Despite any shortcomings, I believe Digimon Tamers was an excellent attempt at evolving the franchise beyond its exciting start. It was like watching a franchise itself growing up from its whimsical, adventurous, and childlike story into something older, more mature, and more introspective and nuanced. Tamers wasn’t just asking the characters to grow up, it was asking the audience to do it too.
The tone, the drama, the pacing, the themes, the subtext, and the character exploration pushed the audience to think beyond what they already knew about Digimon. It brought a reality to the wish fulfilment of having your own digital monster without trying to
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Mar 3, 2025
Beastars Final Season
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Considering what the anime is working with, the anime didn't do a bad job. They cut out a lot of the weaker elements of the manga, but along with them, they seemed to have cut out the good parts too. Legoshi's mom scene was severely crippled by not including some of the most important moments that contextualized the importance of her coming to his bed. I knew the third season would be tough to translate into anime considering the source material, but there were still plenty of great moments to take and I felt like they didn't.
They did a pretty good job with Melon. ... 
Mar 3, 2025
Serial Experiments Lain
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I had a chance to watch "Serial Experiments Lain." Profound and unsettling, this anime explores some pretty heavy philosophical themes while capturing them through its visuals. The shot compositions are extremely intentional and will push your brain to think more about them than the surface level. If I had to critique it for something, it would be that it sometimes loses itself in its philosophical ideas and jumps around from one to another while trying to tie all of them up, which will leave many (me included) confused.
However, that is kind of expected when with Psychological Cyberpunk Thrillers. But that's why it's one of my ... 
Jan 20, 2024
Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete
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Not Recommended Funny  Preliminary
(3/13 eps)
The best thing to come out of "Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete" is that it inspired me to have a bigger discussion on Ecchi as a genre. How ecchi does a show need to be to become downright Hentai? I think with "Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete" we reached the very threshold. Honestly, I think the show would've been happier just taking the leap and going full hentai, because that's what it clearly wants to do.
If you enjoy fan service and smut, this anime will not disappoint, but I cannot recommend it to anyone looking for a decent story. Initially, the premise caught my attention. The ... |
