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A game of faces: The Promised Neverland episode 1

Posted on 10th January 2019 by bateszi / 0 Comment

There are some early visual cues that all is not right for the orphans in The Promised Neverland.

Anime/Editorials

Rediscovering Shonen Jump anime

Posted on 24th February 2018 by bateszi / 3 Comments

Watching anime, I go through peaks and troughs. The start of the year was a peak, but throughout February, I’ve been in a bit of a trough trying to find somethi...

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Childhood's end: Naruto and Pain

Posted on 16th September 2010 by bateszi / 1 Comment

To compare Naruto now to the naive kid he was when this series began tells us of how much he's grown since. He's now the person he always dreamed of becoming, a...

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Naruto & child soldiers / The thrilling tragedy of Kakashi Gaiden

Posted on 22nd July 2010 by bateszi / 13 Comments

Does Masashi Kishimoto think about how children are depicted in Naruto? Ninja are tools of war, after all, and Konoha trains its children to become ninja; isn’t...

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Naruto Shippuuden episode 82 is a masterpiece

Posted on 2nd September 2009 by bateszi / 21 Comments

After all these years, I still love watching Naruto. I’ll place it on hiatus every now and then, but it still is, and always will be, one of my biggest fa...

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One Piece and why a man is only as good as his word

Posted on 20th July 2008 by bateszi / 17 Comments

Brook: “He may think that we’ve betrayed him, but if he’s waiting even now, how miserable must he be? […] I can’t help but think t...

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Soul Eater 11

Posted on 14th July 2008 by bateszi / 16 Comments

If you mess with Tsubaki's stage… I'll kill you!

Reviews

Naruto Shippuuden: The return of Orochimaru, stuff happens

Posted on 22nd December 2007 by bateszi / 14 Comments

There is perhaps no anime I want to love more than Naruto. I've been following this story since 2003 and even if it drags on for another decade, I'll still be c...

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Naruto Shippuuden rises from the ashes! A dramatic return to form!

Posted on 4th September 2007 by bateszi / 12 Comments

I relapsed like a hungry junkie and gobbled up the last dozen episodes of Shippuuden… Why does it feel so wrong, yet taste so good? My name is bateszi and...

Reviews

Is it the Franky or the beans? One Piece 321

Posted on 1st September 2007 by bateszi / 6 Comments

It sounds superficial, but something as stupid as a smile goes a long way; after a tiring week, it’s just a lot easier to relax in front of anime thatR...

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