Interview / Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down Is A Romance Manga Where Liberation Through Bondage Is The Real Kink Mangaka Zawayuki Taki on how her debut manga, Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down, demystifies the exoticism of Japanese SM Culture By Isaiah Colbert / 3 Aug 2026
Anime / Anime Finally Caught On To The Restorative Power Of Kirby Kissing His Homies For The Plot Anime and intimacy have had an indulgent history, but I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day comes up with a pretty cute justification for healing smooches By Isaiah Colbert / 20 Jul 2026
Books / Wait A Minute, Is This Fucking Book About Me? Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is an absurdist classic-literature call-out post for thankless wage slaves everywhere. By Isaiah Colbert / 15 Jul 2026
Interview / Yoshitaka Amano Is More Centrist on AI Than You’d Hope Uh oh. By Isaiah Colbert / 14 Jul 2026
Manga / Taika's Reason Is A Murder Mystery Manga Where Your Dog Can Speak Paru Itagaki’s done it again By Isaiah Colbert / 8 Jul 2026
Anime / Chainsmoker Cat's Anime Opening Is Absolute Cinema The actual show? Not so much. By Isaiah Colbert / 7 Jul 2026
Anime / You Should Check Out City Of God I connected the two dots. I connected them. By Isaiah Colbert / 30 Jun 2026
Blog / In The Right Hands, A Nintendo Entertainment System Can Be A Weapon “That’s the only thing that’s good for nowadays.” By Isaiah Colbert / 29 Jun 2026
Manga / I Knew Osamu Tezuka Was The Godfather Of Manga, But I Didn't Know He Had It Like That Apollo’s Song sees the legendary mangaka tap into a psychosexual Greek mythology flow state that hits as hard now as it did in the 70s By Isaiah Colbert / 23 Jun 2026
Manga / The Unspoken Harem Manga Romance Trope Has Finally Been Defeated Three cheers to Hima-Ten! By Isaiah Colbert / 22 Jun 2026
