Despite being reborn into a whole new world with thrilling things like magic and monsters, Rudeus is content living a quiet life with the people he cares about. That's upended when his father ties him up and ships him off to earn his school tuition. The gig is simple on paper: teach a young girl … Continue reading Flash Review – Jobless Reincarnation (Vol. 2)
Science is baaadass. Take a look around at our modern world and you'll see all the incredible things it's brought us: refrigeration, indoor heating, prescription glasses, cars, airplanes, bicycles, tricycles, the ability to troll some fourteen-year-old on the opposite side of the world, and a way for doctors to pump-start your heart with their bare … Continue reading You Oughta Read Dr. Stone
With the class drama over, peace settles back into Tomozaki's homeroom, which allots him the focus he needs to participate on the culture festival organizing committee. What was once an anxiety-inducing endeavor is barely a sweat now that he's garnered so much social EXP. However, he doesn't have the EXP to not sweat when Hinami … Continue reading Flash Review – Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (Vol. 6)
Things are amiss in the world. People are growing holes in their bodies, the deceased are singing scat, and models are gurning themselves into taxidermy, and the one behind this descent into madness is none other than Junji Ito. The Spooky Monsters: The sole reason Junji Ito's stories are a worthwhile investment. Back when I … Continue reading Flash Review – Junji Ito Story Collections
The field of astrology is endlessly exhilarating, because the universe is so vast and mysterious that mind-blowing discoveries are just a matter of pointing a telescope in the right direction. The most recent discovery of Professor Oguro is exactly that: a dimension-traveling planet with an erratic trajectory, which travels close to the speed of light, … Continue reading Flash Review – Remina
Learning is attendance, and teaching is art. One of the very first things any game needs to do is teach the player how to play, and the tutorial is the game design staple for achieving that goal. However, not all tutorials are created equal, because how a game chooses to teach its rules impacts the … Continue reading The Immersive Hands-Off Approach of Hyper Light Drifter’s Tutorials and Design
Life is short, and life is sometimes wasted. This is the exact scenario for one NEET who holes up in his room all day and skips out on his parents' funeral to jerk off to hentai. Beaten and exiled by his siblings, he drops to an even lower point, right as his life's cut short … Continue reading Flash Review – Jobless Reincarnation (Vol. 1)
Nothing sounds better to Kojou Akatsuki than living an uneventful and lazy life, but he's got one teensy-weensy problem: he's the Fourth Primogenitor, meaning that he's got government eyes on him, and they're prepared to kill him with a cute girl should the need arise. It's a huge pain, but it's expected when you're the … Continue reading Flash Review – Strike the Blood (Vol. 1)
Humans and vampires can never coexist—that's the way of the world. But maybe not, because brothers Ko and Shin buck that trend as vampire and human, respectively. But as swimmingly as they get along, other forces out there think it'd be just swell if they were torn apart. The Annoying Little Brother: First there was … Continue reading Flash Review – Our Blood Oath
Life is a shitty game. This is the thesis of Tomozaki's monologue opening the first volume. Take a look around. Notice who people are. The beautiful are beautiful, the rich are rich, the athletic are athletic. Traits are immutable. If you're a grouch, you can't just will yourself into a philanthropist. Who you are is … Continue reading You Oughta Read Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
