Introduction
It was only a short time after I first started watching anime that I became aware of the phenomenon known as the “trap”. My curiosity was piqued by the evident fascination these traps held for ostensibly heterosexual males and the resulting cognitive dissonance that was displayed, not to mention the fact that I myself was […]
What’s the “hmmm-ing” about? In a word, ambivalence. The series presents a fairly intriguing scenario but it also has some idiosyncrasies that are a little off-putting. Whether the scenario will be put to good use or not remains to be seen (for those of us not completely up-to-date, at least), but the problematic stylistic choices […]
Japan is currently in crisis. Adolescent schoolgirls all over the country are suffering from what has become known as Weak Girl Syndrome. Every young women’s educational institution in the country has at least one student suffering from this tragic but ill-defined malady. While the pathology is not well understood, it appears to be a congenital […]
