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Touch
Spoiler Warning: While out of context this may spoil part of the anime/manga Touch. Im halfway through the series and it has absolutely earned its acclaim.
Lineart Touch
The first update of 2024 is a rather large one and continues the stream of updates I was making at the end of last year. The following sections…
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“Invisible” Touch
This has been one weird series, in how they approach the overall stories. The first two seasons of “Full Metal Panic” were rather grim and unrelenting tales of…
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Touch-A Touch-A Touch My Soul — First Impressions: Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! So this month, everything is really out of whack and Star and I haven’t really been able to watch any of…
VG Pulse 325: The Magic Touch
This week on VG Pulse, we’re left alone and unsupervised! We start out with side notes of tech fail, before diving into the regular news, where we discuss…
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The Otakusphere: Let’s get personal
It’s the beginning of March. The days are getting longer. It’s getting warmer here in the Northwestern U.S., and I can see the dreaded summer months just past…
Touch, Triangles, and Angst
In the span of one month, I finished three iterations of Touch: the live-action movie (2005), the animated compilation movies (1986-1987), and finally the manga. What a ride.…
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Words, Touch, Growth & Love
Romantic and sexual relationships have been brought up on this blog in the past, but there’s always something to learn and a lot to remember to put into…
Personal Update: Traveling During the Pandemic
As the title of this post suggests, I have made the somewhat ill-advised decision to travel to my homeland, Taiwan, during this pandemic. In fact, my flight is…
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Do NOT touch Mio's manga
If you have a death wish, touch her manga and she will make you meet your maker #anime #animeedit #nichijou #mionaganohara #mio
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Physical Media: I Remember Touch
Physical media was more than just visuals -it could contain all kinds of different treats for the fan. Extra features, interviews, behind the scenes, and all sorts of…
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This Is the “Ruby” No One Can Touch
So, now that we have all the players in place and the action set, “RWBY” moves into the third season with the Vytal Tournament. Think of it like…
“Simply Touching” – The Magic Touch (manga) – 6/10
Mangaka: Izumi Tsubaki Genre: Romance/Comedy/Shoujo/School Review Status: Incomplete (4 Volumes/9 Volumes) Licensed: Yes, this is licensed by Shoujo Beat Manga. Art: Typical shoujo art. It could be…
2021 Personal Review (Partial)
Greetings. before I get started I feel a little explaination is needed. This post will only cover Winter and Spring 2021. Why you ask? Well shortly after I…
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Personal Take on Fanservice
(Note: For the purpose of this article, fanservice refers to mildly sexual content: pantyshots, beach episodes, skimpy clothing and the like. Actual hentai/animated porn is excluded, as is…
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Personal Log: The Challenges with Multimedia Multiworks
Introduction Sometimes I’m full of ideas about the series and can’t concentrate on how to better select what I need at the moment. So, anytime I need to…
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Making a Personal Film Against the Odds
The significance of 'Princess Arete.'
This Week in Games - Trust The Fungus. Touch The Fungus.
Nostalgia wave hits us this week with Gigabash x Ultraman collab, Super Mario Bros. Movie 30th anniversary, and Touch Detective coming back to the US!
This Week in Games - Trust The Fungus. Touch The Fungus.
Nostalgia wave hits us this week with Gigabash x Ultraman collab, Super Mario Bros. Movie 30th anniversary, and Touch Detective coming back to the US!
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177: The Sickos are Out of Touch, and Right
Folks, your Sickos are old and dumb and don't know what's hip now. When we watched the Game Awards it was like we got clockwork oranged. Music is…
Summer Time Render #14 — Friendship Touch
Boy, that's convenient. I did glance at the second episode of Yakuza Babysitter and the first episode of the second season of Devil is a Part Timer,…
S4E7 - A Touch of Zen (1971)
Hello everyone, In this episode of Heroic Purgatory, we visit Taiwan to discuss of King Hu's most notable films, A Touch of Zen (1971). A seminal piece of the…
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futekiya Library – My personal experience
Since I’m currently on a major manga-streak again and riding a high after going through a few series on the Shonen Jump app, I decided to take this…
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Chained Soldier – 08 – Getting Personal
This is the second straight week where there’s not a lot of action out in the field, but this episode makes up for it with action elsewhere. Tenka…
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5th Anniversary Post – Getting Personal?
I suppose, it’s a bit weird to crawl out of the wood work and post about this; consider this my official return from haitus? I am very much…
Short Personal Update - New Ebooks
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Yamadai New Touch Nara Tenri Stamina Ramen
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Weddings with a Touch of Anime Music
2016 proved to be a year of transition, a year where changes would come in from almost every direction. Some
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(Review) .hack//ROOTS Needs to Touch Grass
This review contains spoilers for the reviewed material. This is your only warning. This review was commissioned. That means I was paid to watch and review the series in question and…
Yamadai New Touch Onomichi Chinese Soba Review
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Yamadai New Touch Yawatahama Champon (Ramen) Review
This was the fourth of the ramen bowls I had from the "Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Western Japan" ramen box of six kin...
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A Deeply Personal Analysis Of The Ancient Magus Bride
Wishlist Your Chise And Elias Statue And Use Code POPAMB On April 27th at 10am Eastern For $35 Off: https://tinyurl.com/FIGIBRIDE This Ancient Magus Bride video is extremely personal. …
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Selection Project Episode 2: Personal Correction
When we last left our heroine Suzune she fell victim to most unfortunate circumstances and didn’t get a spot in the Selection Project Finals. How would she bounce…
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Top 10 Personal Events of 2021
2021 felt like a continuation of 2020, but I can tell you that my life at the end of 2021 is very different from my life at the…
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Top 5 Personal Events of 2023
The year 2023 has not been very crazy. In fact, it has been the most stable year I had since 2019. I haven’t changed that much within the…
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August 2023 Monthly Favorites + Personal Update
Well… This past month didn’t go quite as planned. Better then expected in regards to blogging (I got out 3! whole posts), but personally… a bit odd.
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Some Personal Anime Favourites From 2020
It is sometimes good to be able to watch anime that have been vetted already. A check on Wikipedia shows that 158 anime series aired last y...
I'm Standing on a Million Lives, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sakura Wars the Animation, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, DECA-DENCE
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Shonen Jump app – My personal experience
If you’re a Kimetsu no Yaiba (a.k.a. Demon Slayer) fan, whether you’ve been keeping up with the manga or not, you’ve probably already heard that the series is…
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Top 10 Personal Events of 2022
2022 has been one of the best years of my life. A lot of good things have happened in 2022, and I just want to take the time…
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A personal update – 26 Sep 2020
Wow, hey! It’s been 4 months since the last time I’ve posted anything on Manga, my life. It’s been a pretty… arduous time. For everyone, I’m guessing. To…
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Love After World Domination – 03 – Never Want to Touch the Ground
There haven’t been any battles between Gelato 5 and Gecko for two weeks, and both Fudou and Desumi are missing each other something fierce. So when Gelato detects…
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The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent (Volume 2) – An Enchanted Touch
Having mastered potions and the Winter Knight… Sei now turns her attention to enchantments. I mean how hard can it be to create magic items that can provide…
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – 02 – Don’t Touch My Tomatoes
After her decisive win over the overconfident Guel Jeturk, Suletta is now the school’s ace pilot and fiancé to Miorine, heiress to one of the largest corporate concerns in…
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Mobile Suit Gundam
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The Boy and the Heron | Miyazaki’s Latest and Probably Most Personal Film
This weekend I finally had the opportunity to catch the latest Ghibli film in theatres. The Boy and the Heron is Miyazaki’s supposed final film (we’ve all been…
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A Personal Look Back at Matsumoto Leiji
The news of Matsumoto Leiji’s death shocked me. While the passing of an 85-year-old shouldn’t be too surprising, it still makes me contemplate so many things. The number…
New Game – Overcoming Personal and Work Adversity
I really enjoy New Game’s take on the workplace.
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What is your personal anime golden age?
For me, a personal anime golden age is any consecutive run of 3 years in which the highest number of your favourites are gathered. 3 years may seem…
Eureka Seven, Samurai Champloo, Planetes, Wolf's Rain, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
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Hey! I’m not dead! (Blog & Personal Update)
What did I miss?
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Deep reads #5.3: Getting personal with Persona
My post focusing on the Persona series is finally done. I still have more to go in this set of posts, though. Hopefully the next one won’t take three…
FLCL: Grunge’s Premiere Lacks Its Personal Identification
Did anyone want or need FLCL: Grunge? The original FLCL, back in the year 2000, was a huge, generation-defining work that tapped into both the specific