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An Autumn Update
Read More →: An Autumn UpdateThe beginning of Autumn (in the UK) is one of my favourite times of year. There’s just something about the colour of the sunlight, especially in the mornings, like a momentary pause in time, that puts my mind at ease and invites introspective feelings (not to mention, the snoring cat curled up beside me). So,…
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January status update
Read More →: January status updateJanuary was a good month for this here anime blog. I published 6 posts, which may not seem like a lot, but for me, it’s the most I’ve published in years. This was reflected in the blog’s views, which went up for the first time since November. I don’t know if I can maintain this…
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The older I get the more I realise the less I know
Read More →: The older I get the more I realise the less I knowWell, this is weird. This is the first time I’ve sat down to write something for a really long time, too long for a blog that inexplicably still has some readers. For that, I thank you. Whenever I hear from one of you, it truly boosts my spirits. Over the years of writing for this…
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The Paranoid Reader and the Nonsexual in No. 6
Read More →: The Paranoid Reader and the Nonsexual in No. 6(In my attempt to procrastinate a Haikyuu!! post I’ve been meaning to write for months, I present to you an excerpt from a final paper I wrote for one of my literary theory classes last year. Yeah, I’m that girl who always finds a way to connect her assignments to anime. No shame.) In the…
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Durarara!! Isn't an Escape
Read More →: Durarara!! Isn't an Escape“The kind of scene you see every day. But sometimes, for no reason at all, you can see the hint of another reality…a crack, suddenly appearing in your peaceful, everyday life, throws you off guard, making you rethink things.” My desire for the next season of Durarara!! has pushed me to revisit the first season quite a…
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All ends with beginnings; Naruto's swansong
Read More →: All ends with beginnings; Naruto's swansongNaruto is making me cry with each chapter it releases. The rebloggables are suddenly through the charts on my tumblr dashboard. Open Facebook or Twitter on a Jump release date, and there are people there to commiserate with. It’s the ending we always dreamed of, quietly gripping our rubber prop kunai, gleefully purchased as preteens…
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To you, our loyal visitors: some questions
Read More →: To you, our loyal visitors: some questionsOne thing I’ve always been curious about is how many of you guys read this blog without knowing that there’s been a new post? Perhaps you visit us through a bookmark? I’ve made it so that this post won’t be included in our RSS feed, therefore it can only be read by those of you…