Nikolas Freeman, aka Y Ruler of Time, is a man of many interests, but the one he indulges in the most is reading and talking about manga. Whether it's in his video series Read Right to Left or the Weekly Manga Recap podcast he co-hosts with Rollo T, you can always count on him to indulge in his otakudom.
Y brings in the new year by recapping every series to debut in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2011.
In the introduction to a new video series, Y Ruler of Time talks about Hollywood's recent interest in adapting manga into movies.
It's a backwards world, where humans are animals, men can be mothers, and rape is romance. Yaoi is weird, man.
What are Nintendo's flagship characters like when they make the jump between media?
What does it take for a manga to become successful? More than what this one had.
Sooner or later, they're bound to come up, but every author has their own take on training arcs. So what can we learn from them?
Because we like to hear ourselves talk.
Because we aren't perfect.
Ten years later, kids with weird hair are still being stalked by magic spirits who tell them how to win card games.
For the sake of reviewing one of the worst films in recent memory, JesuOtaku, Rollo T, Todd in the Shadows, and Y Ruler of Time join forces.