Plenty of shonen anime series go to great lengths to keep their main characters alive, since those characters drive the plot ...

Plot armor is inevitable in fiction, since the story can only happen if the most important characters make it to the end. The trick in mediums like anime is not to avoid plot armor, but to hide it ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. While it's hard to call Reiner a villain right now, given the ...

Anime characters have this weird thing where they refuse to stay dead, and honestly, some of them take it way too far. Plot armor, that invisible shield writers use to keep protagonists breathing, ...

They’re called Love Livers (ラブライバー or rabu raibaa). And do they ever love schoolgirl anime Love Live. They even have the armor to prove it. Love Live—sorry Love Live!—follows of group of students who ...

Louis Kemner combines his love of creative writing with his passion for anime to craft some of the most compelling anime articles on the 'net. He's also a total gamer who has two decades of Magic: The ...