In all romance anime, it takes two to make a couple. However, in most narratives, the story is told from one perspective through one main character. Although romance anime is generally seen as a genre more appealing to women, just as many men enjoy the unique feeling that love can bring. I think the vicarious […]
This is the tale of your interaction with three unrelated girls who live in different circumstances throughout Tokyo. I usually give POV anime series the big ol’ skip, but seeing as this has amassed three seasons now, I got curious. It is everything I expected it to be, but that’s not exactly a bad thing.
During his last summer of high school, Yota is furiously studying for his entrance exams in order to go to the same college as his crush. However, one day he meets a small girl who calls herself the god Odin. She proclaims herself the god of omniscience and says the world will end in 30
You might be familiar with the cool kuudere or perhaps the ever-beloved yet difficult to love tsundere, but the practice of stuffing characters into a box and slapping a “-dere” label on their personality is a vast one. No well-written character is just one archetype, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of anime fans from
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Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always come back. If you are finally coming back and stopped watching sometime in or before 2007, here are all the best anime series that you missed and
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Not all anime series start off with a bang. Certainly an exciting first episode is a good way to hook those new viewers, but many shows want to start off more nuanced – or just make bad first episodes because they want to establish crucial details. A slow pace can be effective at building an
Frustrated with her family, middle schooler Mirai Onozawa wishes to tear everything apart. Unfortunately, that wish comes true in an unexpected 8.0 earthquake. Suddenly, she and her younger brother find themselves surrounded by chaos in Odaiba. Single mother and motorcyclist Mari runs into these two scared kids and decides to help them get back home.
While I would argue that the initial episodes of an anime series are more important than its ultimate ending, the way a series ends can be crucial. You invested a lot into a series and sometimes a pleasant journey can be ruined if the destination is just a giant trash heap. While some anime series
After college, unsure of what to do with his life, Rikou gets a job at a convenience store. There he becomes visited by a high school drop out with a pet crow as well as has rekindled feelings for a senpai that visits the store one day. This is the story of the growth of
In all media that tells a story, the protagonist is the character through which we see the world that is presented to us. We follow them through their story, see the world the way they see it, and learn about it as they learn about it. The protagonist is a crucial story-telling tool. However, not
