Category: Review
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Mushoku Tensei (Season 1) is Isekai Perfection
Man, I’m super late on this one, aren’t I? Most isekai stories are simple, dumb power fantasies. They focus less on telling a story and more on providing shallow escapism. Which is fine, if that’s what you’re into. But all the potential of an isekai premise is generally avoided by most of the genre. Mushoku…
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The Cat Returns is Delightful
An old buddy of mine always said this was his favorite Ghibli movie. And you know what? I can see why. ‘The Cat Returns’ is Ghibli at its simplest and most enjoyable. It feels a lot like a shojo manga. A really good, magical shojo manga that anyone can watch and have a fun time…
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Berserk Manga Review: Conviction (Part 5)
Onwards we go. Towards the Tower. Towards the edge of insanity. Today, we’re covering: Luca follows Nina to her cult’s secret orgy, inadvertently bringing Casca and her curse into contact with the cultists. Guts’ journey towards the Tower is met with not one, but two fateful meetings. All the while, Farnese and Serpico struggle with…
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Poirot Adventures: The Cornish Mystery
This, to me, is the most sad kind of Poirot short story. The kind that takes an amazing concept and gives us an incredibly underwhelming delivery. Sad day. A middle-aged woman appears on Poirot’s doorstep with one concern: that her husband is trying to poison her. Curious and concerned, Papa Poirot takes the case. Not…
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Berserk Manga Review: Conviction (Part 4)
Alright, let’s pick up the pace again. Today, we’re covering: With his gear tuned up thanks to Rickert and Godo, Guts departs to find Casca. His destination: the Tower of Conviction, home to a veritable swarm of refugees and the new abode of the Holy Iron Chain Knights. With the church, the Kushans, and the…
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