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
Is it okay to talk about Peni Parker's cameo in Across the Spider-Verse now? She appears for about 5 seconds and the internet has been talking nonstop about her appearance in the film for the past two weeks so I'm not really spoiling anyone by talking about her, right? I wrote a whole article last… Continue reading Marvel needs to do SOMETHING with Peni Parker
Shin Sakura Wars was always destined to be a controversial entry in the Sakura Wars series. It was a perfect combination: The first new title in a long dormant series being headed by an entirely new creative staff. The writing of the game in particular gets highlighted among the fanbase. Without returning staff like scriptwriter… Continue reading Why Azami is the Best Written Shin Sakura Wars Character
Hello, I'm Skeith, and welcome to The Story Arc. This site will not be posting any reviews of Hogwarts Legacy, nor will we ever mention its existence after this article. I am also the most frequent contributor to this site and the most likely to review games on release date in a desperate attempt to… Continue reading Magical Games You Can Be Playing Instead of Hogwarts Legacy
Let me preface by saying that Fire Emblem Heroes is a mobile game that is dear to me as a longtime fan of the series. Though gacha is inherently predatory in its reliance on FOMO to nab sales, I like to think for a game that falls under the very same banner of Fate/Grand Order… Continue reading The Hilarious Fault of Fire Emblem Heroes’ Battle Pass
Birds are an allegory that encapsulate a number of ideas in fiction. From Alfred Hitchcock’s avian assault film to blue birds in David Bowie’s Lazarus, it seems the central focus is all the same, or at least similar; birds represent an outside, freedom and the unknown. To let go like the fleeting memory of Lenore… Continue reading The Flighting Imagery of Birds in NEO: The World Ends With You
Hello, and welcome to the third article in my new series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I… Continue reading Make a Musou: Xenoblade Musou
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
Firstly, I’d like to apologize for the choice of thumbnail, it was needed to convey exactly which topic I wanted to explore today. Just the sight of Sayori’s bedroom has become memetic even to those who have barely had a brush with the game’s plot, and has become synonymous with the horrors that become more… Continue reading The Significance of Rooms in Doki Doki Literature Club
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
A few months ago on April 22nd it was announced that the mobile game spinoff of Sega's Sakura Wars series, "Sakura Kakumei" would be shut down. Once this shutdown was announced there were many rumors spreading around the web, ranging from anonymous sources talking about how Hideo Baba was secretly working on the game and… Continue reading A Post-Mortem Review of Sakura Kakumei
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
I love JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. After being goaded into watching the anime adaptation mid 2015 or so, I’ve been hooked. From there I made my way through the manga, beginning with Phantom Blood and working my way up to Jojolion, and I’ve been a dedicated reader since, enjoying new chapters every month or so when… Continue reading What’s the Future of the Jojo anime after Stone Ocean?