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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”
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…
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.…
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…
[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’.
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…
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…
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…
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.
Manhwa Mondays: Inevitable Trap Ch 1-10
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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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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...
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,…
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…
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…
Delusional Monthly Magazine Episode 7 Review – Matchmaking Trap
Did Taro find the girl of his dreams?
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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
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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Should We Hunt, Trap, Or Just Get Sloshed This Week in Anime?
Anime episode review Cells at Work Code Black The Promised Neverland
Monologue: “Trap” has no fitting Japanese equivalent and should be left untranslated.
The liberal anifemtards are at it again.
Superwomen In Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Volume 5 Guest Review By Maru de Cinco
Welcome today to our newest guest reviewer here on Okazu. ^_^ Maru de Cinco is a VTuber affiliated with GATTAI!! The Live. She loves Yuri, mecha, idols and…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 144: Reversible (or It’s A Trap!!!! Can High School Get Any More Confusing????)
Happy 2012! In this episode of The Spiraken Manga Review, Xan Starts off the new year by reviewing a terrible manga about cross dressing and high school boys,…
“King Of The Octagon” – The Fight. The Passion. The Money.
When you pick up King of the Octagon, prepare for an amazing cast of characters, a protagonist you'll cheer for, hilarious moments that will make you laugh out…
Disliking The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
An award-winning critical darling, that I unfortunately cannot stand.
The Duel, The Who and The Where
This is one segment in an anthology of videos about Star Wars Visions you can watch here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQoVKoEXurCu8XN4i5E2uSRC4KLdo-_n3 Peep my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CaribouCoon Channel 2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8y4X8xL_jMWvYn2IM26apQ Video used: Star Wars Visions Afro Samurai