There’s a meme going around these days featuring Miorine, Suletta and the caption: “Daddy issues make you a people pleaser. Mommy issues make you, like, a sociopath.” And after the post-credit scene of the final episode, things kind of look that way. In a few short moments, Suletta Mercury—that lovable ball of social anxiety in… Read More Suletta Mercury, Part II: Of Maxims, Mothers, & Murder
Suletta Mercury is stuck in the Old Testament. I’m not talking about the eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth revenge plot stuff, though the mecha dueling system runs on that kind of logic; nor do I mean the smiting and wiping out of enemies, though we definitely see that too in all its… Read More Suletta Mercury, Part I: Stuck in the OT
I’ve not been keeping up with the latest Gundam series, The Witch from Mercury, but I’ve heard it’s an interesting take on the franchise. I did really enjoy the first episode or two, and particularly the characters, like the huggable Suletta, who is of course at the heart of the anime. ★ 【あき】「 水星の魔女◆LOG-2 」… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: The Witch from Mercury is Never Alone
If you like to talk to tomatoesIf a squash can make you smileIf you like to waltz with potatoesUp and down the produce aisle… Have we got a Gundam for you!* I’m so used to eating tomatoes that are cultivated for in-store ripening that I’d forgotten what a really yummy one tastes like. But a… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Of Gundams and Tomatoes
The mobile suit Lfrith employs the GUND Format, an advanced system that connects pilots intimately to their MS units such that the duos operate more closely as one than in any other type of technology. However, use of the system comes at a cost: if they push themselves too hard, pilots can become disabled or… Read More First Impression: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (E0 Prologue)
Almost as if to make up for a poorly received (though perhaps underrated) summer 2022 season, the anime premiering this fall are fierce and highly anticipated, and out in full force starting next weekend! They include adaptations of some of the most popular manga of recent years (Chainsaw Man and Blue Lock); sequels or second… Read More Fall 2022 Anime First Impressions
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of Apirl 11th through 17th! Check out latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Are you excited for NieR Replicant? Bummed about… Read More Doki Doki News: NieR Replicant, Live-Action Gundam, and Wrath of the Druids Delay
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