Oreimo: Kuroneko: Manga Review

Oreimo is a manga which starts well – high school boy Kyousuke discovers his fashionable (as in fashion model) and popular younger sister Kirino is secretly an otaku who is really into games with moe little sisters and decides to bond with her through her fandom while also covering for her with their parents – and then hits an ending where the brother ends up in an incestuous relationship where he ends up marrying that sister. One of the supporting characters in that work is Kuroneko – one of Kirino’s friends in otakudom, who also has a romantic interest in Kyousuke. Now, Oreimo Kuroneko dares to ask the question – what if instead of boning his sister, Kyousuke decides to court his sister’s classmate who is also into him instead.

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Odin: Starlight Mutiny – Anime Review

Anime, often, cribs from works of western science fiction – particularly films. Star Wars, Star Trek, the Starship Troopers novel, and Lensmen have all been borrowed from or in some cases adapted outright. However, there are some instances where the level of cribbing doesn’t quite pan out, and Odin: Starlight Mutiny is one of those.

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Legends of the Dark Knight #18: Comic Recap

Last time Batman was asked to kill Commissioner Gordon – we’ll see what his response is this time.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 38 – This Is Why You Pay Attention To The Meter

The rest of the Revue tries to figure out how to handle the Subaru situation, and my Shin ends up saying something he didn’t intend because I wasn’t paying attention to the meter.

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Legends of the Dark Knight #17: Comics Review

Last time, Batman reached the limitations of his physical strength and decided to start taking a designer steroid.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 37 – Bullets Over Broadway

Subaru and the rest of the New York Combat Revue get in a massive argument.

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Legends of the Dark Knight #16: Comic Recap

After finishing with Robin, we’re moving closer to Knightfall with a storyline from Legends of the Dark Knight.

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5 Retro Game Series That Should Be Remastered

We’ve gotten a lot of great retro video game anthologies over the past few years – here are a few titles or collections I’d like to see get released going forward – mainly weighted toward RPGs.

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Robin (1991) #5: Comic Recap

We now come to the end of Robin’s first solo miniseries.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 36 – Flying High

With Ukigumo’s defenses cleared, it’s time to finally bring them down.

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Robin (1991) #4: Comic Recap

We continue with Robin’s solo series as Tim Drake and Clyde Rawlins head to Hong Kong to stop King Snake from releasing a biological weapon.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 35 – Head in the Clouds

With the fall of these toxins stopped, it’s time to take the fight straight to our demonic enemy, Ukigumo.

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Hayate The Combat Butler Vol. 35: Manga Review

When we last got caught up with Hayate, Father Radiostar and Isumi discovered a coffin in a space in the attic. Is related to that happening this volume? No!

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Genshiken Second Season Vol. 12: Manga Review

Well, it all comes down to this – the final decision of who Madarame is going to date. I will be spoiling who that person is below the cut, so head’s up.

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Robin (1991) #3: Comic Review

When we last left Tim Drake, he and his new compatriot Clyde Rawlins have had to lay low on the outskirts of Paris while looking into the plans of the Ghost Dragons and their master – King Snake.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 34 – Threadfall

Venomous toxic parasites are falling from the skies into Central Park, and it’s up to the New York Combat Revue to stop them!

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Robin (1991) #2: Comic Recap

Last time, Tim Drake decide to go off on his own to become a better superhero, starting with studying under a Tibetan martial arts master in Paris – only to run afoul of a street gang.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 33 – Birds of New York

Diana sorties to protect New York’s birds!

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Robin (1991) #1: Comic Recap

Having finished with Tim Drake’s path to becoming Robin, it’s time to get into his first solo adventure.

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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Road to Knightfall Act 1, Rise of Robin Issue 1

I’m putting Legends of the Force on hold for a bit so I don’t burnout. In the meantime, I’m a starting an (ultimately) shorter limited-run series taking a look at the Knightfall Saga. This time I’m starting off with some of the building blocks, with the start of the introduction of Tim Drake.

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Batman #457: Comic Recap

We’re finishing up the second arc of Tim Drake’s introduction as Robin, where last time we learned our villain is Scarecrow.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 32 – …Comes Great Responsibility

In the face of this threat, and receiving new hope – Diana decides to lend her power to the New York Combat Revue.

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Batman #456: Comic Recap

In the last issue of Batman, we saw a series of spree killings unfold in Gotham, with a plot inspired by Larry Cohen’s film God Told Me To, and with a cliffhanger where Vicki Vale was being menaced by a skull-hooded man with a sledgehammer.

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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 31 – Birdless Night

After the incident downtown, Shin goes on patrol, trying to find the root of the problems.

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