Category: Anime
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Vinland Saga Season 2, Episode 3: Does anything good come from living?
Vinland Saga Season 2 Episode 3, “Snake,” introduces use to the mercenaries and the leader “Snake.” The episode opens with Olmar complaining that nobody understands him. Olmar thinks that “everyone is laughing inside at him.” Olmar shows how privileged he is when he throws a tantrum claiming that he “wants to be killed,” since he’s […]
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My Hero Academia Season 6 Episode 16
My Hero Academia Season 6, Episode 16, The Hellish Todoroki Family Part 2 gives us some background on Hawks. Keigo Takami (Hawks) father was a villain who committed a murder for frivolous reasons. Hawks mother, Tomie Takami hid his father from the police. The pressure of being on the run caused her to suffer mentally. […]
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Vinland Saga Season 2, Episode 2: Beasts wearing human skin
In Vinland Saga Season 2, Episode 2, Einar and Thorfinn are assigned the same job. Clear the forest to create a future wheat farm. Ketil will let them “borrow,” the land as they work it. That just like a more politically correct way of saying I own you but I won’t police you. He goes […]
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My Hero Academia Season 6 Episode 15
Note: My Hero Academia episode 14 was mostly recap so I skipped it. Tartarus is the Special Prison for Villains, separated from civilians, the prison is located on an island and features the highest security. The prisoners are separated based on the danger of the Quirks and their crimes. Much like the prison from One […]
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Vinland Saga Season 2, Episode 1: Carve it into your enemies
It’s been a few years since Vinland Saga‘s first season ended. I forgot how dark this series was. The first episode of Vinland Saga Season 2, opens in a more jovial manner. Einar, his mother, and sister are enjoying lunch. They mock Einar for his lack of fighting ability. He feels a need to protect […]
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Anime Theories (Jujutsu Kaisen): Is Kenjaku Yuji’s mother?
Many fans of Jujutsu Kaisen have notice the mystery surrounding Yuji Itadori’s parentage. Yuji was raised by his grandfather, Wasuke Itadori, who dies leaving Yuji without any parents or guardians. Early in the series we also learn that Yuji never meet his mother and can “barely remember” his father. With Yuji having no knowledge of […]
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Hunter X Hunter : Volume 33 Review
I believe that Hunter X Hunter is among the greatest anime series of all time. It’s manga is another matter. Obviously it’s the source material for the anime, however, the mangaka, Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu Yu Hakusho), has dealt with illness and lower back pain resulting in frequent hiatuses. It has been suggested that he’s a […]
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2022 Year in Review
Happy New Years. It time to look back at 2022 and forward into 2023. 2021 2022 2023 (Goals) All Time Views 185,227 244,021 250,000 783,339 Visitors 145,804 187,192 200,000 594,553 Total Posts 172 102 100+ 1,107 Comments 438 77 500+ 2,128 Likes 2,076 941 3,000+ 12,865 I’m happy to say that this blogs views and […]
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Chainsaw Man Season 1 Episode 12
Chainsaw Man Season 1 was a marvelous introduction to a new anime series, that at first glance seem to be just another demon slaying Shonen series. Even if Chainsaw Man wasn’t original in anyway I think it still would be a series worth watching. Every series is differentiated by it’s characters, and Denji is different […]
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Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode 12 and 13
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode 12 and 13, “Everything but the rain: June Truth,” and “The Blade is Me,” explore what makes Ichigo Kurosaki identity. In episode 12, Isshin Shiba returns to Soul Society. He leaves out some details of his experience in the Human World but informs the Gotei 13 of the new […]