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Mar 30, 2024
Ajin (Manga) add
A rather perfectly paced action series with a surprisingly bumpy relationship with many people, Ajin is pretty damn interesting for a lot of different reasons. Thrown into the life of Kei Nagai right when he finds out he's essentially immortal, you follow an underhandedly political plotline up until the secret antagonist rises up in full force very quickly. There aren't many series that flip-flop from politics to action like this, but Ajin feels like one of the better executed examples out of the validity of the moral questions it raises, along with it's spotlight-stealing showman antagonist. It plays both sides well when it chooses to ...
Mar 30, 2024
Mushishi (Anime) add
There are only so many things to say about Mushishi now, which has been a contentiously legendary series for almost 2 decades. Love or hate, the amount of people out there that have the patience AND interest to care about Mushishi is small to say the least. This isn't a call to all "mature" anime enjoyers, it's a warning to everybody. Even those who love seinen can easily find themselves hating this series.

All I can tell you is to expect a slow, potent burn for every episode. As an anthology series, you can sincerely pick out any single episode and be fine. It's recommended to ...
Mar 30, 2024
An odd little series by Jiro Matsumoto, Alice in Hell is certainly off-center from other dystopian stories in that there's absolutely zero exposition or explanation as to why the world is like it is, and instead has a character focus on the small handful of people that keep the action moving as the plotline progresses. I've only read Freesia from Matsumoto's other works, and he seems to have a penchant for this exact formula. It's reminiscent of Blame! in a way, where the reader is immediately thrown into a pre-developed universe and just observes what happens around the protagonist for most of the story.

It's not ...
Mar 24, 2024
Even from the perspective of somebody who has negative interest for feudal Japan and actively tries to stay away from stories in that time period, Mugen no Juunin offers a much more contemporary approach to the typical honor-bound samurai/warrior idea. At first, the series seems unassuming and slow, but given enough time and it pays you in spades with it's glorious and compelling back-to-back character arcs, starting and resolving all right next to each other. The aid of the world-building surrounding these arcs as well as the ever-looming main story arc of Rin's revenge eventually ties everything into one *very* neat knot, which is just ...
Mar 15, 2024
I Am a Hero (Manga) add
This was one of the most exhausting and unrewarding reads I have ever sat through. I really can't recommend I Am a Hero to anybody, even those who are okay with nothing but running from and killing zombies. With all due respect to the author, he had a really strong concept to start with and most of the characters were actually interesting, but really unfortunate pacing issues and out-of-touch artistic philosophy really hinders the series. Not to mention the plot that gets major traction only to land absolutely nowhere. You can only look at a double-spreader of a city landscape with zombies roaming around so ...
Mar 9, 2024
Golden Kamuy (Manga) add
It is almost impossible to find something to properly dislike about Golden Kamuy. Between brutal physical engagements, engaging and tantalizingly mysterious characters, and an air of lighthearted realism above it all, reader's can expect a fun but still dignified experience. Noda Satoru was clearly confident in his ideas here, and executes them with such smooth strokes that the ride never feels like it's about to fall off the rails. The premise, the pacing, the writing, the art... all of it is tight-knit together and marvelously implemented.

There's nothing else I feel like praising here, as I think this is a series best went into without ...
Mar 8, 2024
Freesia (Manga) add
Freesia impressed me to hell and back from the moment I picked it up to when I put it down. It's perfectly paced with a stellar arc design, so it never felt too long or too short, and every step was gratifying to experience and finish. The protagonist, Hiroshi Kano, is one of the best examples of a (very) sincerely schizophrenic man. The way the author showcases him as a representation of "retaliatory killing" itself is already great, but he himself also has one of my favorite resolutions of any character in any manga ever. The supporting cast is viciously potent as well, whether they ...
Mar 8, 2024
Shamo (Manga) add
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Shamo offers a lot when it comes to developing the protagonist, Ryo Narushima, and showing you how he shapes the people and world around him. All of his changes and feelings are expressed through his martial arts, both while learning and while being a complete menace in the ring. The supporting cast has their own merit, but there aren't too many recurring characters. Once somebody has gone through their own arc of having their life changed by Ryo, they rarely come back. Some people will be fine with this, others won't. I personally don't mind since Ryo is the major focus of everything. ...
Mar 8, 2024
Call of the Night is a romcom story that favors a developmental focus over the comedy. Despite the sort of odd direction it went in near the middle, it never fell completely out of line, and the characters would always make up for odd decisions in the writing. This is worth the read if you want cute and fun characters that are still very down to earth with their own feelings they need to work out. The art is also outstanding, for what it's worth with the sort of toned-down mood it offers.

9/10 for a casual read, if you're looking for something "more" then ...


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