The time skip is one of my low-key favorite tropes in anime series. An important rule in storytelling is to always tell the story of the most interesting time in a character’s life, but who says a life can’t have multiple interesting moments? Furthermore, do you really want to watch a character doing mundane choring […]
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Zen Seizaki works as a prosecutor in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. In what originally was an investigation into claims of false advertisement, Zen uncovers that a Japanese pharmaceutical company faked clinical trials on their company’s new drug. Further investigation leads Zen and his entire department into a growing case of suicides spreading across
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After a terrorist attack on a Japanese nuclear facility, the country was paralyzed to act. After six months of searching for the perpetrators, the public is shown a video of two boys known as Sphinx who take credit for a recent bomb attack. The pair are soon linked to the terrorist attack on the nuclear
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Morality is never black and white, good or evil, in life. The key to crafting some of the most interesting characters, be they heroes or villains, is that their morals are in shades of grey. A villain could be completely evil for not always evil reasons. A hero can fight for the right side, but
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After death, there is no heaven or hell, but there is a bar where some souls go that decides whether you reincarnate or disappear into oblivion. Pairs of the recently deceased must play a random game which decides their fate while an arbiter looks on in silent judgement. While it could have just been really
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Considered a genius, Miyuki Shirogane leads the student council in his prestigious school. Alongside his beautiful and wealthy vice president, Kaguya Shinomiya, the two are regarded as the perfect couple despite no romantic relationship. The truth is, however, they both have feelings for each other, but neither can confess. This is the battle of two
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Psychological anime is one of those genres that you typically don’t see standing on its own. You might see psychological action thrillers in which the characters are playing a game of strategic chess with people’s lives. You might see psychological horror shows where the characters within don’t know what is right or even real. You
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On many occasions, anime has a very strange time with age. Maybe a character becomes so iconic, they just don’t want to age them. Sometimes, creators are trying to convey something by making a character deceptively young. Does it make them cuter or seem more mature? That’s up to us to decide, but here are
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Sexuality drives anime characters as it does many people in real life. You watch a romance show to watch characters fall in love. You watch a show like Naruto or My Hero Academia to ship different characters and hope those ships set sail. However, not everything is about those feelings of attraction. Sometimes, people can
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The beauty of all fiction, not just anime, is that your imagination can flourish. However, it is notable that anime has some very strange aspects, sometimes primary among them, the weaponry. In anime, under the right circumstances, anything can be used as a weapon. No matter how unlikely or impractical, they can make it work.
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