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Winter 2020 First Impressions – If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan I’d Die, The Case Files of Jeweler Richard, and Uchitama?! Have You Seen my Tama?

I think this is possibly the longest title I’ve ever had for a blog post, and probably one of the more confusing. I saw an amusing video recently on the seeming propensity for light novel (and, by associate, anime) titles to be extremely long, and at what time in fandom history that started to become the case. This tendency can be frustrating when you’re trying to keep new and unfamiliar series straight in your own mind, especially if you’re not also familiar with the agreed-upon shortened versions of the titles. I think that using more words to describe something isn’t always the most successful manner of doing so; it’s why I have, however unsuccessfully, attempted to make my writing more concise over the years. But I suppose when something’s literally called I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed-out my Level, you at least know what you’re likely to get out of the experience.