Anime has always been, if we are all being honest, a bit gay. However, for the longest time when an anime was being about LGBT stories, it was all about the LGBT elements, as if they can’t be in any other type of story as characters. It was either full gay or no gay for […]
Mahiru Kouzuki had a gift for art from a young age, but after her classmates ridiculed a jellyfish mural she worked so hard on, she gave it up. In front of that aging mural years later, she meets an unexpected fan of it, Kano Yamanouchi, a former idol who has a troubled past in the
Cute Girls Doing Cute Things is a large and and beloved genre, but like any large and beloved genre, it is now starting to spawn enough series where the girls are all doing the same thing. Like the isekai genre sprouted off too many fantasy anime featuring a normal guy being sent to another world,
As the conversation around gender issues has grown complicated if not outright contentious, it seems the wiser course to perhaps stay away and just focus on talking anime, but the thing is, anime has always had – at least some – representation for those of different gender and sexual identifications. While representation has grown in
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Falling in love and exploring romantic relationships is a big part of the human experience, and as such, romance has long been a beloved plot or at least part of a character’s story in anime. However, romance anime isn’t for everyone. Admittedly, some romance anime have the most obnoxious plots fueled by unrealistic desires and
This is the story of two girls, both named Nana. Nana Komatsu is a naive girl addicted to love who is moving to Tokyo to chase after her boyfriend going to school there. Nana Osaki is a proud punk rocker that is moving to Tokyo to become a rock star. By chance, they meet on
Having social anxiety but still wishing to make friends, Hitori Gotou started learning the guitar to help lure people into talking to her. Years later, she has amassed great guitar skills, but is in high school with still no friends. One day, she happens to meet an outgoing girl who just so happens to need
There are a lot of ways to end an anime. You could cleanly cut off at the end of an arc or leave things particularly vague in hopes there is a budget for another season. You could, as so many shounen shows do at the very end, rush things up an insane amount so a
As a general in China’s Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang Kongming had endured countless battles that shaped him into an excellent strategist. However, on his deathbed, his only wish is to be reborn in a more peaceful world. This results in him being reborn as his younger self in modern day Shibuya, Tokyo. After being dragged
After a crushing defeat at the Grand Prix finale, Yuuri Katsuki returns home no longer as Japan’s most promising figure skater. With his window for skating success closing, he assesses his options. After a video of Yuuri performing a routine by five-time world champion Victor Nikiforov goes viral, he suddenly finds the champion on his
