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 Hi. As you can probably tell by the title, this is the final post of 2024. I would like to thank all of you readers for staying with me, despite my unreliable nature as a writer and blogger. No need to worry though, 2025 has been scheduled. I will do my best to keep to the schedule, so expect new posts once a week around Tuesday. I also have a surprise in the works and hope to have it completed at the end of 2025 at the latest. I hope you all will continue to support me and help me grow. Happy New Year IMPULSE

 

 One of the biggest and most underrated manga has recently gotten an anime adaptation. Yes, I am talking about DanDaDan, a supernatural romance comedy from Yukinobu Tatsu, it follows  Momo Ayase, a high school girl who believes in ghosts and spirits, and Ken  Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", who believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the occult and the supernatural—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun visiting the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Okarun is possessed by a spirit who takes over his body. The story follows the evolving relationship between the two as they team up with each other and various school mates and family members to fight against the spirits and aliens. And for those of you who've watched and wonder, 'why does the opening sound familiar?' th...

 With the success of the Percy Jackson live action and future seasons having been green lit, lets talk about the original book series. Rick Riordan is a best selling author of fantasy novels, inspired by ancient myths and legends, for young readers. While most people will recognize him for his 5 book series of the Olympians, he has other works that follow the same setting, for example the Kane Chronicles from the Egyptian mythologies, and Magnus Chase from the Norse. Rick Riordan's idea for the Percy Jackson series stemmed from bedtime stories for his son, who was also diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia, similar to out titular character. The story premise of the Percy Jackson series is centered around 12 year old Percy Jackson, who learns he is a half-blood, a child of Poseidon, and it thrust into the world of heroes and monsters as he fights to save his mother and prove his innocence. And that's just the first book! What makes this series so amazing is that if has 3 sets of main...

 As we grow older and life goes on, everything around us becomes more complicated. From our emotions and relationships to work and even what's supposed to be relaxing hobbies. With the idea that complexity is more impressive than simplicity, many have started vilifying simplicity as another form of laziness.  I, however, disagree with this notion. And if you do to, then here are just a few ways to simplify your life. 1 - DE - CLUTTER:   No seriously, clean out all of the things you will never use again, there's no reason to keep them. 2 - REDUCE GOALS AND COMMITMENTS:   I'm not talking about cutting our people and giving up, what I do mean though is that you don't have to spend all day, every day running full throttle after others. 3 - REDUCE DEPT:  Having dept causes a lot of stress and wastes time via overtime at work and extra jobs. I understand it's not that easy, but don't give up. 4 - STOP PROCRASTINATING: Finish small, easy tasks as they come. Y...

Three strikes and you're out! I have said it before and I'll say it again, bad art and animation style will ruin an anime's potential. And as of this moment we have 3 shows that have fallen due to this mistake. The first that popped up was Girls Band Cry - a coming-of-age music / slice of life that used 3D animation instead of the usual 2D that we know best, but it gets worse. Afterwards came 'DDDD', which is the abbreviated title for DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION, I genuinely don't understand this name and the reason for it. The premise for this show is a slice of life / alien invasion, and it got completely fucked over because of how Production +h did the art style, and look I can completely respect wanting to stay true to the source material, but sometimes no. Most recently there was a Rick and Morty anime released, and instead of either staying with the original, iconic animation, or even redrawing it into a more well-known anime style, they uglified...