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The Trap (罠 THE TRAP, Kaizo Hayashi, 1996)
Maiku investigates his strangest case yet when a man walks into his office and asks him to look for himself in the final instalment of Kaizo Hayashi’s noir…
Lycoris Recoil #11 — The Trap Guy Sets Another Trap
I am shocked by this development. Shocked. Impressions: I've given up on this show's writing and am just waiting to see if they actually are going to try…
Stop saying ‘trap’
“Words have connotations, and that’s why words like ‘trap’ are problematic when used as terms for anime character archetypes”
Earl and Fairy: Beware the Enticing Trap
By Mizue Tani and Asako Takaboshi. Released in Japan as “Hakushaku to Yōsei” by Shueisha Cobalt Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by Alexandra Owen-Burns.…
Madoka and Homura: The Trap of Selflessness
And here it is, our final panel from Anime Fusion 2021. This one was primarily J.C.’s work, so the format is slightly different. It’s also a re-versioning of…
Machikado Mazoku 2.4: Food Trap
Shamiko is sent on an important mission but as expected quickly lost track. Nice 4th wall joke to kick things off. Also the Elder One’s favorite character finally…
Netsuzou Trap at a Glance
Sugoi. What a thriller. Wow. Soooooo the cheating show, the yuri cheating show. Not something I’d intended to watch, exactly, but the new season had started and I…
Best Trap Ever: Saitou Ayumi
I’ve always had one problem with traps and the people who love them, which is that traps are, for all intents and purposes, usually female. They tend to…
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[FIRST IMPRESSION] Netsuzou Trap -NTR-
When Yuma starts dating Takeda, she’s happy… but also completely nervous. Her best friend, Hotaru, decides to volunteer herself for ‘practice’.
Fire Force (Episode 13) – The Trap Is Set
Benimaru heads out to verify Captain Obi’s story and finds the streets are full of people arguing, however, his investigation is cut short when a number of Infernals…
THE GREAT SRUNGLE (RE)WATCH 14 – The RUSSIAN ROULETTE Trap
MISSION OUTER SPACE SRUNGLEMISSION 14: The RUSSIAN ROULETTE Trap WRITTEN BY: Koichi Aoki BROADCAST DATE: April 22, 1983 And, as always, this episode aired exactly forty years ago…
The Love Triangle Trap: How It Undermines Dramatic Storytelling
Love triangles are a common but problematic storytelling device. They suffer from predictability, stifle character development, distract from the main plot, cause audience fatigue, and rely on forced…
Manhwa Mondays: Inevitable Trap 11 – 20
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Sabikui Bisco (Episode 8) – Fiendish Trap
Milo meets with Kurokawa who wants him to tell him how to activate the Rust Eater. Not because he wants to cure everyone, but because he wants to…
Trap Yuri Garden coming to Steam!
Are you a fan of cute cross-dressing boys and yuri? Well, you might be in luck!
Momo Kyun Sword (Episode 5) – Suspicion!? The Trap in the Fog!
Momoko has been struggling with a demon who uses fog to disorientate them and claim the peach fragment for himself. The repeated failures are getting to the group.…
Re:CREATORS Episode 16: Preparing for Battle and Baiting the Trap
Re:CREATORS Episode 16: Preparations continue for the ultimate confrontation. Selesia almost drowns Marine, but for a good reason.
Fate/Zero Episodes 1-16: Yap Trap
Anyone who has run with this blog in the almost two and half years (damn) since I’ve been here knows that I’m a card carrying, dyed in the…
Manhwa Mondays: Inevitable Trap Ch 1-10
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Anime Nano Podcast #13: It’s A Trap!
Hey everybody, we’re back from another break last week. Maybe we should just call this a bi-weekly podcast, huh? This week we talk about the results of the…
School Rumble “Give It Away” (Mixer Trap)
AstroNerdBoy reviews the extra School Rumble chapters from Kobayashi-sensei that have never been put into tankoubon format.
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story – 05 – Deep in the Sand Trap
In a rather nasty twist of fate, the land for a new casino that Eve was golfing for on behalf of Catherine is the very land on which…
The Cold-Blooded Trap (冷血の罠, Takahisa Zeze, 1998)
Two men attempt to come to terms with a traumatic past by solving present mystery in Takahisa Zeze’s eerie millennial serial killer drama.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps: A Beautiful, Death-Trap-Infested Game
I never played Ori and the Blind Forest, but I did watch Josh Jepson and ProtonJon play through it, hence my interest in the sequel: Ori and the…
Delusional Monthly Magazine Episode 7 Review – Matchmaking Trap
Did Taro find the girl of his dreams?
It’s A Trap!! Dead Rock Chapter 11 BREAKDOWN
I’m still kind of in “Star Wars” mode. Sorry about the conclusion to the recent Mass Review; I was just kind of tired after writing that one. And I’m still no…
Gleipnir (Volume 4) – What If It’s a Trap?
While Clair was agreeing to the secrecy pact, Shuichi had gone off with Chihiro to search for her wallet. They had encountered a monster and were crushed to…
XinU sets a wonderfully wistful Wana/罠 (Trap).
I see you XinU. Bringing it simple, sultry, and seductively smooth, on her new track Wana/罠 (Trap). This one slipped in unassumingly. A feathery brush stroke of an R&B…
Let’s Watch SABIKUI BISCO Episode 8 – “Fiendish Trap”
Let’s Watch is a weekly recap column where I follow an anime for the course of its entire runtime. Expect spoilers! There is a tendency in the action shonen genre,…
Delicious Party Precure Ep 11 Review: Gentle's Trap!
Hi, Everyone! This is my short review of Episode 11 of Delicious Party Precure and expected, Gentle, laid a trap to corner the girls with th...
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Episode 8: The Dream Gazing Trap Review (Spoilers!)
Plot: Towa, Setsuna and Moroha pursue the four-eyed owl demon, Yotsume, who is fleeing back to Kyuki in a panic. She instructs him to use the power of…
Superwomen in Love, Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit, Volume 1
When the evil Antinoids attack and human life is at risk, the hero Rapid Rabbit will appear to save the day! Buy what happens to humanity when Rapid…
Superwomen in Love, Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit, Volume 2
In Volume 1, we meet Hayate who is a part-time performer and superhero, Rapid Rabbit. When Antinoid Army executive Honey Trap fights and defeats Rabbit, she pull off…
Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- (Episode 6) – A Trap and a Rout
Adlet finds himself in a sticky situation when his story incriminates himself. With the other Braves closing in, he has to act now or he’ll never be able…
A True Tourist Trap: This Hotel in Japan Doesn’t Exist
A true tourist trap? Japanese customers who used Booking.com had their vacations ruined recently thanks to a hotel that someone made up.
Futoku no Guild - Episode 7 - Hitamuki Falls in Web Trap
Hitamuki warned her friends to watch out for spider traps. So, you know what happened next. Right? Futoku no Guild - Episode 7
Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit Vol 1 Review
Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit is a yuri manga by sometime (unusual pen name, but whatever), which I included on my Top 10 Most Anticipated…
Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Volume 4
In Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Volume 4 this goofy story starts to do something it has not previously done. First, a disclaimer! My last…
The Pit of Death / 怪談おとし穴 / Kaidan otoshiana (aka ‘The Ghostly Trap’, 1968)
Obscure Japanese Film #147 Mikio Narita Kuramoto (Mikio Narita) is an ambitious salaryman working at a company based in a tower block sa...
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Wolf’s Rain – 23/24 [Heartbeat of the Black City/Scent of a Trap] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to what may be the best week of Wolf’s Rain… well ever. We have a lot to talk about this week, and basically all of it…
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – 26 (Part 2 Fin) – Ant Trap
At first, it looks like Yhwach’s Auswählen ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Squad Zero takes the upper hand in every fight, while Ichibei unleashes his zanpakuto, Ichimonji,…
Bikini Warriors (Episode 11) – A Snare To Trap A Pure Maiden
Paladin is used to sacrificing herself for the party, but is agreeing to marry a creepy mayor a step too far? Maybe, but she will gladly step up…
To Trap a Kidnapper (誘拐報道, Shunya Ito, 1982)
A resentful father’s kidnap attempt does not go as planned in Shunya Ito’s social thriller.
Thoughts on Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit Volume 4
Hayate steadily comes to understand her feelings towards Honey in the fourth volume of sometime’s Superrwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit manga. A new heroine also…
Thoughts on Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit Volume 1
Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit is a yuri superhero romance manga, written and illustrated by sometime. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series for an English…
Thoughts on Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit Volume 2
The cast grows bigger in the second volume of sometime’s Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit manga. A new enemy executive appears, but the forces of…
Thoughts on Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit Volume 5
The final battle approaches in the fifth and final volume of sometime’s Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit manga. This volume contains chapters twenty-one to the…
Isekai One Turn Kill Neesan - Episode 5 - Maya Balances on Spike Trap
Exploring a new dungeon with Maya is not suspenseful when boulder and spike traps don't work on her. Isekai One Turn Kill Neesan - Episode 5
Thoughts on Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit Volume 3
Summer arrives in the third volume of sometime’s Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit manga. Also, the leader of the villains steps up, resulting in Honey…
Monologue: “Trap” has no fitting Japanese equivalent and should be left untranslated.
The liberal anifemtards are at it again.
