As the last surviving member of her clan of spirit warriors, Mirai Kuriyama must use her special power of fighting using her blood in order to subdue Youmu, creatures that are the manifestation of negative human emotions. One day at school she happens across Akihito, a rare half-breed Youmu in human form. Immediately trying to […]
Ah, youth~ Kids these days don’t know how good they have it in school until they are no longer in it and have to worry about keeping the lights on and keeping up with their crippling anime habit. However, no matter what age you are, let’s get nostalgic about school. Well, nostalgic about anime schools
Unlike people of various races, you actually see a lot more anime characters with disabilities then you would think. In fact, some of your favorite characters might be the disabled ones, since nothing says badass like losing an arm or a leg (or an arm AND a leg) then just carrying on and living a
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Country girl Mitsuha is constantly having a dream about living the life of a boy in Tokyo. Taki lives a busy life in the city while also working a part-time job. One day, Mitsuha wakes up in a room that is not her own and discovers she is living her dream in Taki’s body. Alternatively,
Unlike Christmas in western cultures, Christmas in Japan is a little different. As Shinto and Buddhism remain the dominant religions, it is not a religious holiday, but rather more of a romantic one. As Japan is a culture that tends to pick some of the world’s favorite things and adapt them as their own when
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Hope’s Peak Academy is an elite high school where those accepted are given special titles that showcase their skills. This year, only fifteen were accepted, and one of them was the completely normal Makoto Naegi who got in on sheer luck. The students are thrilled to be in such a prestigious school. That is, until
A cool breeze is blowing, but it is not the winds of winter, it is the winds of kuudere. Unlike tsunderes that hide their dere, lovey-dovey side behind fiery hostility, the kuudere maintains their cold, emotionless facade near-exclusively. They may seem apathetic and generally uncaring, but often they actually care a lot. Typically the realm
One evening Otonashi wakes up in a strange place and a strange girl with a gun tells him he is dead. Trying to recruit him to her organization that rebels against God, Otonashi decides to talk to her enemy, a mysterious girl named Angel. After she kills him for being too literal, he finds himself
On the first day of a new semester, Naho Takimiya oversleeps. On her way out after being late for school, she finds a letter waiting for her that says it is from herself ten years in the future. The letter ardently states her regrets that she has surrounding a new transfer student Kakeru Naruse. Thinking
They are superior to everyone, absolutely infallible, and really enjoy playing The Sims – we all know those certain anime characters that have that massive inflation that can only be called a god complex. A god complex can come in various forms, but in anime, it is a pretty popular trope. Some may say that
