Bleach is back, with all the Sterritter, Shinigami and shenanigans galore. And you know what that means? That’s right, Shounen fanboys and fangirls alike will once again be sitting down to rank each category of characters and argue about it endlessly online! Okay, I kid but honestly, those debates are half the fun with Shounen
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With the rise of digital comics, Manhwa, or Korean comics, have taken the world by storm. They’ve woven a colorful tapestry of narratives that engage, amuse, and, at times, profoundly move their readers. Among the pantheon of these stories, “LUMINE” has shone brightly, captivating audiences with its unique blend of fantasy, adventure, and slice-of-life storytelling.
Bungou Stray Dogs has propelled itself into mainstream success, thanks to a plethora of interesting characters and a stellar setting. It’s no wonder it’s getting renewed for a new season every time, with how popular it has become. The series has done amazingly well for itself, despite having a story that gets more complicated with
Bungou Stray Dogs is a peculiar show, but nothing is stranger in it than Dazai and his insane want to die. Osamu Dazai is a lot of things, but you really don’t scratch the surface of his character arc until you dive deep into his mindset. And that midst appears to be seriously messed up,
Say it with me folks: We are absolute suckers for a good ‘Opposites Attract’ trope. Like, that was my entire pull when trying out a new webtoon on the rise, Eleceed. I took one look at the summary and saw that it had cats, action, and two characters that didn’t get along. Say no more
My Hero Academia is filled with superpowers that are as varied as they are powerful. You have bodies producing nitroglycerin to act like human bombs through Bakugou Katsuki. You have a ‘Hot And Cold’ situation going on with Shoto Todoroki’s Quirk. And then you have whatever the heck is Tomura Shigaraki’s surgically modified hellscape. But
You know, for a Shonen as colorful and dynamic as My Hero Academia, it certainly does take a lot of dark turns. Like, not just with the somewhat adult characters, because not even someone as young as Eri is exempt from a grim past. But I guess that’s also why this franchise is one of
Prepare yourselves, I’m about to talk like a boomer reminiscing the ‘good ol’ days’ for a second. So, back in my time, rivals in Shonen anime were kind of a big deal. I mean, what big name Shonen didn’t have a protagonist with a perfect rival to compliment them? (And add a little homoerotic tension,
The students surpassing the teacher is a classic trope in anime. Especially when it comes to the Shonen genre, where a well-written bond between the mentor and his mentee is appreciated. We saw it with Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto Shippuden, which is what made Naruto’s journey to becoming the best ninja so hype.
