While their first arcs run largely parallel to each other, Shield Hero’s themes of revenge and victimhood undercut any room for growth, while Twelve Kingdoms uses almost identical story elements to explore the nature of power and oppression and push its protagonist towards positive change.
While Ranma 1/2 is officially the story of a cis boy dealing with a body-morphing curse, the series also accidentally provides a resonant allegory for transmasculine identity.
Where Aggretsuko season one mostly dealt with how Retsuko handles her emotions, season two instead explores the different ways in which men and women are allowed to express their anger in society, exposing a double-standard within the show itself.
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the Winter 2020 season!
We’d hoped to have the review database complete by mid-February, and thanks to hard work and copious cups of coffee, we’ve done exactly that!
Through both the character design and characterization of its three protagonists, Eizouken challenges a lot of the tropes that often loom over portrayals of nerdy, passionate teenage girls… and, if we’re being honest, teenage girls in general.
Throughout its 100-year history, yuri has uniquely evolved in and moved about multiple markets, often existing in many simultaneously. It is by and for a variety of people: men, women, heterosexuals, queer people, everyone!
There comes a time in every girl’s life where she’s obsessed with one thing: the occult.
The first time I read Kindred Spirits on the Roof, I was surprised and even grateful, because it often felt like the game was speaking to my questioning teenage self. It attempts to honestly portray queer female relationships, but sometimes blurs the line between depicting attraction and sensationalizing it.
Vrai, Dee, and Chiaki sing the praises of LGBTQ+ manga Our Dreams at Dusk, discuss the importance of it being written by an X-gender and asexual author, and get a little personal about its impact.
A new year, a new anime season, and a new website—look at us multitasking out here.
Did you know there were other worthwhile anime airing this season besides Keep Your Hands of Eizouken? It’s true! From ghosts to golems and MMOs to magical girls, winter 2020’s got a little something for everyone.
