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Pokémon and Character Appeal

Few franchises became important to people as quickly as Pokémon did, or maintained such a rock-solid brand formula over 25 years.

Welp, it finally happened – I’m way into Pokémon cards now. Turns out, I just needed to see it cleverly rounds off its harsher edges.

Horimiya thrives on its characters’ vulnerability – and that’s exactly why I’ve never once felt uncomfortable on their behalf.

I’m absolutely garbage at Street Fighter. But that’s perfectly fine – ultimately, my failures are more helpful than embarrassing.

Few things blend pure enthusiasm for a subject with a light fiction to tie it together nearly so well as Yuru Camp.

I almost didn’t finish The Day I Became A God, which is really weird for me. But sometimes these things just take a while.

I had the same conclusion about otome that I use to avoid a score of other genres: “It’s just not for me.”

Which is, of course, a ridiculous statement to make about an entire genre.