Alchemised by SenLinYu is am interesting dark fantasy novel. Not least of which because it started life as a fanfic. Specifically: Manacled by the same author, a dark fantasy story that garnered over 10 million views on AO3 and received over 100,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. Not to mention
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 20-22 is a trio of episodes that span the genres, yet all involve beatdowns. We've got a beatdown from classical musicians, a beatdown from an evil spirit who turns out to be not so evil after all, and a beatdown from something that turns out to be a kaiju. All in all, while we get
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 19 "Feeling Kinda Gloomy" has one of the most casually apt titles in anime history. It is indeed quite gloomy in tone. However, behind the gloom lies some intense preparation going on for the main characters as they prepare for what looks more and more like an upcoming showdown with
Jujutsu Kaisen is quite possibly one of the most famous horror anime in history right now, and for some very good reasons as well. The manga of the same name by Gege Akutami it was adapted from is one of the most famous of Shonen Jump's titles. So much so that both manga and anime alike have gone
Crunchyroll is proud to announce that they will soon be exclusively streaming Chainsaw Man – The Compilation. What is it, you might ask? Well, it's basically Chainsaw Man becoming yet another popular anime series to get a compilation film. All it does is just summarize the events of the first
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