Welcome to the NHK is one of those things that should remind you of how a medium people think is for children – I mean, it’s a CARTOON, right? – can be used to explore some really ugly things. In Welcome’s case it’s mental illness. What’s interesting to me is what it reveals about the […]
Read more "How Not to End a Series: Welcome to the NHK"I’m relatively new to anime/manga fandom, and School-Live! is the first series I’ve managed to follow “traditionally.” You know: waiting for weeks or months for the next issue, knowing the last one was coming and anticipating what was coming next. And it’s been known for a while that School-Live! was ending with volume 12. And […]
Read more "How Not to End a Series: School-Live!"The end of a narrative is supposed to do two things, resolve the conflict and wrap up the loose ends. Some anime try to spread those two functions across two episodes. Speed Grapher, anyone? Some anime blow off the loose ends in the name of drama. Cowboy Bebop anyone? Some anime integrate the two seamlessly. […]
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Confessions of an Overage otaku 