My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! – Episode 1
It’s competent. It’s fine. It’s nothing to write home about, unless you want to report on the familiar patterns emerging.
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YUREI DECO – Episode 1
Y’all, I wanna believe.
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League of Nations Air Force Aviation Magic Band Luminous Witches – Episode 1
In 1969, Edwin Starr asked “war! What is it good for?” His answer, in the next line of the song, was “absolutely nothing.” Many years later, an alternate answer might be “speculative fiction anime starring pretty young women.”
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TEPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing ’til You Cry – Episode 1
As the fifteen exclamation points in the title might imply, Teppen has ENERGY!
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Lycoris Recoil – Episode 1
As fiction has told us for many years, no one makes a better assassin than a sixteen-year-old girl.
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Engage Kiss – Episode 1
Visually, there’s a lot to like about Engage Kiss. Unfortunately, then you get to the plot.
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Shoot! Goal to the Future – Episode 1
A spin-off of a beloved 90s series that can’t capture the same magic.
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Phantom of the Idol – Episode 1
Much like ghosts, you’ll either believe in Phantom of the Idol or you’ll ignore it ratling around in the background due to its pretty okay premiere that, while not polarizing, doesn’t wow like some of Summer 2022’s other options.
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RWBY: Ice Queendom – Episodes 1-3
A stunning, action packed three-episode premiere that welcomes fans int he know with welcome arms, but risks isolating newcomers with no prior knowledge of the series.
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What Role Are You Playing? Communication, queerness, and neurodivergence in Yuri is My Job!
Miscommunication as narrative conflict is often linked with contrivance and bad writing—and no genre faces this criticism more than romance. That’s what makes Yuri is My Job! so refreshing. In the process of building a will-they-won’t-they story, it explores the gendered, neurotypical, and heteronormative expectations that are built into social interaction.
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Site Update: Patreon Tier Perk Changes Beginning in July
We wanted to give everyone a heads-up on an upcoming Patreon adjustment. Beginning July 1, we will be adjusting the perks available in each of our tiers.
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The possession and performance of relationship in Spice and Wolf
Holo and Lawrence’s relationship is initially held back by the circumstances upon which they first meet, rendering Holo as an owned object rather than an equal companion and stifling both leads’ feelings behind layers of performative inauthenticity. Part of the appeal of Spice and Wolf is watching these two characters overcome the gendered norms of their medieval setting, as well as their own personal flaws, to achieve an emotional reciprocity that is narratively satisfying.
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Queer resonance and critiquing heteronormativity in SPY x FAMILY
Spy x Family is a great example of how a story might have queer resonances and queer themes even if it cannot be classed as queer fiction.
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Chatty AF 164: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 32-39 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Mercedez, Chiaki, and special guest Diana check in on the kids one last time, grit their teeth through some tragic lesbians, and give a warm send-off to this powerful classic.
