Category: Anime
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My Review Academia S6 E8: Stratagem of the Gnats
For all its ups and downs, season six of My Hero Academia has been fairly strong so far. But this episode? This is the first time I’ve been so engaged by the show since seasons two and three! It has a few issues, but they’re small and easily forgivable given how gripping the rest of…
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Lycoris Recoil: Cute Anime Girls… with Guns!
I’ve seen a lot of shows about cute girls doing cute things. I’ve seen them go camping, play sports, work out, etc. Shows like this are slow, calming, and fun. How they managed to make that work in a John Wick action story, I’ll never know. Japan’s peace is upheld by the Lycoris, secret agents/assassins…
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My Hero Academia S6 E7: Teachers
Remember the first few seasons of this show? How fun and optimistic it was? Yeah, we ain’t doin’ that no more. Deku and Bakugo join the battle against Shigurake. Meanwhile, Gigantomachia and the rest of the League set out to join their leader. When the heroes go down down, including one of UA’s best teachers,…
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Isekai Has Lost Its Mind
For as long as media has existed, there has always been one on the top. However, that one on the top rarely lasts all that long. Westerns used to rule American cinema; the genre became so oversaturated and repetitive, that people just collectively quit on it, and now Westerns have all but ceased to exist.…
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Why We Adore the Body Improvement Club (Mob Psycho 100)
ONE’s greatest strength as an author is his consistent ability to subvert tropes and expectations in a clever, funny way. Oftentimes, it’s this very skill that is at the heart of his stories. The entirety of One Punch Man is built off of his ability to subvert tropes and characters seen in shounen anime and…
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