The latest episode of Haikyuu!! 2 surprised me—not because of a plot twist or a character’s outrageous new volleyball skill, but because it focused on Karasuno’s new manager, a first year named Yachi Hitoka, and I actually cared about her. I rarely care much about the managers in sports anime. At best, they’re a pleasant addition to… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: You Don’t Have to be Passionate
Anime is full of references to religion, which presents a great opportunity to discuss matters of spirituality. And that’s the idea behind this column, Fact Check, in which I’ll investigate some of the claims of anime and manga characters and weigh them against the truth of scripture. The Claim One of the things that makes… Read More Fact Check: Archer’s Irredeemable World
In order to create diversity in opinions in this column, I frequently open the posts up to various guest writers and occasionally let you the readers decide what anime to review. This week we are trying something new. I opened the post to the Beneath The Tangles writers!!! And this week the post will be… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Beneath The Tangles Writers Edition
Watching Lupin III and reading perhaps too much of Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, a philosopher who would have agreed with Charles V Britannia’s points on inequality, inspired this article. The word inequality strikes many people’s ears like the word injustice, but this is hardly the only way to think about inequality: it is only the unequal… Read More Examining Old School Anime: The Inequality of the Sexes
Gendo Ikari is one of anime’s great villains. Some 15 years after Evangelion originally aired, he remains hated, the very picture of a vile father willing to sacrifice his son (and the entire world, even) for his obsession. But even Gendo has a tender side. Even Gendo was once in love. In the following portion… Read More Gendo Ikari: Yui Give and Take Away
I love playing video games, and I’m sure my readers know this about me by now 🙂 I think one of the most alluring reasons people enjoy them is being able to be in the shoes of the main character. There are many more aspects of the game itself of course, but if the protagonist… Read More Gaming With God: The Game Of Life
As the time to blog approached again, I realized I had a problem: my anime diet consists, for the moment, purely of Haikyuu!!, anime shorts, and my weekly Cowboy Bebop sessions with a friend. I try to limit my sports anime posts to every other week, so it’s time to see what the new season has to offer. Subete… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: How I’m Approaching The Perfect Insider
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