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Everyone’s heard the clichés about how anime is weird. Robots, magical girls, random fourth wall breaking events, ridiculous gore in the middle of stuff meant for kids. And these 10 weird powers that seems so unrealistic. But that doesn't stop them being so cool to own! 10. Singing Power (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch) In it, a bunch of girls, who are truly mermaids, fight off the bad guys with songs. No, that’s it, really. Well, they say that music calms the spirits, don’t they?   9. Pokéballs (Pokémon) So, what’s weirder than putting your strange powered pet fight other strange powered pets until one of them faints? But of course the place where you keep them! 8. Yu-Gi-Oh cards game (Yu-Gi-Oh) It’s time to DUEL! Yeah okay, but isn’t it also time to sit down and think how bananas is the fact that kids battle each other with cards that turn into actual monsters when played?

About a quarter of the way into the book, the heroes are killed off by an invading force. It’s done quickly and easily and it provides two things: we know the opposing force is incredibly strong, and we see that all is lost unless the villains step up to save the day. It’s an interesting premise and yet isn’t like “Thunderbolts,” which could be an easy comparison. These villains remain nasty throughout and build their own tension while also holding dramatic interplay amongst themselves. Meeting all of the characters, and world building, can be a tricky thing to pull off in a venture like this. There are the analogues that can be relied upon but in the end these people need to become their own members of history. It is all done relatively fluidly and while you might need to flip back a few times to make sure you’ve got the large cast straight in the end they are cool characters. None of them jump off the page as being classics but they easily propel the story forward. Our lead charac

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy #146, by Gerry Duggan and Marcus to, on sale now. This week saw Guardians of the Galaxy, by Gerry Duggan and Marcus To, return to its original numbering as part of the Marvel Legacy relaunch. Not only does Issue #146 kick off a new storyline — “Infinity Quest” — it features a whole new direction for the Guardians, and a new team member to boot in the form of the Astonishing Ant-Man, Scott Lang. Plus, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Baby Groot have traded their now-familiar garb for Nova Corps outfits, now that they’re officially full-fledged members of the intergalactic police force. RELATED: Guardians of the Galaxy Learn New Truth About the Infinity Stones But while the team is helping to rebuild the once proud and mighty intergalactic space cops organization, they have a mission of their own: Locate the Infinity Stones which, as it turns out, have been missing eve