The past few years, the word trauma has been thrown around a lot. Everyone's going through something. While one can argue who is suffering more, there's one thing that's certain - we still don't know...
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Undead Unluck
Zombie guy meets girl with the worst luck in the world. No, this is not some sort of slapstick comedy from Cartoon Network whatsoever. Well, uhm, maybe in…
Undead Unluck
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Undead Unluck is one part action, one part engaging story, and all parts fraught with its treatment of female lead Fuko and her unlucky body.
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Undead Unluck Review —A-
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Anime Like Undead Unluck
All Fuko wanted was a passionate romance like in her shoujo manga. However, she has the unpleasant ability of Unluck that causes anyone she touches to suffer
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Undead Unluck (Volume 2) – Revelations
Fuuko and Andy defeat Unchange and join Union, however, that just opens up an entirely new world of pain! Now, they must complete missions or be punished by…
Undead Unluck Is Painfully Underrated
Yes Frieren is great, but so was this.
Undead Unluck #01 — Big Lungs
For all the yelling, obviously. Impressions: Standard Jump opening episode here. Quite a bit of animation strength was on display, but as I mentioned in the season…
First Impression: Undead Unluck (Manga)
This past weekend a new manga series from Yoshifumi Tozuka dropped on Shonen Jump entitled Undead Unluck. The first chapter has…a lot. The chapter begins with Fuuko Izumo…
Behind the Scenes of Action-Comedy Anime Undead Unluck
We spoke to voice actress Moe Kahara (Fuuko Izumo), Shonen Jump editor Takumi Hashimoto, and series producer Ryōta Hasegawa about balancing the series' unique brand of chaos.
Behind the Scenes of Action-Comedy Anime Undead Unluck
We spoke to voice actress Moe Kahara (Fuuko Izumo), Shonen Jump editor Takumi Hashimoto, and series producer Ryōta Hasegawa about balancing the series' unique brand of chaos.
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In this episode, Xan reviews the latest popular Shonen Jump comic to be released by Viz Media. Is it a shonen series that will reach greatness or will…
Will Undead Unluck Become The Next Big Shonen Hit?
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Kairi Yagi closes episodes of UNDEAD UNLUCK with “know me…”.
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Undead Unluck: Shounen Jump’s Most Wicked Sick Manga
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Undead Unluck (Volume 1) – Today’s My Lucky Day
Anyone Fuuko Izumo touches suffers extreme misfortune. Basically, she brings about bad luck and that’s caught the attention of a man who cannot die. Maybe, she will hold…
Yoshifumi Tozuka’s Undead Unluck, Vols. 20 to 21—Thoughts
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Fall 2023 Impressions: Undead Unluck, The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons, UNDER NINJA
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Disclosure 165 PREVIEW - Understanding Undead Unluck: Second Loop (5/13/2025)
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Kakushigoto – 03 – The Accidental Harem
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Yes, I’m still reading Undead Unluck, and I’m loving every minute of it. Here are some ramblings about Vols. 14 and 15.
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Fruits Basket And Types of Trauma
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The Undead King’s Reign of Peace
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Trauma in Anime
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Ranma 1/2 and the Anything-Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative
While Ranma 1/2 is officially the story of a cis boy dealing with a body-morphing curse, the series also accidentally provides a resonant allegory for transmasculine identity. The post…
An Accidental Reveal? S.H.MonsterArts Mechagodzilla (2021)
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Catching Wigglet at Edmonton’s Accidental Beach
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The Gargantuan Shadow of Trauma: Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color
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Violet Evergarden – Emotional Discovery, the Weight of Trauma and the Beauty of Life
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
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Overlord: The Undead King
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Goblin Slayer: A Bizarrely Thoughtful Exploration of Trauma
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Undead Murder Farce – 02 – Ahead of the Game
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Manga Pulse 529: Vermillion Trauma
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UNDEAD MURDER FARCE IS A BANQUET OF THE UNCANNY
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Undead Murder Farce – 5/6 [The Undead in London/The Phantom Thief and the Detective]
Welcome all, to a special double feature of a week! Apologies for missing last week, Covid and other health problems sort of screwed me and I barely got…