Greetings, and a happy International Women's Day to everyone! I kept going from one idea to another for today's post. I'd either write on Kiki's Delivery Service (because I've read an interesting book chapter on a break down of kiki through the lens of womanhood, witches, and Irigaray) or on a brilliant webtoon called Woman …
Continue reading "STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE FOR THE WEAK"
"Since the only test of truth is length of life, and since words survive the chops and changes of time longer than any other substance, therefore they are the truest. Buildings fall; even the earth perishes. What was yesterday a cornfield is to-day a bungalow. But words, if properly used, seem able to live forever." …
Continue reading "FUNE WO AMU REVIEW — SAILING ACROSS THE OCEAN OF WORDS"
Welcome to my 100th post! Milestones, no matter how big or small, deserve celebration, and that's what I'm doing. I'll take this as a chance to once again thank people who take the time and read my stuff. You are amazing. What I aim with this post is neither a full breakdown of Gangsta, nor …
Continue reading "GANGSTA. ANALYSIS — TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST 1"
“What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and in reality not knowing their own minds.” James Joyce – UlyssesOr at some point in the series, Edamura Makoto I don’t know why I was so excited for this series …
Continue reading "GREAT PRETENDER REVIEW — DADDY ISSUES IN DISGUISE"
I know I've been writing on almost nothing except Haikyuu and for those of you who don't follow the series it was probably very boring. Or boring even though you were keeping up with it. I only have one last post for the series (for now, heh) and then I'll go back to my abandoned …
The current anime season is coming to an end so this post might count as a recap, as well as my observations and general thoughts on the show. Today's post won't be coherent, so I should apologize beforehand. I have to start by saying that I had no idea about IWGP before I saw the …
Continue reading "IKEBUKURO WEST GATE PARK REVIEW — WHAT IT IS AND ISN’T"
Greetings~ I’ve recently switched over to AniList to keep up with the series I’ve been reading and watching. It’s still in progress, especially my manga list because up until now I haven’t kept any track of what I’ve been reading. As I was arranging things around, I came across this series I’ve been meaning to …
Continue reading "KOI WA AMEAGARI NO YOU NI — DESIRE AND DISPLACEMENT"
This will be a long post and not a spoiler-free one. It will function both as a recap of the season, my overall thoughts and its relation to what it means to be scientifically advanced according to a scientist in the making (a.k.a me). I wrote on how Fugou Keiji was an adaptation from a …
Continue reading "MILLIONAIRE DETECTIVE: CAN KNOWLEDGE BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS?"
"Science-y types are always like that!" Every field comes with certain occupational hazards, stereotypes that outsiders come up with that has no actuality, stereotypes that you grow up hearing to a point you end up becoming that very stereotype, misunderstandings and all that, and STEM people are not exempt from any of it. There's no …
Adaptation is a tough ordeal. I'm sure we all have our sweet and sour experiences when it comes to the adaptations of our favorite story. Reading is a very private and personal form of engagement, not just the interpretation of the meaning of the text but almost everything else is up to our imagination and …
Continue reading "WHERE LITERATURE AND ANIME INTERTWINES: PART 1"
IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT I'M NOT POPULAR! 