Quiet and relatively timid, Sawako Kuronuma is misunderstood by her classmates. Due to her long black hair and shyness, they have taken to calling her Sadako, the ghost girl from The Ring. Longing to make friends, she is drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular boy in school and his refreshing personality. However, when Kazehaya […]
They are the type of girl that is prickly like a cactus on the outside, but as sweet as sugar deep inside – Everyone loves a tsundere. Well, everyone loves a well-written tsundere. We cultured modern anime fans are starting to move past the era where tsunderes were beloved for their physical violence. However, a
What makes an anime series a classic? Is it because it is the oldest? The most popular? Some crazy amalgamation of the two? As it stands, an anime is given classic status because it has had such a long-standing effect on the genre. A classic is a series that has gone on to inspire other
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Although once a child prodigy in the music world, pianist Kousei Arima is left in a downward spiral after his mother’s death, unable to even hear the sound of his own piano. Even after two years, Arima has all but left the music world behind, disappointing fans and rivals alike, and living in a colorless
Tomoya Okazaki is a delinquent who finds everything dull and believes he will never amount to anything. That is, until a girl named Nagisa catches his eye one day on his way to school. Suddenly, Tomoya begins to notice Nagisa more and more. She is sickly and weak, but she always tries her best in
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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Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle student with a passion for housework, but his thuggish face causes his fellow students to think him a delinquent. Taiga Aisaka is small and cute, but with an attitude as fierce as a tiger. Both of these misunderstood students also harbor feelings for their crushes, and after a series of
