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Comparing the Demon Slayer Manga to the Anime: By Jonah Stamps

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 Intro Demon Slayer has been an extremely popular series for many years, both the manga and anime have grossed millions of dollars. Recently, more and more manga of the manga is being adapted to anime, and I thought comparing the two would be fun. This blog will show both the good and bad parts of both sides and also show what unique things both have.  If you don't know, Demon Slayer is both a manga and an anime about a boy named Tanjirou living in a world where man-eating demons live. His sister is turned into a demon herself and the boy joins the Demon Slayer Corps, who are the ones who fight and kill Demons, so he can possibly find a cure and turn his sister back into a human again. I highly recommend this series, either the Manga or Anime. Comparison First, I would like to talk about the anime, as it is the most popular, and how I discovered this series. The anime has become extremely popular over the years. There are many reasons why it has become extremely popular, one o...

Redshirts

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 Redshirts Sahnan Haber Redshirts by John Scalzi is a sci-fi novel set in the year 2462 that starts by throwing the reader into an action-packed prologue without any context. The prologue follows Ensign Tom Davis through a mission on an alien planet. The reader sees them as they enter a large cave which they find to be infested with the massive carnivorous Borgovian Land Worms. The prologue ends rather quickly with Ensign Davis being killed and eaten by the worms, however this sets up the rest of the book pretty nicely. Andrew Dahl and Maia Duvall, two Universal Union scientists, have been assigned to research on the Intrepid, the spaceship that Ensign Tom Davis meets his demise on during the prologue. After the two, and a couple other friends arrive on the Intrepid and stay there for a little while, they hear more and more about the horrible fates that many of the researchers meet while on away teams. In fact, on every single one of the away team missions, at least one of the low...

Fake ID - Lamar Giles

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 The last review of the school year and the book that will get the honor of being reviewed is called Fake ID by Lamar Giles. This book fits into the mystery genre and as the title says, it does involve the protagonist carrying a fake identity. The protagonist, Nick Pearson reveals that his name isn't actually Nick Pearson and has swapped identities 4 times. It all started when his dad worked for accounting with a top crime boss and then he ratted his boss out to the police. The crime boss disappeared with no trace and now Nick's family lives in fear, moving locations and switching identities every year. His mom is starting to get tired of this constant lifestyle and now the program that switches their identities says that this is their last chance before they cannot change their identities again. Nick goes to his school and a kid named Eli had approached him at lunch. Eli tells Nick about his dream to become the best reporter in the world. Eli tells Nick that he was hot on a sc...