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Anime You Should Be Watching!!!
Anime has seen growing interest and popularity in the West recently. With the record breaking performance of the Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer): Mugen Train movie in Japan, both the New York Times and the BBC have posted articles about the success of the movie. Netflix has announced its line-up of anime shows for 2021…
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The Grey World – Revisiting the Story of ‘Death Note’ and the Low Glowing Brilliance of K-Drama ‘Stranger’
I’ve always been a fan of grey days. The world makes more sense to me when it’s not overwhelmingly bright or impenetrably dark. There are very few things on this earth that are starkly black or white and I like when my days reflect this. It becomes a question. “What kind of day will this…
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I Watched the Osomatsu-san Movie 3 Times this Week and it Still Wasn’t Enough
When I was a child, I could watch the same thing over and over again as if every time was the first time I was seeing it. Nowadays, I don’t have the attention span for that kind of thing. So, when I say I watched the Osomatsu-san movie 3 times and I wish I had…
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Soul Restoration- Why I Love Gintama
Gintama, like life, has no clear path at the beginning. And that’s why I love it. There is an art to aimlessness, but you have to know how to frame it. Knowing how to do nothing is a skill that has been lost to time. In another show I adore, this one a cute Korean…
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Wanderlust and the Privilege of a Few
With the current state of the world these days, notably, the prominence of migration crises, I wanted to explore the imbalance between those with the means and liberty to travel the world freely, and those with a far more restricted access to the world. It’s actually quite crazy if you think about it. We are…
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Fruits Basket’s Tohru Honda and her Path to Self-Acceptance
SPOILERS for the entire Fruits Basket manga. Tohru Honda, the kind-hearted, slightly oblivious heroine of Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket, is a fascinating study of a self-sacrificing female character. Selfless heroines are common in anime and manga, but Tohru is particularly noteworthy because her development throughout the series serves as an example of growing up, coming to terms with one’s…
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7 Anime I Watched in 2018
I watched quite a bit of anime in 2018. More than I had watched for a while, and it was fantastic! There were so many amazing shows, some which were continuing with new seasons, and some completely new ones. There was an anime for everyone last year. And here’s hoping that 2019 will have some…
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5 Anime for the Initiated
So, you’ve recently begun watching anime. Maybe you’ve seen a few series that you really enjoyed, like some of the entries on my 5 Anime for the Uninitiated list. You’re officially an anime fan. Therefore, it’s time to go to a higher level. It’s best to check off some classics, and some cult status shows,…
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