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Finally Learning to Moderate My Comments

Posted on October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 by Irina

When I started this blog, I knew very little about blogging. Not just about being a blogger but about blogs in general. I had participated in some forums but when it came to blogs, I generally read the post and moved on. To be honest, it took me a while to notice that blogs even…

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Making Anime Buddies

Posted on October 11, 2022August 12, 2022 by Irina

Guys, I have a story to tell you. It’s about me more than anime so you might not be as interested. Consider this your warning. I have mentioned many times on this blog that I do not have a large circle of anime-loving friends in real life. I have one but we don’t see each…

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How Much Do You Need To Know About Anime To Write A Blog About Anime?

Posted on October 6, 2022August 5, 2022 by Irina

I know what you’re thinking, if you go by my example, then you don’t need to know all that much at all.

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I Did a Poll on English Manga Publishers and This is What I found Out

Posted on September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 by Irina

This post is going to give you an idea of just how much in advance I write my posts. If I was to post once a week instead of once a day, I would have the next year and a half covered. That might be relaxing… should I do that? Should I switch to a…

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Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Anime Becoming Mainstream

Posted on September 22, 2022July 22, 2022 by Irina

I’m not sure this post is going to reach the intended audience. I think most of my readers either don’t care if anime is mainstream or not or are happy if it is. Still, I have been reading a lot of comments, and even some think pieces about how anime is becoming too mainstream and…

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So many words, So little thoughts – Reviewing shows you have nothing to say about

Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 by Irina

For those of us who write anime reviews, especially those brave souls who do so on an episodic basis, there will come a time when you are faced with a show you just don’t have that much to say about. You know…it was fine. I can hear some of you already, just don’t review it if…

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Why (and how) I Post Every Day

Posted on September 14, 2022July 15, 2022 by Irina

I’m sure a lot of you already know what I’m going to say in this post. After all, this is a republishing of an old post! So I ran out of inspiration, because I post more or less daily, and decided to call on Lita for help since she did mention once that she pretty…

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Existential Drift in Anime

Posted on September 8, 2022July 15, 2022 by Irina

I first published this post years ago but I thought I would give it another chance to get read. I don’t know if the expression “existential drift” actually exists. Ha! (Cause existential…never mind…) I think I made it up but I not infrequently think I’ve coined a new term or expression just to realize it’s…

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I’m noticing a new trend in anime ladies, and I like it!

Posted on August 31, 2022July 8, 2022 by Irina

I finished watching Backflip!! not that long ago. It’s June right now. I liked it. Maybe my review for the show is out already! There is one aspect of the show I didn’t talk about it much in that review. It’s not a very important part of the show. It’s about Asawo Kurikoma.

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Will Anime Ever Die?

Posted on August 25, 2022August 20, 2022 by Irina

Welcome to a guest post by Anime Dunes. We cover a wide range of anime content to clarify every Trivial Concept, Rankings, Development of Characters & their roles in the series, Anime Reviews, FAQs, Quotes, Concepts, Deep & Hidden Meanings, Guides, Watch-Orders, explanations of Abilities & everything there is to anime. There’s no doubt that…

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When Hobbies Use To Be Hobbies

Posted on August 23, 2022July 8, 2022 by Irina

In case you didn’t know, I consider this blog a hobby. I do it for fun. Just for fun. I don’t ever plan to have a carrier in anything remotely related and I didn’t study in a connected field. When I created the blog the possibility of making any sort of profit from it never…

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Ranty rant rant (about buying manga)

Posted on August 17, 2022August 5, 2022 by Irina

Before I start here I think it’s only fair to let you all know what you’re in for. So get ready for a deluge of disclaimers and trigger warnings, I guess. I’m about to get really whiny about problems that are so first-world they don’t actually qualify as problems anymore. Most of you probably have…

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The History of the Term Fujoshi – A Reclamation Victory

Posted on August 11, 2022June 17, 2022 by Irina

A little while ago, I wrote an odd little post that was exploring the relationship between Moe and Fujoshi. If you are interested, you can read it HERE. And what I found out through the comments is that a lot of my readers weren’t all that familiar with the term Fujoshi so I thought I…

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Learning Japanese : But Not Really!

Posted on August 3, 2022June 10, 2022 by Irina

This is going to be a tough post to explain… Like many anime enthusiasts and Japanophiles, I have at some point entertained the idea of learning Japanese…but not really. What I mean is that I know a few languages already and I have a pretty good idea of what it takes to not only learn…

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Why Aren’t Anime Movies Musicals?

Posted on July 20, 2022May 17, 2022 by Irina

This is going to be a very weird post. Very very weird post. The other day I was singing We Don’t Talk About Bruno, just like everyone else was in February/March of this year. And I thought to myself wow Encanto has some really good songs. And this made me tumble down a wishing well…

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