Category: Review
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More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers: A Romantic Broken Record
A truly good romance story is one with progress. Real life relationships aren’t something that sits still. They develop, they change. People grow closer or further apart. The best romcoms, stories like Kaguya-sama or Toradora or Horimiya, all understand this. Then there are shows like this one. The shows that spin around and around in…
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Final Fantasy IX is Incredible
Don’t worry, we’ll take a little break from Final Fantasy after this. A man can only play so many JRPGs in a row before he needs a break. Of the PS1 Final Fantasy games, IX is among the most underappreciated. Which is kinda strange, right? Most people who have actually played it agree that it’s…
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The Lost Metal: End of the Second Era
*Spoilers for The Lost Metal ahead. If you haven’t read it yet, proceed with caution.* Era two of Mistborn has been an interesting reading experience. One full of wild ups and downs. It’s expanded upon the first series in some unique, sometimes downright bizarre ways. And now we reach the end. The fourth and final…
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Secret Life of Pets is Perfectly Fine
Four movies left, ladies and gents. Unless you count Hop. Which I’m not, since it’s not fully animated. Sorry, hardcore Hop fans. Secret Life of Pets is a nice bit of refreshment after the last few Illumination movies. Not because it’s incredible, but simply because it isn’t offensively awful or obnoxious. It’s a perfectly fine,…
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Final Fantasy VIII is a Mess and I Hate It
Remember how last week’s review of Final Fantasy VII was overwhelmingly positive and was brimming with joy and love? Yeah, this is gonna be the exact opposite of that. Following up a game as renowned as Final Fantasy VII was never going to be an easy prospect. Impossible is how I would describe it. No…
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