Five episodes into the 2nd and 3rd STAGE of Steel Ball Run on Netflix, and Friday at 1 a.m. Pacific has become a holiday in my house. Johnny, Gyro, a horse race across 1890s America, a $50 million prize, and David Produc…
It's here. Episode 50, the final episode of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, is out today on Hulu (Disney+ outside the US). After 366 episodes of the original series and four TYBW parts, Ichigo's story finally finishes o…
Oda confirmed Luffy's fruit is the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika in chapter 1044. But go back and look at how his body was always drawn: cartoon physics, impossible stretches, that grin. The fruit was "Gomu Gomu" in name…
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is written by Kanehito Yamada, drawn by Tsukasa Abe, and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The adventure is over before chapter 1 starts, and the story is about grief and time. Madhouse's…
My top three: Gon and Killua learning Nen from Wing (Hunter x Hunter), the Room of Spirit and Time (Dragon Ball Z), and Tanjiro cutting the boulder for Urokodaki (Demon Slayer). A good training arc teaches the audience t…
A friend wants battle anime but bounces off 1,000-episode commitments. My picks so far: Mob Psycho 100 (37 episodes across 3 seasons, by ONE, animated by Bones) and Chainsaw Man season 1 (12 episodes, MAPPA). What else f…
Scoring on three things: rules you can actually learn, room for surprises, and what it costs the user. My order: 1. Nen (Hunter x Hunter) 2. Cursed Energy (Jujutsu Kaisen) 3. Breathing Styles (Demon Slayer) Breathing loo…