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Ah the Yu-Gi-Oh anime...such a nostalgic treasure for me, and I'm sure many others as well. This was one of the shows that got me into anime back during the anime boom of the late 90's-early 2000's era alongside Pokémon and Digimon and I just recently binge-watched the whole show again. Sure it's cheesy as all hell with some repetitive dialogue, nonsensical moments and over-the-top voice acting, but it's just pure fun from beginning to end and it's admirable how they take a p

Chapter 13: Mysteries in the Vault The huge dragon-head protruding from the entrance to Hammerlocke Stadium was both an awesome and intimidating structure for Ruby to be greeted by as she made her way towards it. It was appropriate that the entrance to the city that housed the Dragon-Type Gym should look like this but it still ended up making the entrance look as if the city was guarded by some big stone dragon that would eat anyone that dared to open the door in the back of

Now I've gone through the first movie, here we are with the long awaited sequel. After the movie was a surprise hit (mostly helped by COVID buggering all the other movies coming out) both critically and financially, Paramount wasted no time in getting a sequel off the ground. The hype was real for this movie with it not only being a sequel to the first movie, but also a movie featuring the big-screen debuts of massive fan-favourite characters such as Tails and Knuckles too. A

Chapter 12: Back into the Wild Area "…and then after I beat Kabu and won my Fire Badge, Freddy evolved! It was quite a way to celebrate a win by having another Pokémon evolve after I beat the Gym Leader. It was interesting for me to witness that as I've never seen a Toxel before so I wasn't even sure if it COULD evolve! The fact it can was completely new to me!" "And I'll bet it made it all the more rewarding to see it do so. You'll have to show me what Freddy looks like in h

Ah Sonic the Hedgehog. What can you say about him? Well, a LOT of things but sadly, not a lot of it's particularly good. Created by Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most recognizable names and faces in all of video-games. He kick-started his career with a game titled...well, what else, in 1991 that was released by Nintendo's biggest rivalry in video-game creation, SEGA. The game was a massive hit and from then on, Sonic would go on to release more games and eventua

Chapter 11: A Rival Battle and a Gym Battle It was night time by the time Ruby made it back to Motostoke City to retire to her room at the Budew Drop Inn. She could hardly believe just what a day she'd had. How had she gone through a whole day that involved beating two gyms, losing Ariel the Gyarados and Chomps the Drednaw for two different reasons, gaining lots of new Pokémon, having dinner with the Chairman himself and even an encounter with Bede and Team Yell in a single d

DreamWorks as an animation studio has always been very hit-and-miss with their movies. On the one side, you get their beloved classics like the Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon movies and their underrated 2-D classics like Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Road to El Dorado and The Prince of Egypt. On the other side, you have their blander movies like Abominable, Monsters vs. Aliens, Home and the Trolls movies and their...less than stellar wor

Chapter 10: Encounter in the Galar Mine It was a quick bike ride over from Hulbury Town to the second Galar Mine. So quick in fact that Ruby doubted she'd been travelling for more than five minutes to get here. Upon arriving at the mine, she climbed off her bike and folded it up for easy carrying. The bike was able to fold in half thanks to some hinges in the middle of the frame so it would be easier to carry around than having to walk alongside it all the time. Despite the q

Have you ever had that one character, or maybe even several characters, in the media that you really, really, REALLY like? Have you ever liked a character so much that you wish they were treated better by the media they were in? Do you hate how these great characters were either badly treated, painfully wasted or otherwise was just done dirty in a way that has you just begging for something greater with them? Then welcome to a list that I'm sure many of you will find relatabl