Genki Life Magazine 35 - Spring 2019
Interview with Troy Doerner of Cosplay Deviants Underrated Anime: BTOOOM! Eromanga-sensei Getting Out of Your Headspace with Mob Psycho 100 Video Game Judge Eyes Sales Suspended
Interview with Troy Doerner of Cosplay Deviants
Underrated Anime: BTOOOM!
Eromanga-sensei
Getting Out of Your Headspace with Mob Psycho 100
Video Game Judge Eyes Sales Suspended
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evident if you go visit just about any major anime image<br />
board at the moment (which is also a bit ironic considering<br />
that drawing such pictures is literally what Sagiri does for a<br />
living herself).<br />
Similarly, if Sagiri is supposed to be “the new” Kirino,<br />
then you’d also have to argue that Elf is the new Kuroneko.<br />
Elf is the energetic and weird yet funny girl of the show,<br />
being an immensely talented writer but also a rather lazy<br />
one who only sees her work as a hobby, and thus only writes<br />
whenever she feels like it, much to the dismay of her editors.<br />
Furthermore, she’s also a bit of a chuuni nutcase who consistently<br />
does stupid things for the amusement of all. As a<br />
result, while she’s not quite as sexualized as Sagiri is, overall<br />
I would still say Elf is the most likable and entertaining<br />
girl of Eromanga-sensei due to how enjoyable her personality<br />
is. In other words it’s pretty much the same story as with<br />
Oreimo where (in my opinion) Kuroneko was ultimately the<br />
best girl even though Kirino was sexy as hell. For all the old<br />
Ayase fans out there though, I’m sorry to say but there isn’t<br />
really a replacement for her in Eromanga-sensei. Instead we<br />
have Muramasa taking the role of the third love rival, but<br />
she’s not particularly similar. If anything she’s the most publicly<br />
affectionate towards Masamune out of the trio, but for<br />
rather… questionable reasons.<br />
As far as the story itself goes, the viewers are pretty much<br />
told from the beginning that this will eventually head down<br />
the pseudo-incest route as Masamune and Sagiri are evidentially<br />
in love with each other and Masamune makes it<br />
quite clear on numerous occasions that she is the only girl<br />
he has eyes for. While he is still a little bit dense at times,<br />
Masamune at least has the guts to confess that he is in love<br />
with Sagiri from quite early on in the series, which is pretty<br />
commendable considering their relationship. However, it<br />
will probably take a while before that ship really sets sail,<br />
because in this (first?) season alone, there isn’t really much<br />
in the way of romantic progression beyond that confession.<br />
It is more of a standard romcom in terms of execution thus<br />
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