Category: Anime
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My Hero Academia S5: The Quality Rollercoaster
Season five of My Hero Academia has officially wrapped up. And it was certainly… something. Today, we’re going to have a look at the season as a whole. How it made changes from the manga and how those changes helped or hinder the narrative. As well as how it stands on its own as an…
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Fixing Dragon Ball Super (Part 4): Goku Black Arc, Act 1
*Deep Breath* (x3) This is going to be a rough one, ladies and gentlemen. Of all the Super-original arcs, the Goku Black arc is among the more polarizing. It has an incredibly strong beginning, but it begins to get more convoluted, confusing, and unsatisfying as the plot moves forward. This all culminates in one of…
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My Review Academia S5 E25 FINALE: Calm Before the War
Well, here we are folks. The end of season five. Will it go out on a bang? Or a whimper? We open with Hawks observing Shigurake’s rise to power in stunned horror. A month later, we rejoin the kids of Class A as they show off what they’ve learned in their recent study. Together, they…
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Zenitsu Agatsuma: Annoying or Relatable?
The cowardly comic relief is an extremely old cliché in storytelling. Almost as old as the cliché of them actually being among the strongest characters in said story. You can find plenty of examples of characters like this in anime, from the action shounens to the slice of life comedies. They’re all generally similar; loud,…
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My Review Academia S5 E24: Freedom of the Demon King
As a whole, My Villain Academia has been incredibly rushed and the visuals have been pretty up and down. But at least they managed to stick the landing. And hoo boy, what a landing it turned out to be! The last of Shigurake’s memories return. With them, the last mental restraints he has placed on…
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