Recent content by Pokari

I think one might get further understanding it by thinking less about the interplay of magic and melee in systems of game mechanics, much less any plausible in-world explanations, and instead dwell upon, say, the lasting allure of jedi knights as a cultural icon, who have hardly any solid...

Wow, papa cockatrice is going for a new speed-record in "deadbeat dad"

Honestly, one of my favourite comics. Badass FMC who stays badass; the socially-awkward but cheerful couple; their implicit attitude of "we'll just both take the best of both gender roles thank you" / "What are social rules, why should we heed them when we're happier doing our own thing"? It's...

"I cannot use magic," says the woman who just summoned a house from her iPad and erects city-scale permanent magical barriers on a regular basis. (Like I realise she may be correct within the kids' culture in reference to whatever implied specific fantasy word is being translated as "magic"...

I'm annoyed because with the smallest differences this could be desperately cute but it had to go with vague dubcon vibes with how the ML is approaching and touching him, utterly ruining what could otherwise have been a perfect dumb fluff manga.

Everyone here is assuming that the plot summary and the protagonist correctly identify the ultimate culprit for the murder, but despite people's high expectations for the tension from that I'm just sitting here going, "nothing's even shown she did it, this could still be a complete...

This feels like it tries to do quite a lot and only sticks the landing about half the time Decent twists mixed evenly together with cliches that are dragged out to take up screen-time for no apparent reason. The protagonist is well characterised yet the villain makes so little sense that even...

...I didn't realize how weird it would feel for someone to adapt a generic isekai manga with the art and sensibilities of a forgettable shounen manga from the mid 00's. Incomprehensible names for the "energy" everyone uses for combat, a missing hand that turns into a weapon, a protagonist...

I'm always a bit confused by this trope, where the author floats the idea of a human/inhuman romance as the central tenet of the work, except the inhuman turns into just a slightly funny human? I don't know. It feels like it's self-defeating cowardice; everything interesting in the premise would...

No? How something is subverted is important. What the butt of the joke is is important (no pun intended). Parodying a nasty thing isn't carte blanche for anything you have to say on the subject. If anything, I think I might find this somewhat more inherently-offensive than what it's parodying...

...Why are you presenting this false dichotomy of it being a zero-sum-game where "either they die or he dies"? (In the edgiest way possible too, bruh... phrasing!) But I mean this isn't even some hypothetical question where "he could have tried to spare them, maybe". They were already...

You know, one of the things I appreciate about this series is how it manages to have very short and simple interactions with characters like the Dragon and Inari around stuff like "hey, I have a bunch of rescued kidnapped kids" where it nonetheless always conveys without saying much that these...

Okay, but, did he ever ask any of these children if they have anywhere else to go or is he just straight up unilaterally Pied Piper-ing them away to a distant land where none of their families will ever find them.

I know, right? He just fucking goes in and buys a mansion and hires four people to wait on him hand and foot for no discernible reason. "I find it uncomfortable if people treat me as a superior, so let's restructure my life so I have live-in servants" excuse me what?

Normally, I will read almost any isekai where the characters all generally seem to remain nice and gentle people. That sort of power fantasy with no stakes and no viciousness can, I find, be pleasant and relaxing to read, even when the writing isn't all that great. But this one just has so...