Posts Tagged Friendship
If you’re wondering where I’ve been, I hibernated this last winter. Seriously.
Great, and now that I’ve answered all your questions, let’s dive right into… wait, the Winter 2017 anime season started already? I guess we can skip the Season Preview and jump right into the First… oh, it’s over now? Wow, that’s uh… well, better late than never, right? Anyway, here are my reflections from the recently completed Winter 2017 anime season.
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3-gatsu no Lion, Adventure, Analysis, Animation, Art, Characters, Chibi, Comedy, Development, Direction, Disappointment, Entertainment, Fantasy, Favorites, Fictional Story, Friendship, Gabriel Dropout, Hand Shakers, History, Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Syukufuku o!, Little Witch Academia, Maid, Masamune-kun no Revenge, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Negatives, Nobunaga no Shinobi, Observations, Opinions, OVA, Positives, Ranpo Kidan: Game of Laplace, Reset, Romance, Sangatsu no Lion, School, Season Review, Sequel, Setting, Shogi, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, Story, Super Robot, Technology, Themes, Trickster, War, Witch, Writing, Youjo Senki
After three episodes, we understand that the Kizuna system is able to sense, quantify, transmit, and inflict pain in Kiznaiver. Pain is the instrument used to connect and unite these seven unfamiliar classmates; it is the foundation for which to improve awareness, understanding, and sympathy within this fragmented society. But what exactly is pain in Kiznaiver? Or rather, given the broad and general meaning of pain, what type of pain are the characters dealing with? Do the members involved in this experiment experience the same perception and reaction to pain? And just how does this definition and understanding of pain influence the characters and story of this anime? This post on the third episode of Kiznaiver attempts to better under the characterization and role of pain used in Kiznaiver.
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Analysis, Anime Spotlight, Anne Happy, Another Theories Post, Biology, Characters, Crossover, Drugs, Emotion, Friendship, Interactions, Kiznaiver, Observations, Pain, Purpose, Questions, Science, Setting, Society, Story, Storytelling, Themes, Writing
This post reviews: Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, Kiznaiver, Hai-Furi, Flying Witch, Sansha Sanyou, Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou, Kuromukuro, and Big Order.
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4x-ing, Analysis, Animation, Art, Big Order, Boring, Characters, Clichés, Colors, Comedy, Cute, Direction, Disappointment, Entertainment, Fighting, First Impressions, Flying Witch, Food, Friendship, Girls und Panzer, Hai-Furi, Kantai Collection, Kiznaiver, Kokoro Connect, Kuromukuro, Mecha, Moe, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Positives, Relaxing, Rural, Sansha Sanyou, School, Setting, Shounen, Slice of Life, Story, Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, Themes, Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou, War
This post reviews: Joker Game, Sousei no Onmyouji, Bungou Stray Dogs, Anne Happy, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Sakamoto desu ga?, and Shounen Maid.
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Action, Analysis, Animation, Anne Happy, Art, Bungou Stray Dogs, Characters, Clichés, Colors, Comedy, Comparison, Cool, Cute, Direction, Entertainment, Fighting, First Impressions, Friendship, Heartwarming, History, Japan, Joker Game, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Light, Maid, Moe, Mystery, Observations, Opinions, Positives, Sakamoto desu ga?, School, Setting, Shingeki no Kyojin, Shoujo, Shounen Maid, Slice of Life, Sound, Sousei no Onmyouji, Story, Themes, Trap, War, Zombie
For Week 3: gushing about the setting of Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, questioning Satoru’s treatment of Hiromi in Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, a personality shift with a positive cause in Dimension W, and highlighting the brilliant animation in Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
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Alternative Timelines, Animation, Art, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, Characters, Childhood Friend, Colors, Comedy, Death, Dimension W, Durarara!!, Emotion, Emotionless, Fantasy, Fighting, Flashback, Friendship, Interactions, Japan, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Syukufuku o!, Light, Memories, Personalities, Serious, Setting, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, Storytelling, Strength, Style, Time Travel, War, Weekly Anime
Let’s start 2016 with a proper farewell to 2015. Before we look forward to another year of anime, we should look back on 2015 and reflect on what made it one of the best years of anime in recent memory. There were numerous anime and characters that were incredible, dazzling, brilliant sensational, influential, and monumental in 2015, and today, I want to take a moment to provide my thoughts and opinions on the 15 most significant anime and characters from this last year. Come, take a look and re-experience why the anime of 2015 are so remarkable and unforgettable.
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Analysis, Animation, Anime Industry, Art, Bakemonogatari, Characters, Comedy, Comparison, Concrete Revolutio, Death Billiards, Death Parade, Direction, Durarara!!, Ecchi, Entertainment, Fate/stay night, Favorites, Friendship, Gakkou Gurashi, Hibike! Euphonium, Interactions, Introspection, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kemonomimi, Mecha, Memories, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Monogatari Series, Mystery, New Year, Nisemonogatari, Non Non Biyori, Noragami, Observations, Opinions, Owarimonogatari, Personalities, Perspective, Rankings, Rokka no Yuusha, Romance, School, Sequel, Setting, Shirobako, Sore ga Seiyuu!, Soukyuu no Fafner – Dead Aggressor, Sound, Story, Storytelling, Themes, Utawarerumono, Working!!, Writing, Yuru Yuri
This week: why combining business with school has failed for Classroom Crisis, highlighting a major weakness for Chamo in Rokka no Yuusha, similarities between the Orihara family with the Araragi family for Durarara!!x2 Ten, and major changes (again) in the OP for Gakkou Gurashi.
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Analysis, Anxiety, Art, Business, Charlotte, Classroom Crisis, Death, Durarara!!, Family, Fantasy, Fighting, Friendship, Gakkou Gurashi, Gangsta., Horror, Joukamachi no Dandelion, Monogatari Series, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Politics, Questions, Real World, Rokka no Yuusha, School, Setting, Sound, Story, Storytelling, Strength, Themes, Wakaba Girl, Weekly Anime, Writing
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