What Platinum End Says About My Past and Present

(TW for discussion of death, suicide, suicide ideation and trauma.) At age 14 - 15, I wasn't what you'd call a "chuunibyou" in an outward sense. Aside from sinking far too much time into Tumblr and TV Tropes...as well as anime, manga and fanfiction...I was pretty ordinary. That said, one of my stories from that...

Show-ha Shoten Has Struck Comedy Gold

They say comedy is subjective... From the moment you open up Show-ha Shoten, you immediately understand why Takeshi Obata was chosen to do the art - it's comedy Bakuman, right down to how Azemichi Shijima becomes "Everyday Shijimi" in a similar manner to Ashirogi Muto. However, what is it that makes it tick? It runs...

Colourful Stories Tag

Thanks to Phoenix for the tag. Rules #1 Share your favourite stories—movies/books/anime/manga/drama/songs—by classifying them on these seven colours’ traits: red: passionate, exciting, invigoratingblue: peaceful, calmingpink: romantic, caringorange: warm, motivatingblack: mysterious, thrillinggreen: fresh, unexpectedwhite: random #2 Send this challenge invitation to at least one of your friends. Let them fear your superiority, as you—decide their fate. #3 Link back to the...

Death Note One-Shot (2020): Taking It Too Far…?

The fact of the matter is that Death Note has always been fairly global, but it's never had an existing political figure in it...until now. For the most part, Scott's post on this one-shot (and the things I omitted from my comment on it) are what inspired me to write this post, so mosey on...

Ne0;lation: What Does It Mean to be a “Jump Hero”?

Ne0;lation is a manga which is basically Death Note with hackers (well, "cracker" is the right term, but...you don't want to confuse a manga character with something else). However, in saying that, I think Death Note’s legacy opened up a conundrum – what is the quintessential Jump hero? Back when Death Note was around, people...