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The Promised Neverland Season 2: An Anime-Only Watcher's Perspective

The Promised Neverland Season 2: An Anime-Only Watcher's Perspective

Mary Lee Sauder
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The first season of The Promised Neverland was lauded as an instant classic back when it came out in Winter 2019 – its blend of psychological horror and Death Note-style thriller elements made it a joy to watch week to week and the intriguing setting had viewers wondering what could possibly be lurking outside of Grace Field House. Now that the second season is well underway, though, some fans are wishing that the outside world had remained a mystery. Let’s examine The Promised Neverland Season 2 from the perspective of an anime-only viewer. Is this season really as terrible as manga readers say it is?

The Rise of Satoko in Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW

The Rise of Satoko in Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW

Mary Lee Sauder
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Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou (Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW), the newest entry in the Higurashi franchise, initially appeared to be a remake of the first season with better animation, but slowly revealed itself to be a completely new timeline with more than one twist up its sleeve. It subverts the hard-earned happy ending of When They Cry: Kai by showing that when Rika attends the fancy private school St. Lucia a few years later, she makes Satoko’s life miserable by dragging her along and then ignoring her once her friend doesn’t fit in. Begging for some way out of this hell, Satoko meets with a mysterious goddess (?) who allows her to “live in loops” just like Rika. Only this time, Satoko’s goal isn’t to save her friends from horrific deaths – it’s to keep Rika for herself forever. Let’s reexamine Gou with this in mind and try to figure out what kind of insane ending this could possibly be leading to!

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK's Red Blood Cell Has Finally Broken

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK's Red Blood Cell Has Finally Broken

Mary Lee Sauder
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Even though the cast of the mainline Cells at Work series has to contend with some scary scenarios like cancer and heat stroke, the body itself is in good shape and everything seems to work out in the end. In Cells at Work! CODE BLACK, however, the body’s biggest enemy is its own host – constant drinking, smoking, sleep deprivation, stress, and more have been pushing the cells to their absolute limit for years now, in the same manner that a Japanese “black company” exploits its workers. And in episode 10, our plucky protagonist Red Blood Cell experiences something so devastating that he finally just breaks. How did this happen, and where can he possibly go from here?

6 Anime Like Kemono Jihen

6 Anime Like Kemono Jihen

Mary Lee Sauder
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Kemono Jihen takes a serious, gritty approach to Japanese yokai and the urban fantasy genre – our half-monster protagonists may be young, but the problems they face would be daunting even to an adult. So, if you can’t bear to wait a full week to find out what supernatural horror the Inugami Strangeness Consultancy Office detectives will face next, here are six other fantastic anime that remind us of Kemono Jihen!

We chose shows that feature supernatural elements in a modern setting, usually with a darker tone and/or mature subject matter mixed in with traditional action-adventure elements. Let’s get started!

Top 10 Action Anime

Top 10 Action Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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There’s nothing like a good action-packed anime to get the heart pumping faster, especially when it has god-tier animation and an engaging storyline to go along with it. Today, we’d like to highlight ten of our favorites in the genre – they’ll be ranked by the intensity and creativity of their action scenes, as well as the quality of the narrative that gives those scenes context and meaning. We’ll be focusing mostly on newer anime, since the sheer amazingness of classics like Dragon Ball Z and Cowboy Bebop is already well documented. So, with all that said, let’s get started!

Please Let Reki and Langa from SK8 the Infinity Be a Couple!

Please Let Reki and Langa from SK8 the Infinity Be a Couple!

Mary Lee Sauder
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SK8 the Infinity is a Winter 2021 original anime produced by Studio Bones and directed by Hiroko Utsumi, who is best known for her work on Free! and the anime adaptation of Banana Fish. It’s a vibrant, exciting story about a secret skateboarding competition called “S”, where people from all different backgrounds come together to wear flamboyant outfits and race down dangerous mountain roads like some kind of amazing cross between ‘80s underground gay clubs and Initial D.

Our two protagonists, passionate veteran skater Reki and Canadian snowboarder/newbie skateboarder Langa, grow close in no time at all and have more than enough homoerotic moments for us to believe that it might be possible for them to pull a Yuri on Ice and make it official by the end of the series. Let’s examine the evidence!

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