Up to ch. 629.

[Spoilers for the one fan even more behind than me]Oda, I love you, and Fishman Island is fun and all, but can we please stop it with the dead mothers? Portraying them as noble, righteous, and good doesn't really change the evidence that you apparently regard self-sacrifice and death to be part of a mother's role/identity. And do not give me lines about it "making sense in the ( Read more... )

Hm.

From One Piece Vol. 50 SBS:

D: Here's my question: on p.80 of Volume 42, Sanji says "I was raised to never kick a woman." Would that have been a lesson from Zeff the Chef? Would that mean Zeff is very soft on women, as well? Tell me. from Ariga-san ( Read more... )

Recently I finally got around to finishing the last five or six episodes of Slayers Evolution-R. Evolution-R, and its companion series, Revolution, were strong entries in the Slayers anime canon, with a good premise and solid ending. One thing that kept bothering me, though, that I didn't notice until coming back to these last few episodes, was ( Read more... )

As usual, One Piece serves as a catalyst for updating. First, though, other stuff!

1. I requested to do this meme from princessk492 like, literally a month ago, and must now answer in parts. Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. The first ( Read more... )