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Hipster Hotline: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Post author By Redgeek
Post date November 4, 2017
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Let’s talk Buffy a bit.
Was only planning to talk about the Buffy season 11 comic (and I will in another article), but my Buffy senses started tingling. Won’t fully analyze the series (if you want that I recommend listening to Buffy podcasts like Dusted or the Hellmouth Podcast), just want to ramble about my love of it—without spoiling too much.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a TV show about a high school cheerleader chosen to become another in a long line of girls destined to fight the evils of the supernatural. Each gained some mystical power, trained, fought, and died. Another girl is chosen, the endless cycle continues. Can Buffy survive her fight against the darkness? Does she even want to? Does she have a choice? And will she ever tryout for cheerleading squad again? Tune in to find out. Seriously, you like good storytelling mixed with vampires and other monsters? Watch (and read) it.

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Hipster Hotline: Karakuri Circus

Post author By Redgeek
Post date October 9, 2017
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Ever read a manga you enjoyed then wondered why the heck it isn’t popular?
Karakuri Circus is a shounen manga about a boy named Masaru Saiga on the run from relatives who want him, or more specifically, the eighteen billion yen his dead dad left him. He quickly meets Narumi Kato and a woman calling herself Shirogane, both separately wanting to help Masaru. Simple plot, right? Yeah, but that’s only the beginning.

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Hipster Hotline: Slayers

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In a world of magic and monsters, Lina Inverse is a girl destined to…eat and steal stuff. Well, less destiny, more of a—desire, greed really. Lina is a gifted sorceress using her talents to make money any way she can without getting arrested. A girl’s gotta eat. Along the way, she meets others, some good, many evil, all annoying to her in some degree. Slayers is…it’s like a Japanese RPG that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s fun, scary, thrilling, exciting—you get the idea. If you like fantasy with a mix of humor in the right spots, give it a shot. It’s downright entertaining. But where to start?

There is a lot of Slayers multimedia but I can only recommend what I’ve enjoyed. Confession time: I never read the original novels but the first eight novels based on the first two seasons of anime TV series was officially licensed. The other volumes aren’t, a damn shame too. A few volumes were translated by fans but they are hard to find. Slayers is an older property and the download links simply died. Enough self-pity, recommendations:

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Hipster Hotline: Yumi’s Cells

Post author By Redgeek
Post date September 23, 2017
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Like Slice of life, romance, and humor? Read Yumi’s Cells.

Today’s recommendation is a webcomic on LINE Webtoon called Yumi’s Cells, created by Donggeon Lee.
Nothing apocalyptic here, just a great story about the day-to-day life of a woman named Yumi. The twist is we are able to see the world from the perspective of Yumi’s brain, her brain cells to be exact. Each cell wants Yumi to handle situations their way, leading to conflict or compromises, mostly conflict. Rational Cell, Emotional Cell, and Hunger Cell are only a few of the many cells in Yumi’s head fighting for at least some control.

I recommended Yumi’s Cells because it is engrossing. You care about Yumi and want the best for her. The cell interactions are fun and you really can relate to the feelings and situations she goes through. It can get crazy inside her head (we all been there) but the author does a great job slowly introducing all the main cells over time. I love that. And not just cells, the people in Yumi’s life are also revealed to the audience when they play a role in the story, building the series world one enjoyable piece at a time.

Yumi’s Cells is a treat, period. If you are even remotely curious, give it a shot. It’s a hidden gem that deserves to shine.

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