The Old Rookie Adventurer #01 — Staring Blankly at Women

  Somehow the highlight of the episode. Impressions: Oh boy. An entire episode of doing the sorting hat dumbassery endemic to these stupid cheat power things. The premise is basically the same as Kenichi, a ‘loser’ taken in by a bunch of super strong people… except we’re skipping over the entire parts where the dude …

Phoenix – Volume 2

The first volume of Phoenix offered a bleak portrayal of human nature, emphasizing how we are fundamentally little different from the ants and the beasts, and how our superstitious clamoring for eternal life is ultimately a self-destructive fool’s errand. Though individuals were occasionally able to rise above the small-minded perspectives and fanatical loyalties that defined …