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Good evening everyone. My name is Kurapen Kurta. I hope to get along with you all, and hopefully please you with my content as well. I will try to post frequently on this platform and give updates as well. Keep in mind however, I will try to stay as professional as I can. I ask all of you to do the same as well. And lastly, I will try to make my content enjoyable for everyone!
Hello everyone. Just wanted to give a quick update on my 2 month absence
I apologize yet again for doing so, and I’ll try not to leave you all in disarray next time I decide to go on hiatus
My main reason for going on this 2 month long break, is really to take time and relax myself, internally and physically
It’s definitely nothing too grandiose, but it certainly was important (at least for me).
I hope you forgive me for just leaving you all as if I was a father leaving his family for years after he says he needs to go get some milk from the grocery store, but I digress
I’ll be back soon, though I still need to recuperate myself
Thank you all for viewing my posts for this long. I’m not even sure I deserve it honestly. Once I reappear, I will most certainly give each of you exemplary content, specifically to make up for my lax treatment of this site.
Hello everyone! Welcome back to my Manga analysis series, where I review everything Manga!
Was that intro a bit too energetic? Or perhaps a bit redundant?
Whatever the case, welcome back everyone to my Manga analysis series! I know it’s been on hiatus for quite a while now, but that’s only really because of my yearning for variety in my content.
So to start off, we begin where we were last time: Gon seeing Hisoka walk to where Kurapika and Leorio are at the moment.
The art in this edition is also a lot more refined than it was in the last volume, and the thing that really stands out about it is specifically the fact of how each character looks so distinct, and how their personalities can be judged somewhat based on that specific characters attire and facial expression. Togashi really did an excellent job at portraying that (especially with Hisoka).
After Gon witnesses the three negotiate over which badge Hisoka can take, Kurapika and Leorio creep back into the shadows, placing the tag in a tree carefully so Hisoka can retrieve it. Afterwards, Hisoka looks at the tag and determines it is not his targets, then slowly walks on.
The internal struggle taking place inside Gon is detailed extremely well after the interaction, showing Gons somewhat cautious, but also blissful and caring nature.
As Gon continues to trail Hisoka, he begins to immediately notice the fact that the bloodlust emanating from the Macabre clown is incredibly intense and so palpable that he can feel all of Hisokas hatred and venomous urges.
Jumping ahead a bit, Gon scouts for Hisokas supposed next victim, as he plans to take advantage of the anger surging inside of him. It’s a simple, but effective strategy, fitting for the boy.
Once Hisoka reaches Gons predicted target, the maniacal Jester attacks the poor soul, with a look of pure evil to boot. Right before Hisoka reaches him however, Gon takes Hisokas tag with his fishing rod from within the bushes, and runs off.
Gon is soon neutralized by a poison dart from someone who was targeting him the entire time. This person also takes the child’s tag, and runs off, leaving Gon in the grass, paralyzed.
Hisoka then appears, with the mans head in his hand, (literally, he took off his head) and gives Gon back his tag, and also gives him his own tag. However, as predicted from the stubborn boy, he refuses, resulting in him getting punched in the face, as Hisoka states he will not take his tag back unless he manages to punch him like that
Hours afterward, Gon is seen sulking as his pride has just been destroyed
As for the rest of this volume, I’ll cover it tomorrow. Unlike the others, this one has a lot more content inside of it, so if I want to go over everything, I’ll have to separate it into two parts
Let me know what you thought of part 1 in the comments below!
Hello everyone. It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been on hiatus for over a month now, mainly because I didn’t really feel like uploading. I apologize for not updating on my leave, but please, be understanding. I sincerely apologize.
Anyways, on a more positive note, I will be starting a new series beginning today: The series review.
And the first entry into the review series, is a show I’ve just recently finished, (as you can see in the title, you know the name of it. But I’ll say it anyway) Bakemonogatari.
The monogatari series is truly unique. Not only in its style, but also its tone. If you don’t know, each line of episodes are separated into stories, such as the Hitagi crab and Nadeko snake stories for example. Each story features a different character, as well as an ever changing tone. Yet all of the stories seem to feature a very consistent, every present tone as well.
As a side note, there are different seasons and parts of the franchise I haven’t seen, as I have almost exclusively watched the Bakemonogatari part (and also the first Kizumonogatari movie. The chronologically first part of the entire franchise)
One thing I really admire that Bakemonogatari integrates into its story almost seamlessly, are its references. Because of the way the series is structured, it can fit in almost any reference it wants, very paradoxically to what the plot seems to limit itself to doing. It also carries out its overall message in each story extremely well, as well as leaving the audience to come to the overall conclusion of what each piece of symbolism means spread throughout each story by themselves, treating its audience with a respect that I’ve seen rarely replicated. (Sometimes, the series will even give little references to it’s overall plot in each story, however even if you spot all of the little intricacies, it will never directly state them, even at the end)
As for the characters, they could carry an entire blog by themselves, so I’ll go over them in a different post
Overall, the story is amazing, it’s themes and tone are brilliant, and it’s characters are a very spectacularly constructed, deconstruction of their archetypes.
I would give this part of the series, a: 9.1/10
I implore you to watch the series for yourself if you appreciate literature and love character dynamics.
There will be a very different type of post opposed to my main content coming out next week that I think you will all enjoy to at least somewhat of a degree. I truly hope you all are satisfied with my next post, and I apologize for not really saying anything about it before. Anyways, I’ll see you all next week 👌
Hello everyone! Today I will be giving my first impressions on the Attack on Titan anime, and will also discuss the potential of its future, talk about its characters, and view its world from a critical standpoint.
So to start off this review, let’s begin with the first episode. The way the tone is conveyed throughout the episode gives off a sense of foreshadowing, which is due to a great amount of writing and directing. The episode on a surface level however, is very standard. It doesn’t seem to give off an ominously foreboding tone at all, with the exception of a couple scenes, but aside from that, the episode gives us a good impression of our main characters and the people around them.
Speaking of main characters,: Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, are all very interesting to me (Excluding Mikasa). Mikasa by far from the first episode is the least interesting, typically coming off as quite one note and bland. Though she is pretty, she doesn’t have enough time in the episode to really give her personality the same level of quality as her appearance.
Armin is a bit more interesting to me than Mikasa is. He seems a bit shy or scared when conversing with others sometimes, at least that’s my impression of him. But I do like the aura of mannerism he gives off, typically being polite to most of the people he interacts with throughout the episode. I think because of this, he will be one of my favorites later on.
Eren is the last main character I wanted to go over. I’ve been meaning to save him for last since he is my favorite out of the three. I love that determination he has, and unlike most other anime protagonists, his determination doesn’t come off as tropey or foolhardy. He is very confident, which is something I respect as well. He’s also not the nicest child, which is fine. I do like the fact that’s he’s not just the “number one good boy” like other child protagonist. I think because of his determination and stubbornness, he will easily become my favorite character for quite a while
If you want me to review other series and their characters, please leave your comments section voicing it down below!
Hello everyone, today I will be giving my reasons on why I absolutely despise the ending to the akame ga kill anime.
To most of you, your probably surprised that I’m discussing something other than Hunter x Hunter content for once, and even more surprised that I’m discussing akame ga kill of all things. But I really thought it was a good time to start going outside of my “genre” so to speak, and delve into something quite a bit less complicated and intricate.
This also gives me a good break from my weekly volume reviews, and as I do love them, they can get a bit tiring at times. Aside from that, one benefit of going over a separate topic from my main content, is the fact that I can vent my frustrations on Akame ga kills main literary flaws towards the end of the series.
So to start off this review I would like to say that I thought the rising action that built up the climax towards the last few episodes was really good. Akame finally settling things with her sister after the tension between the two had been built up for a good while in the series, was great. It gave off a sense of darkness that seemed was supposed to be replicated in the final episodes.One thing I thought was really interesting at all points in their fight, and even before their fight, was the fact that you can see in their demeanor that they didn’t want to fight each other, but knew they had to finish their bout once and for all.
After that though, that’s where the series falls apart, and very quickly might I add.
In the episodes immediately after that, the story take a dramatic shift in tone and pacing. As mentioned before, I thought the battle between Akame and her sister was great, since it had been built up for a good amount of time. The same can also be said for the final showdown, and even more so since it’s been built up for the entire series. The difference between the two plot points however, is their execution. As the fight between the two sisters gave a satisfying conclusion, the final battle in the series feels extremely rushed, and it gave random characters extremely important roles in this climatic ending.
The biggest problem I had with these episodes, were the people it killed off, mainly Tatsumi.
It came completely out of nowhere, setting him up as the one to confront the main enemy, then just making him die immediately to some random fodder in the story to “save Akame”. Which I thought was a bull crap explanation.
So after Tatsumi sacrifices himself in a completely unsatisfying, extremely rushed, and utterly ridiculous way, Akane confronts the final enemy left in the story: Esdeath.
After Akame confronts Esdeath (which wasn’t built up at all in the story, or even alluded to before. If anything, the story alluded to Tatsumi being the one to take out Esdeath) Esdeath is pierced by Akames cursed blade after a bit of dueling, and slowly starts to die. She then goes over to Tatsumis dead body and hugs it, freezing the two in ice forever (until the ice breaks and the bodies disappear shortly after).
After that, Leone has the most retarted death I’ve ever seen, and Akame and the captain soon go their separate ways.
Overall, I would say there is absolutely nothing noteworthy about this conclusion, it’s extremely rushed, it makes no sense, and it has no satisfactory plot points. I would not recommend watching this anime at all whatsoever, all because of the conclusion and how terrible it is.
Hello everyone! Welcome to my weekly manga review series!
Last week, I went over most of volume 2, and concluded were the third phase began, so let’s start off there.
So to start this off, I must say the art is incredibly consistent with the last volumes, if not a bit better. I really appreciate the attention to detail that is given to each panel, and how the characters move a lot more fluidly than from its previous first volume, and is even better in that regard to the second volume.
As for the story, our main protagonists traverse through trick tower, overcoming multiple different trials and games. For example, Gon goes against a prisoner in a competition, as the prisoner was assigned specifically to test someone inside the bizzaro structure
One interesting thing I thought was neat in this volume, is the fact that Killuas assassin like tendencies are expressed quite a bit more in this section of the story, specifically when he takes on one of the prisoners.
After our hero’s pass the third exam, they move on to the fourth, which actually involves hunting!
In this part of the exam, the examinees are taken to a forest via boat, and are told the rules of this hunting game. A little while after everyone is settled into the forest, Gon heads off to steal Hisokas tag, and while he tracks him, he sees hisoka targeting Leorio and Kurapika.
So that’s the whole volume. I’d say it’s pretty good, but I don’t think it was as exciting as volume 2.
I’d give this volume a 7.4/10
Stay tuned everyone 🤫
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