Category: Anime
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The Quiet Beauty of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Finding good fantasy anime is a challenging task these days. Most of the time, they’re either isekai or lean so heavily into that genre’s worst tropes they may as well be isekai. Disappointing as that is, it’s understandable; fantasy is far bigger here in the West than the East. Something tells me that’s gonna change…
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Ideals VS Reality: The Tragedy of Itadori Yuji
**Disclaimer: this article is written by an anime-only Jujutsu Kaisen fan. I have not read the manga and at this point in time have no intention to. As such, I’ll be covering material from the first two seasons of the anime and no further. I acknowledge that future events in the story may change this…
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Catching Up With Jujutsu Kaisen: The Shibuya Incident
*Warning! I’ll be summarizing the first three episodes of the arc, as well as discussing some events from later on in the arc. I’ll try my best to avoid major spoilers, as this arc is best enjoyed if viewed completely blind, but it’s almost impossible to talk about it without spoiling anything. If you haven’t…
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Main Character in Another World: Yousuke “Ojisan” Shibazaki (Uncle From Another World)
Bro, this series is seriously underrated! Not since Konosuba have we had an isekai comedy this hilarious! Seriously, watch it, it’s a great bit of dumb fun! Most isekai protagonists are more than happy to stay in their other world. And why wouldn’t they? A life of magic and adventure, spent with overwhelming godly power…
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Catching Up With Jujutsu Kaisen: Gojo’s School Days
Linear is not a word in Jujutsu Kaisen’s vocabulary. Season one was a fairly straight-forward shounen/horror show, focusing on Itadori and introducing the world and power system. Then Jujutsu Kaisen: 0 rewound time a bit, introducing Yuta and developing a select few established characters. Then season two rewound time even further back! The story was…
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