Growing up as an orphan, Nio Chirinu spends his days working at the restaurant of an old woman who took him in with his sister Iroha. However, Nio and his sister don’t realize that they are being watched by two men. When they are targeted by child abductors, Nio learns that they were being used […]
In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government is toppled after the betrayal of Ashikaga Takauji, a once-trusted retainer who was responsible for slaughtering the entire Hojo clan. However, in the chaos at Kamakura, the rightful heir to the shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki does what he does best – flees. After escaping the massacre with the
Humans and demons known as Katawara live in contentious balance with each other. With Katawara often devouring humans, even offering their protection and blessing in return or sacrifices, they seem to hate humanity and humanity lives in fear and hatred of them. Tama is a Katawara that loves humans and has vowed to protect them
Once a samurai until the warrior caste was disbanded, Shizuma Origasa began working as a rickshaw puller after the samurai rebellion in his home province of Aizu was put down. While dedicated to his work, he had another purpose of heading to the capital – to find his fiancee Sumie who went missing during the
If there is one universal commonality in the entire human experience it is love. People have been feeling feelings of love since before they had a word for it. While there is something relatable about romance anime set in modern times, watching love bloom in a different time period has its own charms. Historical romance
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In the simplest terms, the Shinsengumi were a paramilitary force charged with keeping the peace in Kyoto during the turbulent Bakumatsu period of the 1860’s. However, the Shinsengumi were only active for just about six years, and are technically on the losing side of history, so why are they so highly celebrated in anime and
Anime is awash with weapons, but not all of them are particularly remarkable or memorable. No one fondly recalls the many times the lowly kunai saved the day in Naruto. No, no. They remember Zabuza’s big sword even if it was just in one rather short arc. Now being a big weapon doesn’t necessarily mean
We all expect our main characters to be a certain level of talented and clever, but them playing coy is a common character defense. Maybe they want to be left alone. Maybe they are just waiting for their moment. Maybe they don’t want their peers to be intimidated. Regardless, it is a common set up
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For many, OVAs can serve as a nice treat for those that are fans of the source material or are left wanting more after a full anime series. For others, OVAs are worth a skip. They add nothing and can be troublesome to track down if you happen to stream your anime rather than buy
Relationships with a large age gap are still one of those things that have a bit of a stigma to them, and you know how much anime in the romance genre occasionally likes stigma. As age gap romance isn’t actually that uncommon in real life, you can see them quite a bit in anime. However,
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