Idle Master

  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 points if she is an animal girl. She doesn't trust you at first, but you have an infinite kind heart. You teach her that the world isn't a scary place and sooner or later, the only person she cares about is you (plus points if she is "smol" and possess "daughteru" characteristics). And you'll practically be preaching the entire Isekai bible if she ends up falling in love with you in the end. I'm not the biggest fan of this trope. The idea of a slave girl itself not only removes the agency of the character (as we previously discussed), but also can be easily portrayed as fetishistic; You have a girl here who is solely dependent on you an...

  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 structures, themes, symbolism and character explorations, this anime has somehow managed to knock every single one of my interests out into space thus far. And thus, I am back. Fully loaded and equipped to once again dissect what this show has to offer. Before we jump right into it however, I will once again be taking the approach I took last essay. I won't be eager to break down every single detail present in this anime; If I did, this would probably turn out to be a real mess owing to just how many ideas this show has thus far. Thus, my philosophy for this analysis remains the same: One stone at a time. Disclaimer: This essay would heavily borrow ideas of the 'Sandbox' and wo...

  Yo, summer season why you gotta do me like that? I'm already following like 7 different shows dude. You've forced me to write three different essays in like a span of a week. That's like, two more than what should be my usual quota. And here I thought I was gonna be chilling till 86 comes back in fall.  There is a lot to unpack in the first episode of 'Sonny Boy'. Like, seriously a lot, so much so that I myself aren't confident I understood everything there is to understand. But that's the beauty of great art isn't it? Even when you have seemingly overturned every last stone in the garden, you still find hidden secrets elsewhere for you to discover. These are the type of shows that practically demand you to watch it more than once. So, I've decided that we aren't in a rush for time; Meaning, we can take this anime step by step, slowly at our own pace. If you are equally as lost as me with this anime, then you have come to the right place. We do...