Besides the characters, I mean, who are fantastic. They all manage to make mistakes and achieve meaningful everyday successes through nothing more than the power of their own character traits, and they all remain more or less sympathetic throughout, which is a real achievement, as far as I’m concerned. But I’m not going to go [...]
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What else is good about Aoi Hana?
Posted by Pontifus on 15 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/15/what-else-is-good-about-aoi-hana/
On turning female and gay
Well, no, I can’t do that, I guess. I am and shall remain male and straight; sorry if I got your hopes up. I have this proposition, though. I don’t claim that it’s true; I don’t even claim it’s plausible, or that it has any foundation in logic or data; all I claim is that [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 8 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/08/on-turning-female-and-gay/
Let’s do Amanchu!
From Twitter: 3.31.2010 2:53:46 “I’ll read one or two chapters of a Kozue Amano manga before bed” = STUPID PONTIFUS, STUPID Actually I’ve had a strange relationship with Amano’s manga so far. I love it for being the basis of what is probably my favorite anime series in terms of raw enjoyability (which series that [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 1 April 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/04/01/lets-do-amanchu/
IO, and a harem protagonist like no other
I’ll actually make a conscious effort to avoid major and specific plot spoilers here, both because you probably haven’t read IO (literally イオ) and because I want you to. I won’t say I guarantee you’ll like it if you have an interest in harem, or can get past the harem veneer, but it’s worth a [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 30 January 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/01/30/io-and-a-harem-protagonist-like-no-other/
Seasons of giving in slice of life
Here’s something that occurred to me the other day when I was stumbling as usual through the fiction-writing process: speculative slice of life anime and manga, even those with some emphasis on festivals, rarely include an event analogous to Christmas as manifest in the United States. This is not to say that gifts aren’t given [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 22 January 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/01/22/seasons-of-giving-in-slice-of-life/
Moment(s) the [nth]: Honorable mentions, part 2
Here I shall finish what I began — namely, the listing of things that might’ve made my cadre of moments, but did not, for whatever reason. And then I shall rest, satisfied in my yearly contribution to the grand ambitions of Master CCY (or is it Master Canon these days?).
Posted by Pontifus on 30 December 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/12/30/moments-the-nth-honorable-mentions-part-2/
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