Wooper: We interrupt your regularly scheduled first impressions to bring you one man’s overdue post on the recently concluded anime season. My thoughts on one show in particular proved particularly hard to wrangle, but eventually I managed to get something on the page, so here’s the last of spring’s biweekly check-ins. As for whether the …
Tsuyokute New Saga Short Synopsis: A swordsman is given a second chance to save his homeland from demons after being sent back in time by a magic gemstone. Wooper: They should have called this adaptation Tsuyokute New Shortcut in honor of its cheap production. The identical fire.gifs slapped on top of its world map during …
Takopi’s Original Sin Short Synopsis: An octopus-like alien searches for a way to save the life of the miserable human child he has befriended. Wooper: I typically omit major spoilers when writing these impressions, but since this episode was prefaced with a content warning concerning its most traumatic scene, I’ll address it here. This series …
Wooper: The temperature is currently in the mid 90s where I live (that’s 34 degrees for all you Celsius enjoyers) and shows no signs of coming down, so I’ve vowed to leave my house as little as possible until this heat wave breaks. I might have gone nuts without a few dozen new anime to …
What If Sasuke Never Left Konoha scenario is a popular alternate timeline that would have dramatically changed the trajectory of Naruto, both in terms of plot and character growth. What If Sasuke Never Left Konoha? Premise: What if, on that fateful night after fighting Naruto at the Valley of the End, Sasuke didn’t leave to …
When the Hero of Konoha Walks the Path of Shadows We know Naruto Uzumaki as the sunshine of the shinobi world—a loud, passionate dreamer who defied all odds and became Hokage. But what if, instead of fighting against the Akatsuki… he joined them? Let’s explore a world where Naruto didn’t resist the darkness—but embraced it. …
