I’m sure we’ve all thought this before.
You are the main character of your own life.
We all only know what we know, and anything beyond that we can only imagine. That’s life.
And it’s not life that I want to talk about here, but instead how it’s often told in anime (and manga by extension, but I’m just going to say anime from here on out) via storytelling, and then how that storytelling can affect us.
Relevant post theme:
This is it, the conclusion for Tsubasa Family as well as Nekomonogatari: Kuro. A lot happens here, so hopefully I’ll be able to cover most of it.
Tsubasa Hanekawa has been taken over by a cat.
After nearly killing Koyomi Araragi, Meme Oshino has decided to step in and take responsibility for dealing with this development himself.
Yep, it’s a somewhat (very) random subject to bring up.
Of all the things I could write about, I chose the school swimming pool.
Just like when I wrote about the Childhood Friend, this is just something that I noticed and then thought about how it compared to what I’d seen in anime. Seeing as this is an anime blog, I wanted to write about it.
We continue through the motions of the story that was already covered in Bakemonogatari, with more detail this time. Tsubasa Hanekawa has revealed that her parents are not really her parents, and that her dad had hit her. And now it gets worse…
With Nisemonogatari completed, we once again go back in time to Golden Week, back to that time when Tsubasa Hanekawa was taken over by a meddling cat.
So we’ve come across what appears to be a pretty big anime studio… A-1 Pictures. Have any of you heard of this one?
Anyways, after looking through so many options, I decided to watch what I imagine is A-1 Pictures’ magnum opus: Eromanga-sensei! If any anime will give me an idea of what this studio is about, it’s Eromanga-sensei, right?
I figured that was the case.
Alright, here we go folks.
The defining anime of A-1 Pictures… are you ready?
Spoiler free, of course.
I just can’t bring myself to spoil content in my reviews anymore.
My recent Unpopular Opinions post, specifically the question asking about “a trope that I’m tired of” or something along those lines, left me wanting to write more about the topic.
This one isn’t even really exclusive to anime, it’s a popular trope in storytelling itself. I’m sure there are many studies on why exactly the underdog appeals to people, why it’s generally the “natural outcome” in storytelling.
Recently, I’ve encountered a few stories that have left me wishing for more cases where the underdog… doesn’t win.
This is it, the grand finale.
Featuring Koyomi getting knocked around once again, teen Shinobu, and Tsukihi being platinum mad!
Tsukihi Phoenix Part Three, featuring Shinobu, doughnuts, Tsukihi, and a pair of mysterious individuals!
