Webtoon Review: The Awesomes

Webtoon Review: The Awesomes Long-time superhero comic book fans will be familiar with the phenomenon.  You’re enjoying a run of your favorite team,  all your favorite characters working together like a well-oiled machine, you could enjoy this forever.   Then suddenly everything changes.  All the good characters leave, your least favorite is suddenly the leader,… Continue reading Webtoon Review: The Awesomes

Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death)

Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death) A group of seemingly ordinary Edo citizens, mostly of the merchant class, are in fact a loose team of assassins.  But fear not, they’re good guy assassins who only take money to kill people who really deserve it.  Problem!  There’s a new assassin in town, who’s exclusively targeting the local… Continue reading Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death)

Book Review: Redshirts

Book Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi I’ve been avoiding reviews of this book, so this may be very redundant of other things you’ve read about Redshirts. The Universal Union capital ship Intrepid has a problem.  Or rather, the crew does.  Especially the lower-ranked members.  It seems that every time one of the senior officers or the… Continue reading Book Review: Redshirts

Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha

Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha Let’s start with something hefty, shall we?  Shounen Jump is the #1 manga anthology magazine in Japan, selling in the millions of copies.  Its emphasis on the themes of “friendship, struggle, victory!” have made it a favorite of both its primary demographic of teenage boys (“shounen”) and the general public.… Continue reading Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha