Just as I thought I was finally getting sick of isekai anime, My Next Life As A Villainness: All Routes Lead To Doom swooped in this season with a genuinely fresh take on the genre. Sure, it's an escapist harem fantasy romp, but it's also a romantic comedy with a hilarious female lead, who's harem... Continue Reading →
Re:Zero is one of my favorite anime of all time. I love the dark story, strong thematic development, and, of course, all the beautiful female characters. But hardcore fans say the anime doesn't come close to the original light novel! I had to know more, so I read the first nine light novel volumes, which... Continue Reading →
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense is a generic anime. It’s about a cute, ditzy girl who plays a virtual-reality MMORPG, runs an all-defense build, and goofs her way into becoming a ludicrously powerful god of destruction. There’s nothing in it that hasn’t been done in Sword Art... Continue Reading →
HEAVY SPOILERS for Season 1 of Re:Zero in this post, if for some weird reason you clicked on it and haven't seen the series already Modern life kinda sucks, doesn't it? Capitalism disenfranchises entire populations and exploits the poor to make the rich even richer. Technology has made us alienated and miserable. Politicians and the... Continue Reading →
Sword Art Online If you have watched any anime in the past 10 years, you're undoubtedly familiar with the genre of isekai (meaning "another world") fantasy. Ever since Sword Art Online became a hit back in 2012, there's been a cavalcade of shows about ordinary Japanese guys who get transported to a fantasy world with... Continue Reading →
Starting Life From Zero 