NANA Teaches Readers How to Mourn a Friendship

Do you remember the time you met your best friend — that feeling of apprehension initiating conversation wondering just how much of your true self to reveal? Time has a way of undoing things, inc...

Chainsaw Man Is More High Concept Than Its One Brain Cell Heroes

Chainsaw Man was always too much for Shonen Jump. The frenetic, ultra-violent, often hilarious series doesn’t sit well next to young adult pillars like One Piece — which just celebra...

Nichijou, the Goofy Manga Classic, Drew Inspiration From a Tarantino Flop

Ordinary life gets a bad rap. So much media is specifically designed to gloss over, escape from, or outright ignore the minutiae and marginalia of day-to-day existence that nevertheless make...

Morning Stack: Why Can't I Just Pick a Game to Play?

I used to build tree forts at and around my grandparents’ farm on the South Dakota/North Dakota border. It was a very formative experience for me (I bought a lot of goddamn LEGOs and Gundam model kits...