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Vrai Kaiser Oct 19, 2021. 5 minute read
‘Midnight Mass’ Review: Spoiler, The Church is the Real Monster
To imagine the mood of Midnight Mass, the latest work from Netflix darling Mike Flanagan, you need only conjure the words of John Mulaney: “Now, I was raised Catholic. I don’t know if you can tell that from the everything about me.” While Flanagan has become something of a household…
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Vrai Kaiser Jul 15, 2021. 2 minute read
ODDTAXI is a Perfect Ensemble Noir About Funny Animals
It’s a tough world out there for furry anime. Sure, there will never be a shortage of shows where basically human teens sport tails and ears to frequently horny ends, but instances of fully anthropomorphized animals are generally expected to be intrinsically Saying Something with their use of animal-people. Given…
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Vrai Kaiser Jul 13, 2021. 11 minute read
What the Hell Happened to Wonder Egg Priority?
This piece discusses suicide, transphobia, sexual assault, pedophilia, and rape apologism at length. Wonder Egg Priority premiered to dazzling praise back in January, with almost film-quality animation and a creative team of talented newcomers either beginning their careers or stepping into new roles. Its story, about four adolescent girls each…
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Vrai Kaiser Jul 1, 2021. 2 minute read
Nagata Kabi’s Latest Book Tackles the Cost of Writing Nonfiction
A Nagata Kabi book is not unlike a Bo Burnham special: a compellingly personal bit of art that leaves you slightly terrified that you should be calling into a crisis hotline on the artist’s behalf. Nagata shot to acclaim in 2016 when her autobiographical webcomic was published in a printed…
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Vrai Kaiser Jun 29, 2021. 3 minute read
Enjoy the Hunky Queer Magical Boys of Fairy Ranmaru
My favorite anime are the ones where I sit down every week and gleefully scream “what the fuck is this?!” at the top of my lungs. The sheer number of shows being made every season means that there are a lot of genre-followers and comfort food offerings, not because of…
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Vrai Kaiser Jun 3, 2021. 3 minute read
Boys Run the Riot is a Manga by and for Trans Men
To this day, one of the best-known manga about growing up trans is Takako Shimura’s Wandering Son, a ground-breaking title that ran from 2002 to 2015 which followed a group of kids from grade school through graduation. Though parts of it still ring powerfully true, particularly for trans women, it’s…
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