Ore no Imouto is the best anime of the season.
Category Archives: Essays
Pain and Pleasure, Indivisible
Why are we so fascinated with pain? More importantly, can Japanese media help us answer this question?*
Poke…mans?

(I’ve had this post sitting around since July. In the end, I decided that if I don’t publish it now or I’d never get around to it.)
We all know kids loved the hell out of Pokemon at the height of its popularity, but since Pokemon’s been around for a while, at some point, those same kids must be adults by now.
Kiss x Sis: The Contemporary Mother-Son Incest Story
In this post, I explore the similarities between Kiss x Sis and the mother-son incest myths that became all the rage the 1980s.
Ramblings: On Goku & Superman
Sometimes, current anime doesn’t interest me much. Sometimes, I just want ramble on and on about a topic with no concrete thesis. This’ll be the first attempt.



