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Silver Spoon, Animals, and Ethics
Some time ago, I took a course in the English department—Literature, Animals, and Society—that had us read the works of Alice Walker, Roald Dahl, Alice Munro, and others.[1] While literature was...
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I’m moving to a new blog!
It has been such a long time, over two years, since I last wrote a post here. During that time, I’d occasionally queue up a post, scribble a few drafts here and there, but I just never could actually...
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Witchcraft and Occult Philosophy in Flying Witch — lystlesse
So witchy! While performance of witchcraft in Flying Witch is sparse, it would have been enough for executions in the 15th-early 16th century. The defining blueprint for witch-hunts at the time, the...
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Breakaway Phenomenon and Escapism in Amanchu! — lystlesse
McDIVITT: They want you to come back in now. WHITE: Back in? McDIVITT: Back in. GRISSOM: Roger, we’ve been trying to talk to you for awhile here. WHITE: Aw, Cape, let me just [take] a few pictures....
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Re:Zero: Camera Shots and Angles in the Foot Fetish Scene — lystlesse
“I’m the foot fuckin’ master.” – Jules, Pulp Fiction. The third arc of Re:Zero -Starting Life in another World- begins with a tedious grind of forced misunderstandings and annoying displays of male...
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The cyberpunk cities of Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! — lystlesse
“Walk along, and you’re six hundred foot under Manhattan. You’re at approximately 30th street or something. You’re in the middle of the greatest city in the world. Nobody even knows you exist. Nobody...
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Memory and Musubi in Your Name — lystlesse
Time will unbind our memory glue and I’ll be as nobody-ish as all of you. — Marceline The most beautiful aspect of Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) is how it weaves its various themes to form a coherent...
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Papika, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl — lystlesse
Let’s go adventuring again, okay? Flip Flappers is the type of anime that invites dialogue—character-driven, stylish, rich in symbolisms, and, perhaps most importantly, darker than its visuals would...
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