I used to tip so that my check ended in a nice round number. Go out to eat, the bill, plus tax, and then you do the math – what’s a number that’s in the normal tipping range? What do … Continue [...]
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This isn’t about anime or anything, so you can ignore it. The verse best song I ever wrote goes a little something like this: Unfortunately I don’t have an easy way to write out a score so a guitar [...]
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Answer: Directors are mostly men. Writers are a 50-50 split. While I was doing some other anime research, I was pretty surprised at how many anime based on shoujo manga or otome games were actually [...]
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Aoi’s sleepover is sandwiched between two parallel dreams. In her first, her best friend, Hinata abandons her in order to become more popular, reflecting her insecurities and her own personal desires. [...]
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While GochiUsa first introduces the transfer student Cocoa to its audiences, at its center is the girl with the, uh, “bunny” on her head, Chino. Surrounding her is an eclectic mix of characters – but [...]
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Stories like to keep casts together. Relationship dynamics are built up and easy to repeat. And when the forces that be create a rift between characters, they stay close to each other no matter how [...]
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“We don’t have to be friends, but let’s have lunch together again tomorrow.” “Huh? What does that mean?” “We’ll just eat together… not as friends. That’s okay, right?” -Hase Yuuki and Fujimiya Kaori, [...]
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Tinfoil hat: on. “Terribads are invading this town, too. But we’re gonna be fine! Precure will surely appear like a blast! They’ll take them out with a huge bang! …After all, Precure are invincible! [...]
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An addendum. Through Natasha, World Conquest Zvezda Plot provides conflicting ideas of childhood. But to the world around her, all of them are bad. When she was little, she did not believe in fairies [...]
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The silliness of Kate Hoshimiya is not really lost on anyone. A little girl leads an evil organization of a few, followers of all ages, and pretty significant power as well. And she wears a silly [...]
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