Filed under: Yuri Manga Corner Tagged: action, Akuma no Riddle, anime, assassins, drama, school life, violence, YMC, Yuri, Yuri Manga Corner
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By Yun Kouga and Sunao Minakata. Released in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, serialization ongoing in the magazine Newtype. Released in North America by Seven Seas. I admit I wasn’t paying too much [...]
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Volume 1 introduced Tokaku, an assassin, Haru, her target, and the other members of their, haha, high school assassin class, who all want to kill Haru. Volume 2 finishes establishing the rules of this [...]
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If you read my writing on the Akuma no Riddle anime, here, here, and here, you might remember that I started out apathetic, warmed up to it, then was irritated by its ending's hand-waviness and [...]
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Title: Akuma no RiddleGenre: ActionRating: 4.6/10 Summary: The story is set at Myoujou Academy, a private girls’ boarding school. The 10th year’s Kurogumi class has 12 assassins with their sights on [...]
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Given the options I was provided for this year’s Secret Santa review competition, I was provided three options. I could go with Tortov Roddle, which while available on Youtube was far too short to [...]
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Should have known some people did not notice the trailer for the bonus episode and threw F bombs upon viewing the RAW release of the OVA. As for me when I learned the episode would take place on a [...]
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There are some anime that start off bad, only to grow worse with time. There are some that get off to a good start, only to crash by the midway point. Then there are just some anime that ruin [...]
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This is review number two hundred and ninety eight. This anime is part of the Spring 2014 lineup. I’m ending the year watching only two lineups. Isn’t that miserable? I am actually glad I fell out of [...]
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Oh I am so ready for this. Give me the total package doods! Give me sexy assassins in swimsuits that episode 7 only covered half of. YES! Also look forward to my coverage of both halves of this [...]
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The official 「Akuma no Riddle」 anime website is now currently hosting the first promotional video for the upcoming OVA. The new special is known as the unaired 13th episode of the original TV series. [...]
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It's a shame we have to waste the swimsuit episode with bomb defusalTokaku Azuma was trained to be an assassin since birth and is a formidable fighter. One day she is assigned to a special high school [...]
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Minor tidbit on what we can expect from the upcoming episode. Thanks to the dedicated masochist known as “the elevator man” for the info. Report is based on the manga translator’s (iHoshiku [...]
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I haven't forgotten about my reviews from the Spring season just yet! The next two shows focus on the girls, albeit with very different motivations--Akuma no Riddle and the second season of Love [...]
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AnimeMage Advert (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What can I say about Akuma no Riddle… Interesting plot with a few twists and turns along the way. Yet at the end… I still don’t [...]
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Volume 2 release of the anime series Akuma no Riddle will be out on 16 July 2014. Contains Episodes 3-4. Two editions available for preorder: Blu-ray and DVD. Plot Summary The “Class Black,” 10th [...]
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Thanks to everyone who had the courage or time to vote. Now it’s time to find out how many votes everyone got and see who is the favorite amongst my fans. As always I save my votes for the last … [...]
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Welp, that was frustrating. I mostly enjoyed Akuma no Riddle (a.k.a. Riddle Story of Devil), but it easily could have been better than it was, and that ending sure sucked. But let me backtrack.Akuma [...]
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Uhm, I’m pretty sure, that’s NOT how multiple-choice-tests works. Also, it’s important to note that none of the questions this guy had sent Tokaku were ‘multiple-choice-tests’. Was Akuma no Riddle a [...]
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Lesbians murder each other. While normally I would be all for lesbians murdering each other, Akuma no Riddle manages to make lesbians murdering each other boring. It’s a character of the week format, [...]
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