Kou and Empire: The Squalor of Imperialism

(This is part two of the essay series “What Makes a King: Monarchical Representations in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. Link to the introduction and essay outline can be found here.) It’s a dog-eat-dog world in Magi. And unlike the coastal, debt-crippled country of Balbadd, the Kou Empire’s the top dog in the neighborhood. It’s of little surprise that their […]

How Kururugi Suzaku Beats Chivalry to a Pulp–and Wears It Proudly in Code Geass

Code Geass…for some incredible reason, there’s just something about the show that I absolutely adore. Maybe it’s the ridiculously epic (and yet also plain ludicrous) plot twists. Or the perhaps even more ridiculously over the top action sequences. The intensity of the melodrama cranked up so high it would make the soapiest soap opera wince […]