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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

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    Okay so, I mentioned earlier that Holazono grew Hakuri in a lab to sell doujins. Soya is another part of that. The incestuous subtext never becomes explicit, but it's very much there. Furthermore, while it's exaggerated, that sort of possessive, smothering affection that turns to violence at the...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

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    Some neat worldbuilding stuff in these couple of chapters. First, Kagurabachi has a lot of teleportation, instant transportation, portals, personal dimensions, and other space-warping stuff. In a lot of manga, abilities like that are pretty rare or limited. It's more similar to D&D in that...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    At this point in the story I figure Hiyuki is stronger than Chihiro. How much stronger is up in the air since both of them held back and Chihiro had one arm at the time, but given how she quickly shut down everything he tried and even took a hit on purpose, I think she's meant to be a step above...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

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    Speaking of break week madness, apparently the KGB subreddit and discord server are imploding over some kind of personal drama. It’s at times like these that I’m glad to not be as online as I once was.
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

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    Hokazono loves Naruto so much that he couldn't even go 20 chapters without giving someone a Susano'o. And that is basically what a fully-manifested Flame Bone would be, with all the body parts out at once. It's an incredibly destructive ability which, combined with being a 'natural' equivalent...
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    The dirt under your nails - ARCANE

    TV 
    My main problem with season 2 is that I couldn't really tell you what the show is about anymore. It was kind of a bunch of fights happening, then some multiverse time travel nonsense, then one more big fight. It was… fine. Interesting lore, decent characters, the whole thing’s a consistent...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    Hakuri is great. You can really tell that Hokazono was excited to get to this guy. I like the visual pun of "I just have to grit my teeth and get through it", followed by his drink spilling out of his mouth because he literally doesn't have the willpower to grit his teeth at that point. Also...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    Sojo reaching for the datenseki is contrasted with Chihiro reaching out to pat Char. Nice little detail there. Sojo is also often seen alongside bonsai, stunted and "incomplete" trees, with one being slashed by the same attack that defeated him. This battle was essentially one between two...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    And now we arrive: chapter 17, the twelve second battle(or technically eight and a half seconds). This week this chapter dropped was the week I binged through Kagurabachi, after hearing on twitter about how insane the fight was. And it really is insane. It's a genuine 10/10, a truly perfect...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    The Anti-Cloud Gouger Squad are not bums, they’re genuinely quite strong and competent, but the six Enchanted Blades turned the tide of a massive war. There’s levels to this. And yet, despite not using one, Shiba does not say “You’re the only one who can do this.” He says “You’re one who should...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    The montage of Chihiro fighting his way to Char, intercut with her mother telling her to never give up on hope for a better life, is some powerful stuff. That feeling of hope despite everything, that better things can be built, is the series’ thesis statement. Underneath the stylized Kill Bill...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    The car sequence piqued my interest, but this chapter is what really captured my attention. To be able to craft a page as hard-hitting as the "keep a cool head" page with only 14 chapters of buildup is a phenomenal feat of art and writing. In fact, I would argue that the one-two punch of this...
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    Top Level Canon Reviews - relaunched!

    Review 
    The prevalence of the demons, their one-dimensional evilness, and the way the show hammers home their one-dimensional evilness over and over, have tarnished Frieren’s legacy a good deal. Back when the show was airing it was the talk of the town. Nowadays, I only see it brought up online when...
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    Let’s Read Kagurabachi: Katanas, Gays, and Generational Trauma

    Discussion 
    This chapter has the first hint about how the Enchanted Blades were made, a very slow reveal that to this day remains nowhere near finished. Datenseki is something that grows, both in the sense that it breaks thermodynamics by multiplying the energy put into it, and in the sense that it allows...
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    Capitalism ho! Let's Read Kengan Asura

    Discussion Manga 
    I assure you, none of the subtext in Kengan is unintentional. The creators are extremely aware of how many women are buying their volumes.
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