Category: Watch This Anime!
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Why the God of Highschool Disappointed
Presentation isn’t everything. I know that seems like an obvious statement. If your story or show or whatever is entirely style over substance, then what do you have? Polish a turd all you like. In the end, all you’ll have is a shiny turd. It’s when the presentation works in tandem with good storytelling that…
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Attack on Titan Season 1: The Rollercoaster
Remember when everyone was talking about this season? Like, literally everyone? And how they’d compare it to Game of Thrones even though the only thing they had in common was the tone? Yeah, I remember. I honestly don’t think I can ever forget it. The first season of Attack on Titan can best be described…
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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: The Diamond in the Rough
My god, this show is two years old… it still feels like it came out yesterday. But it also feels like it came out a thousand years ago. Does that make sense? Probably not. Life these last few months has turned my brain to pudding. Initially, I wrote Bunny Girl Senpai off as just another…
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Why The Quintessential Quintuplets Works
The reputation surrounding harem anime is understandably not an extremely positive one. Most harem shows boil down to a series of cardboard cutout anime waifus falling in love with a moron that they have no reason to be attracted to, then hijinks ensuing. The story itself is just wacky scenarios that builds to nothing except…
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The Great One Piece Journey (Part 1): The Beginnings of the Great Odyssey
It feels weird to say that I’m nearly caught up on a series when I still have well over one hundred chapters of content left to read. With most other manga, one hundred chapters is the one-third mark. That, or the series would already be nearing its ending. But considering how massive this story is,…
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