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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds review
While the Hakuoki visual novels has received a plethora of ports, emerging on console, portable, and now PC, the timing…
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (PS4) review
Here’s the irony surrounding a discussion of Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma– revealing even the slightest detail threatens to diminish…
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Symphonic Rain review
Popularized by works like Key’s Kanon and Air, as well as Circus’ Da Capo, nakige (meaning a “crying game”) is…
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NEKOPARA Vol. 3 review
Spend the day strolling through Akihabara, and you’ll inevitably be invited into a multitude of maid cafes, each promoting their…
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Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception review
Released in 2002 for Windows-based machines, Utawarerumono resonated with the Japanese public, spurring two radio dramas, a trio of manga…
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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds review
2012’s Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Bloom was released at an unfortunate time, just as the PSP’s user base was…
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The Eden of Grisaia review
What is the concept? Following The Fruit of Grisaia’s (Gurizaia no Kajitsu) 2011 release in Japan, Sekai Project mounted a…
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NEKO-NIN exHeart review
Purportedly influenced by nekomata, the feline-like yōkai present in Japanese mythology, cat-girls have a fairly extensive history. In the 1960s,…
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Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness review
Production I.G’s 2012 crime-thriller, Psycho-Pass, was built upon a number of thematic elements that might be familiar to western audiences.…
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The Silver Case review
While success can stimulate bigger budgets, and a push toward larger audiences, it’s an artist’s early efforts that can be…
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