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A Couple of Cuckoos – Episode 1
Here is a tip: if you want to endear me to your trash gremlin heroine—something which should not be hard, given my record—then probably the last thing you should use is a one-two punch of “filming a fake suicide attempt” and “threatening the hero with fake sexual harassment claims.” Because I’ll tell you, I’m just not gonna come back from that even before you start dangling incest in front of my face.
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Unionization Resources
As conversations about worker rights and collective action become increasingly common in various industries, it felt like a good time to put together a small primer. This is far from an exhaustive list of sources or union collectives, but it will hopefully give people curious about labor unions but unsure where to start a jumping off point.
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Chatty AF 160: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 16-23 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana dig into Nanako’s love confession, the series’ influence on Class S stories, and what makes the series such a potent depiction of teenage heartbreak.
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2022 Spring Premiere Digest
Spring brings a bustling bouquet of promising series!
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Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie – Episode 1
A seemingly promising premiere that’s ultimately too many tropes doing… nothing at all.
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Love After World Domination – Episode 1
Love After World Domination reminds us that heroes loving villains and villains loving heroes will always be pretty good to watch.
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Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer! – Episode 1
I think how you feel about this premiere will largely depend on a few things: how you feel about the “two characters who don’t really like each other get handcuffed together and must go on an adventure” trope (magical edition), how you feel about goofy fantasy comedy, and how you feel about Carla.
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In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki – Episode 1
Have y’all ever made a zombie brain? It turns several very tasty alcoholic beverages into one of the single worst textural experiences on Earth. This is like that.
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SPY x FAMILY – Episode 1
Spy x Family is a fun romp with a warm heart; endearing, tense, and silly in equal measures. Hopefully the anime can continue to draw out the manga’s charms to create a satisfying adaptation
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Aoashi – Episode 1
Do you like Black Clover? This is basically Black Clover, but soccer.
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Dance Dance Danseur – Episode 1
It’s a fantastic premiere that mixes dance with commentary on toxic masculinity.
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RPG Real Estate – Episode 1
Over the years I’ve gotten accustomed to the incorporation of very soft, cutesified character designs in shows. So RPG Real Estate has come along to catapult me directly back to the 2007 as punishment for my hubris.
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Skeleton Knight in Another World – Episode 1
This is just another goddamn isekai fantasy about some misunderstood nice guy who looks like a monster (How Not to Summon a Demon Lord) steeped in MMO mechanics (She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man) to follow his fun little over-powered adventures in another world without much of a goal in mind (Wise Man’s Grandchild). There are so many other shows I would rather watch or promote.
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Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost – Episode 1
This premiere is repetitive fluff after the first five minutes, which means that instead of taking plot notes I started overthinking the implications of a show about a depressed, overworked woman whose life is given meaning by the sudden appearance of an idealized toddler. Womp womp.
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Heroines Run the Show – Episode 1
A shoujo-esque coming-of-age series? Idols with art nouveau aesthetics? And its production has more than a ham sandwich to its name? Is it my birthday?
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Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness – Episode 1
I suspect this found-family, food/music hybrid show will fly under the radar, but I hope it doesn’t, because there’s a whole lot to like in this first episode.
