So a long while back, I write an article describing the high quality of volume one of the official serialization of Arifureta. You can find it here. It had really good written structure, a well defined writing style of the stream of consciousness school of writing which is quite often seen in Japanese media and…
Yugami-kun Ni Wa Tomodachi Ga Inai Is Amazing
So I’ve been reading this manga called Yugami-kun Ni Wa Tomodachi Ga Inai, or Yugami-kun doesn’t have any friends and I really like it. In fact, I love it. The mangaka behind Yugami-kun is Sakura Jun and I do believe this is his first manga to be serialized. The manga finished serialization in February of…
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Chapter 155: Press F to pay respects
I’m thinking of doing more of these types of chapter discussions, like I did for Go-toubun No Hanayome, but I only like discussing chapters where stuff that I haven’t predicted comes or is more interesting or important(exposition-wise) than the other chapters. For now, let’s talk about Kaguya-sama chapter 155- Kaguya Shinomiya’s Impossible Challenge: “The Swallow’s…
The Kimi No Nawa Conundrum
Every otaku knows about Kimi No Nawa. There are no exceptions to that. If a person has even the slightest exposure to the anime, manga or light novel communities, chances are that they’ve heard about this masterpiece. Kimi No Nawa is an animated movie released in 2016, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. It’s also…
Memories, Nostalgia and Fruits Basket+A bit about my otaku habits
I must confess, I don’t watch a lot of anime. I’m the kind of person that’s fine with spoilers, but if I’ve experienced a story via one visual medium like manga, then I have a hard time fully enjoying it in another visual medium like anime. (Beware, this is going to be a long one)…
The Story Of An Onee-San Who Wants To Keep A Highschool Boy: Ain’t that amazing!
I belong to the faction of people that believe that the greatest achievement of humanity has been the conception of ‘the character archetype of onee-san’. This manga here is validation of that very belief. Danshi Koukousei wo Yashinaitai Onee-san no Hanashi or The Story of an Onee-San Who Wants to Keep a High School Boy…
How No To Summon A Demon Lord Is Pretty Enjoyable Trash+A short discourse on dense harem protags
Cut to 2018, when I was barely more than a few anime and Animeheaven was still alive. Instead of using livechart, I just used to wait for the anime updates on Animeheaven to see what new anime were coming out, since I’m not as involved in finding out information about anime as I’m for light…
Maou-sama To Kekkonshitai: From One-shot To Serialization+ A little bit about one-shots
So I’m constantly reading all sorts of different one-shot manga and short story type light novels, whether it be online, in magazines or as extras at the ends of volumes, I like keeping an eye out for interesting looking one-shots as they might end up getting full on serializations. Here I present to you one…
My Summer 2019 Watchlist
I must confess, Spring 2019 was quite an exception for me as an otaku because I generally do not watch that many anime at the same time. Spring 2019 was special because there were so many manga that I was reading that got turned into anime that I just had to watch them. It seems…
I’m quite excited after E3
So, E3 happened earlier this week and there were two things in particular I’m quite excited about. First, I cannot wait for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I’ve been a huge Final Fantasy fan for most of my life and I think FF7 with modern graphics will absolutely amazing. Second thing, I’m really excited for…
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