This is the site of Anny, a reviewer and award-nominated webnovelist. The Anny Blog began as a place where I wrote about my thoughts on anime and manga and it has over the years expanded its scope to cover not only reviews on fiction, but also my own creative writing and related art.
Note that my main audience has always been those interested in josei-muke content, with primarily focus on otome games, BL and shoujosei, so if you’re looking for different content, it might be available but might not be to your liking.
Where to Start?
1. Reviews
Under Reviews you will find reviews of primarily East Asian media, such as manga, light novels, otome games and anime and donghua. The reviews have been divided up in the following super categories for your convenience:
- BL: Novels, manga, games and more that involves men loving men. Some of the content may be BL-adjacent or BL-derived.
- Danmei: This term refers to Chinese-language BL specifically and here you’ll find primarily Chinese novels and manhua translated into English.
- Otome Games: Visual Novels (a category of game) with a female protagonist romancing (primarily) male characters in the main or subplot.
- Shoujosei: Primarily manga and anime content with a demographic of girls and women ranging from pre-teens to a more mature audience.
- Anime: This section mostly holds animated series from Japan, but the occasional film or Chinese show fit in here.
- Manga: Comics from Japan.
- Novels: All kinds of text-based fiction that come in books or volumes (but don’t count as games) including light novels, multi-volume series, webserials and so on.
- Webtoons: Comics primarily made to be read online, scrolling from top to bottom. These can be from anywhere in the world, but a lot of the ones on this site are from East Asia.
- Other: This category includes but isn’t limited to comics from outside of East Asia, games, non-fiction books, and live-action shows and films.
Under the Reviews menu you can also find the subcategory called Playthroughs. This section covers posts that go over playing a game in summary, or share the process in instalments. If written in instalments, the final entry includes my thoughts on it.
If you are unfamiliar with any terminology used in the reviews, such as but not limited to as danmei, donghua, or light novel, or abbreviations such as GL, BL or JJWXC, take a look at the Terminology page found at the top menu at any time
2. Novels
If you are more interested in original fiction, go to the Novels section in the main menu. This page lists the majority of the current projects being worked on or are finished, and what their status currently is. All of the works on this page are considered part of the canon universe.
Original fiction on the site tends to lean toward fantastical or historical or both and with similar types of ships as I like reading about.
If you prefer finished stories, you’ll find yourself preferring the Somehow Completed section over the Eternal WIPs. If you go to each page respectively, you’ll find listed stories and an overview of whether they are available on the site or elsewhere. Aside from on The Anny Blog, stories may be available on AO3 (if it’s omegaverse), Wattpad, Webnovel or World Anvil.
3. Kitty Castle
For those who can’t get enough of the canon material, you can find more work under my secondary pseudonym, Kitty Castle, which exists specifically to separate canonical works from the additional non-canon writing.
When a work is just set in an alternate universe or as canon divergence but with the same characters as found in my Novels, you can find these listed under their respective original titles in the Kitty Castle submenu. I call these my “author fics”, as opposed to fanfics. At times they are just character studies written as I explore the depth of a character, on other occasions I couldn’t get enough of characters I love.
When stories just don’t fit into the canon universe, you will find them under Miscellaneous. Many of these are flash fiction or different kind of writing exercises.
4. Support the Site
In the main menu, there is one more item. If you enjoy the content, you’ll find links to Ko-fi, Patreon and PayPal here. All donations and monetary support goes to maintenance costs of the site (domain, host, spam filter costs, etc), content to review (books, games, subscription payments to reading or streaming platforms, etc), writing related costs (Dabble, World Anvil), or costs related to the art itself. There’s no actual benefits to supporting the site through these links, though you can suggest what to review, mention what chapter you want to see next, or ask me to put your donation to what exact costs you wish for your donation to go to on one-time donations.
5. Top Bar Menu
The top bar has some necessary pages that you may prefer to check out as needed. You’ll be able to find it at all times at the top of the page.
- Home will bring you back to this page.
- News include posts that share about the writing progress and various updates that are major enough to justify its own post.
- The Change Log is where you can find information on page updates and summaries on what has been done during maintenance runs.
- About includes information about me (Anny), about the artist (keijumonarkki), and some history about The Anny Blog.
- Policies cover things such as what the site stands for, commenting etiquette, what data is collected, what the cookies are for, and parental guidance.
- Q&A answers some general questions, including but not limited to how names are rendered on the site, insights to the content, and whether Anny is my real name.
- Contact Me explains how to get in touch with me.
- Terminology, as mentioned above, includes terminology found in my reviews.
Some Quick Answers
The site looks different! Why?
As of May 2026, I have modernised the site to work on modern browsers and devices. No more Twenty Eleven theme, y’all, for better or for worse. This is part of the overall changes I’ve been working on since late 2023, and was an effort I took upon myself when I decided to migrate host and domain provider in early May 2026 to lessen costs of the site.
Why are a lot of the old posts and pages taken down while these changes are made?
The changes I need to make are quite extensive. It’s not just removing dead links from footers of old reviews; rather, it includes a complete rearrangement of pages, updating information, and all that. Think of it as a 10th Annyversary (2024) complete remodelling project. Or perhaps a 20th blogoversary (2026) project, as it’s taking me some time.
Will you still post reviews?
Yes! I will indeed. They will be up as they’re written, just as before, and done at my own pace. I have had executive dysfunction since a few years back, so sometimes it takes more time. Hyping me up on Twitter, Bsky or Tumblr will help, like letting me know if you want to read about my thoughts about XYZ.
Are all serials on the site?
As of last update (May 20, 2026), no. You can find Beyond the Horizon on Webnovel and Wattpad and When the World Falls, I’ll be Safe from the Wrath of God on Wattpad and World Anvil. They will eventually also be on the site. Tear My Heart Gently has non-sexual mature themes of toxic relationships in an omegaverse setting and will for the time being only be available on AO3; I Summoned a Demon, who Made Me Sign a Contract and Thadus are the two stories currently being posted on the site, aside from the occasional Kitty Castle story. The two finished stories of The Oliviers Saga, Lost Rabbit and Fox, will be posted soon. For more current information, please check under Novels, where all titles are listed.
How can I contact you?
If you’re interested in me reviewing something and don’t mind it taking time, you can always email me at contact[at]theannyblog.com with a subject line that lets me know that’s your purpose. I check my email from time to time when I remember, so don’t mind me if I take a while to respond. Do note that if you are the creator, I will give my honest opinion — good or bad — and not link to any products. I don’t review for you to sell anything, but for people with similar tastes to know if it’s worth giving something a try.
Thank you for your patience.