A brief and random assortment of thoughts, feelings and nonsense. Thanks for reading :) Limerick by Ethan Coen: So excited at movies was Lou\ His ...
So I finished catching up to the manga as now all volumes has been published in english. The story basically recreates the basic venture into the demon world but with a twist as the relationship between the demon lord and the hero is all but confirmed with a majority support even among demons save for one fanatical demon general who still believes the essential purpose of the demon lord is to…
It's alright. Regular cute romance with regular characters, the premise for their connection is unique as they bond over what qualifies as "niche rock" to the manga creator which includes but is not limited to Nirvana, Red Hot chili peppers, Pearl Jam and Bon Jovi??????? Music snobbery aside, it's an inoffensive lesbian romance set in high school. I don't understand the hype as part of it was…
If the Unabomber's manifesto was a bit too technical and emotionally detached for your liking, this book is far more approachable and makes a more sympathetic case for a reactionary approach to the modern dehumanizing effects of what we call "society." Submerged in a sea of literary and philosophical references to illustrate the differing experiences of our humanity throughout history and how the…
Quick Context: The youtube channel "Open to Debate" hosted a debate between two academics in a comedy cellar club in NYC. The full topic was as follows: "Could Dating an Al Be Better Than Dating a Human?" I was there irl and while I learned a lot from the academics invited in how they described their research on attachment, human connection and the utilization of fake sentience from AI in order to…
The series carries a lot of comedic weight with it's subversive premise of the isekai fantasy genre within anime at large. The usual set up is someone in the modern world, typically Japan, either dies or goes to sleep and wakes up trapped in the novel or video game they were just enjoying before they went to sleep. Upon waking up, they discover an absurdly overpowered ability to give them godlike…
What happens when the epic Hero's journey ends with a middle aged washed up hero who barely lives to his reputation let alone cares about it? We get a story about redemption, reclaiming your dreams and sometimes swallowing your pride to get the best outcome for everyone involved. Taking inspiration from D&D, the main hero party of this show is comprised of the Hero, Barbarian (the tank), the Mage,…
DRM bothers me the way a spicy kidney stone bothers every person with a uretha. It sucks to remove the DRM as the usual process with a "Certain" plugin with Calibre requires a set up with WINE on linux and amazon credentials which are then exported into another directory. This leaves me with a deep-hearted appreciation for the few publishers making an effort to publish their books without DRM. One…
Yes this is a review of a demo as of the time of this post the full game hasn't come out yet. Just hear me out. So Hell Maiden is a game that re-imagines the story of the Divine Comedy where after Dante ascends to Heaven to reunite with his beloved, He finds himself back in hell again with no memories. Virgil finds him again asking what happened to have made Dante fall out heaven but Dante has no…
The anime starts off with an interesting premise and approach to a super-powered main cast. The usual approach in anime is to either have a whole society integrated with super powered beings like "My Hero Academia" or "Soul Eater" but in this anime, it's solely royalty with super powers. Those powers are treated as evidence that they're royalty. This isn't a drama series in the slightest, no…
Quick context for those unaware: There's a niche within the wider culture wars about how men's reading habits or lack thereof serve as some indicator of their latent misogyny or anti-intellectual tendencies. These analyses are taken at face value and then used a launching pad for why men should abandon all individual inclinations and read the latest female dominated smut swarming the literary…