Sankarea: Undying Love (Episodes 10 & 11) – Family Bonding Time!

This is a repost of a series that Lynn and I did back in 2019! The posts alternate between Lynn’s blog – OtakuAuthor.com, and here.

Lynn is also currently going through the Sankarea manga series on his site, so if you’re interested, check out those posts as well!

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We’re back with some more Sankarea discussion!

This time around, Lynn and I cover episodes 10 & 11, the episodes that appear to be the climax of the series. We will have to wait for episode 12 to know for sure.. Still, we found plenty of reasons to bash the protagonist, Chihiro, once again. Something that has become our favourite pastime in these discussions!

Writing Prompt: Is it better to have a protagonist with a bad personality… or no personality at all?

Now here’s an interesting question that I should have some thoughts on, given how often I point out when the protagonist in an anime is boring or feels copy-pasted from countless other series.

Is it better to have a protagonist with a bad personality rather than no personality at all?

Mixed Feelings on Tokyo Ghoul

Recently I finished watching all four seasons of Tokyo Ghoul, and for once I actually had the desire to write out my thoughts. I have a lot of mixed feelings towards this series, and what better way to sort those out than through a post?

Just a heads up, there will be Tokyo Ghoul spoilers from here on out!

Writing Prompt: Do you think anime can change someone’s life?

For once I found an interesting question to write about. It’s something I’ve thought about before, and I’ve seen this sort of concept mentioned several times as well, anime or not.

Can anime change someone’s life?

Sankarea: Undying Love (Episodes 6 & 7) – Love Triangle?

This is a repost of a series that Lynn and I did back in 2019! The posts alternate between Lynn’s blog – OtakuAuthor.com, and here.

Lynn is also currently going through the Sankarea manga series on his site, so if you’re interested, check out those posts as well!

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Lynn and I are back with more zombie girlfriend mayhem from the zomromcom Sankarea! A story about a boy and his love for zombies. What could go wrong?

The Executioner and Her Way of Life Review (Spoiler Free)

For once we’re treated with a title that doesn’t completely spoil the plot.

I’ll try not to spoil anything beyond the title, and I suggest avoiding the MyAnimeList synopsis because it’s full of spoilers that ruin part of the fun.

Sankarea: Undying Love (Episodes 2 & 3) – A Real Stand-Up Guy!

This is a repost of a series that Lynn and I did back in 2019! The posts alternate between Lynn’s blog – OtakuAuthor.com, and here.

Lynn is also currently going through the Sankarea manga series and the individual episodes on his site, so if you’re interested, check out those posts as well!

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Lynn and I continue on with our journey through the zomromcom (term coined by Lynn – zombie romantic comedy) known as Sankarea, Undying Love. The anime about a boy and his love of zombies. A boy who.. likes zombies a bit too much. But I get ahead of myself, as the zombie-related events have only just begun!

Skeleton Knight in Another World Review (Spoiler Free)

If you were to guess what this next anime is about, based on the title, you’d probably be correct.

We truly are in the Renaissance of isekai anime.
I, for one, am glad to live in such enlightened times.

So how did this one turn out?

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Review (Spoiler Free)

The anime this time is an isekai: Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs.

Seems explanatory enough, right?

The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Review (Spoiler Free)

Next up from Spring 2022 we have Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Murabito A ni Tensei suru (The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody).

Interestingly, the Japanese title doesn’t say “typical nobody” but instead “Villager A” if you were to translate directly, of course referring to the NPC villagers in fantasy games.

And as you can see, the light novel / anime marketing trend of turning the title of your product into a mini-synopsis isn’t going anywhere. And my two cents on this topic are that while I think it’s effective, titles like this will never hit as hard or be as memorable as a well thought out and cool sounding title.

That, and I can’t be bothered to type out that whole title, meaning I’m stuck using references like “this one”, “this anime”, “it”…

Anyways, let’s get into this one.