Category Archives: Editorial

Nurarihyon no Mago Initial Thoughts

Honestly a rather underwhelming first episode, I will admit the source manga did not come into its own until somewhere during the “Tanuki arc” when Rikuo mans up. Not to excuse the first episode for sucking, but it wasn’t unexpected either. Continue reading

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Aniblog Tourney Thingy What

Via Zait who quoted from a comment on Kuro’s blog (meta meta meta): Continue reading

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Angel Beats OP Discussion

After hearing about some controversy around the Angel Beats OP, I decided to give it a try. Some thoughts as I listened through:

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Decision Trees

Important stuff, mang. Continue reading

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Age and sage

And that’s how you get good rose wine (oh, and a dash of lemon). While looking up what 下敷き meant, I (quite randomly) came across: 上げたり下げたり and a shortened(?) form 上げ下げ (agesage). I guess this is where the imageboard terms … Continue reading

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Comparing K-ON and SoroWoto

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New decade, old spoofs

A post not inspired by Azumanga but nevertheless (as this is tending to be an anime blog) I will make reference of it.
Certain things do indeed come back into vogue. Continue reading

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The lady and the man

Having finished Spice and Wolf recently, it only seemed to reinforce the fact that I really enjoy the dynamic. A lady of extraordinary circumstances comes upon a young man who is quite average in most respects. We saw this in Crest of the Stars, Shakugan no Shana, Mahoraba… the list goes on. Continue reading

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tl;dr: value of media, assigned and intrinsic

Anyways, Mike asked me once again to comment on his latest post, and while doing so, I ended up having a lot more to say than I expected, as can be seen above and below. More specifically, this one line really caught my attention after a re-read: Continue reading

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A light response on literature and anime as media.

In response to a post by Mike of Anime|Otaku. Continue reading

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