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ANIME REVIEW: GAKKOU GURASHI

Gakkou Gurashi is a slice of life, horror anime from studio Lerche and is based off of a manga with the same name. It follows four highschool girls Yuki, Miki, Kurumi, and Yuuri who along with their teacher, Sakura, are members of the School Living club which, as the name suggests, is a club whose members live in the school and are not allowed to leave the school grounds. Yuki absolutely loves the school and the club but is unaware of the harsh reality behind its creation. So, slice of life and horror, these are two genres which are pretty difficult to combine and thus tend to result in disappointments but at the same time, if executed well, can make a show highly entertaining. Thankfully in this case the genres are combined pretty well, the plot is unique and no matter how ridiculous it may seem at first glance, it works. The plot develops into a really enjoyable and immersive story, the slick animations and pleasant background score ensure a good time for the viewers. But th
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FIRST LOOK: SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION

Sword art online: Alicization is the newest installment in the sword art online anime franchise. I guess everyone is well aware of this series, so I will not spend anytime giving a summary of it. SAO is one of the most debated shows in anime history, tons of people hate it while a good amount also love it. As far as my opinion is concerned, you can say that I stand on the side of those who hate it. Now, I am not gonna lie, I really liked the initial few episodes of the first season but then the anime just went downhill for me. I was actually thinking about skipping the new season but was convinced by the tweets of  @AlwaysLethargic and decided to give it a go, and to be honest I thought that the first episode, although not perfect was pretty good. The animations were once again really well done, and mixed with some pretty impressive visuals, the first episode was a treat for the eyes. As of now I have only seen one episode of the show and so I have only been graced with one a
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FIRST LOOK: GOBLIN SLAYER

Goblin slayer is a dark fantasy anime from White Fox studio. It follows a young adventurer who has just signed up with the guild and is ready to embark on her adventure. I am not going to say anything more than that and it might seem that it was the worst summary ever but I don't want to give away any spoilers for the first episode whatsoever.  I am going to say this right of the bat, if you have not seen it yet, go ahead and give it a go. Now, of course this is a dark fantasy so it might not be for someone who hates to see anything which is dark themed but for everyone else this is a must watch, atleast with respect to the quality of the first episode. The episode was grim, brutal and edgy (edgy in the good way ), so basically everything that you would want from a dark fantasy anime.  And the first episode was not good just because it had a dark theme, it had tons of other plus points like the structuring. The episode was structured really well, it had some foreshadow
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HANEBADO: WHAT WENT WRONG

When the first episode of Hanebado aired , I very confidently declared it to be a contender for the anime of the season. Now that the show is seven episodes in , I don't think of it to be anything more than average. Today I will be sharing my views on Hanebado and what in my opinion is the reason the show's quality declined over the span of seven weeks. Before going into this , I just want to point out that as I have already talked about the series before , I am not going to be giving any brief summary for the story of the anime in this blog. So , if you guys want to be filled in , you can check my previous blog here .  Now , let's rewind the clock back to the first episode. The reason why I liked that episode so much was because the show presented it's story as to be focussed around Nagisa and also included the mystery of Hanesaki's past. But after the second episode , the show did this weird thing where it pushed Nagisa onto the sidelines and switched
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WEEKLY ANIME ROUNDUP

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be talking about stuff that took place in the anime industry over the past week. I will not be covering every little thing that happened over the week , but things that I feel to be substantial and worth mentioning. UNSHŌ ISHIZUKA PASSES AWAY AT 67 Unshō Ishizuka , who has voiced many iconic characters like Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop and Mr. Satan from Dragon Ball Super passes away at the age of 67. This person has been a major part of my anime fandom because of his brilliant voice acting in some of my favourite shows and I will always remember him for his contributions in the anime industry. It is also extremely heartbreaking to see some people memeing his death. I understand that there will be people who are not familiar with his work and thus might not care about this news but still joking about someone's death is just insensitive and distasteful. So , yeah check out some stuff that he has contributed in an
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DOUJINSHI CORNER: DEAR MY TEACHER

Welcome everyone to the Doujinshi corner , here I will be talking about any Doujinshi manga that have caught my eye. For anyone unaware , Doujinshi manga are those which are not serialised in any magazines but are individually published by the author. Today , I will be taking a look at " Dear My Teacher" , a romance , shoujo ai manga written and drawn by Ajiichi . As the name suggests , the manga follows a teacher , Kaoru , and her student , Isechi , who end up falling for each other. So , naturally this relationship is pretty conflicted , after all the two involved are a teacher and  a student. The mangaka does a fine job of showcasing this conflict through the perspective of both the people involved , this conflicted relationship that the manga presents in the first few chapters managed to get me immersed and invested in the story. The art and character designs are also pretty imressive and add to the appeal of the manga. But , this does not mean that it does not h
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WEEKLY ANIME ROUNDUP

Welcome everyone to the weekly anime roundup , here I will be talking about stuff that took place in the anime industry over the past week. I will not be covering every little thing that happened over the week , but things that I feel to be substantial and worth mentioning. VINLAND SAGA ANIME TO PREMIERE IN JANUARY 2019 What a month January is turning out to be for anime. Vinland Saga adds to the list of my highly anticipated anime that are coming out in January. Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga is probably the best historical manga I have read to date and I am really hyped for the anime adaptation. If you have not checked out the manga yet then I highly recommend you to do so. SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION SET TO PREMIERE ON SEPTEMBER 15 Aniplex of America have announced a September 15 premiere for the SAO alicization arc. The show will be available on Japanese TV in October. Until a few weeks ago , I was thinking about skipping this one as I didn't really
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