Be Good For Me, Ico; Be Good For Me, Yorda

The word ico, イコ, doesn’t mean anything. It does, however, bear a striking resemblance to iiko, 良い子, “good child.” Be a good boy, Ico; let the castle devour you so that we may be safe. Be a good girl, Yorda; let mother hollow you out so that she may live forever. Be a good child, …

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The Summer You Were Here: Taiko no Tatsujin

Note: This piece was originally written for CapsuleCrit; however, as it's been several months since they said they were going to publish it and I still haven't heard anything, I'm putting it up here instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYk8Tk_qr40 I may have lived in Tokyo for two years, but the first time I played Taiko no Tatsujin was …

On Satan, Gender, and Representation

Part I - Angelic Identity Politics In Devilman, Satan is physically intersex. They're shown to have both breasts and a penis, and in the manga, they explicitly refer to themself as "both male and female." This is a clear, objective statement of fact. What one chooses to make of that fact, however, is a little …