This Mortal Coyle Purrcy from Mystic Mansion By Deirdre Coyle • July 9th, 2024 I find myself thinking about how Purrcy fits into the kawaii template of vulnerability and harmlessness. Purrcy does have these visual signifiers. I do want to help him. I am also terrified of him.
Grimrock Isle By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 8th, 2024 Welcome to Dove’s Bay, the most horrible island in Maine (take that, Stephen King)!
The Guest Monsterfucking By Amanda Hudgins • July 5th, 2024 Monsterfucking is about showing a mirror to the monstrosity within – both in terms of society and in terms of the relationships between the parties involved.
Past Presence Killing the Dragon By Emily Price • July 3rd, 2024 Both Dungeon Meshi and the Katamari franchise ask you to zoom in and look closely, keep your eyes peeled for small details, and never forget them even when they’re a speck on the surface of a massive star.
Run It Back Cute By Oluwatayo Adewole • July 2nd, 2024 Kawaii is consumed by the West as beauty without threat, whereas the very designation of Blackness is full of threat. What does it mean for a Black woman to try and be “cute?”
Exploits Feature Three New Novels That Change How You Think about Reality By Kathleen Levitt • July 1st, 2024 The older I get, the more I gravitate towards fiction that messes with the real.
Noise Complaint Kawaii, Kaiju, and Guitar Pedals: Window Shopping With Effects Bakery By Ben Sailer • June 28th, 2024 Ben falls in love with an impossibly cute guitar pedal company that brings kawaii style and rock and roll together.
Funeral Rites The Capricious Gifts Found in Portents of a Dying God By Noah Springer • June 27th, 2024 Soul-crushing realities are something that MÖRK BORG tends to revel in, so it’s nice to see that Matt Johnson’s newest deck offers the same type of disastrous opportunities.
626 Day This is Your Badness Level: Lilo & Stitch and Mental Health By Orrin Grey • June 26th, 2024 As a weird kid myself, who grew up into a weird adult, it’s easy to see aspects of myself in both Lilo and Stitch – and I’m not alone.
