Kara Herrera, Author at The Pacific Sentinel

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Entertainment, FilmApril 26, 2025<April 26, 2025

Weaponized Education
How Students are Targeted in “Assassination Classroom”

Although hardly an isolated case amidst the plethora of popular anime, “Assassination Classroom” initially presents a bizarre, almost farcical premise: a yellow, octopus-resembling creature…

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Arts & Culture, Film, OpinionMarch 26, 2025<March 26, 2025

Anti-Capitalism in My Hero Academia
An Introduction

“My Hero Academia” (MHA) was a serialized Japanese manga that was published in Shounen Jump from 2016-2024. A hugely popular franchise in America (with…

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Arts & CultureMarch 5, 2025<March 5, 2025

Analysis: “All Guy’s Mixer”

When I first saw the trailer for the anime “How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer” (hereafter referred to as “All-Guy’s Mixer”) back in March,…