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Hinamatsuri (Manga): Review (12/30/2020)

 Hinamatsuri is a solid comedy manga that starts out super strong, but ends a little bit awkwardly. I greatly enjoyed the majority of the series, mostly because of the hilarious scenes and great characters (Anzu, Hitomi, and Nitta for example). But, the final arc honestly ruined the manga a little bit for me, as it focused on some of my least favorite characters in the series, and the answer to the question "Who is Hina and where did she come from?" is never concluded very solidly. The ending also felt very rushed, and sometimes it also felt like the author was just making things up last minute. There are a lot of 10/10 moments spread throughout the series however, and I think that this manga is definitely worth a read.  Note: Although there are only around 100 chapters, the chapters are pretty long, so the manga does feel like it is somewhat lengthy. That being said, I binged the entire thing in 2 days. Story: 8/10 Really good plot developments in the beginning, (I love Anzu...

Beastars (Manga): Review (12/17/2020)

 To sum up the review of Beastars: Beastars is a very enjoyable, mature version of Zootopia that has a teenage high schooler wolf as the main character, instead of an adult police officer rabbit. 4/5: very enjoyable, but not without some faults, especially in the story. Knowing Beastars is a more mature Zootopia was all I knew going into this series, and I think it is all you really need to know to enjoy the series. But to dive a little deeper, I think there is a lot more in this series that makes it stand out on its own. The first is the world of Beastars. Animals are divided into carnivores and herbivores (there are also sea creatures, but those don't show up that often), and this relationship is very complex, which is a theme that is thoroughly explored throughout the manga. There really isn't a concrete good or evil in this world, and everyone has a little bit of both in them, which I like.  Unlike Zootopia, which is a thinly veiled metaphor for racism, I don't think Be...