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evereinefaust · 1 year

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Pairing: Kurapika Kurta X afab!Reader

Sypnosis: MC and Kurapika had been lovers ever since starting school. And for as serious and work-driven the blonde is, she didn't expect that he would show jealousy because of a certain someone.

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You hummed while walking towards the gymnasium, with a towel and bottle of water in your hand, you are eager to watch your childhood friend play basketball, even if it's just a practice. You stopped in front of the door and knocked. After waiting momentarily, the door opened, revealing a blonde captain.

"Hi, Taiga!" you beamed, flashing him a close-eyed smile.

"H-hi, [Name]. Looking for him?" he averted his gaze to hide his upcoming blush.

You nodded. He let you in.

As you walked into the gym, you saw the other basketball club member. The redhead narcissist, Laiko Enemoto; the blonde cutie, Rinto Suzuki; the redhead gentleman, Rion Kawasaki; and finally, your short-tempered childhood friend, Akihiko Inuzami. You always visit the boy during practice, to ensure that he won't cause chaos to his teammates. He has a twin sister named Akari, but unfortunately, she's studying at Seirin High while you and Akihiko attended Yorkshin High. After he and Akari parted schools, she entrusted you to watch him, knowing he is one troublesome brat. Now it is your responsibility to fulfill this task.

"Hey guys!" you greeted them and walked towards the court they were using.

"Hi [Name]-chan," Rinto smiled brightly at you.

"Hey, [Name]~" the redhead strides towards you.

"Greetings, [Surname]-san," Rion bowed down like a butler, you can't help but smile at his great personality.

'Reminds me of a certain someone.'

"Ah..... you've finally come [Nickname]," the arrogant bastard rubbed the back of his head with eyes closed, making his way towards you.

A tick mark appeared on your forehead as you gripped the towel and bottle that's in your hands, nearly squeezing the water out of its container.

'This guy—!'

"Well, since [Name] is now here, let's take a 10-minute break," the captain told them.

"Yes!"

The team went to the benches and rested for a while. You watched Akihiko while he drank his water, a smile plastered on your face as you rested your chin on the palm of your hand.

"What are you looking at?" his voice snapped you out of your trance.

"Huh? Oh, nothing..." You blinked a few times then removed your head from your hand.

"You're thinking about something, right?" his mischievous side appeared, a smirk plastered on his face. "Or maybe you're thinking about someone?"

"Don't be ridiculous! I'm just thinking about how you can find a girlfriend," you chuckled. He was poker-faced, his expression obviously told you 'what-the-hell?'

"Ah~ Akihiko won't probably find a girlfriend at this rate~" Laiko butted into your conversation.

"What did you say?!"

"He's probably right, knowing that Inuzami-san is very arrogant," Rion added while chuckling.

"Oi!" a tick appeared on his forehead.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Little did you know, a certain blonde passed by the gym. It's already 5 in the evening and his duty is to observe the clubs who are going after school practice. He glanced inside the gym and saw the basketball team having their break on the bench. But his focus wasn't on them. His gray eyes landed on a [h/l] [h/c]-haired girl smiling and laughing beside her childhood friend. Seeing them so close made a pang in his chest.

'Jealousy? Impossible.'

He thought that it is impossible for him to get jealous, after all, [Name] is his girlfriend and Akihiko is just her friend—nothing more, nothing less.

But that's what he had thought. The days went by with you hanging out with the boy frequently, which made the blonde uneasy. He can't stop glancing in your direction and would see a happy [Name] and Akihiko. Whenever that happens, another pang he felt in his chest. He thought he could overcome it, but sadly, he couldn't.

"[Name]..." a familiar voice called, earning your attention. His voice was soft and hollow.

"Hm?" you turned around to face your blonde boyfriend. You are currently walking out of the gymnasium after the basketball team finished their practice during lunch. And by the side of the entrance stood the school council president, leaning on the wall.

"I-I... need to talk with you," he faced you with an unreadable expression plastered on his face.

You slightly frown because of his unusual behavior but complied with his request.

The two of you went to the rooftop and stood there still, no one dared to talk as the wind blew so harshly. After a few moments, he broke the silence.

"Do you like Akihiko?"

Your eyes widened at his unexpected question. He glanced down with a saddened expression on his face. It took you a minute before you realized what he meant by those words.

'Is he jealous of Akihiko?'

Unconsciously, you walked up to him and wrapped your arms around his torso. His eyes dilated in surprise at your sudden embrace.

"Baka~" you muttered teasingly, burying your head deeper in his chest. "Akihiko is just a childhood friend and you know that."

"I know, but recently, I always notice that you're close to him. It's like all the attention is on him." The male returned the hug, burying his head in the crook of your neck.

"Remember when Akiari and Akihiko are about to part ways?" You questioned. He nodded, remembering the time when he last saw the other twin. "She told me to keep an eye on the boy, and I promised her to prevent him from being so troublesome."

He nodded, understanding.

"Don't be jealous because of him, Kurapika," you raised your head and your [e/c] orbs met his gray ones. "You're the one I love."

"Yes, I know." Kurapika's expression softened. He then lifted your chin and leaned in, closing his eyes.

You also leaned up and closed your eyes. Your lips touched and sweetness bloomed. The passionate kiss lasted for a minute when the two of you parted for air. Kurapika's forehead touched yours and locked eyes with your [e/c] hues.

"I love you [Name]."

"I love you too, Kurapika~"

#fanfic #fanfiction #alternate universe #oneshot #one shot #reader insert #x reader #fluff #drabble #hxh #hxh 2011 #hunter x hunter #hxh x reader #hunter x hunter 2011 #hxh kurapika #kurapika kurta #hunter x hunter kurapika #female reader

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geekcavepodcast · 1 year

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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Teaser

When you have a job from hell, the Zombie apocalypse doesn't seem quite so bad.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead stars Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntaro Yanagi, Yui Ichikawa, Mayo Kawasaki, Akari Hayami, Miwako Kakei, Kurumi Nakata, Doronz Ishimoto, Mukau Nakamura, Shota Taniguchi, Kenta Satoi, and Kazuki Kitamura. The film is based on the manga series written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead hits Netflix on August 3, 2023.

#zom 100: bucket list of the dead #zom 100 #haro aso #kotaro takata #eiji akaso #mai shiraishi #shuntaro yanagi #netflix #zombies #TGCLiz #Youtube

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historyhermann · 2 years

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"The Executioner and Her Way of Life": An Exciting Yuri Anime

The Executioner and Her Way of Life tells the story of a priestess tasked with killing humans who are summoned to a supernatural world. This is thrown into jeopardy by Akari, a Japanese girl, whom she escorts and attempts to murder.

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-eighth article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 16, 2022.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life is an adventure, isekai, and yuri anime series directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki. The series is based on a yuri light novel series illustrated by Nilitsu and written by Mato Sato.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses spoilers for seven episodes of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, including some disturbing scenes with themes of suicide, blood, injury, and wanton violence.

Akari (right) tells Menou (left) that she wants to spend more time with her.

The series begins with a Japanese boy named Mutou Mitsuki (voiced by Yuma Uchida), an offworlder, summoned to a kingdom. He realizes that they also summoned another Japanese girl.

He soon meets Menou who explains to him this world is Japanese-influenced and split into various classes, either as commoners, nobility, Noblesse, Faust, and the Church, with her as a priestess.

In the process, she works with her aide, Momo (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto), to lure Mutou inside an abandoned church. As he begins to use his power which allows him to destroy any object, Menou stabs him, killing him before he causes any damage.

This beginning mirrors the first episode of The Legend of Vox Machina, when the so-called "heroes" die within the show's first five minutes. Menou is a priestess, tasked with killing and hunting down any humans summoned to the world, known as "Lost Ones", even though she knows most have done nothing wrong and are innocent.

This is all thrown into question when she meets Akari (voiced by Moe Kahara), who has, like some humans, forcibly brought to the world the pure concept power of time, allowing her to turn back time and revive herself if someone tries to kill her. This contrasts with her airheaded and clumsy nature. Even so, she is trusting and kind.

The series pulls you in, making you sympathize with Menou (voiced by Iori Saeki). After learning that it appears impossible to assassinate Akari, Archbishop Orwell (voiced by Tamie Kubota) tasks Menou with bringing Akari to a church in Garm, so she can be executed. In a lie which may haunt her in the future, she claims to Menou that they are going there so that she can go "back home" to Japan.

There are interesting dynamics between Momo and Menou. The series implies that they have long been confidentes, almost equivalent to the relations between Sakura and Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura.

In fact, Momo worries that Menou is spending too much time with Akari, who she calls "booblicious". She secretly travels with her to the capital city, and fighting off a warrior princess named Ashuna (voiced by M・A・O). The series also implies that she has a crush on Menou and is jealous her spending time with another woman.

Like Eve's strange motivation with golf in Birdie Wing: A Golf Girls Story, Menou becomes an executioner after following her mentor, Flare (voiced by Yūko Kaida), who has amazing magic skills. She does this even after Flare warns her that she will become a villain.

Akari blushes when looking at Menou after she gives her a cute hairpiece

The characters are intriguing and the story keeps you engaged. This is especially the case with the growing romantic feelings between Menou and Akari. Menou even offers to strip in Menou's place to fulfill the demands of a terrorist, goes on sightseeing date with Akari, and has, from time to time, protected Akari from threats.

There is more than that. In the fifth episode, it appears that Menou will say goodbye, forever, to Akari, but she discovers a horrible truth. Her boss, Orwell, has been summoning women in an attempt to extract their youth and reverse her aging. She plans to erase the mind of Akari, to use her powers to make her immortal and stop her aging.

Hence, the church is not some beacon of goodness and prosperity like in Maria Watches Over Us, a Class s yuri anime. Rather, it is a place of corruption and malevolence. Orwell engages in human experimentation that is only outmatched by the devilish schemes by the villains in the first season of Sailor Moon. The latter attempt to extract the crystals they need to revive their queen.

The sixth episode reveals a further truth: Orwell destroyed the home village of Menou when she messed with the powers of a "lost one." This infuriates Menou. Akari's feelings for Menou cause her to break down a barrier in her mind, resulting in her use of her powers, before she shoots herself in the head. Before this happens, she is able to weaken the hair ribbons of Momo. This causes her to lose her mind, destroy the palace, and attack the cathedral, resulting in Akari and Menou brought back together.

What this further shows is that Akari is aware of everything. She knows that Menou is trying to kill her, how to cause Momo to lose her mind, and has the implication that she has been there before! There is also continued visions that she has of their future, with Akari causing Menou's death, while seeing Flare coming to kill her.

Luckily for this fictional world, Orwell gets what she deserves: Menou uses Akari's powers to de-age Orwell so much that she dies. Unfortunately, in the aftermath, the Church predictably covers up the reality, with the public told a cover story.

All the while, the warrior princess plays a major part, fighting alongside Momo. Both may appear in future episodes. It is in these episodes that this series also shows how mature it is, with lots of blood spilled and brutality shown on screen. It is almost as blood-filled as an episode of Helluva Boss, where demons contract them to assassinate humans.

There is also the disturbing implication that Menou, according to Orwell, came from nothing, from blank white material. There is the further possibility she came from the human world, where Menou and Akari met in the past, and was later re-formed.

Menou and Momo fighting alongside one another in the show's opening theme

The show's amazing animation is by J.C. Staff. It is a Japanese animation studio which has produced series such as Revolutionary Girl Utena, Azumanga Daioh, R.O.D -The TV-, Sweet Blue Flowers, The Demon Girl Next Door, and Eden's Zero, pull you into the show's world.

The story remains intriguing, as much as the currently airing Spy X Family or Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. Even so, it continues to be unique in its own way, unlike any other series I've seen.

In the most recent episode, Menou worries that she has failed to kill Akari, who rewound time a few months, and is why she was friendly to her at first. She commits herself to killing Menou once and for all this time. All the while, Menou wants to make sure this happens so that the the "right" person (Menou) kills her, rather than someone else, like Flare.

As they go off on their journey, a reported pilgrimage to a sanctuary, while Menou gets a new scripture from the acting archbishop. In the process, the viewers also see into Menou's backstory. We learn more about she became an executioner.

As the series goes forward, there will be more scenes of Menou and Akari together, along with scenes of Menou and Momo. Menou will continue to pulled between the duty to kill Akari and her hesitation to stay with her, falling deeper in love with her. She even puts her inside the Pandemonium, an inescapable fog, in an attempt to kill her. This doesn't stop Akari, who is aware of everything now, using her powers to go back with Menou, shocking her beyond belief.

Menou continues to be rightly worried that Akari is not far from her power getting out of control. At the same time, there is the wild card: the head of a fringe group. This teenage girl gladly kills someone in a bloody manner in the show's seventh episode and declares that she wants to kill Menou in a pre-emptive attack before she causes "trouble".

All in all, The Executioner and Her Way of Life is must-see for those interested in yuri, adventure, and isekai stories, especially those which go against commonly used tropes. The series is currently streaming on HIDIVE.

The next episode, entitled "Monstrine", airs on May 20, the same day that an English dub of the series will begin airing on the platform.

#yuri #the executioner and her way of life #wlw #anime #reviews #isekai #adventure #birdie wing #j.c. staff #helluva boss #class warfare #class war #maria watches over us #sailor moon

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sonicasura · 2 months

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Hey its me with the Quarter Kafka Au again, I know its not been long since we lasted talk but I just finished talking about my au with some friends and just have to share with you some of the insanity that came out of it.

It started with what if Hina had joined the DF before meeting Proto and when we discussed what her weapon would be, one of my friends said.

"But she already got a weapon, either the rolling pin or frying pan would do considering how good she is at using them on Proto."

Which after a while of thinking about it was pretty spot on. Hina is weird enough she might actually use either to deadly effect and even make combat styles of them.

Hell I can see her even using a giant cooking pot (the chines iron casts ones) and ladle to fight kaiju with scary efficiency. If someone who could do it, it would be her.

Bonus fact is that if any of this happened, Kafka will have an interesting time in the DF when he finds out this fact about his grandma.

Her battle style sounds like something straight from Toriko but combine it with Kirby's Chef Kawasaki boss style. I just see Hina using her connections with the Defense Force to further protect her kaiju husband and family. The more plausible side is a alert whenever officers mobilized so Proto/Akari can avoid them better.

#sonicasura #sonicasura answers #asks #anonymous #kaiju no. 8 #kaiju no 8 #kaijuno.8 #kaijuno8 #kaiju number 8 #kn8 #monster no 8 #monster no. 8 #hibino family

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toshihiromukai · 2 years

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ゆくモンくるモン'22→'23 ～Music Night～ KANA-BOON SPECIAL LIVE

Director : Toshihiro Mukai Director Of Photography : Atsuo Nakagawa (Bravoo) Gaffer : Yusuke Honda (AKARI CENTER) , Tatsuya Hirai (Office Doing) Production Design : Naoya Murayama Production : EAST FACTORY Producer：Sota Kawasaki (EAST FACTORY) PM : Santotsu Takashima (EAST FACTORY)

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tappdancing · 3 years

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IDOLY PRIDE > Selection Project

IP covered the Sakura-Mana scenario a lot better than SP’s Suzune-Akari as it was more emotional and heart-touching

Also rip to Sayaka Kanda, Mana’s VA who passed away recently

#idoly pride #selection project #kawasaki sakura #nagase mana #suzune miyama #akari amasawa #tapp's anime commentary

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naruseii · 5 years

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Myu review 7: 1997 Eien Densetsu

Before continuing further, I’d just like to mention this. This review is purely based off of my personal opinion. I personally am not that fond of SenShi and since this Myu contains that ship, my comments/views differ from the majority, which is okay! Whether we agree or disagree, let’s keep the discussion civil and let’s also respect each other! Thank you and enjoy this (long) review!

First impression: I was actually pretty excited for this Myu!! With Stars K being so amazing and this being the second to the last Myu of the First Stage, I really expected a lot!

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Impressions: Actors/Actresses

Anza Ooyama (Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon)- OH YES QUEEN ANZA!! She was so good in this, it’s like she saved the Myu. I really liked how she portrayed Usagi in this Myu. Sad/Mature Usagi is so essential to the Stars arc and I think Anza pulled it off pretty well especially during I Miss You and her talk with Setsuna about Mamoru. She had her fun, silly Usagi moments but I think her more sad/mature/serious moments were the highlights of her character. Her Super Sailor Moon was pretty okay!! She had the mix of funny and serious Moon which created a good balance. Her Eternal Sailor Moon is obviously my favorite. I have to say I wasn’t as impacted as I was in Stars/Stars K but her Eternal Moon was still pretty good!! She makes her so strong/powerful and also really mature and lady-like which is why I love her as that version of Moon so much. Of course, she did well in all aspects and I just really really enjoy Anza-Moon a lot!! 💕

Ayako Morino (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury)- Ah s***, here we go again. I really can’t stress enough how much I don’t like boy crazy Ami. I’m not a fan of the SenShi pairings so automatically I didn’t enjoy the ZoiAmi bits. This is not Ayako’s fault of course (it’s First Stage/general Myu writing) but seeing her act it out really didn’t settle with me. Ayako’s pre-Zoisite Ami wasn’t too bad?? She kinda overdid the “innocent Ami” but that’s nothing new. I quite enjoyed her Mercury though, because she really did break out of her “innocent Ami” character and showed her true strength as Mercury. Normally with these reviews I always prefer her Mercury over Ami and it’s the same with this one. She’s either lacking or too much, really.

Misako Kotani (Rei Hino/Sailor Mars)- MISAKO WAS SO GOOD IN THIS MYU!! I love her strong and sassy Rei and all her Rei scenes were so fun and interesting to watch! I really like how her relationship with the cast is shown through certain scenes (like the teacher-director switch scene) because it really added to her charm. Just like Ayako, she was given many scenes to showcase her character/character development and I think she gave off an amazing Rei and Mars. I love her voice and her acting so much here!! I’m sad Eien K is her last Myu because I’m really starting to like her a lot :^( .

Akari Tonegawa (Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter)- Akari wasn’t too bad of a Makoto/Jupiter! I really love her little movements and her facial expressions because they add more to her character. Her Makoto was more on the masculine side although she had moments which showed her girly side. Her Jupiter was lacking but, it’s more on the writing than her acting. I can’t really judge her voice on the singing aspect since she didn’t have a solo but, I do have to say her voice is quite powerful. Her dancing was okay and overall, I think she did pretty well despite not having much to do!

Akiko Miyazawa (Minako Aino/Sailor Venus)- Akiko was sooo cute!! I super love her Minako!! She portrayed the perfect fangirly Stars Minako and you can definitely tell from her gestures and how her voice becomes higher than usual (which was a nice touch)! Just like Akari, her senshi counterpart was lacking due to the writing. I think she had the potential to show a really great leader Venus! As mentioned before, her Minako was amazing and I think she touched on every aspect of the character pretty well!! I’m really excited for her next performance (and future ones)!!

Yuuta Mochizuki (Tuxedo Mask/Prince Endymion/King Endymion)- Just like in the previous Stars musicals, Tuxedo Mask/Endymion was hardly present. And when he was, he was typically walking around, getting attacked, kneeling and having few lines of dialogue. Even though he didn’t do much, I still think he did well in what he was able to do!! I hope they give him much more to do in Eien K since it’ll be his last Myu as Tux!!

Sanae Kimura (Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus)- Oh yes!! Sanae was pretty good in this Myu!! She’s had really good scenes especially with Hiroko because their dynamic is just that great. Her Haruka really got to shine when she was with Hiroko. Their scene in Kick Out A Bloody Mystery and Orurean no Sei Senshi really showed off Haruka’s humorous and serious/dedicated side well. Her Uranus is still pretty strong. Her scenes with Moon, the Starlights and Galaxia really highlights her strength as Uranus (especially during the betrayal). Although Uranus (and Neptune) weren’t too memorable in this Myu, I think Sanae did a pretty good job in all aspects and got to portray her character pretty decently!!

Hiroko Tahara (Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune)- Hiroko is just so so good. She makes me enjoy Michiru/Neptune so much!! I really do love her dynamic with Sanae because she actually gets to shine more/take the lead at times and she isn’t just Haruka’s femme gf on the side. As mentioned before, the mystery scene and Orurean no Sei Senshi were probably her best scenes as Michiru. As for her Neptune, she had much more of an impact that before. Especially during the betrayal scene where she said she’d follow Haruka anywhere she goes (she’s basically just re-enacting the scene from Act 1), it really felt genuine and I felt like she encapsulated Neptune and her emotions very well. She’s pretty great in all aspects and again, Uranus and Neptune weren’t too memorable in the Myu but she got to pull of her character pretty well!!

Rei Saitou (Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto)- Oh my gosh I love Rei!! I really loved her scenes where she talked about spending her entire life alone yet still believing in love (or something like that). She really encapsulated Pluto’s loneliness and strength as a person and a soldier. She’s also had her funny moments which gave her a good balance of being humorous and serious. Her voice is amazing and she still dances pretty well!! Overall she did really great!! I super duper love her Pluto!

Chihiro Imai (Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn)- I think Chihiro did okay for her first and last role!! But I do think she could’ve done better. She captures child Hotaru a bit better than Keiko since she’s younger although, her delivery wasn’t too good at times. There were some points where she would sound emotionless and her movements were also kinda stiff. She has a good voice (especially for her character) but the way she says “Saturn” in To A Brand New World bothered me just a tiny bit. But otherwise, I think she was pretty okay!!

Mao Kawasaki (Chibi Chibi/Sailor Chibi Chibi)- I’m so glad Mao returned for this Myu although, her role as Chibi Chibi was very minor. Since Mao had exposure playing a child role in the past (Chibiusa), I think she was able to keep her acting pretty child-like. She didn’t have as much freedom as she did as Chibiusa but her monologue as Sailor Chibi Chibi and her song “Mou ii no” really amazed me!! She was really good!!

Sayuri Katayama (Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter)- Oh my gosh can I just yell about how charming Sayuri’s Seiya is?? She got a good balance of leader Seiya/Fighter and soft/caring and charming Seiya/Fighter. I think her best moments were with Usagi (I Miss You) the other Starlights (Kick Out A Bloody Mystery) and Kakyuu (Kakyuu Ouhi to Three Lights). I think she captured more of the manga Seiya while having some bits of anime Seiya as well. To be honest, her strongest character is Seiya. Her Fighter had the leadership and care/concern but honestly, it doesn’t strike as much presence as her Seiya does. She has such an amazing singing voice and she dances pretty well so yeah!! I loved Sayuri!!

Hikari Ono (Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Maker)- Um...😔👉👈...I REALLY LOVE MY GIRL A LOT. She was so good okay. Honestly, she makes me less annoyed at Taiki altogether. She’s had her moments as the know-it-all (a.k.a ((sorry, language)) smartass) Taiki but she also had her funny/laid back moments too. I loved her scenes with Momoko or the Kinmoku gang because we really get to see the true character of Taiki/Maker which Hikari portrayed very well. I was surprised she had such a strong Maker because she didn’t really do much as her for the past 2 Myus!! She has the dedication (to mostly) Kakyuu and a strong will. Her singing is great and so was her dancing!! So yes 8/8 my girl did great!!

Momoko Okuyama (Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer)- Momoko is the CUTEST Yaten and you can’t convince me otherwise. I was watching the Stars anime when I watched this Myu and her Yaten was a breath of fresh air from her anime counterpart. She’s had her sassy moments but she was such a goof ball in almost all her scenes!! From solving mysteries to deciding on who the next leader of the Three Lights is, she was just so fun to watch! Her Star Healer was very strong and caring! I think she did pretty well in all aspects and I just love her!!

Sakoto Yoshioka (Princess Kakyuu)- YES FINALLY A KAKYUU!! I loved Sakoto!! She has such an amazing voice and I’m so glad they gave her more than one song to sing in this Myu! She really has the “other worldly” presence that Kakyuu has when she makes her first appearance. She was also very kind and motherly but in a different kind of way than Setsuna. She portrays Kakyuu’s emotions so well and she moves so gracefully which really made her capture Kakyuu’s character!! I’m looking forward to seeing her again in Eien K!

Tamami Matsumoto (Sailor Galaxia)- She's definitely different from Saori!! She has a lot more power and a lot more stage presence. She shows off Galaxia's dominant and villainous side really well. Although, I think she’s too mature for Galaxia. I see Galaxia as an intelligent kid but with lack of experience. Tamami’s Galaxia seemed like a queen figure (like Beryl or Nehelenia) who’s seeking revenge when she’s really just someone new to the scene. Nonetheless, I think she portrayed Galaxia well especially with her movement and her voice! And her reformed Galaxia was just as great!

Shadow Galatica (as a whole)- I’m surprised they didn’t include Iron Mouse in this one but even Aluminum Siren and Lead Crow considering that the Stars anime already ended by then and people should know Shadow Galactica but oh well I guess. They removed Pewter Fox as well for some reason but they made up for these losses with Tin Nyanko and Mitis (formerly known as Titanium) Keroko! Both Toni and Megumi did such amazing jobs portraying their characters in all aspects. Sailor Chi, Phi and Theta were amazing dancers and complimented scenes really well. I enjoyed them a lot!

Ryuji Kasahara (Kyaos/Chaos)- Don’t get me wrong, I love Ryuji as an actor and I did enjoy him in this role! But I really didn’t like the build/the writing for Chaos. In the manga he’s just like any other final boss at the end of each arc and since Chaos is the very last villain, he should be portrayed as the most evil creature to exist. Ryuji usually plays playful villains which is probably why they had to rewrite Chaos’ character. The teacher/director Kyaos was really fun to watch and he really played the two really well!! I just wish we could’ve gotten more of a serious/powerful Chaos from him.

Yuri Nishina (Queen Beryl)- So glad they brought her back from Gaiden! She makes an excellent Beryl!! Her voice is really suited for her character and she really shows the evilness of Beryl so well. She doesn’t do much dancing so her only movements are just swaying her arms when she attacks. That aspect kind of bothers me a bit in some scenes because it looks so lazily done even if her lines/scenes hold so much emotion. Regardless, I enjoyed her evil Queen Beryl as much as her reformed Beryl! She did well in both!!

Hidetaka Asano (Kunzite) & Akira Tomemori (Zoisite)- OH YES MY SHITENNOU BOYS!! I mean this time we only have half of them, but it kinda works! Zoisite had more of a role than Kunzite since he somewhat pursued a relationship with Ami. Due to that, Zoisite showed more of his masculine side than feminine side which really changed the atmosphere around his character. Kunzite on the other hand, was less of a leader and more of a casual person. Despite these, I think both Akira and Hidetaka were able to carry on their characters very well! They delivered their lines confidently and they have good singing and movement! I really enjoyed their performance!!

The story: I’m gonna change this part up! Normally I’d tell the story while inserting my opinions in at certain points but since Eien is longer than previous Myus (I think this one’s 2 hours?), I’ll just give my opinions on the story instead.

It was SO MESSY. This is like the first Stars Myu but even messier. The best way I can describe this story is that they fused both interpretations (anime and manga) of the Dark Kingdom and Stars Arc but also kinda tried to revise Stars K? There was just so much going on in general. Some parts can be understood if you’ve seen the anime or read the manga (or both) but if you’re a Myu-only person then maybe those things may seem unclear/unnoticeable.

[ACT 1]

I’m assuming this is because of the 2 hour time mark but Act 1 was super long. It kinda felt dragging at times. They also inserted a scene that wasn’t really necessary which was the “Little Match Girl” scene with (who I’m assuming is) Chihiro. It was just her talking to this entity (I think it’s Beryl?) while lighting her last match. The entity was talking about how darkness is gonna swallow up the world and how that last match won’t help her (which it didn’t) and through that, Queen Beryl got resurrected. Do you get what I mean??

But aside from that, the rest of Act 1 was just okay. It was a super long act and since there was so much in it, I didn’t find the transitions from scene to scene to be well executed. I think each Senshi/character got a fair amount of screen time although some didn’t really do much. All the musical numbers and scenes were great!! It’s just that there’s too much, really.

[ACT 2]

Act 2 was way shorter. By this point you should be getting the story but I still didn’t understand what I was watching. There was definitely a shift in atmosphere between the acts as Act 1 was more lively and fun (although it had a few serious moments) while Act 2 was more heavy and probably tried to focus on the story more. Most characters were well developed by then until we discover that some of them get redeemed or some of them are actually evil (or maybe they were pretending to be evil but were just good all along). I’d have to say that I preferred this section of the story more than the first. It just seems more well put together although it still hardly makes any sense. The unexpected shift of stance from the villains (evil to good or “good” to (very) evil) was a nice touch on their part. All in all, I think Act 2 or just the ending of the Myu really wrapped up everything pretty well. Despite all the many ups and downs, the ending was actually quite decent.

If you want to know about the story, I suggest you read the ‘97 Eien page on the SM Wiki: https://sailormoon.fandom.com/wiki/Pretty_Soldier_Sailor_Moon_%7E_Eternal_Legend

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Overall opinion: As much as I really wanted to like this Myu, I can't. I had a hard time understanding what was going on & I had to watch this a second time just to make this review. The actors and actresses weren't bad, they all did such an amazing job; the story is just terrible. The concept they went for is good, it's just that the execution wasn't. I'm really hoping for the best for Eien K especially since it's the last Myu of the First Stage.

FINALLY!! GOSH THIS TOOK A WHILE. I actually watched this Myu with @missemperor back in May and we DID NOT enjoy it. I had to watch it again because the story never stuck to me and I forgot what everyone did in the Myu. To be honest, there were moments that are likable but the problem really is just the story. I’m really crossing my fingers for Eien K!! How about you? Did you like ’97 Eien? Did we agree on things? Feel free to leave your thoughts!!

((Character profiles are from @myu-resource , CD cover is from @galaxycosmos))

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Attempting to summarize each posted chapter of STTW without having read the ones I've released for a while

This does contain spoilers for the first 8 chapters, if you would like to read it or are not yet caught up to Chapter 8: Beginnings, you can read it here on AO3.

Chapter 1: Welcome to The Agency

Dust Atkins cartwheels a gun out of someone's hand. Then finds Dazai in the river. And never questions why or why no one else questions it. Alejandro García is also there. Dust's ability does things. Because it got long and I had to split it, Dust doesn't actually join the PADA in this chapter so the title doesn't make sense any more but I didn't have anything to change it to.

Chapter 2: Does This Count as an Entrance Exam?

We meet the agency members. Except Sky Davies. Kenji Kawasaki's here. First encounter with the Port Mafia. Oskar Jensen-Berg is here too, so's Jun. Both are barely in it. Dust tries to sacrifice themself to save Kenji only because Kenji's a kid. Both are pretty much fine after the bomb explodes.

Chapter 3: Agency Recruitment

Flashback chapter. We meet Seiko Fukuzawa as he forms the agency, I might have included the Government Special Abilities Division kicking him out or might have cut that out since it's not about recruitment. Nadira's unnamed boyfriend and Nadira's terrible cooking skills are the highlight for me. Almost instantly a sad moment with Kenji and family. Then they recruit Dust in the present. That's how far away from the original chapter it ended up.

Chapter 4: The Black Sheep

Properly introducing the Port Mafia. Meeting one of the most world-affecting characters in Strays To The World and To Become A Hero and The Price of Five. Fight scene between Chuuya and Kamui. Mori kills McKay?? That might be in Chapter 5, though. 4 and 5 were originally one then got split as well, so I'm not sure without reading.

Chapter 5: Mafia at Work

Another bomb. McKay does after the bomb, so he definitely died in this chapter. Mori is boss now. I can't remember anything else about this chapter for some reason, I know more happens because the bomb and murder only take two paragraphs.

Chapter 6: A Peaceful Day for Assassins

Michizō and Akari Tanaka go out to the Thaw Fest. Rose Fisher and Akari treat it as a date. This chapter is more for some characterisation and world building, so there's not much more to talk about.

Chapter 7: The Next Job

Oskar Jensen-Berg. That's it. Characterisation, back story, ability, willingness to kill, fight skills. A little snippet with others, but it's mainly Oskar's chapter.

Chapter 8: Beginnings

PLOT KICKSTARTER CHAPTER, LETS GO! Mori and Chuuya's interaction, first case for Dust, Mako Hayashi is introduced, a third bomb.

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Sentai Filmworks Acquires Upcoming Yuri Isekai Anime 'The Executioner and Her Way of Life'

Sentai Filmworks announced Thursday that it had acquired exclusive global (excluding Asia) streaming and home video release rights to the upcoming Yuri fantasy anime The Executioner and her Way of Life (Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road). The anime will premiere in Japan on April 1 on Tokyo MX and BS11 and will stream on HIDIVE.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life is based on the light novel of the same name by Mato Sato. The series is published in English by Yen Press, which describes the story:

The Lost Ones are wanderers who come here from a distant world known as “Japan.” No one knows how or why they leave their homes. The only thing that is certain is that they bring disaster and calamity. The duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. When she meets Akari, it seems like just another job…until she discovers it’s impossible to kill this girl! And when Menou begins to search for a way to defeat this immortality, Akari is more than happy to tag along! So begins a journey that will change Menou forever… In addition to being an intriguing addition to the ever popular isekai genre of light novels, Virgin Road is an intriguing release due to the fact that it includes elements not commonly seen in light novels released in English—a female protagonist and a yuri storyline.

The anime stars Iori Saeki as Menou, the executioner, and Moe Kahara as Akari, a “lost one” traveling from another world. The series is produced by SB Creative and EGG FIRM and will be directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki (Ascendance of a Bookworm) at J.C. Staff. Additional staff are as follows:

Shogo Yasukawa - Script Supervisor

Keiko Tamaki - Character Designer

Jin Aketagawa - Sound Direction

MICHIRU - Music composition

The opening theme, "Paper Bouquet" is performed by MIli, and the ending, "Touka Serenade" by ChouCho.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life features a female protagonist and Yuri storyline. The series is well-reviewed and won the grand prize at the 11th GA Bunko Awards. A manga adaptation by Ryo Mitsuya began serialization in Young Gangan last year.

#Yuri #anime #news #fantasy #isekai #lgbt #lgbtq+#queer #gay #girls love #gl #lesbian #lesbians #the executioner and her way of life

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Cast:

Kobayashi Ryouta as Kamado Tanjirou (竈門炭治郎)

Takaishi Akari as Kamado Nezuko (竈門禰豆子)

Ueda Keisuke as Agatsuma Zenitsu (我妻善逸)

Satou Yuugo as Hashibira Inosuke (嘴平伊之助)

Honda Reo as Tomioka Giyuu (冨岡義勇)

Yazaki Hiroshi as Rengoku Kyoujurou (煉󠄁獄杏寿郎)

Tsuji Ryoushirou as Uzui Tengen (宇髄天元)

Okuda Yumeto as Tokitoumu Ichirou (時透無一郎)

Kadoyama Youko as Kochou Shinobu (胡蝶しのぶ)

Kawasaki Akari as Kanroji Mitsuri (甘露寺蜜璃)

Miyamoto Kyousuke as Iguro Obanai (伊黒小芭内)

Maeda Ryuutaro as Shinazugawa Sanemi (不死川実弥)

Changhae asHimejima Gyoumei (悲鳴嶼行冥)

Uchida Mirai as Tsuyuri Kanawo (栗花落カナヲ)

Akutsu Nichika as Rui (累)

Hirose Tomoki as Ubuyashiki Kagaya (産屋敷耀哉)

Sasaki Yoshihide as Kibutsuji Muzan (鬼舞辻無惨)

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The Executioner and Her Way of Life TV Anime Reveals Three More Cast Members

Three new cast members have been revealed for The Executioner and Her Way of Life (known in Japan as Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road), an upcoming TV anime based on the isekai fantasy light novels series written by Mato Sato and illustrated by nilitsu about a young woman who is tasked with killing off visitors who arrive from a parallel world before they can become a threat to her native land.

The new cast members include:

Yūma Uchida as Mitsuki.

Yūko Kaida as Flare.

And Tamie Kubota as Orwell.

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The original The Executioner and Her Way of Life light novels are published in Japan by SB Creative under their GA Bunko imprint, and an English language version of the series is also available from Yen Press. Sentai Filmworks will distribute the TV anime adaptation, and describes the story of The Executioner and Her Way of Life as follows:

When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life TV anime is directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki and features animation production by J.C. Staff. The series is scheduled to broadcast in Japan on TOKYO MX and BS11 beginning on April 01, 2022, with an additional broadcast to follow on Saturdays on AT-X. Sentai Filmworks will distribute The Executioner and Her Way of Life TV anime in worldwide markets (except Asia).

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Official The Executioner and Her Way of Life TV anime home page and Twitter feed (@VirginroadAnime)

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“The Executioner and Her Way of Life”: An Exciting Yuri Isekai Series

On April 2, 2022, The Executioner and Her Way of Life premiered on HIDIVE. This series tells the story of an executioner named Menou tasked with killing a Japanese girl, Akari Tokitō, but not everything goes as planned...

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog (it will be published on there on Dec. 28), and Wayback Machine. This was the forty-third article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on July 1, 2022.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life is a yuri isekai adventure series directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki and written by Shōgo Yasukawa. It is based on a manga and light novel of the same name by Mato Sato.

Trigger Warning: This post mentions sensitive topics such as bullying, murder, memory loss, and kidnapping

The first season of this exciting series began powerfully. The first seven episodes follow Menou (Iori Saeki) as she tries to kill Akari (voiced by Moe Kahara). Akari has the power to turn back time. She can revive herself if anyone tries to kill her. Menou works with her loyal aide, Momo (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto), who is jealous of how close Menou and Akari are getting. She gives Akari the nickname "booblicious".

The remaining five episodes of this series continue the story with unexpected twists and turns. This includes the encroaching Pandæmonium (Anzu Haruno) and its monstrous manifestation in the port city of Libelle. All the while, a warrior princess, Ashuna (M・A・O) follows them. She has little regard for her noble status and wants to fight villains no matter what.

Akin to extreme bloodiness of episodes of The Legend of Vox Machina or fights in Helluva Boss, The Executioner and Her Way of Life becomes almost horror-like in its final arc. This includes the gruesome death of Manon Libelle (Manaka Iwami). Manon tries to defend herself by calling on strong magical powers. Pandæmonium, in the form of a sadistic little girl, replaces her.

This series is in no way for children. It is for mature adults. Scenes in later episodes could almost come out of nightmares. It goes far beyond any mature tone in all-ages animations like Amphibia or The Owl House by leaps and bounds.

The series is engaging and intriguing, but it leaves more questions than answers. The series only had a 12-episode run from April to June of this year. Even so, the final episode leaves the door open for a possible continuation. This post is filled with spoilers, so be warned.

Memories and Manipulation

Menou and Akari fighting together, causing Akari to lose even more memories

The first seven episodes of The Executioner and Her Way of Life implied that Menou and Akari were friends in a previous life in Japan. The later episodes never clarify whether this is the case, but they do reveal a terrifying secret: any time that Akari uses her powers, she loses a memory. She loses a part of herself with each blast.

Pandæmonium taunts her with this reality and claims there is a way back to Japan. Akari rejects this. She reveals that she as a Japanese schoolgirl people bullied her. Unsurprisingly, she has no desire to return.

Later, Pandæmonium declares that someone is repeatedly causing her efforts, to make Menou kill her, fail. She realizes that Menou's former master, Flare, is the culprit. Even worse is the fact that her do-overs caused Pandæmonium to leave the enveloping fog. Once outside, she terrorizes the city and almost kills the woman she loves, Menou.

Every time she does a do-over, and sees Menou die, her regression gets worse. She no longer has a connection to the Astral Archive, which stores memories of the planet and its powers.

Her memory loss is not as severe as Kaede's two-year-long amnesia in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai. In this series, it is not known whether Akari's memories are permanently deleted or are just inaccessible.

What Akari experiences is different from possible human experimentation on Eve, a protagonist of Birdie Wing: A Golf Girls Story. Flare is toying with Akari and repeatedly causing her anguish. Perhaps to protect herself from the mounting trauma, and near-death of Menou, she uses her powers to wipe her memory of the events.

In a possible second season, mind manipulation and destruction-prone tactics of Pandæmonium would be even worse. In the final episode, one of her fragments survives and makes an alliance with Manon to bring chaos to the world.

Bursting with Yuri

The series goes beyond being a yuri isekai about an assassin trying to kill those from another world. The plot and the characters are filled with yuri. First is the budding romance between Akari and Menou.

Reviewers like Vrai Kaiser have a point about Momo as a "stereotypical handsy stalker type" who worships Menou. I would slightly counter Kaiser's argument. When Akari enters the picture, Momo restrains herself to an extent. Even when she doesn't, Menou isn't the biggest fan of Momo fawning over her. She just wants to get her job done and execute Akari.

Momo's actions are not as extreme as the stalkery fan in Carole & Tuesday, a series with poor LGBTQ representation. It differs from Haruka Nishida in Kanameno with a fetish for underage girls and more like the cute yuri couple in the same series.

There's no heterosexual explanation for this

By the end of the first season of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Menou considers whether she could neutralize the threat that Akari causes by allowing her to live. Such a possibility would go against everything she believes as an executioner.

Menou is slowly falling in love with Akari. The opposite is the case for Akari, who is head over heels in love with Menou. As for Menou, she slowly shows signs that she may have feelings for Akari. Both of them tour the cities of Garm and Libelle together, in what could be called dates. Another season could focus more on their growing affections for one another.

Predictably, Momo wants Akari out of the picture and even vows to kill Akari herself, so she can have Menou to herself. Little does she know that Akari helped heal her by using her power to move back time!

In terms of yuri themes, it is just as strong as the little-known sci-fi yuri drama, Blue Drop, or the well-known yuri romance, Bloom Into You. This series is different from those, in terms of being a compelling yuri fantasy. It is also more overt than more mature anime like Otherside Picnic with yuri themes so diluted that they became meaningless.

Although there are occasional bouts of fanservice in The Executioner and Her Way of Life, it is nothing to the level of many other anime. For instance, yuri anime, such as Flip Flappers, Valkyrie Drive, and Mnemosyne, have more fanservice.

A Unique Isekai

The focus on yuri makes this series fundamentally different from other novels and anime about those who end up in another world. Often, girls are reincarnated in another world and draw attention from physically attractive men. This includes My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, about a girl who begins a new life as a villainess in an otome game she once played.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life explores the seemingly infinite possibilities of the isekai genre with a fascinating story. While it doesn't have the social commentary on overwork that series like the soon-to-be returning I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, to give one example, it does provide social commentary. In the show's later episode, there is a focus on yuri horror and the sick plans of Pandæmonium. This could be interpreted as a criticism of the horror genre and how gruesome it can get at times.

At the same time, there is the inevitable clash of cultures, of the world Akari comes from and the world that Menou lives in. There are no themes of those disillusioned with their previous lives or have their genders transformed like in Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout.

Rather, it has magic and religious themes, making it different from other isekai which involve travelers from Japan, like the 1990s El-Hazard series, with one OVA even featuring a lesbian relationship. Some reviewers called the series an "answer" to the trend of isekai, terming Akari and Menou as "murder wives", and noting the show's "exaggerated approach to the genre" which is full-on gay.

Akari, dressed like Menou, asks Menou to wait for her.

The series focuses on the common theme: power can corrupt absolutely. This is shown, in later episodes, through Manon's attempt to defeat Menou by using "taboo" powers and even sacrificing herself to bring the Pandæmonium into existence. Earlier episodes demonstrate this through the sadistic plan by Archbishop Orwell (Tamie Kubota) to kidnap young girls in hopes of making her more youthful.

The parallel world of The Executioner and Her Way of Life is different from another other series I've seen. There isn't a science fiction element though the series fall into the common stereotypes for the genre. Rather, it combines the best elements of yuri stories with the best ones in isekai. Although the series has monsters, it is not based on or akin to a video game. Instead, it is a mix of romance, adventure, and suspense.

The series also differs from Western animation which involves dimensional travel. Although Akari can be goofy and aloof at times, the characters are much more mature than the teenage protagonists of The Owl House and Amphibia. There are also scenes with drowning, poisoning, grievous injury, and the like, going beyond even the most mature moments of the latter two series.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life does, however, have some similarities with Samurai Jack, in that the characters are on a journey, a quest, and face challenges along the way. As mentioned earlier, trauma is a major component of this series. It informs the actions of Manon, while everyone else has traumatic experiences over and over throughout the series.

Talented Cast and Crew

The amazing animation by J.C. Staff and background art isn't complete without the amazing voices, directors, and everyone working on the show. Some names were familiar to me, like M・A・O, who is also known as Mao Ichimichi. As it turns out, this year alone she voiced characters in thirteen anime series.

The same is the case for other voice actors in the series. Hisaki Kanemoto, who also voiced a character in Love After World Domination, voiced characters in the wonderful sci-fi adventure, Bodacious Space Pirates, and the second season of The Demon Girl Next Door. Iori Saeki has just as many voice credits, lending her voice to characters in Adachi and Shimamura, and in the upcoming Tokyo Mew Mew New. Yuma Uchida is also voicing a character in the latter series, and another in Heroines Run the Show.

Other voice actors lent their voices to characters in series such as Spy × Family, Yamibou, Strawberry Panic!, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet,B Gata H Kei, and many others. Many of these anime are yuri or have yuri themes, which gave them something to build on in The Executioner and Her Way of Life.

Those directing and supervising the series are just as skilled. Some have worked on the fantasy isekai series, Ascendance of a Bookworm, while others have worked on other series like the romantic drama yaoi, Given.

Looking Toward a Second Season

Although this series may be, like too many anime, a solitary season, there are many areas for expansion. For one, there are colonialist undercurrents in a society comprised of commoners, evil nobles, and priests, as one reviewer pointed out. In my original review of the series, I noted the same, noting that the world is Japanese-influenced and split into various classes.

Another season would continue the romance of Akari and Menou. All the while Momo remains jealous, even trying to kill Akari if she gets the chance. This could cause Menou and Momo to compete with one another, deciding who will kill Akari first.

On the other hand, Akari, Menou, Momo, and even Ashuna, may have to put their differences aside and come together to fight a common threat. This could be Flare, or the combined evil of Pandæmonium and Manon. Another season could focus more on the family of Manon and the troubled life of Akari back in Japan. Both are briefly touched on in this season.

The series could further focus on the origin of the "pure concepts", magical powers which offworlders have, and how their powers work. So far, the series has delved a bit into this, and talks about the "great human errors" which attempted to ruin the world in the past, but further focus could make the series even more compelling.

There could also be a focus on the role of religion in society and the power of the church. This is a major theme of the series, but another season could do it more justice.

Closing Words

Hopefully, the series improves in the second season, with stronger storylines, characters, and more unified tone. The tonal change of the series in the last few episodes to almost yuri horror was a bit jarring.

The success of this series will likely inform future yuri series by J.C. Staff and others on HIDIVE. In the end, while I have my criticisms of the series, I look forward to seeing where it goes in a second season, and beyond.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life can be watched on HIDIVE.

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