Going where several other blogs have gone before.
Takehiko Inoue’s The First Slam Dunk is a tale as old as time: a high school basketball team full of misfits try to overcome each other’s differences and their own personal demons as they prepare for a game against an undefeated team. This is certainly a story that Inoue himself has told at length through… Continue reading ‘First Slam Dunk’ Reinvents the Game
We all know and love the silly gimmick accounts on Twitter. This website has a wide variety of them from an account that posts "Ladies and gentlemen: the weekend!" every Friday or an account that posts a different Sega girl each day. Chances are that no matter who you are you've liked and retweeted posts… Continue reading My Experience Running a Twitter Gimmick Account
I think it's fair to say that almost all of us are aware of the 90s Spider-Man show. It makes the rounds on the internet every other week when people point out how over the top Peter's acting can be at times and how ridiculously fast the pacing can be. However I, and many people… Continue reading The Surprisingly Serialized Nature of the 90s Spider-Man cartoon
If you tell people that Ash Ketchum is one of your favorite characters ever you will be laughed at. People will tell you he has no personality or that he's barely a character. I'm sick of seeing this slander so today on The Story Arc I and my friend CJ are going to recap how… Continue reading Why Ash Ketchum is Better Than You Think
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is incredibly dear to me (just take a look at my multiple past articles on the topic. It’s the one series I’ve written the most articles about on this entire site). One of the biggest highlights of the series lies in its stand abilities; those classic rock named powers that are home… Continue reading 5 Stands in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure that are Hilariously Similar
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a series that is marked by it’s very...er, devoted fanbase. That is to say, the rampant classic rock video takeovers, the endless spam of memes that burned out their lifespan the moment they hit the screen (was kono dio da ever funny?), the honestly impressive cosplays and posing proves the community… Continue reading What’s going to happen to JoJo Fridays? A look back into their importance to the fandom
Yeah! Come at me Toy Story nerds! ..Just don't yell at me please.
On May 19th 2021, several sources reported that a Visual Novel based on the hit manga Kaguya-Saga: Love is War was announced by Shueisa and would be releasing on Steam later this month. However after some research it becomes clear that this Steam page is a bootleg caused by Steam's complete lack of quality control.… Continue reading No, there isn’t a Kaguya VN coming to Steam
The heroic ideal in a child's eyes
So what happens when you take a character from an H-game and give them a magical girl anime? You get Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Now what happens when you do the same thing in the 2010s? You get Magical Girl Prisma Illya.I tried to look up more info on why this particular Fate/Stay Night spinoff… Continue reading Prisma Illya review – flawed but magical
In preparation for Sakura Revolution let's look over on of the lesser talked about characters
First off, we’re doing a FF5 stream later today, which you really should watch! here is the Story Arc twitch channel, we should be live at 4 pm PST / 7 PM EST You, reader of The Story Arc, have probably heard of Weekly Shonen Jump, right? The manga magazine where many of the most… Continue reading Blazing Transfer Student Review: Chaotic Comedy
Increasingly it feels that a lot of good art gets lost in the shuffle of constant Capital C Content that comes out every day, and nothing in recent memory has suffered as much from that as last year’s Primal - a 5 part animated miniseries that aired on Adult Swim from October 7th to October… Continue reading Primal: Last Year’s Best Cartoon