Sukumizu Daioh Rendering

Go figure that the sukumizu school swimsuits from Azumanga Daioh and Summer Time Rendering bear strong resemblances to conventional one-piece swimsuits unlike the average Anime sukumizu school swimsuit.

Demanding Justice For Outsiders

Forget the Nintendo Switch 2 launch party. Justice for Ash Ketchum and Satoshi Tajiri is far more important. Even if Gary Oak and Ritchie getting sentenced to death would be considered grave insults to Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Hiroshi Yamauchi respectively, just remember how Nintendo mistreated outsiders such as Waluigi. By Nintendo standards, Ash Ketchum and his namesake Satoshi Tajiri are outsiders, and they have been mistreated by Nintendo.

Thinking of other things other than other ladies 2

Another comic about my OCs in a lawyer-friendly version of the "Thinking about other women" meme? Looks like this comic could become a new Internet meme.

Bad news, folks. The tariff wars will be nothing compared to the debt bombs America and China are sitting on right now. If these debt bombs explode, it will cause a downturn that's far worse than the Great Depression, and it will ultimately lead to World War 3...

For those wondering what a xenophyophore is, it is an undersea amoeba that can grow up to eight inches in diameter. It's possible Kirby is a pink xenophyophore because official Nintendo sources confirm that Kirby's diameter is eight inches.

Risotto was always a great alternative to pasta and pizza for Italian Restaurants. Nuff said.

Anime was possibly the real reason striped bikinis are so popular in Japan. Change my mind.

Contrary to popular belief, the final battle between good and evil that threatens to end the world as we know it will not take place at Armageddon, but rather, that epic final battle will take place near Jerusalem, or more accurately, near what remains of Jerusalem.

The L6/40 is an Italian World War 2 light tank that is known for being weak in that particular conflict. Therefore, it would be better off being demolished in the Street Fighter 2 car breaker bonus stage.

Sword Wand

Magic wands have always been a magical girl's weapon of choice throughout the history of Anime. However, some combat situations require the magical girl to use her magic wand as a melee weapon. At best, the magic wand is as lethal as a combat knife in close-quarters combat. That is where the sword wand comes in. It combines the sword's stabbing and slashing capabilities with the magic wand's magic capabilities. Sakura Kinomoto's magic wand has this ability to transform into a sword wand. The biggest problem with the sword wand is that it may not be practical, even by Anime weapon standards. Therefore, the sword wand would be better off locked away in the weird weapons vault.

Extremely Confusing Series

If there was any reason for Masahiro Sakurai to not include Anime and Manga characters in Super Smash Bros, it's because of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle being extremely confusing due to Fei Wong Reed placing a death seal inside Princess Sakura.

More Reclusive Than Toriyama

Author's Note: This comic is my lawyer-friendly version of the "Change My Mind" meme. Also, the background used is a chroma key green screen.

Ever wondered why Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri has been absent from every single Pokemon Direct? If you said Satoshi Tajiri is more reclusive than Akira Toriyama, you are correct. While Akira Toriyama is known for being reclusive, Satoshi Tajiri may have been more reclusive than the Dragon Ball author.

The Disturbing Lack of Justice

Ever wondered why I do not watch Anime as much as I used to? It's not because of the lack of good shows, but rather, the disappointing and disturbing lack of justice in Anime. Even if there are exceptions, the lack of justice in Anime mirrors the lack of justice in Japanese society as a whole. That is why fighting for justice is exceptionally difficult in Japan.

Anime Swimwear

I'm very sure the Shimabra and the Shimapan were the reasons striped bikinis became one of Anime's most popular two-piece bathing suits.

The Disappointing Lack of Justice

The lack of harmony between the upper class and the lower class in Japanese animation and comics has been a serious issue. We have seen this in Dragon Ball Z, where Vegeta the Prince of the Saiyans has often looked down on the lowly Son Goku. This recurring problem also surfaced in Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. To make matters worse, when it's the lower class getting bullied by the upper class, nobody stands up for the victims of such bullying. This could explain why the late Takeshi Shudo wanted Pokemon to have a depressing series finale, where the entire Pokemon series turned out to be the dying dream of a mentally ill Ash Ketchum. Do you know why? Because Japanese society rarely believes in the good name of justice. That is why bullying has been one of the biggest problems in Japanese animation (Sailor Moon author Naoko Takeuchi was a bullying victim).

This disappointing lack of justice could be the reason some people have all but given up on Japanese animation and comics. Such people have decided to give up because they believe in the good name of justice, and they were left disappointed. Disillusionment is nothing new, but the lack of justice in Japanese animation and comics has made such disillusionment even more justifiable.

Why Magical Girls Do Not Engage In Melee Combat

I do not understand why magical girls rarely use their magic wands as melee weapons. If Halo's Master Chief could use his guns as melee weapons in close quarters combat, then I do not see why magical girls do not use their magic wands for melee combat. Although it's possible that Sakura Kinomoto did use her magic wand to engage in close quarters combat at some point in time, her case may be the only known exception. And yes, Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak is the stabbing victim in this comic.

Then again, magical girls were not meant to engage in heavy duty combat. Even worse still, there is a big chance that magical girls could lose their innocence if they have to brutally kill anyone, even if that enemy is a monstrous monster or villainous villain. Unfortunately, we have already seen cases of magical girls losing their innocence, and this is all the fault of Gen Urobuchi when he conceived Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Stabbed by the Haters

If there is one thing the far-right and the far-left can agree on, it would be agreeing to kill Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak.

Gary "Shigeru" Oak is often seen wearing a yellow/green Taegeuk amulet, and the Taegeuk is the emblem of the Republic of South Korea. Unfortunately, this means Gary Oak is on the hit list of both the Fascists and the Communists.

Even if the Taegeuk is not a hate symbol unlike the Swastika or the Rising Sun or even the Hammer and Sickle, it is not safe from the fury of those who hate it regardless of color. For all we know, Ash was either the reincarnation of an Imperial Japanese Army soldier who was killed by the Allies during World War 2 or a Communist Soldier who was killed by the Allies during the Korean War. Perhaps Ash is suffering from depression as a result of becoming mentally ill due to him being a Zainichi Korean who can never return because he was a Communist sympathizer.

Maybe one day Game Freak will reveal everything about the Pokemon TV series, just like how they debunked the coma theory.

Mediocre At Best

Cutie Honey was a huge disappointment. The storytelling in every official continuity was terrible, and to make matters worse, the villainous Panther Claw was never truly defeated in every single one of them. At best, the entire franchise was a mediocre mediocrity. In other words, reviewers who gave negative reviews to the Cutie Honey series were right all along...

The Real Reason Ash gets no Justice

It's a huge pity that we rarely get to hear any stories of justice in Japanese animation and comics. Why is there no justice in Japanese comics and animation? Because of the lack of sympathy or harmony between the nobility and the commoners, the upper class and the lower class. Unfortunately, the lack of success in the popular revolutions throughout Japanese history may have destroyed all hopes of transforming Japanese society into a fair and just society.

The Pokemon TV series is definitely a textbook example of that lack of justice. The people who worked on the Pokemon TV series did not want to give Gary and Ritchie any real comeuppance for all the wrongs they did to Ash. The reason for that? Not only was Ash's namesake Satoshi Tajiri an outsider, but giving Gary and Ritchie any severe comeuppances whatsoever would have been grave insults to Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Hiroshi Yamauchi respectively as well. This unacceptable injustice will not be tolerated. Even if Satoshi Tajiri was secretly a communist sympathizer, Nintendo looking down on him is unforgivable.

At the end of the day, the people who are calling for a boycott of Nintendo may have been right all along...

Satoshi Tajiri's Dark Secret

Pokemon fans are going to be very upset when they find out Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak was named after Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto. However, they do not realize the real reason Satoshi Tajiri named Gary Oak after Mario's creator was because Satoshi Tajiri wanted to conceive a series that is as good as anything Shigeru Miyamoto could come up with. The Pokemon fans also do not realize that the real reason Ash Ketchum was portrayed as stupid and quite possibly mentally ill was because Ash Ketchum and his namesake Satoshi Tajiri were one and the same, and Satoshi Tajiri was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a variation of autism named after Dr Hans Asperger, who gave autistic children from various regions under Nazi rule over to be experimented on. Maybe Ash having Asperger's Syndrome could explain Gary's disdain towards one of Anime's dumbest protagonists. The grandson of Professor Oak dislikes people who are diagnosed with a variation of autism named after a Nazi collaborator, and this is going to get Gary in trouble with the radical leftists, who will definitely be screaming for his head on a pike for humiliating someone with autism...

Justice for Magical Girls

Puella Magi Madoka Magica has done a huge disservice to Magical Girl Anime as a whole. The real culprit behind it, however, is Kyubey. He's the one who needs to be punished for all the wrongs he did to Magical Girl Anime by being given the death sentence. Blondette says that Kyubey should be run over with a motorized vehicle, with her choice being an Alfa Romeo. Brunetta and Sabriel would like to slash Kyubey with a battleaxe. Turquoise, Amethyst and Magenta would prefer to hurl a Molotov Cocktail in Kyubey's face. But I would prefer to have Kyubey mutilated with a battleaxe before running him over with an Alfa Romeo and burning his crushed corpse by hurling a Molotov Cocktail at him. How's that for brutality in the name of justice?

Another reason magical girls need justice is because of the lack of magical girls in the Super Smash Bros series. Other than the Lip, Ashley and Veronica Outfits for Mii Swordfighters, Magical Girls do not have any representation in the Super Smash Bros series at all. Perhaps this will all change in Super Smash Bros 6. However, Puella Magi Madoka Magica may have made Nintendo think twice. Perhaps the horrors found in Puella Magi Madoka Magica were one of the reasons Masahiro Sakurai prohibited non-video game characters from taking part in the Super Smash Bros series. He knows better than to include anything that is too horrific for Nintendo's customers.

Sunset of Japanese Freedom

Remember the time when I made a comic about the assassination of Shinzo Abe potentially heralding the death of Japanese democracy? It turns out the death of Shinzo Abe will not cause the death of Japanese democracy, but rather, his death delayed the inevitable demise of Japanese democracy instead.

If you dislike Shinzo Abe, blame him for putting the freedoms of the Japanese people to the sword. Shinzo Abe tried to abolish the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, but it provoked opposition to his proposal, with one of those opponents being the late Anime music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was also known for being the composer of the Sega Dreamcast startup sound. But worse than the proposal to remove the anti-war portion of the Japanese Constitution was the ratification of the 2017 anti-terrorism law that criminalized many minor crimes, with copyright infringement being one of them. This was what really put the freedoms of the Japanese people to the sword. Even worse still is the possibility of the anti-terrorism law classifying Fair Use as an act of terrorism because Fair Use does not exist in Japanese copyright law.

All in all, the Japan that Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Akira Toriyama were born into is now a disappearing memory of a bygone era that no longer exists, and it's all the fault of Shinzo Abe.

The Melancholy of 2024

2024 is turning into yet another Annus Horribilis. The earthquake that happened in Japan on the first day of 2024, followed by a runway collision at Haneda Airport that killed five Coast Guard officers in the line of duty was already bad enough. Funimation being assimilated into Crunchyroll made things worse. And now, Warner Bros is disbanding Rooster Teeth because they are no longer profitable. But the real deal has to be the death of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, whose other works included Dr Slump, as well as artwork contributions to Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon.

Akira Toriyama died on the 1st of March, 2024. But his obituary was revealed seven days later. Japan is like a tortoise when it comes to announcements about several high-profile obituaries. Now that Akira Toriyama is dead like Koichi Sugiyama, who died in 2021, expect Koichi Sugiyama and Akira Toriyama to appear in the "In Memory of" section of the Dragon Quest XII credits.

When Red Vs Blue first came out, there was no YouTube, let alone no MySpace. Now that Rooster Teeth is disbanding due to lack of profitability, the fate of the final season is looking uncertain. Hopefully Phil Spencer will acquire the rights to Red Vs Blue because this web series was based on Microsoft's Halo franchise. Then Red Vs Blue can have the poetic ending it finally deserves.

If 2024 is the year our childhood starts dying, then we probably need to let go of zeitgeist nostalgia, because Isaiah 43:18-19 says that we should forget the former things and not dwell on the past because God is doing a new thing by making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Given that the turmoil that began in 2020 is going to get worse in the coming days, Isaiah 43:18-19 is going to be even more relevant now than ever before. To quote Dr Strange in Avengers: Infinity War, "We are in the Endgame now."

Farewell Akira Toriyama, and thanks for all the Kamehamehas, Fusion Dances and Dragon Quest Slimes.

Angry Sakura, Happy Sakura

Blame Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle for making Masahiro Sakurai and Nintendo disallow characters who did not originate from video games.

You do know that Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura is ineligible for Nintendo's Super Smash Bros, but I do wish she was eligible. After all, she made a cameo in the Pokemon TV series, and she also had her own edition Game Boy Color.

Then again, due to the events of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle being responsible for Sakura Kinomoto's magical girl escapades, it would be better for Sakura Kinomoto to stay out of the Super Smash Bros series because Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is far more confusing than Kingdom Hearts. And let's not get started on Fei Wong Reed's Death Seal...

Cardcaptor Sakura © CLAMP/Kodansha.

Wisdom from a Lake Panzer

If Pokemon fans knew that Ritchie's Japanese name was Hiroshi, and he was named after Hiroshi Yamauchi, we would have found out why Ritchie did not get any comeuppance for all the wrongs he did to Ash.

But what if it turns out Andross, the main villain of the Star Fox series, was remodeled after Hiroshi Yamauchi? According to Takaya Imamura, he said that Andross was the boss. In addition to finding out Ritchie was named after Hiroshi Yamauchi, if Pokemon fans find out Andross was remodeled after Hiroshi Yamauchi, they will go ballistic and scream for Ritchie's head on a pike.

Then again, with the death of Hiroshi Yamauchi, giving Ritchie a severe comeuppance would be a huge insult to a dead man who was prominent when he was alive. Unfortunately, those who want justice for an intellectually disabled protagonist do not want to listen because we are now living in the times when people with below average intelligence can become leaders without any legitimate qualifications whatsoever. In other words, we are going to be like lions who are being led by donkeys when the next Great War breaks out.

Victory At Unknown Cost

James Carter Cathcart has survived 2023 by defeating throat cancer, but he has been forced to retire as a result. In other words, he has ended up being like Wario in this comic. And yes, that is Wario's losing pose in Mario Party 8. Now that Cathcart has been forced to retire, who will voice Professor Oak's grandson Gary, as well as Team Rocket's James and Meowth? Maybe it will be Wario's new voice actor Kevin Afghani? Who knows?

Mario Party 8 © Nintendo.