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MAO Reveals The By'ki's True Origins With a Surprising Connection to a Japanese Legend
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (137+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MAO. MAO is a historical fantasy series from renowned mangaka Rumiko Takahashi that maximises Japanese lore and horror tropes. Season 1 has excelled at introducing its main characters with a strong emotional hook and has…...
Rooster Fighter Delivers an Emotionally Explosive Season 1 Finale
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (140+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ROOSTER FIGHTER. Read Rooster Fighter By Sh" Sakuratani All in all, Rooster Fighter ends its first season as explosively as it started. It does well to show how much the characters have grown throughout…...
MAO Continues to Explore the Titular Hero's Past, But Struggles to Progress the Female Lead
1+ week, 31+ min ago (275+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MAO. MAO is Rumiko Takahashi's latest hit that centres on a mysterious curse originating in Japan's Heian era. Somehow, this mysterious curse and its demonic entity, the By'ki, are impacting key points in Japan's…...
Rooster Fighter's Devils Reveal Their Sinister Plan In High-Stakes 10th Episode
3+ week, 21+ min ago (230+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ROOSTER FIGHTER. Rooster Fighter is now in its final episodes for Season 1, which means raising the stakes even higher to end on a much bigger note. That is exactly what Episode 10, "To Back a…...
Rooster Fighter Finally Gives Piyoko Her Heroic Moment
3+ week, 1+ day ago (256+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ROOSTER FIGHTER. Rooster Fighter has been an epic journey centred around found family and finding new purpose in life. It has also poked fun at its own genre and associated tropes. As the series…...
Rooster Fighter Makes a Dramatic Turn With the Introduction of Keisuke In Climactic Episode
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (164+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ROOSTER FIGHTER. Rooster Fighter has alternated between parody and character-driven stories, most of which have centred on Keiji's lone-bird lifestyle and his reluctant acceptance of friends, namely Elizabeth and Piyoko. After a temporary split…...
Rooster Fighter Pokes Fun of Gangsters and Slice of Life In a Breather Story
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (105+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ROOSTER FIGHTER. Read Rooster Fighter By Sh" Sakuratani Rooster Fighter debuts new episodes on [Adult Swim] every Saturday at midnight and streams in Japanese and English on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (worldwide) the next…...
MAO Delivers a Disjointed and Awkwardly Paced Third Episode
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (141+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MAO. Read MAO by Rumiko Takahashi All in all, Episode 3 is a pretty mixed bag of an episode. Much of this episode is hurt by awkward pacing as a consequence of trying to follow…...
Love Out on a Limb Vol. 1 Explores the Love Triangle Trope From a New Angle and a Big Twist
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (171+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR LOVE OUT ON A LIMB. Read Love Out on a Limb Chapter 1 for Free on Kodansha US Nogiri's strengths as a storyteller mainly come through in her characterisation of Yui. With a strong script…...
MAO's Season 1 Premiere Is Not Gen Alpha's Inuyasha, But a Haunting Tale About Curses
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (433+ words) WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MAO. The anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's latest manga series, MAO, has finally hit the airwaves in Japan and is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ in the US and in other parts of…...