Category: Anime

  • How My Hero Academia Explores Heroism

    It’s time again, ladies and gentlemen! Deku and the gang are back for another round of heroic escapades! And you know what that means! The horse lives! Long beat the horse! At the heart of the greatest classic stories is a question. What does it mean to be free? Who decides what is good and…

  • Attack on Titan Season 2: The Mystery

    Attack on Titan Season 2: The Mystery

    *Spoilers! Go watch Attack on Titan first! Thank you!* Hot take incoming: this season is better than season one. As is the OP. To briefly recap my season one review: the first season had a very strong presentation to it, but the narrative was lacking. It hooked you in immediately, yes, but it relied more…

  • Velvet Crowe: The Lord of Calamity

    Velvet Crowe: The Lord of Calamity

    *Psst! This’ll have spoilers for Tales of Berseria. Go play it if you haven’t. That is all.* Ah, the Tales of series. One of the most underappreciated yet longest-lasted JRPGs on the market. These games have never reached the heights that its rivals have. But they are so consistently beloved by their smaller fanbases that…

  • Why the God of Highschool Disappointed

    Presentation isn’t everything. I know that seems like an obvious statement. If your story or show or whatever is entirely style over substance, then what do you have? Polish a turd all you like. In the end, all you’ll have is a shiny turd. It’s when the presentation works in tandem with good storytelling that…

  • Jiren: How Not to Handle an Antagonist

    Jiren: How Not to Handle an Antagonist

    It still feels weird to me that Dragon Ball Super is over. Well, the anime at least. The manga is still going, but… well, my patience for that version has reached an end. Oddly enough, though, I have a fondness for Super. Yes, the writing averages out around mediocre and the animation is very up…