Sakura Haruno is one of the prominent characters in Narutoverse, which is brimming with a variety of characters with interesting mixes of strengths and personalities. It’s tough to pick a favorite here, but no character receives as much hatred as Sakura Haruno, even more than characters who kill and destroy….
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Reading between frames
Why is Castlevania so good ?
Targoviste, Wallachia: 1475- Lisa Tepes of Lupu was burning on a stake, while men of religion furled crosses at her and called her a witch. Her sin? She was a woman of science. I knew I was in for something massively different when Lisa Tepes of Lupu, while on her…
The movie Canvas and portrayal of closure
Grief is not an easy subject to depict. No storyteller wants to leave its audience hopeless, and yet it is important to convey the truth, the uncomfortable bits. The movie Canvas is one such short and silent animated movie about an elderly artist who is processing the grief of the…
Arrival and an intelligent approach to aliens
“If all I ever gave you was a hammer…Everything’s a nail…” I believe that a well-made movie takes inspiration from one core idea and then carefully weaves a story around it. There’s intent, a message, and its rest falls in place. The quote mentioned above is from the Arrival movie,…
Reading between frames
Bombay Rose – the new milestone in Indian animation
Our fairy tales have always been about love. A beautiful princess, a handsome prince on a white horse, and the happily-ever-afters. On the eastern side of the world, Salim faced death for loving Anarkali – a non-noble royal courtesan who was entombed alive for reciprocating. The love between a prince…