Tag: Anime
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Why I Love Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day – And You Might Too
Aging is a strange thing. Our current age is a snapshot of a fleeting moment in our lives. After all, the present is a tiny thing, only lasting for a single moment before it becomes the past. Memory, then, sifts through those snapshots, bringing a piece of the past back to our present. My teenage…
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Confession: I am Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun)
Sentai Filmworks 2014 Sentai Filmworks 2014 One of my favorite Rom-Com anime is Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun. It follows an adorable, plucky highschool girl named Sakura as she tries to win the attention of her long-time crush, the stoic and unaware Nozaki-kun. But when Sakura finally gathers the courage to confess her feelings, Nozaki-kun mistakenly thinks she’s…
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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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Retrospective on My Hero Academia Season Three
This post will contain spoilers for My Hero Academia You have been warned. I love My Hero Academia. And with season four only months away,1 it’s hard not to think about the show that immediately shot to the top of my favorites list. Still, I have to admit, I’m nervous. Season three was a mixed…
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April Recommendations (3 of 4): Aleczandxr
I first stumbled across video essayist Aleczandxr while preparing for my Type Casting post on Riza Hawkeye of Fullmetal Alchemist. The depth he delved into another character from that show, Solf Kimblee, was incredible, especially given how much it allowed me to appreciate a character I honestly hadn’t cared much for nor understood well upon…