Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re checking out the first episode of a series I haven’t watched in decades, the mysterious and majestic Rahxephon. I can still vividly re…
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RahXephon
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RahXephon does NOT equal Evangelion
I am writing this post in the hope of ending a needless and futile debate. I’m writing it knowing that I’m talking about the anime community, and unnecessary…
The War of Misunderstandings in RahXephon
For the past few days, I’ve been struggling with how to explore the larger war in RahXephon. Unlike other shows, RahXephon seems to be difficult for me to…
Rejecting the letterboxed world in RahXephon
Way back at the end of December, when I started these posts, I said I would likely revisit the themes of RahXephon. Well here I am, one month…
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[seven – Rahxephon] the garden of everything
Spotify Wrapped was a thing that happened. And whilst everyone seemed to agree that it was kinda dumb and pointless, it was still really fun to do, especially…
The Odds and Ends of RahXephon
I’m nearly at the end of talking about RahXephon. Well, maybe not. I’ll probably never stop talking about RahXephon, but I’ve spent three months on my blog largely…
The Bluebird of Sadness in RahXephon
Of all of the characters in RahXephon, Jin Kunigi is my favorite. There is a piece of myself that hates this realization. He is exactly the character that…
The Newtypes Episode 13: Iruma-kun 2nd Season, RahXephon, and Blazblue
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How RahXephon is more like Gundam than Eva
One of the temptations I’ve faced as I’ve been watching RahXephon is to compare it to Neon Genesis Evangelion. There are two reasons for that. The first is…
Evangelion, RahXephon, Argento Soma, and Fafner - Aged Anime
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The Cry of Hope at the end of RahXephon
Here I am at the end of RahXephon. Have you ever had a series that you watched at a pivotal time in your fandom, and it will always…
What I talk about when I talk about RahXephon
I can still remember the first time I watched the final moments of RahXephon. I remember the dingy college apartment, the hand-me-down couch, the giant CRT television and…
The story of two girls and trauma in RahXephon
This is a post about two girls. Well, not really two girls, but a picture of two girls in an image of RahXephon. It’s really the childhood selves…
The Ice Prince and His Brother The Sun in RahXephon
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Why we need to stop comparing RahXephon characters to Eva
One of the first things I ever wrote on this blog was about the common comparison between RahXephon and Evangelion. In a nutshell, people will often go with…
The story of Two Watches and RahXephon — an #AniTwitWatches post
So I’m writing about RahXephon again. A few months ago, we finished up watching RahXephon as part of #anitwitwatches. What is #anitwitwatches, you might ask? Well, it’s a…
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The portrait of an artist as a young man in RahXephon
The longer I watch RahXephon, the more I become convinced that this is not a show about the human condition. Sure. There are elements in the show that…
A gilded cage and the girl in the painting in RahXephon
As I started watching RahXephon, I struggled with where to start talking about it. The themes in this show really are set in motion at the very start,…
A boy, his pet rock and Makoto Isshiki’s Operation Downfall in RahXephon
If you asked me who my favorite character was in RahXephon, I would be torn between two choices. The first one is pretty obvious — Jin Kunigi. I…
If you meet the RahXephon on the road, do you kill it?
I’ve spent most of the morning trying to decide what I wanted to say about the most pivotal moment in RahXephon. If there is a single episode where…
Episode 1: Akira Vol 1
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