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Sora no Woto: apocalypse moé

I’m not an admirer of the moé aesthetic, so my initial response to Sora no Woto was one of indifference; just more moé, I thought; not interested. That’s always my default reaction to a series like this, but the thing is, life’s not that simple.
Genre is a superficial excuse; no single story is the same [...]

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by bateszi / February 4, 2010 / Posted in: Anime, Reviews

Tagged: apocalyptic, bitter-sweet, dreams, melancholy, moe, Sora no Woto, war

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Revolutionary Girl Utena is one of the most inscrutable anime I’ve seen. It’s like half of me is struggling to keep up with what I’m seeing, while the other, at some base level, just instinctively feels it and understands. I suppose you could call this confusion. Or schizophrenia. Whatever. Episode 29 is my favourite of [...]

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by bateszi / January 13, 2010 / Posted in: Anime, Reviews

Tagged: apocalyptic, Revolutionary Girl Utena, romance, shojo

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