Category: Anime
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Thorkell: The Warrior Who Regrets (Vinland Saga)
*Spoiler alert for Vinland Saga Season 1. Also, I haven’t read the manga yet, so no spoilers for anything beyond the first season of the anime, please. Got it? Everyone on the same page? Cool. Let’s go.* As you might expect from a story all about Vikings, Vinland Saga’s first season is all about war.…
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Kaguya-sama Season 3 is Spectacular
The first two seasons of Kaguya-sama: Love is War have been some of the greatest examples of well-written romantic comedies we’ve seen in recent years. It isn’t an exaggeration to say that everything thus far has hit a homerun. The characters, the animation, the music, the comedic timing, all of it works together to create…
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Skeleton Knight in Another World: More Than an Overlord Clone
Of all the great shows that aired during the Spring season of anime, this was the one I chose to review. Sorry, Spy X Family and Kaguya-sama season three. I’ll get to you once I’m done sorting out the trash. The isekai genre is like a sponge. One that Japan has squeezed so tightly for…
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Askeladd: Vinland Saga’s Standout Antagonist
*Spoilers ahead for Vinland Saga; if you haven’t seen the first season of the anime, please watch that before reading this article.* The list of truly remarkable anime antagonists is much shorter than one might expect. Sure, you could list a whole ton of baddies from shounen anime, like Freeza or Pain or All For…
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Vinland Saga (Season 1): Vikings and Vengeance
I’ve been meaning to get around to this one for ages now. Let’s finally mark it off the to-do list, shall we? When it comes to Seinen, I usually see three names come up before anything else: Berserk, Vagabond, and Vinland Saga. Berserk is my favorite manga of all time, so seeing Vagabond and Vinland…
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