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An allegorical dive into stigma and homosexuality
<div align="justify">Ikuhara is quite the director. There’s no one in the industry that can weave such vivid social commentary into such visually vibrant, unique and confounding narratives as the creator of _Utena_ and _Penguindrum_ can. This time the master artist has lesbians, bears and storms in…
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Read full review on AniList →Kickstarting New Year with a night rant on barriers and bears.
To me, my 2021 (and life in general) can be likened to sailing in a brig through a highly tempestuous ocean to in order to reach and resupply at the next port, one which you may not even know if it stands anymore.
The weather seems to work against you. Your supplies are limited, and disease stalks…
Read full review on AniList →"Yurikuma Arashi misses the forest for the trees."
I consider myself a pretentious artsy bullshit type. I like things like The Tatami Galaxy, Psycho-Pass, and Mushi-shi, where there's a heavy intellectual and/or artistic level to them. So I went into my first Kunihiko Ikuhara show with fairly strong expectations, since it sounded and looked like I w…
Read full review on AniList →A storm of Yuri and Art.
"Is your love true? Readers, this is a challenge from Severance Barrier. If your love is true, come to the roof top at once. The bears are waiting for you." What if you got a call with someone saying these things from other side? Will you dash to rooftop?
Yurikuma Arashi ,as expected from name is Yu…
Read full review on AniList →For that is sexy. Shaba-da-doo
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Rife with allegories to the point it's suffocating on itself, Yurikuma Arashi seeks to tackle homophobia and societal exclusion, illustrated with the subtlety of a bear paw to the face.
Now, I did overall enjoy watching it - as a gay man who has been a loner m…
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