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Apr 13, 2021
HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD

I'm glad people finally realized Isayama as a hack. It should come as no surprise to people who already knew what this series was, an overly complex pseudo-fascist dreck that far overstayed the initial welcome of its premise.

The ending was fascinating. It demonstrated that no matter how morally reprehensible you make a character, with the simple addition of a completely new plot point in the very last chapter, you can absolve them completely of all responsibility. I'm talking of course about Eren Jaeger, who was a terrible character well before Isayama decided to completely revise not only the character but the entire fabric ...
Jul 31, 2020
Preliminary (60/86 chp)
This is a very well constructed manga. Rather than getting into detail on why it's so great, I'd rather just discuss the major critique of it I had.

Its a story that is on par with any of the anti-war greats, something that never holds back its critique and depicts its subjects unflinchingly. It has beautiful art, well-composed plots, and realistic character development throughout. It is a true realization of many staples of the mecha genre. Each arc is its own story- with the setting being one of the only shared traits throughout (more on this later)- that explores different themes and perspective. It would be ...
Apr 13, 2020
Youjo Senki (Manga) add
Preliminary (39/? chp)
I won't mince words, this is a deeply irresponsible work. I wanted to see it through, but I dropped it after much deliberation.

Youjo Senki is the tale of an objectivist who is reborn as a child soldier in a imperial nation that is a mix of WWI and WWII era Germany geopolitics and military, but technology is supplanted with magic. The main character, who is renamed Tanya, is the picture of Japanese neoliberalism and the central "punchline" of the story is that her result-oriented pragmatism is instead seen as fierce patriotism and ideal military prowess by her superiors. Tanya has the foresight of extensive knowledge ...


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