Tag: literature analysis
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how mob psycho 100 subverts common genre/story & character tropes
Spoiler Alert: turn back if you’ve never read/watched Mob Psycho 100 so you can experience its greatness for yourself! Shonen manga/anime is inarguably the genre that I consumed the most in my youth. As the name implies, it’s mainly targeted towards boys/younger men. Regardless, the genre of a manga does not and should not dictate…
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a closer look at the representation of memory in one! hundred! demons!
When I first started reading One! Hundred! Demons by Lynda Barry, I knew instantly that it was going to be special. Perhaps it was the scrapbook-like art style, which drew my child self in like a moth to a flame. Perhaps it was the fact that Barry is half-Filipino–I was glad to read any kind…
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