Tag: Anime
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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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Top 10 Anime Villains
Author’s Note: Previously this post lacked notation indicating which version of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure I was referring to. This has now been remedied. We’re taking a break from Disneytober this week to talk about villains! Whether they want to take over the world or just mess with the main character, I love to hate villains.…
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Kobeni: Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Dreams (Engaged to the Unidentified)
Sentai Filmworks 2014 One of the first anime I watched was the adorable rom-com Engaged to the Unidentified. Now, sure, there are elements that aren’t for everyone; for example, there’s a strange amount of fanservice for a show so clearly geared toward straight girls. And don’t get me started about the protagonist’s clingy big sister…
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Fixing Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
This post will contain spoilers for Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day You have been warned. I love Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. Its premise perfectly sets up its character-driven narrative and establishes its emotional core: after the cheerful Menma dies in a tragic accident, her five friends drift apart. Ten years…