Category: Anime
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Ruby Rose: The Hollow Archetype (The Mind of a Character)
Up to this point, I’ve analyzed characters that I thought were effective and well-written. But you can’t know what is good until you know what is bad. So today, I want to discuss a character that I consider to be so frustratingly written that it hurts. Ruby, the central protagonist of RWBY, is not at all a…
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Is Anime Still Exclusively Japanese?
Back in the day, the consensus as to what is and isn’t anime was clear. If it was an animated show or movie produced in Japan, it was anime. If it was made anywhere else, it wasn’t. There were shows that had anime aesthetics, such as ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’, which have sparked years of…
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Son Goku: The Flat Character (The Mind of a Character)
Today, I wanted to shake things up a little bit. Of all the characters in Dragon Ball, Goku probably gets the most flak from fans. He is often criticized for not being interesting or for developing well. And it’s true. Goku, in terms of personality and motivation, is the same in the lastest episode as…
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Watch This Anime!)
How would you react if you lost someone you loved? Would you be able to move on? Would you blame yourself? Lock yourself away? Maybe you’d find yourself stuck in a single moment of time. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day explores that question. It is a tragic, beautiful series that explores the psychological…
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Houtarou Oreki: Comfortably Gray (The Mind of a Character)
Depression comes in all shapes and sizes. Fictional characters often depict various flavors of these. Shinji Ikari from ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ focuses on the dark mental state of someone who grew up lonely and rejected. Rei Kiriyama from ‘March Comes in Like a Lion’ depicts the struggle of someone who has been beaten down by…
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