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Masamune-kun’s Revenge: Chewing the Fat
Text version: Let’s give credit where it’s due: Masamune-kun’s Revenge lives on the strength of its premise. I’ve spent more of my time watching high school romantic comedies than I actually spent in...
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I Wish Scum’s Wish Was Scummier
Text version: Technically there’s nothing really wrong with Scum’s Wish. It makes sense, it looks okay, and there’s plenty of reasons to like it. Some can probably relate to the characters and their...
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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Makes Me Very Happy [Part 1: Kobayashi Best Girl]
Text version: Have you ever had one of those experiences with an artist where you just feel like they’re on the same wavelength as you, in a way that no other artist seems to be? That’s how I feel...
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Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Makes Me Very Happy [Part 2: Dragons Are Cool]
Text version: I can’t believe I wrote a thirty-five-hundred-word video about Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and never even mentioned the presence of lesbians! I won’t get too much into my long-standing...
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Skip Akashic Records
Text version: Looking at the MyAnimeList page for Akashic Records was like an out-of-body experience. I clicked on it because it was the most popular non-sequel on the seasonal chart, and the sense of...
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Some Hard Thinking After Ten Years Of Anime Blogging
Text version: I must’ve come to certain conclusions after doing this for as long as I have. The ten hottest female characters illustrated and animated the past ten years are: #10 – Tsunashi Kaoru,...
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The Lucid Dreamworld of Kemono Friends
Text version: Kemono Friends is good–and not even just in unconventional ways; once you get past the out-of-body experience of the first episode and a half, it reveals itself as a conventional...
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How Much Do Anime Visuals Matter?
Text version: The answer is obviously that it depends on the viewer’s taste–but the conversation surrounding anime visuals has grown increasingly accusatory as of late, with many visually-focused...
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The Most Interesting Thing About Rurouni Kenshin
Text version: The most interesting thing about Rurouni Kenshin is the ethical conduct of its titular protagonist. Having grown up as a murderer in service of a revolutionary movement which later took...
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The Most Interesting Thing About Gakougurashi
Text version: The most interesting thing about Gakkougurashi is how it completely undercuts the entire supposed appeal of its genre by being fucking horrifying. On its surface, and for most of the...
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The Most Interesting Thing About Studio SANZIGEN
Text version: The most interesting thing about studio SANZIGEN is that they’ve figured out how to make a fully 3D-Animated TV series look good without requiring an exceptional amount of graphical...
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The Most Interesting Thing About Kiruminzoo
Text version: The most interesting thing about Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo is the show’s unique take on the structure of the magical girl team, as well as its use of multiphasic transformations. In...
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