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Tag Archives: Slice of Life
New Game!!
New Game! gains a second exclamation mark for the second season, but that doesn’t really indicate that it is more amazing or zany or exciting or anything like that. This is very much more of the same, but that’s fine, … Continue reading
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Tagged New Game!, New Game!!, Slice of Life
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New Game!
I have mentioned the Bechdel test a few times on this blog, a measure of the representation of female characters in fiction, film or television. There does of course exist the concept of the Reverse Bechdel test, which asks whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Bechdel Test, New Game!, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Hidamari Sketch
Slice-of-life is a widely misunderstood genre, and I often see anime series mistakenly categorised as slice-of-life simply because they are not hugely dramatic by Western standards. But there is no point having descriptions for things if we misapply them, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Hidamari Sketch, School, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Re-Kan
The title of this anime series translates as “Sixth Sense”, so it’s understandable that the DVD release goes with the original Japanese title rather than the translation. Anyone coming to this series expecting anything creepy or mysterious would be disappointed. … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Ghosts, Re-Kan, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Girls’ Last Tour
I have seen so many anime series now that familiar stories, tropes and issues crop up over and over again. It is rare to see a series that is doing something completely unfamiliar that I have never seen before, but … Continue reading
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Lucky Star
I bought this series on Blu-ray, knowing that it was a popular one and that it also shared most of its voice cast with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, both in the original Japanese and the dub version. At first, … Continue reading
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Tagged Lucky Star, Slice of Life, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Engaged to the Unidentified
What would you do if you found out that a marriage had been arranged for you, and your fiancé was a near-stranger you hadn’t seen since childhood? I can’t really get myself into that head-space, but it’s an interesting premise … Continue reading
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Tagged Engaged to the Unidentified, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Slice of Life
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