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The True Power of the Valkyries: Symphogear and Growing Up

This one is about accepting yourself.

Dawn of the Second Day

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Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…

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Growing Up and Good-byes

detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,

ボクの事件簿

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Alice in Wonderland, Marchen Awakens Romance

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Alien Nine: The Torments of Aliens and Growing Up

Usual Waffling Intro I’m going to start this post off for saying that Tubi.TV is probably the best streaming service ever. (Not sponsored.) Not only is it a…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Jul 27, 2022 • Subscribe

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Blue Flag – The Stress of Growing Up

Oh man, it’s been a bit of a time since I’ve written anything about manga besides some quick first impressions. I meant to write about manga sooner then…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Oct 6, 2021 • Subscribe

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Shenmue: The Animation – Growing Up and Slowly Understanding

This is another show that I watched on Adult Swim every Saturday for a while airing and wrote some short episodic posts about. Admittedly, I don’t know much…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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The De-Socialization Of Online Games & Growing Up

In Online Games, Nobody Ever Talks And On Social Media, Nobody Ever Shuts Up

Beyond The Mountain Lies A World Of Frills

Nov 30, 2023 • Subscribe

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Tune of the Week(ish) Konosuba’s Growing Up!

Nothing beats seeing these lovable idiots again! The Tune of the Week is the opening theme to the third season of Konosuba!: Growing Up by Machiro!

Shallow Dives in Anime

Apr 17, 2024 • Subscribe

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La+ Darknesss, Dance, and True Power Levels

Since her debut, Hololive’s La+ (pronounced Laplus) Darknesss has become one of my favorite Virtual Youtubers. Her premise states that she’s both a mighty demon whose power has…

OGIUE MANIAX

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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#MechaMarch Eureka 7: A Story of Growing up and Romance

Eureka 7 is one of a few shows helps define a generation of anime fans. It appeared on Adult Swim a little more than a year before Death…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Death Note

Slave of the Elite #06 — Powering Up to Power Up

  It's 2024. Get a stopwatch. Impressions: I really wish there was more to say about these episodes, but the plot is so nonexistent. We go from sparring…

Tenka Seiha

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Synduality: Noir – 10 – Growing Up Fast

Some old tinkerers are working on some modifications for DaisyOgre, excited and proud that young Kanata is finally coming into his own as a Drifter. But their work…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Sep 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Mob Psycho 100 s2 – Growing Up

  Genre : Action, comedy, supernatural, urban fantasy, science fiction. Episodes: 13 Studio: Bones   You know what’s tricky? Navigating that confusing time between childhood and adulthood. Especially if…

I drink and watch anime

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Gainax Was Never About Growing Up

Why do we escape reality? Why do I fantasize so much? What does FLCL even mean? And why can’t the pelican be seen from the street?!? Gainax is, or…

ProfessorViral

Nov 6, 2025 • Subscribe

FLCL, Gurren Lagann, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion

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The Power of Two: My Dress-Up Darling

My Dress-Up Darling was one of the breakout hits of the last season. I thought it was pretty good. Did you think it was pretty good? In a…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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My Dress-Up Darling

MACHICO - 'Growing Up' (Japan Festival Canada 2025)

MACHICO (Toukai Teiou - Umamusume; Tsubasa Ibuki - The iDOLM@STER) performing live the third and latest OP of KonoSuba Season 3 at the main stage of…

Space OdJobs

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Let’s Talk About The Unsung Hero Of Symphogear | Senki Zesshou Symphogear

The Unsung Hero of Senki Zesshou Symphogear is... who?

GALVANIC

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The Power of Two (Revisited): My Dress-up Darling

We’ve … okay, I’ve talked about Marin and Wakana from My Dress-Up Darling as a pair of characters before. Sure, right? Well, maybe we can also think of…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

Feb 2, 2026 • Subscribe

My Dress-Up Darling

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'Chihayafuru' and the Power of Connection

Connection is the driving force behind everything in the narrative of Chihayafuru. With each connection stemming Chihaya's love of karuta and the poems in the game. 0:00 Intro 2:33 Disclaimers 3:45…

Colleen's Manga Recs

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Chihayafuru, Sequence

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Growing out of anime

as I rapidly approach my 30s, a phenomenon I have noticed is that many peers and friends have begun to worry about growing out of anime.

Reasons to Anime

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Why It Works: A Lifetime of Competition: Growing Up in Chihayafuru

With the spring season rapidly approaching, it felt like about time to write some sort of thematic wrap-up for this season of Chihayafuru. I’ve been thrilled by Chihayafuru’s…

Wrong Every Time

Mar 23, 2020 • Subscribe

[Post #900] Chihayafuru Season 3: Growing Up Sucks

It’s so strange to write a complete season review for a show that I looked into with episode reviews. A rare scenario for me where I look at…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Apr 24, 2020 • Subscribe

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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – 08 – Growing Up Fast

Two years have passed since Eris’ tenth birthday, which means Rudeus’s tenth birthday has arrived. He can sense scurryings and murmurings around the Boreas mansion, but he doesn’t…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Feb 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

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Mushoku Tensei II – 24 (Fin) – Growing Up Fast

When he nears his house, Rudy runs ahead of the rest of the party, remembering that the Man-God told him he’d “regret” going to Begaritt. He enters a…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

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GROWING UP A CHICAGO MONSTER KID: GODZILLA 1985

As many people know, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004) will be the last Big “G” film for quite a while. When Toho finally revives everyone’s favor...

Black Sun

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ULTRAMAN

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Ranking of Kings, Anime and True

Let the King of my heartBe the fire inside my veinsThe echo of my daysOh oh, He is my song”King of My Heart” (John Mark McMillan / Sarah…

Beneath the Tangles

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Attack on Titan, Bleach, Ranking of Kings

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Symphogear AXZ: Fighting and Friendship

Read my other Symphogear posts here: Link So, ready for some more twists and turns around wishes and hopes with some magical girls punching and kicking? Wixoss was…

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Symphogear, Symphogear AXZ

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My Dress-Up Darling – 06 – True Wuv and Black Lily

First Marin was called beautiful by someone who doesn’t use that word lightly. Then it dawned on her when she looked into Wakana’s eyes while they were washing her…

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My Dress-Up Darling

Symphogear G: The Definition of a Hero

My first Symphogear post is here if you want to read it. I’m sorry that I am slow with these Symphogear posts, everyone. I keep getting distracted by…

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Symphogear, Symphogear G, Symphogear GX

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The Power of Two: Shinji and Misato

The cool thing about Neon Genesis Evangelion from a writer’s perspective, and from the perspective of a person like me who takes a writer’s perspective on looking at…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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Neon Genesis Evangelion

The Power of Two: Taiga and Ryuji

There was something so overpoweringly attractive going on in Toradora! that I watched it straight through twice. I mean, who knows? Might have been COVID coma at work.…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

Nov 9, 2020 • Subscribe

Toradora!

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The Power of Two: Nagatoro and Hachioji

Watching Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro is like watching Teasing-Master Takagi-san but without the innocence. The kids of Teasing-Master are, well, kids; the kids of Miss Nagatoro…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

Dec 19, 2022 • Subscribe

The Power of Three: Carole and Tuesday

Elsewhere I’ve written about the way Shinichiro Watanabe treats female characters, which is to say for the most part much more fairly than most anime writers and directors.…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

Jan 27, 2020 • Subscribe

The Power of Two: Mei and Yuzu

Citrus is the story of two teen-aged girls falling in love. I’d like to be profounder than that, but that’s what it boils down to. It has some…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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Citrus

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The Power of Two: Yuta and Rikka

Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions was one of those things that was just so dang cute I watched it all the way through. Then, since my tolerance for…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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The Power of Two: Tatsuhiro and Misaki

Welcome to the NHK is one of those things I like a lot in part because it’s about grownups with real problems instead of kids with robot suits…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

Jan 18, 2021 • Subscribe

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The Power of Two: Kou and Nino

It’s been a while since I watched Arakawa Under the Bridge, so I may have a detail or two out of whack, but at the heart of it…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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Arakawa Under the Bridge

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The Power of Two: Saki and Satoru

I don’t like to work with relatively obscure works since no one’s seen them, and if no one’s seen them no one can tell me how badly I’ve…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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From the New World

The Power of Two: Rei and Shinji

Okay, Neon Genesis Evangelion is too cool for words and everyone knows it. This is not news. One of the ways it’s cool is that it has multiple…

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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Neon Genesis Evangelion

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The True King of Shonen

FMA Vs Attack on Titan: Which One Is Better? #attackontitan #fullmetalalchemist #fma #aot Thanks for watching! Annie Voice by: @inakyu Armin Voice by: @LegendOfDono Music Used in Video: Aot…

On The Rise A&V

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Attack on Titan, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

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The True Mystery of Hyouka

I finally managed to watch Hyouka and now I know what everyone was on about. But there are still some mysteries to solve.

I drink and watch anime

Nov 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Hyouka

Symphogear | Shoot the Moon

Anime is a medium, not a genre. Maybe that sounds like common sense now, as we’ve recently seen anime become more popular with wider demographics of new fans…

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Symphogear

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The Anime Backlog - Symphogear

After over 10 years, Lynzee tries out Symphogear but like a song played off-key, she can't quite connect with its incongruent elements.

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Symphogear

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#76 Moon Tiara…. Power Up!

Moon Tiara...Boomerang? A Sailor Moon Crystal comic strip poking fun at Sailor Moon and her various Moon Tiara upgrades and power-ups.

MoonSticks – Sailor Moon Comics/Doujinshi

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Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Crystal

#76 Moon Tiara…. Power Up!

Moon Tiara…Boomerang? Did it just revert back to the beginning? 8D As a fan of the 90s Sailor Moon… I found the tiara power ups pretty amusing. Especially…

MoonSticks – Sailor Moon Comics/Doujinshi

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Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Crystal

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Growing in the Shadows

Its been a few weeks but I am back with another hopefully topic called growing in the shadows. Sometimes we have to do work behind the scenes to…

Dad Needs To Talk

May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)

Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…

ANIMATOPOEIA! | Writing about Anime

Jun 29, 2020 • Subscribe

Spirited Away

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Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)

Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…

ANIMATOPOEIA! | Writing about Anime

Jun 29, 2020 • Subscribe

Spirited Away

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TRUE BEAUTY glams up for Season 2

"True Beauty" is glamming up with foundation, blush, mascara, and more as it prepares for its upcoming second season.

K-Comics Beat

Jan 5, 2025 • Subscribe

Symphogear Season 1: Singing and Fighting

For a while now, I’ve heard some buzzing around the internet about a certain anime series called Symphogear. An anime that apparently had some excellent action, has hot…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Jun 24, 2020 • Subscribe

Symphogear

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The Power of Forgiveness

Turn the Page and Start a New Symphony

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