Trope: Last Minute Hero

The hero waits until the last second almost every time before finally saving the day, giving all the other characters time to fight and show their resolve. Or… wait to be rescued.

  • Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun Season 2

    Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun Season 2

    Here’s a list of tropes I’m adding because of this season: Granted some of these would have been fine to add before but it just hit me like a truck this time. This season we get to see more of the class— when Iruma has his evil cycle, he puts them purposefully into the spotlight.…

  • A Silent Voice #1-7

    A Silent Voice #1-7

    Shouya Ishida, a mischievous elementary school student, finds himself troubled by deaf transfer student Shouko Nishimiya. Despite her genuine attempts to befriend her new classmates, Shouko only proves herself to be an annoyance for Shouya and his friends, provoking them to ridicule her at any possible chance. Soon enough, their taunts turn into constant assault—yet…

  • How to Sell a Haunted House

    How to Sell a Haunted House

    When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and…

  • The Purge: Election Year

    The Purge: Election Year

    I find it funny that this movie came out in 2016, when Trump won the office for his first term. Like the other Purge film I talked about, the symbolism is in-your-face, criticizing the current government and begging people to trust the system and using their vote to change things rather than taking direct action.…

  • The Purge: Anarchy

    The Purge: Anarchy

    As I watched it, I was laughing to myself. No wonder it is so popular a series. For people like me, it’s a criticism of the government putting systems in place that fuck over the lower class in order to build a world where those on top stay on top, enjoying the fruits of the…

  • Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage

    Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage

    Another isekai villainess manwha? A romcom? A— what did you say? Read until the end, you swear? What do you mean the male lead isn’t even the favorite male character? What do you mean you wept at the end??? What?!

  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

    I’m not a bad slime! Proceeds to become a demon lord.

  • Fourth Wing

    Fourth Wing

    WE GET IT YOU THINK HE’S HOT AND WANT TO BOINK HIM, I GET IT, I GET IT, I GET IT, PLEASE THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE FOR FIVE SECONDS

  • Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout

    Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout

    Sure, you’re in love with your male best friend… but what if we turned him into a woman and he spent a huge amount of time trying to make you call him cute? Huh? HUH???

  • I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! #2

    I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! #2

    HOW ARE THEY LETTING HIM CONTINUE TO THINK THESE THINGS Listen! Yes, he is being showered with accolades but not being told the extent of what he’s done. A toad! A famed assassin! Him: is this bottom tier stuff NOOO BRO