At Peace – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Nine) – Season’s Writings
Since time immemorial (roughly around the 1940s), superheroes have grasped the hearts and minds of children and non-cynics the world over.Continue Reading
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From the Jaws of Victory – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Seven) – Season’s Writings
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It has been said, more times than anyone can hope to count, that the calm comes before the storm. WhatContinue Reading
Aggressive Negotiations – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Six) – Season’s Writings
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In Enemy Hands – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Five) – Season’s Writings
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Fight for Flight – Haikyu!! (Complete Season One) – Humble Opinions
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Afraid of Your Shadow – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Four) – Season’s Writings
They say that everybody has a dark side, some part of themselves that seldom sees the light of day andContinue Reading
A Cat May Be A King – Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Humble Opinions
As a particularly musical lion cub once said: “I just can’t wait to be king.” Unfortunately, what tunes that haveContinue Reading
Verve of Steel – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Three) – Season’s Writings
Poison gas is rising, fire has a bright blue glow. According to some villains, UA has to go. ‘Cause tonightContinue Reading
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Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods? A question once posited to the world,Continue Reading
Breakthrough – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-Two) – Season’s Writings
Fate, destiny, call it what you will, the proverbial, primordial force that drives coincidence and chance can be a realContinue Reading
With a Bullet – Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – Humble Opinions
When it comes to virtual reality, escapism is the name of the game. Unless the actual name of the gameContinue Reading
Burn Out – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty-One) – Season’s Writings
Work it, make it and do it, for that makes us harder, makes us better and, if that weren’t enough,Continue Reading
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If there’s seven things I’ve learned, it’s that the mortal sins make for fun character archetypes. Not always as literalContinue Reading
Herding Cats – My Hero Academia (Episode Forty) – Season’s Writings
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False Start – My Hero Academia (Episode Thirty-Nine) – Season’s Writings
It’s been a spell, hasn’t it? Since we last got to see those crazy cats at UA, saving the day,Continue Reading
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Tall, handsome, caring and fun. Are they on your list of your dream man? Well, if so, you’re in luck.Continue Reading
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Familial Bondage – The Testament of Sister New Devil (Complete Season One) – Humble Opinions
Family can be a weird classifying unit, a fact that none may understand more clearly than the humble anime protagonist.Continue Reading
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Syntax Terror – Project Itoh: Genocidal Organ – Humble Opinions
Language is an intriguing concept. Be it the divergence at Babel, or the allowance of internet slang into the dictionary,Continue Reading
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Digimon. Digital Monsters, if you will. A fictitious collection of creatures that captured the hearts and minds of children longContinue Reading
Appetite for Destruction – Dragon Ball FighterZ – Humble Opinions
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Stage of Heroes – Fire Emblem Warriors – Humble Opinions
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Origin Mandatory – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 124
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Digital Aegis – Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online – Humble Opinions
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Electric-type Boogaloo – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 123
Everybody may want to be a Master and everybody may want to show their skill, but they are not allContinue Reading
Pax Australiana – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 122
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How the West Was Fun – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 121
Now, now, now, now once upon a time in the west, video games used to be primed for the west.Continue Reading
Sin and Bear It – Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – Humble Opinions
To kill, or not to kill? That is the question that has been presented to us since Danganronpa first gracedContinue Reading
Dynamic Duodecimo – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 120
Since as far back as at least two people existed on this, the planet of Earth, somebody has been sayingContinue Reading
Bad Blood – Mary Skelter: Nightmares – Humble Opinions
For as long as time has turned and the people caught within have longed to spread their thoughts, there haveContinue Reading
Frightening Resolve – My Hero Academia Episode 38 – Season’s Writings
Two sides. To every argument, to every coin, to every argument about coins. The problem is, that idiom fails toContinue Reading
Bean There – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 119
They say that no man is an island. But nowhere does it say that no man can love an island.Continue Reading
Compromising Ideals – My Hero Academia Episode 37 – Season’s Writings
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GoldenEye Age – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 118
Picture, if you will, a world of unending choice. A world wherein a person can soar through the air withContinue Reading
*Bleep* This – Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist – Humble Opinions
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Grip of the Grape – My Hero Academia Episode 36 – Season’s Writings
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: Exams would be so much more interesting if theyContinue Reading
Divinity Repeating – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 117
Were limits to not exist in this realm we dub reality, there would be nothing to strive beyond, to shatterContinue Reading
Vote of Confidence – My Hero Academia Episode 35 – Season’s Writings
As a great educator once said, “Exam arcs in anime are the ground on which new foundations are built andContinue Reading
Clothes Make the Saiyan – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 116
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Faculty Beating – My Hero Academia Episode 34 – Season’s Writings
With the truth of One For All and All For One still (relatively) fresh in our minds, there is onlyContinue Reading
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Love is a Battlefield – Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds – Humble Opinions
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Two Sides – My Hero Academia Episode 33 – Season’s Writings
With the wonders of a frog girl centred series fresh on our minds, and in our hearts, My Hero AcademiaContinue Reading
Sea Frog – My Hero Academia Episode 32 – Season’s Writings
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Fire Pro Wrestling World – Review (PC)
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Viral Marketing – My Hero Academia Episode 31 – Season’s Writings
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Stain Remover – My Hero Academia Episode 30 – Season’s Writings
It has been said that every villain believes themselves the hero of their own story. The just, the correct, theContinue Reading
Impotent Rage – My Hero Academia Episode 29 – Season’s Writings
According to some vindictive chefs, revenge is a dish best served cold. However, since nobody whose mind is bent onContinue Reading
Anti-Hero – My Hero Academia Episode 28 – Season’s Writings
Since a man first leaped a tall building in a single bound, people the world over have pondered what itContinue Reading
Microwave Beginner – My Hero Academia Episode 27 – Season’s Writings
If anime has taught me one thing, it’s that you can never truly be considered a master of anything untilContinue Reading
Knight and Dismay – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 115
When the Luke is away, the Kane and Matt will spend 2+ hours talking about Jason Statham, Who Framed RogerContinue Reading
Troubled Vision – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 114
They say that an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. A deep and compassionate thought to beContinue Reading
What’s in a Name – My Hero Academia Episode 26 – Season’s Writings
If I were to ask what the most recognisable feature of a hero is, what would you say? Their costume?Continue Reading
Brief Guide to SEGA RPGs
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Hearing Double – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 113
Just as there is more than one way to skin a cat (a thought which is as horrible as itContinue Reading
Nintendo Switch Review Roundup
So the Switch landed on March 3 2017 and we’ve been so busy selfishly enjoying the games for ourselves thatContinue Reading
Resolution – Attack on Titan Episode 37 – Season’s Writings
What else could go wrong? The arc words of catastrophe, spoken only by the unaware the second before something elseContinue Reading
A Bitter Pill – My Hero Academia Episode 25 – Season’s Writings
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Hero Tolerance – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 112
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Current State and Future of Japanese Video Games
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Truce and Justice – Fire Emblem Warriors Reveals More Characters
I’m not going to waste too much of your time dissecting the formula that is the Warriors franchise. Lots ofContinue Reading
The Game is Afoot – Monster Hunter: World Announced
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NJPW Dominion 2017: Okada vs Omega II – The Greatest Story Ever Retold
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The Battle is Set!! – Dragon Ball FighterZ Announced
Like the World Martial Arts Tournaments that gave our heroes their first fighting aspirations, a new battle seeks to giveContinue Reading
Hath No Fury – Attack on Titan Episode 36 – Season’s Writings
Humanity is not the strongest species in the world. We do not have claws, we do not have fangs, weContinue Reading
Mark of a Hero – My Hero Academia Episode 24 – Season’s Writings
When a fire consumes its fuel in one glorious spectacle, a truly memorable flash is seared into the memories ofContinue Reading
Recast Construction – Lost in Mistranslation Episode 111
Having spent a long few weeks radio silent, traipsing off to corners of the world filled to the brim withContinue Reading
The Next Cycle – Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Heads West
Gotta say, pretty happy about this. With the original two a distant PSP memory and Japanese arcades claiming the third,Continue Reading
Ultra Evolution – Pokemon Sun and Moon Sequels, Pokken Tournament DX Announced
Well that sure came out of nowhere, didn’t it? And I’m not just talking about the announcement itself, but theContinue Reading
Wounds of the Past – Attack on Titan Episode 35 – Season’s Writings
They say that home is where the heart is and, as is made painfully clear, our poor Ymir has beenContinue Reading