Category: Review

  • Jujutsu Kaisen: A New Challenger Approaches

    Jujutsu Kaisen: A New Challenger Approaches

    Shounen anime is like comfort food. When it comes to anime, you never know what to expect. But when you watch a shounen battle anime, you know what to expect. The ingredients may vary, and they may not always work, but the recipe is the same at its core. Jujutsu Kaisen is the ultimate comfort…

  • Persona 5 Strikers: The Hybrid Sequel

    Persona 5 Strikers: The Hybrid Sequel

    *Warning: this article is long and contains minor spoilers for Persona 5: Strikers. If you haven’t finished it yet, read with caution.* How did this game come to be? Who at ATLUS said “Let’s make a spin-off of Persona 5 that’s also a sequel. But let’s make it like those Dynasty Warriors games!” What does…

  • My Review Academia S5 E3: Making Children Fight

    My Review Academia S5 E3: Making Children Fight

    Uh… something about that seems wrong. Like, morally. We’re sure they’re allowed to do that? This is another table-setting episode. Most of the runtime is spent placing all the pieces onto the board for the action of the arc. We get a brief taste of it towards the end of the episode, but doesn’t last…

  • The Man in the Brown Suit: A Totally Not Toxic Relationship

    Aw… no Papa Poirot this time. Damn. Oh well. I’m sure our new main character can command the spotlight like he did. Anne Beddingfeld, our new protagonist, is made an orphan after her archeologist father’s sudden death. Yearning for adventure, she makes her way to London, where she works to pay her bills. One day,…

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Mess

    *Insert obligatory “J.K. Rowling is a terrible person” line here*. We all know it, let’s move on. This is, without debate, the most important movie in the Harry Potter franchise. Granted, it kind of got handed that for free; this is the one where Voldemort gets revived, after all. But it’s not just that. This…