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In this episode we finally chat about My Hero Academia's final arc and our thoughts on the series at it reaches its end. Before hopping into our review of 2023.



- MHA Final Arc general thoughts (00:55)

- All For One's fate (9:40)

- Predictions for Character deaths (19:45)

- Deku vs Shigaraki Talk (32:30)

- Overall rating of MHA plus comparison to Naruto/Bleach/JJK (45:15)

- Top 3 Manga of 2023 (57:08)

- Favorite New Manga (1:05:34)

- Manga that increased in quality the most (1:13:47)

- Manga that dropped off (1:22:12)

- Most surprising plot twist (1:25:28)

- Most disappointing moment (1:34:49)

- General yapping revisting earlier topics (1:41:02)

- JJK Talk (1:57:50)

Characters (Finalized):


One Piece: Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Blackbeard


Naruto: Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Itachi, Shikamaru


Bleach: Ichigo, Aizen, Rukia, Uryu, Urahara


FMA: Edward, Alphonse, Mustang


JJK: Gojo, Sukuna, Yuji, Megumi


Demon Slayer: Tanjiro, Nezuko


Tokyo Ghoul: Kaneki, Arima, Touka


Vinland Saga: Thorfinn, Askeladd, Canute 


Blue Lock: Isagi, 


Attack on Titan: Eren, Levi, Zeke, Armin, Mikasa


Kingdom: Shin, Riboku, Kyoukai, Mouten, Ouki


MHA: Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki, All Might


Vagabond: Musashi, Kojiro


Sousou no Frieren: Frieren


OPM: Saitama, Genos, King


CSM: Denji, Makima


Golden Kamuy: Sugimoto, Asirpa, Tsurumi


Sakamoto Days: Sakamoto, Shin, Nagumo


Death Note: Light, L


Tomodachi Game: Yuuichii


Berserk: Guts, Griffith

Hey guys, today we review Tomodachi Game, a mind game manga written by Yuki Sato. https://myanimelist.net/manga/62795/Tomodachi_Game. We go over our thoughts on the mindgame genre as a whole (00:00), our review of the manga (6:40), before giving theories for the final arc that's currently ongoing (58:31).

In this episode we each give 5 theories with different chances (90%/70%/50%/30%/10%) and try to guess which one is which. 

The final episode of our mega Naruto Lookback. This time we give our thoughts on hype moments, saddest moments, worst plot holes, underrated characters and more.



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Part 2 of our Naruto recap as we look back on this iconic manga by giving awards. We rank our top 3 worst arcs (Kaguya), best designed characters, most hype moments and our saddest ones as well. 

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