Ikurou Hoshi and Sara Haizaki are concierges at the Hotel inhuman, a hotel that caters specifically to assassins. As concierges, it is their job to make sure their guests are fulfilled, including following through on any request that is made of them without ever uttering the word “no.” Ikurou claims to despise killing and threatens […]
After a brutal war, nations turned instead to a more elusive, less public form of warfare – one waged through espionage. Lily is one girl of many who attended one of the various spy schools throughout her nation. However, despite a small handful of talents, she is considered a washout due to failures on her
While there are certainly a number of anime characters who manifest the mysterious anime cough of imminent death, anime series featuring sickly characters as main or major characters are a little more sparse. Even rarer still are anime series that give the characters a real illness rather than just have them cloaked under the cover-all
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In order to cut down on crime and terrorism, an organization called Direct Attack was formed. They take orphaned girls and turn them into agents that protect the country in the Lycoris program. Takina is one gifted agent, but after a hostage situation leads to insubordination, she is transferred out of the main unit to
Secret gadgets, hidden messages, intel gathering in the shadows – Spy anime is the most subtle of intrigues. It usually lacks the flashy action that drives anime to wild popularity, but there is no finer place to search for deep storytelling and mysteries to unravel. Espionage is a finer art that happens in the shadows.
Anime is awash in killers, but assassins aren’t just killers, now are they? Hard in heart and body, assassins are killers trained specifically for the task. They carry out their contracts with precision and supreme skill that makes even some experienced villains look like rank amateurs when they cross another name off that list. If
After the death of her best and only friend, Ai Ohto became a shut in. One night while on a walk, she is convinced by a mysterious entity to buy an egg. In a world that only materializes in her dreams, she breaks the egg. This summons a person haunted by fears, regrets, or otherwise
Cyberpunk has always been a niche genre of sci-fi, but every niche has its heyday, and it appears that heyday for cyberpunk is now. Unlike its closely named cousin steampunk, cyberpunk isn’t about high tech melded with something old. Instead, the cyberpunk genre is best explained as melding high-tech with low-life. Cyberpunk settings often feature
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After the Great War and her time in it came to an end, Violet Evergarden is adrift. Her purpose was once only battle, and now she must find a new one. After recovering from the loss of her arms, Violet takes up a job at the CH Postal Services. Here she transcribes people’s thoughts into
As a writer, one of the key pieces of advice you get is to “write what you know.” Using places you have been to and things you have seen, you can paint a clearer picture of it with your words. I imagine it is the same with manga artists and anime creators. For this reason,
