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Tabi ni Deyou, Horobiyuku Sekai no Hate Made Review
Tabi ni Deyou is a light novel I greatly enjoyed, and when Cho put up this title for his LN Summer Reading Program, I thought it’s a perfect time to reread it. While I realized it’s not exactly a...
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My Favorite Aikatsu Songs
Welp. Here we go. Admittedly though, I have been trying to do a “Top 5 Aikatsu songs” for awhile, but it’s just impossible since every damn song is just so good. One guy in my twitter TL found an...
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5 Year Anniversary
Well, damn. 5 years. I have to say though, I’m not exactly young. Even in blogging, and I’m actually ashamed to say this (because I’m never really good at it), I had been going at it for long enough...
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Yuri Talk: Being a yuri fan is suffering, and I love every second of it (By Kai)
“Being a yuri fan is suffering” — I know this statement is something a lot of people who watch yuri anime can relate to. At the same time, I’m here to claim that it’s actually not that bad, which I...
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[Guest Editorial]: Visual Novel Protagonists and Their Self-Insert Natures
VN protagonists — some of them have such bright personalities even a rock looks more interesting than them. This mostly allude to VN protagonists and their self-insert natures, and is something I...
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Impulse Buying with Figures
Do you ever impulse buy figures? Impulse buying is very common among figure collectors, and often times you would find yourself in a losing battle against that urge. As a casual collector of figures...
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Guest Post: How to enjoy watching Anime?
I find that there’s quite a few things to look out when seeking out the best anime-viewing experience, and is something I will cover in this guest post I wrote for Nopybot — how to enjoy watching...
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Love Live and Idolm@ster – Both Good Idol Series with Different Appeals
Love Live and Idolm@ster are arguably the two top “heavyweight” series in the idol genre, and it’s easy to see why both of them are regarded so highly in the genre. However, comparing Love Live and...
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Mobage is shit
Mobage is shit. The thing about mobage is that I only see them as “time-killers”, and as games which I’m only ever going to use for killing time, I’m not going to spend any longer on it beyond that....
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Hibike! Euphonium is an excellent visual storyteller
Note: Slight spoilers for episodes 1-4 of Hibike! Euphonium 2. KyoAni has been on fire lately and the second season of Hibike continued the efforts of what makes the previous season so good — a quiet,...
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Thoughts on Project Diva X
When Project Diva X was announced (along with Future Tone which is unfortunately a PS4 exclusive), I immediately thought of buying it on my Vita. And indeed, being a faithful slave fan I immediately...
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12 Days of Moe – Prologue
Hop abroad the moe train. I believe it’s no secret that I like moe. Chances are, you may have caught me tweeting shitty super cute screenshots of moe anime though, and you would know — I’m a fan, I...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 1: What is Moe?
No, not this moe. Now, what exactly is “moe”? In it’s most simplest definition, the term can be used to replace other Japanese slangs such as “kawaii”. Although it definitely has deeper subtleties than...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 2: Cute Girls doing Cute Things
How cute Now, let’s talk genres which are mostly affiliated with moe. Because moe has a distinctive feature of fun and cuteness, there are a few genres which always go hand-in-hand with moe. When I...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 3: Slice of Life
We will slaughter all the titans with the power of moe! In the past, I used to be a shounen fag. Basically any anime which doesn’t have action was an absolute no go for me, it’s even better if it’s an...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 4: Yuri Subtext and Shipping
Yuri ships Ahh, yuri. Yuri, and especially yuri subtext is a pretty common thing in moe. Because moe anime emphasizes on light and cuteness, it can’t integrate too much drama in it. That means there...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 5: Iyashikei
For this post, I want to talk about iyashikei anime, which is a term often overlapped with moe. Iyashikei means healing, and with that, the term becomes quite self-explanatory. Healing anime are...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 6: Character-driven humor
I mentioned character-driven humor in the last post, but what exactly is “character-driven humor”? This post aims to study the humor behind moe anime. Character-driven anime are where the show is...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 7: Moe Controversies
There are a few aspects of moe which are often criticized, and more often than not, these aren’t exactly good criticisms anyway since they aren’t the main point of the shows. If you’re with me up...
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12 Days of Moe – Day 8: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things
Now I want to go into topics which is a little beyond of what we are normally familiar with moe. I mentioned that the term “moe” is very synonymous with “cute girls doing cute things” which I allude...
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