Category: Anime

  • Yu Ishigami: Locked in a Dark Room

    *Quick note: this whole article was written by an anime-only fan. No manga spoilers, please.* Kaguya-sama: Love is War is, at its core, a comedy. Its main aim is to make you laugh. And if it’s good at anything, it’s good at that. But what makes the show special isn’t its hilarious character-driven comedy. Rather,…

  • Attack on Titan Final Season (Part 2): At World’s End… Almost

    Attack on Titan Final Season (Part 2): At World’s End… Almost

    You know what? I’m never going to say “this is the end of AOT” again until the last damn episode has aired. Twice now, I’ve been made a fool. I shan’t be made one a third time. The first part of the final season (can we even still call it that?) had a fairly tough…

  • Jean Kirstein: Attack on Titan’s True Hero

    Jean Kirstein: Attack on Titan’s True Hero

    Fictional stories often focus on remarkable people. Often times, they’re so remarkable that they’re larger than life. This isn’t a problem, at least not most of the time. But it can make the more regular people in that setting seem sort of… lacking. Like they can’t affect the world because they aren’t wrapped in plot…

  • My Dress-Up Darling: Wholesome and Horny

    My Dress-Up Darling: Wholesome and Horny

    The winter season of anime was quite the surprise this year. We had not one, but two heavy hitting returning shows. Attack on Titan is going into its grand finale and Demon Slayer came back for the Entertainment District arc. Surely one of those stood at the top of the ratings. Nope. Neither of those…

  • Silco (Arcane): An Abandoned Brother

    Silco (Arcane): An Abandoned Brother

    Arcane had a cast that stuck out to me on more than one occasion. Seriously, the first season alone gave me months worth of material for analysis. But of all the characters, none struck me more than this one. By all accounts, Silco is the villain of the story. All you need to do is…