It’s the Three Kingdoms era, and the greatest military strategist and most learned scholar Kongming is ailing in his battlefield tent. Though his work of uniting the known world is not yet done, and he fears for the future of humanity with this all-important task left unfinished, he ultimately surrenders and breathes his last. Only… Read More First Impression: Ya Boy Kongming
After nearly five years, the Dr. STONE manga series has come to an end with Chapter 232. The series, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi, has sold over 10 million copies to date and won the 2019 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen. It inspired an anime, the third season of which is scheduled… Read More A Farewell to Dr. STONE
Summary Fist of the North Star is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the world has been torn asunder. In this darkness, men travel from town to town, pillaging and murdering for fun and sport. Volume two continues the journey in this world by Kenshiro, the sole master of an ancient martial art style known… Read More Manga Review: Fist of the North Star, Volume 2
Summary One Piece Film: Strong World is the tenth One Piece animated film. Originally debuting in 2009, the movie is set at some indeterminable time pre-Time Skip after Brook has joined the crew, and film opens up with a powerful pirate named Shiki escaping from Impel Down. It then leaps in medias res to showthe… Read More Review – One Piece Film: Strong World
Elephants! Germans! Love Triangles! Oh my! That’s right folks, it’s time for Emma: A Victorian Romance Season 2! Buckle your elephant-riding seatbelts, prepare your mechanical bathing machines, and get your ship building tools ready to hand because we’re in for another great adventure circumnavigating the choppy waters of Victorian England and no less than two Bermuda… Read More Emma: A Victorian Romance, Season 2 (BD Boxset Review)
The shoujo genre has quickly become one of my favorite manga genres. While sports manga and sports-themed manga is still my favorite, when I browse my shelves, I can’t deny that shoujo dominates my bookcase compared to other genres. I don’t necessarily mind this, thought I’ve begun to recognize themes and tropes that are common… Read More Shoujo with a Shockingly “Violent” Twist: A Video Review of Prince Freya
Sometimes trying to decide on what prayer journals and devotionals to use is like trying to decide which brand of toothpaste to get. (Or maybe a more on point metaphor, trying to decide which anime you’ll watch first with a new season of anime upon us.) Either way, it can be a difficult and stressful… Read More Finding Jesus: A Prayer Journal (Review)
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