When a giant whale surfaces next to the boat, Akira identifies it as the Tombwhale a god of the sea that carries the souls of the dead. Touko imagines it’s there to claim the critically wound…
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The Fire Hunter
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Mapping The Fire Hunter
The place of worldbuilding has always been a matter of debate in the genre fiction scene. On one hand, it’s absolutely the main appeal of fantasy and science…
TONIKAWA: Over the Moon For You – 06 – Benefits of a Bigger Place
Nasa is endlessly fascinated by his wife Tsukasa’s “ferality” while asleep. Her tied-up hair always comes loose, her covers are always strewn about, and when she half-consciously …
Call of the Night – 06 – A Private Place
Kou insists he’s not giving Shirakawa Kiyosumi a massage so Nazuna will give her a kiss; no, he’s all about the Murasakis, baby. Last time Kiyosumi came to…
Girls on Fire - A Place Further than the Universe
A Place Further than the Universe has a lot to say about the human spirit in its succinct and sweet thirteen episode run. Its four leads are as…
The Fire Hunter – Episode 1
A beautiful late entry to the winter season.
First Look: The Fire Hunter
After a world-altering event, humans now spontaneously combust if they come into close proximity to a naked flame. To adapt, Fire Hunters harvest a new energy source from…
The Fire Hunter Review — C-
A very ambitious story that completely fell apart.
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After repeated wars, human biology changed. Now when humans get too close to natural fire, they combust. However, society has not completely collapsed without
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, The Fire Hunter, The Heike Story, The Twelve Kingdoms, To Your Eternity
First Impression: The Fire Hunter
A man armed with a sickle battles to overcome a vicious beast in the forest, saving the life of a little girl at the cost of his own.…
The Fire Hunter – 09 – The Demonstration
Hinako is ecstatic that Kanata is back, and even though Yuoshichi’s wife hates animals, he agrees that the hound can stay, which she says makes three strays Yuoshichi…
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The Fire Hunter – 6 [The Capital]
Hello everyone, and welcome to a (Very late) episode of Fire Hunter! Apologies for that, this was a busy weekend for me as I have to write another…
Magia Record – 05/06 [There’s No Place for You Here/ I’ll Do Anything]
At this point, Magia Record’s mobile game root becomes more and more apparent, as we encounter brand new characters with brand new rumors. Episode 5 closes off the…
The Fire Hunter – What a Great Premise Can Do
The Fire Hunter is an unusual anime which is both difficult to describe and difficult to review. Nevertheless, I'm going to attempt both!
The Fire Hunter – 08 – A Good Boy Comes Home
Koushi takes Touko to the tree beneath which the capital’s Treefolk dwell. When the rusted door won’t open, Kanata senses one of the Treefolk, a young child, who…
The Fire Hunter Epi 6-10
with only 10 episodes of Hikari no Ou. I thought it would be best to finish off this intriguing, yet slow series in a big post
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The Fire Hunter – 7 [Chance Encounter]
Welcome everyone, to another week of Fire Hunter! I’ll admit, I wasn’t looking forward to much to writing this post, as Fire Hunter has done little of praise…
The Fire Hunter – 02 – Precious Goods
Maiden Train Arc Touko’s adventure starts out rough, with her vomiting and passing out, no doubt due to the fact she’s never been on a moving vehicle. When…
The Fire Hunter – 07 – Lamp Child
This episode stands out as the first one where Touko and Koushi finally meet, but that doesn’t happen instantly. Kira and Touko part ways when the latter says…
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The Fire Hunter – 4 [Flickering Flame]
Welcome everyone, to another episode of Fire Hunter! This week was… It was a disappointment, to put it lightly. I’m really starting to lose faith. Why? Well lets…
The Fire Hunter – 03 – Staying Useful
Koushi meets more members of the Okibi family, including his new lovely sister Kira, who is a year older than him. Up to that point, she’d led a…
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The Fire Hunter – 5 [The Spider Child]
Hello everyone, and welcome to another week of Fire Hunter! I apologize for the delay, I was celebrating a friends birthday this weekend and so I wasn’t able…
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The Fire Hunter – 2 [The Three Brides]
Welcome everyone to the last show of the season, The Fire Hunter! This is definitely the one I have the least handle on, let me tell you what.…
The Fire Hunter – 04 – The Dark Forest
The white dragon, which is the guardian of Kaho’s home village and has suddenly gone crazy, destroys the collection truck. Touko, Benio, and a still injured Kaho try…
The Fire Hunter; Campfire cooking Epi 3
On this episode, two sides of the same story is told in Hikari no ou, whilst campfire cooking continues to make me drool over the food
The Fire Hunter, Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill
The Fire Hunter; Campfire cooking Epi 5
Hikari no ou episode 5 is looking pretty interesting with the continuation of the world. In campfire cooking Mukodah gets better at magic
The Fire Hunter, Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill
The Fire Hunter Anime Review – 31/100
Novels. The progenitor. The alpha and the omega. So often ignored for its easier to digest kin, Light Novels and Web Novels, yet often containing some of the…
Fire Hunter Series - Master Post
Fire Hunter Series Author: Hinata Rieko Illustrator: Akihiro Yamada Master Post
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The Fire Hunter – 8 [Garden of the Gods]
Welcome everyone, to another week of Fire Hunter! This was an interesting week, lots of lore drops, and a possible shake up of the status quo. Was it…
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The Fire Hunter – 3 [Fractions of the World]
Welcome everyone, to another episode of Fire Hunter! This is a rough week for Fire Hunter, for a lot of reasons. It’s kind of sad really. I started…
Approaching The Last Airbender as a Media Scholar
What do Michael Foucault and Avatar: The Last Airbender have in common? Me! Doing media studies, thinking about it too much, and ontological linguistics. What am I even…
Fire Hunter 1: Fire in Spring - Part 1 Chapter 3 - Fire in the Rain
Fire Hunter Series 1: Fire in Spring Hinata Rieko Part One : Bonfires in Spring Chapter 3: Fire in the Rain It was said that in ancient times, people cremated…
Our Reaction to The Fire Hunter Anime: Mixed Feelings (Hikari No Ou)
Our Reaction to The Fire Hunter Anime: Mixed Feelings Since the announcement of the Fire Hunter anime, a highly anticipated show within the community, we have held high hopes…
Fire Hunter Series 1: Fire in Spring - Master Post
Fire Hunter Series 1: Fire in Spring Author: Hinata Rieko Illustrator: Akihiro Yamada Master Post Part 1: Bonfires in Spring …
The Fire Hunter – 05 – New Hunters and Hounds
Touko, Kaho, Shouzou and Kanata are drawing closer to the nearest village when they and the treefolk are attacked in the forest by the ninja-like Spiders. They’re bailed…
The Fire Hunter – 01 (First Impressions) – A Girl and Not Her Dog
Before any narration, we’re thrust right into a battle in the forest, or rather the end of one. A hunter has killed a great black beast to protect…
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[Analysis] Natsume Yuujinchou: A Place for Yokai in the Modern World
Natsume Yuujinchou, crunchroll.com By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Note: Hello, Everyone! So, last summer I took a special course on anime and Japanese culture. During that course,…
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[Analysis] Natsume Yuujinchou: A Place for Yokai in the Modern World
Natsume Yuujinchou, crunchroll.com By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Note: Hello, Everyone! So, last summer I took a special course on anime and Japanese culture. During that course, I completed…
Fire Hunter 1: Fire in Spring - Part 1 Chapter 4 - The Black Forest
Fire Hunter Series 1: Fire in Spring Hinata Rieko Part One : Bonfires in Spring Chapter 4: The Black Forest "The village we're going to is a weaving…
Magia Record Episode 5 – “There’s No Place For You Here”
After a disappointingly pedestrian fourth episode, full of grocery shopping and local tourism, things are getting a lot more interesting and potentially life-threatening in Episode 5, picking up…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Fire Hunter Season 2
Well, well, well, this I did not expect, a sequel to The Fire Hunter exactly one year later. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy the writing of that…
The Fire Hunter – 10 (Fin) – Shining Child of the Stars
Fire Hunter employed a few more Postcard Memories this week, starting with Hinako’s terrible fever that turns out to be some kind of demonic-esque possession or awakening into…
A Place Further Than the Universe
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BLEACH: Thousand Year Blood War #06: The Fire
BLEACH: Thousand Year Blood War #06 is a monumental episode for the franchise. Historically one that valued consistency over idiosyncrasy, under Hiroyuki Yamashita's supervision, the material takes on…
Fire Hunter 1: Fire in Spring - Part 2 Chapter 2 - Spiders
Fire Hunter Series 1: Fire in Spring Hinata Rieko Part Two : Animal Trail Chapter 2: Spiders Touko's hands wouldn't stop shaking. The dragon collapsed atop the cart…
Respect For Other Creatures In Hunter x Hunter
Hunter x Hunter discussion, animals in Hunter x Hunter, chimera ants
A Place Further than the Twitter Discourse
If there’s a general theme among the anime I’ve been watching this season, I think it’s “earnestness.” That’s perhaps one of the aspects of any sort of media…
A review of A Place Further Than the Universe
Man, now this was a series that took a while to get through. Not because it’s long, however. Not because it’s bad, either — just the opposite, in…
Movie Review: A Quiet Place
As part of my Spooktober movie marathon, I recently delved into the heart-pounding world of suspense and survival with A Quiet Place. A Quiet Place exceeded my expectations.…
Higehiro – 10 – A Warm Place
While Yoshida does his level best to hide it, Mishima and Hashimoto can tell he’s devastated by Sayu’s imminent departure, and how he’s mitigating it by trying to…
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, High School Girls