Episode six of After the Rain was one of the best of the series thus far. In an episode where nothing much seems to happen, where people are mostly just walking around during the middle of summer, there’s a cacophony of emotions swirling that start bringing the past into focus as it collides with the… Read More After the Rain, Episode 6: The Past and the Present
I feel that all too often the media portrays femininity in a bad light. Either a woman is written as weak and pathetic, or she is a ridiculous OP for the sake of fan service. Where is the balance of being a fierce woman who retains her feminine identity without being an object of lust?… Read More Anime’s Fierce Femininity
Valentine’s Day isn’t a happy holiday for everyone. In fact, it can be downright depressing. To avoid the misery, some run away from the love stuff on February 14th (out of sight, out of mind), but for me, even when I was a lonely single, I still always embraced the day as I drowned in… Read More Five Anime Couples to Warm Your Heart on Valentine’s Day
For all the criticism I’ve laid on the show, Darling in the Franxx has done this right: it has continually put its lead in a dangerous situation that’s both of his own doing and out of his control. Hiro has pushed and pushed hard to be 002’s partner, a seemingly rash approach because of all… Read More Hiro and 002: Deal with the Devil
“It’s just not safe for young girls to go into events, especially in costume. We’re vulnerable.” It’s been more than three years since “Cosplay is Not Consent” signs were erected throughout New York Comic Con. The movement, which seeks to educate about actions that should reflect common sense and decency, is now firmly set in… Read More Cosplay is Not Consent, but Danger Still Lingers
My earliest school years were spent in Germany, where the country was as much my teacher as instructors in the classroom. My parents drove me throughout the country, to castles, villages, and most permanently in my memory, Dachau. As a six-year-old, I had no idea that more than 6,000,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis… Read More Director of MMO Junkie Denies the Holocaust; Let us Not Deny it Ourselves
Episode five of After the Rain begins as if it’s almost a throwaway episode, one in which Tachibana dreams of domestic bliss with Kondo. But it ends up being about more than that—episode five is an exploration of what it means to accept someone as they are, and how you have to push beneath the… Read More After the Rain, Episode 5: Take Me As I Am
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