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Kok Xiang Wei
Disclaimer: The following essay is an analysis of the first episode of Frieren: Beyond the Journey's End. Written by an anime-only. Hope you enjoy the read.The most poignant narrative device of Frieren is the purposiveness in when a scene should be silent, and when it should possess music. The...
Kok Xiang Wei
You couldn't live with the current season of anime. Where did that bring you -- back to me.Sup, it's ya boy, again. You know back when the anime ended a year ago, I promised myself that I would wait for a second season before I start the novels. I just had to wait, ya know. After all, that's just...
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Kok Xiang Wei
Episode 4 of 'Sugar Apple Fairy Tale' is the best episode of this anime season in handling its conflicts. When it comes to conflicts in story-telling, I'm sure many people are familiar with the conflict graph.It begins like this: An incident occurs at the beginning. The characters move to counter...
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Kok Xiang Wei
So a few days ago, I fell in love with a little ol' show called 'Otonari no Tenshi'. I really enjoyed the subtle dialogue shared between the two main leads, and I also came to learn a lot about how its author approach the concept of character chemistry. Now a few days later, I finally dipped my...
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Kok Xiang Wei
I think character chemistry has always been a slightly vague term for me. It's an easy term to use and we often find it handy to label a delightful cast of characters as a cast with good chemistry. However, for me, that has always been done on an instinctual basis; A gut feeling born out of a...
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Kok Xiang Wei
I think 'Otonari no Tenshi' has my favorite written dialogue this season. I usually attribute dialogue into two categories: Overt and indirect. Overt dialogue can be seen from a recent manga I read called 'Kaoru Hana no Rin to Saku'. Its dialogue style is overt in the sense that every chapter is...
Kok Xiang Wei
At the end of their death march, the Spearheads' have seemingly reached true paradise; They are in a just country, with people who will fight for their safety; They have found a real home, a place where they can finally be of their age; And perhaps most importantly, they remain together -- Free...
Kok Xiang Wei
Mizuho is best girl -- That is all that is necessary to be said in my intro this week.Disclaimer: There are two essays preceding this; Just like how the show has built upon itself each episode, my essays thus have ideas that are built upon one another as well that can add a lot of context-flavor....
Kok Xiang Wei
Episode 4 of 'Seirei Gensouki' has done it! It has adopted the oldest trick in the Isekai bible: The "adopt a slave". I can't even remember how many times I have actually seen this cliche, owing to just how many Isekai actually does it. It simply goes like this: Cute girl slave is a slave, plus...
Kok Xiang Wei
This anime is a gift that keeps on giving, huh? Two episode in and we are already balls deep into the meat of it; We have not only gotten a continuation of the 'Sandbox' idea I coined last essay, but it has even been integrated into our character arc this episode. As someone who loves story...
Kok Xiang Wei
Isekai has always been a genre that fascinates me. It is just such an egocentric genre; The protagonist is by default the chosen one out of all 7.7 billion human beings on earth, so as to fight the battle in this new world. They will be inherently special as compared to the beings of this new...
Kok Xiang Wei
'Remake our life!' has been a surprising delight and is definitely one of my favorite premieres that came out this season. It has an interesting premise similar to Re-life with the protagonist reliving loss time; It has set itself in a college setting focused around the arts, lending it more...