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New Animé Terms and Concepts?

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Steven DenBeste discusses the arms race. The animé arms race that is, as he writes on the concept of simple plot or setting devices taken to their extreme. In honor of Gillette and Shick, he christens it “the five-bladed razor,” … Continue reading →

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More Cheesecake–Maburaho Review

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Well, I was stuck at home tonight, so I decided to work up some more anime cheesecake to post, with a bit of a review to go with it. I had some more trouble with the aspect ratio, despite Steven … Continue reading →

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About that WuFlu

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Ubu Roi

So, by “survive the WuFlu”, which I was talking about in June. I was a bit inaccurate. You see, it wasn’t that I had it , and was celebrating surviving. It was that I was cheering not getting it. Fool … Continue reading →

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Excess Weight of Light Novels

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Ubu Roi

So, as I said, I’ve been reading a lot to pass the time. Sadly, not all of it is good writing. Actually, a lot of it isn’t. So, in the vein of “I read this crap so you don’t have … Continue reading →

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Progress is Slow (Astra, updated)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ubu Roi

Well, from the comments on the prior post, I can see that I’m not the only one who has issues with Funi’s player. Sometimes it just doesn’t work; other times I can get an episode to run, but only one. … Continue reading →

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Health Update

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Ubu Roi

So, I’m still off work recovering, not so much from the surgery (which was simple) but from the abuse of my body wreaked by the infection. As my urologist said buy generic levitra , “I’m not trying to scare you, … Continue reading →

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A Little Scouting

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Ubu Roi

Apologies in advance for the terrible quality of these photos. They were taken on an iPhone 6, from inside my car, and often by my brother, on the move. It wasn’t safe to get out or even stop much of … Continue reading →

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