendship matters, but love cannot replace adults, boundaries, and a real care system.

Girlfriend: i-dle Took a Breakup to Paris and Brought a Five-Woman Response Team

Still from i-dle's official “Girlfriend” music video. Video: Cube Entertainment. RaeRae’s verdict: i-dle made a breakup song where the emergency response is five women, a Paris safe house, and permission to talk trash about the ex. “Girlfriend” has a chorus simple enough to sound childish until the members start swearing in a group chant. Soyeon […]