As a fiction writer, I know how important that first impression is when you introduce a character, and I know how cringeworthy it can be when you read a character introduction that makes you painfully aware that you are reading a character introduction.

Since mangas are usually a quick read, they are a good way to see just how various authors handle ( Read more... )

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Gotta be Episode 7 of Kuroshitsuji II. If you want to head right for the fight scene, scroll the slider about half way through the first half. And ignore the annoying guy with the blue lobster on his head.

Most of the time Tanaka (or Kuroshitsuji) is i
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Ecchi…well this is not exactly ecchi; it only looks like it is. This Black Butler scene is simply a classic. I couldn’t find a good quick subtitled version, so the link is to a fan dub.

Manga is comics after all, and for whatever reason, weapons have always figured prominently in comics. I’ve always assumed it’s because the traditional audience for comics is male, and males have traditionally been the ones to go out and kill things, and to kill things, you usually need weapons.

That said, I enjoy a good scythe. The scythe is a ( Read more... )

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Just to be clear it is the blond boy with blue eyes she is voicing.

I love most anime characters, but occasionally, one comes along who I dread to see each time they appear. Prince Soma from Kuroshitsuji is such a character for me. He’s a pathetic, spoiled brat, who eventually realizes this about himself, and you start to sympathize with him. But in the manga, he just never freakin’ seems to go away and I say ‘oh ( Read more... )

It’s the show I would recommend to a person just starting out with anime, and best of all, it made me laugh…loudly and often…which is not easy to do as I’m one of those Spock-types.