Category: Analysis
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Type Casting: Izuku Midoriya, Part 2 of 2 (My Hero Academia)
Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters A series dedicated to evaluating well-written characters by determining their core desires and fears using the Enneagram. After a long and arduous journey, I discovered Midoriya of My Hero Academia was NOT a deep-thinking Type Five. But do his anxious traits mark him as the security-focused Type Six?…
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Type Casting: Izuku Midoriya, Part 1 of 2 (My Hero Academia)
With season four in full swing, I’m feeling pretty Plus Ultra about My Hero Academia! You guys adored my article analyzing Bakugo’s personality type, so I figured it was time to revisit the world of quirks and superheroes with a long-overdue Type Casting! Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters This post will contain mild…
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Theme Talk: Ymir and Historia – Dealing with Hurt (Attack on Titan)
This post will contain spoilers for The Attack on Titan anime You have been warned. Funimation 2013-2019 In a world overrun by rampaging man-eating giants, it’s little wonder every character in Attack on Titan experiences pain and loss. Despite its fantastic premise, Attack on Titan deals with real psychological and emotional issues, such as how…
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Theme Talk: Expanding Horizons in Kingdom Hearts
This post will contain spoilers for The Kingdom Hearts series, including Kingdom Hearts III You have been warned. “This world is just too small,”1 mutters a young man as he stands on the sandy shore of his island home, staring off into the horizon. Square Enix 2010 Thus begins Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and…