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  • Joined Mar 18, 2009
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)

Feb 23, 2018

So hold up. I hadn't watched JoJo and a bunch of my friends were like "YOU NEED TO WATCH JOJO". I put it off for a LONG time, mainly because its not a style of show I normally get behind. I don't like the "I AM STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE" stuff, I watch Dragonball Super because of nostalgia for the characters more than I am invested in the progress of the show. 

So I sit down watching JoJo and the first couple episodes were like ehhhh. I was really starting to think my buds were pulling a fast one on me. And then the way the 3rd episode sorta "brings it home" really... See full review

9/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall

Asura

Sep 26, 2013

Potential spoilers in my review, so please read at your own risk. This anime is utterly gutwrenching in despair, if you like sad sad movies, this is for you. The main character, Asura, a boy who is as feral as the wolves in the woods struggles to learn compassion and humanity, or at least enough to be saved.

The supporting cast, The Monk and Wasaka aide him in learning how to trust people and what is and isn't acceptable for humans to do.

Contains copious amounts of blood, cannibalism, despair, starvation and death. About the only thing I have seen like it was Grave of Fireflies. Still a... See full review

8/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
9/10 characters
8.8/10 overall