Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 7 "Awful Villain" gives us a pretty rare thing in anime. Heck, it's pretty rare in fiction in general. This whole episode is basically a deconstruction of the Protagonist-Centric Morality trope. as demonstrated by the newest Hantengu's
After the supernatural drama of the previous episode, The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 6 "Better bend than break." feels like a nice break from that. Especially since Chise gets to invite a friend over for a nice relaxing sleepover. Complete with them discussing their mutual love woes. The
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 6 "Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?" finally turns the story's spotlight on Genya Shinazugawa. Specifically: it gives us a look into Genya's past/backstory for the first time in the anime. And oh boy, not only is he just as
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 5 "First impressions are the most lasting." gives us something that's truly rare in the world of anime. In fact, not just anime, but in all of fiction in general. What is that rare something that's so amazing that I feel the need to feature it in this review,
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 5 "Bright Red Sword" is more than just about a simple sword. It's also about the people wielding those swords against the Demons with burning passion. So not only do the Demons have to face red hot passion, but also red hot swords as
The Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 Ep. 4 "The cowl does not make the monk." gives Chise an unexpected visit to her new grandmother-in-law. At least, that's the closest approximation I can come to Chise's relationship to Elias' mentor. She even acts like a doting granny, even though she doesn't look
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 4 "Thank you, Tokito" shows us why Koyoharu Gotouge is a master of character development. Do you remember Muichirō Tokitō from the previous episodes of this season? When he was behaving like a jerk to almost everyone around him? Well,
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Ep. 3 "A Sword from Over 300 Years Ago" Finally gives Tanjiro the new sword he's been asking for. Only to take it away again for some reasons that are extremely obvious once you see it and think about it. Unfortunately, it's ill timing for
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
