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Hayate no Gotoku 24 – At Last! Character humor!

I’m still watching this show? Indeed, I am, mostly out of habit more than anything else. It has been a long while since the humor…

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Mononoke 6-7 – Up Close and Creepy

Mononoke gets creepier and personal with this two episode, two character arc. A woman commits murder and kills her husband and his family. When the…

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School Days 10: A Return to Form?

Well, not exactly. There was more seriousness and slightly better emotional development in this episode, but it all rests on the ridiculous turns that the…

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Claymore 23 review pt. 2- the Defining and the application of the Shonen Thesis

(Continued from pt.1) One more shonen convention for your reference: an angry protagonist becomes stronger and will overcome his opponent by the end. Goku gets…

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Claymore 23 review pt. 1- the Shonen Thesis

Where is hope? Where’s the miracle? Why are they even here? “I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we…

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School Days 7-9 Jumps the Shark

Sigh. I’d hoped too much, I guess. I can’t take this show seriously anymore. For me, it’s taken several wrong turns as a story, and…

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