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samurai harem review

"A lot of the anime I've watched and manga I've read can broadly be summed up as being "romantic comedy".

I wouldn't say I've actively sought it out, it's just that it's a very popular genre in the world of anime. Or at least, a few particular flavours of romantic comedy are. Mainly, the things I'm thinking of are those involving harems and instant girlfriends. Often these crop up in the same thing.

In a harem, the protagonist will steadily acquire a bevy of hot babes. On occasion we join the story when they've already got such a harem, but generally, the thrust of the story will be the steady introduction of more and more babes."

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ouran host club review

"I think a quick scan of the anime and manga I've uploaded reviews for on here shows that I've watched a lot of harem shows. I therefore seem to spend lots of time in reviews explaining what harem romantic comedies are all about.

Well I'm going to take your understanding pretty much as read this time and say that Ouran High Host Club is a reverse harem. Which is to say that if a harem is a dude surrounded by girls, a reverse harem is a girl surrounded by dudes.

And not just any dudes - in this case, the title character, Haruhi, winds up surrounded by all sorts of shoujo-tropes. There's the flamboyant prince type, the cold, analytical type, the twins, the strong, almost silent type and the short-arse cutie-pie type."

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bamboo blade review

"So what I'm saying is that to read Bamboo Blade you really don't need to know anything over at all about Kendo. Anything you do need to know is nicely explained in a simple way.

And what's more, the creators of Bamboo Blade are canny enough to realise that simply explaining the Kendo bits are all you need to do.

First off, they've populated the manga with a whole host of interesting characters. It's really an ensemble piece - some of the characters take centre stage in parts, and others in other parts. However, they've been clever enough not to make it as lumpy as that."

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maria+holic review

"So anyway - It's a trap!

Do you know to what this quote refers?

It's originally a reference to Star Wars. In the third film of the original trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, General Ackbar shouts "It's a trap!" when the rebels turn up to destroy the 2nd death star, only to discover that the shields are still up and the Empire is there and ready to whup some rebel butt."

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dragonaut: the resonance review

"Boobanaut: The Jiggling.

If Dragonaut's fan-service actually achieved the levels that are implied by the character designs, then that might work as a pun. But as it is, although the vast majority of the female characters have boobs bigger than their heads, there's not actually that much out-right fan-service.

I mean, sure, you can easily make the argument that simply by being on-screen, some of these girls could be counted as fan-service, but if you take a more strict view then there's not as much as you might think. A good example is the fighting - you'd think that would be an ideal opportunity to show jiggling boobs and shredding clothes and the like, right?"

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