The Otaku Exhibition

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  • Mushoku Tensei: Lolis Aren’t “Just Drawings”

    To date, my essay decrying Mushoku Tensei as the worst anime ever is my highest-performing post. It has garnered more support and criticism than every other post on this blog put together, actually. While I could be upset about that, it’s just something you get used to on the internet; a tiny minority will always…

  • Anime of the Year – 2022

    Is there a not-cliche way to open a retrospective? I don’t think so, but I’m going to try to avoid using such tired shibboleths as “another year of anime has passed” and “with 2022 drawing to a close”. Oh, is this your first time hearing the word shibboleth? You’re welcome, use it often. This is…

  • The Live-Action My Hero Academia Movie Will Be AWFUL

    There’s been chatter about a live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia for years, though that’s just been noise until news broke that Netflix would be joining production, alongside Legendary Pictures and announcement of some staff. Spoiler alert: it’s going to be bad. You know it’s going to be bad. I know it’s going to be…

  • I Was Wrong About Cowboy Bebop

    This is the rare moment where I had a bad anime take, and managed to avoid publicizing it. In fact, up until this point, I’d forgive my readers for assuming I held Cowboy Bebop in high regard, and that’s for a simple reason; I hadn’t seen it yet. Yeah, I’m not much of an anime…

  • Link Click is the Perfect Anime

    Anyone who has read my essay on Solo Leveling should have seen this coming, but it was up in the air as to whether or not I’d be able to pull this off. Regardless, you should know why we’re here today even if you haven’t read any of my other work…it’s because I’m a bad…

  • Bocchi the Rock! Review: K-On Can’t Communicate

    Directed by Keiichirou Saitou Produced by Cloverworks Streaming on Crunchyroll I was in a bit of a pickle. I got ahead of myself and slated six reviews for the autumn season, and didn’t actually have six anime to watch. Alright, I said to myself, I’ll just watch the first episode of everything until something sticks…

  • More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers Review: Rent-a-Girlfriend – Revengeance

    There is an art to creating a title that might escape the average viewer. It’s not easy to devise a short handful of words that both tells the audience what to expect of the story and neatly encapsulates the content. It’s so difficult, in fact, that the world of anime, manga, and light novels has…

  • Reincarnated as a Sword Review: Double-Edged Garbage

    Directed by Shinji Ishihara Produced by C2C Streaming on HIDIVE The isekai genre has existed in some form or another for decades, though the current model was cemented a decade ago by the runaway success of Sword Art Online. It’s funny, though, that I’ve seen debates on whether or not SAO even qualifies as a…

  • The Eminence in Shadow Review: The Punisher but Anime

    Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi Produced by Nexus Streaming on HIDIVE Author’s Note: This is a first episode review, and I’ve been informed that the first episode of The Eminence in Shadow is anime original, and may not reflect the overall tone of the series. The review will remain preserved as is. I have always been…

  • Blue Lock Review: The Anti-Anime

    Directed by Tatsuaki Watanabe Produced by 8bit Streaming on Crunchyroll I have already written a glowing essay where I praise just about everything in Blue Lock and then some, and you can read that here. It’s one of my favorite manga of all time, I’ve made no secret of it. If the anime managed to…