No matter how you look at it, we have an interesting world on our hands. Humanity may only be a blip in the planet’s own history, but we have created a rich history of our own rife with monumental – and complicated – events. Sometimes it is an interesting thought process to think about where […]
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The anime tomboy has always been an underrated, but beloved niche type of anime character. However, anyone serious about tomboys in anime know that the best of them come in different flavors. Perhaps you like the outspoken and athletic type of tomboy that excels on the field and whose blunt personality makes them a bro
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While it has faded from the popular view, steampunk is a sub genre of sci-fi that takes the steam technology of yesteryear and basically futures it up a bit. It combines this old, outdated, but still important technology with futuristic advancements or used in different societies. Contrary to the name, it need not be focused
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You know the old line, in the most dramatic moment of a dramatic event, someone decides to stay behind or go ahead alone and they tell the only character that matters not to let their sacrifice be in vain. Of course, things don’t actually work out that way, especially when you are not working with
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A teacher can teach you many things. At least, they can teach you the basics of many things, but not all teachers are mentors. A mentor is someone that forms a personal connection with their ward, and teaches them how to ascend to greater heights while pushing them even further still on a personal level.
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Plenty of characters can die in anime. There is dying and then there is dying in a heroic sacrifice. What makes it so heroic, you may ask? It is the fact that they gave their lives directly so that another character could live. There are quite a few heroic sacrifices in anime, and as you’d
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It’s easy to write a one dimensional villain. They are evil for evil reasons for the sole purpose of being evil. However, the best villains are the ones with more than one dimension and motivations beyond just being evil. Often, a way to add dimensions is to explain their back story and why their motivations
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In the distant future, humanity has, for the most part, abandoned Earth and colonized several different planets in the solar system. In order to keep peace in the galaxy, the Inter Solar System police was established, but they often rely on the aid of bounty hunters, referred to as “cowboys,” to bring criminals on the
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Between chronically dead mothers and father’s who are either absent for no given reason or “work overseas,” I’m beginning to think that a lot of anime creators might have parental issues. That’s (probably?) not true, though. An absent father or a dead mother is just easy back story for a character, or at best, a
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