Oresuki is a romantic comedy light novel series by the mononymous Rakuda. It’s about a high school boy who thinks he’s going to end up in one love triangle only to end up in a completely different one. An anime … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 27th, 2019)
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this up a day late. This week’s thread is an open thread, meaning that all ‘Cados are welcome to participate. Thread … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #16: Come One, Come All
Heya ‘Cados! This is the 55th episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast, for your listening pleasure. In this episode, The Kappa, Science is Bad, Pulprobot, Wolfman Jew, and I discuss how video games depict war. We also spend a lot of … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #55: Fifteen Vegas Hotels Stacked on Top of Each Other
Chihayafuru is a josei manga series about a girl who dreams of becoming the world’s greatest competitive karuta player and reuniting with her childhood crush. An anime series produced by Madhouse is currently airing its third season. What are you … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 20th, 2019)
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this up a day late. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #15: Delayed Again
Death Stranding is an open-world action-stealth-exploration-adventure game by Tokyo game studio Kojima Productions, released last week for PlayStation 4. Starring Norman Reedus as the protagonist, Sam Porter Bridges, it tells the story of his quest to reunite the fractured city … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 13th, 2019)
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. I apologize for getting this week’s entry up a few hours behind schedule. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #14: Navigation
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious is a semi-parodic isekai light novel series whose premise is pretty easy to discern from the title. It has been adapted into a manga, as well as an anime series produced … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 6th, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this upcoming weekend (the 9th or 10th of November), and we’d love for you to join us. The topic we have pencilled in is war in games, … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #55
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #13: Geographical Matters
Heya AvoGamers! The spooooooky annual Halloween episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast is finally here, just in time for your occult celebrations. In this episode, Ben, The Kappa, Otakunomike, and I discuss what-ifs and alternate realities. Warning: Listening to this episode … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #54: Clash of Clams
Babylon is a Japanese novel series by Mado Nozaki about a public prosecutor who gets sucked into a conspiracy when he investigates a pharmaceutical company for marketing a defective drug. An anime series based on the novels and produced by … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture (October 30, 2019)
Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! It’s time for the Marble League’s scariest annual tradition: the Halloween Race! This is an elimination race where after founds rounds of racing, the lowest-scoring marble in the overall standings is fed to the spiders. Final podium position is … Continue reading Halloween Marble Race 2019
Welcome to Colour Outside the Lines, The Avocado’s weekly discussion space for people of colour. Thread Rules We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #12: Defaults
There’s no shortage of moe anime series featuring cute girls doing cute things, but that won’t stop production committees from making them any time soon. That means that this season, you get to watch After School Dice Club, a series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 23rd, 2019)
It’s October 21st, 2019, which means Election Day is finally here. If you’re a Canadian citizen who is 18 or older, you get to go to the polls to vote for a Member of Parliament to represent your interests in … Continue reading Canadian Federal Election 2019
We’re finally back on schedule! I actually remembered to post this on Saturday. Next week, since it’ll be the last Saturday of the month, Ardhanari will be your host. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #11: The Asphalt of Good Intentions
In a Marble Rally race, a lot can change in a few seconds. A marble can break away from the pack and seize a big lead. A promising competitor can crash out. Several rolling racers can change position all at … Continue reading Marble Rally 2019: Race #4
Case File No. 221: Kabukicho is a new detective anime series from Production I.G loosely based on the Sherlock mythos, set in Tokyo’s vibrant Shinjuku ward. It is currently airing, and it can be streamed on Funimation and Hulu. What … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 16th, 2019)
You thought Red No. 3 had this one in the bag, didn’t you? You fool. You absolute nincompoop. Beloved competitor and odds-on favourite to win the whole gosh darn competition Red No. 3 crashed out in this race, along with … Continue reading Marble Rally 2019: Race #3
This week’s prompt is about racism and The Avocado. This discussion is intended to be preliminary and exploratory. We are not going to “solve” racism on the site today. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #10: Opening Up
