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Is X of Swords a Tournament Arc, Part II: Well, Is It?

Ian Gregory5 years ago5 years ago013 mins

We’ve established a definition for tournament arcs and identified their function in a story, as well as some of their standard tropes (and if you don’t know what I’m talking about, read the previous installment in this series). There are a surplus of manga tournament arcs, but they occur significantly less frequently in superhero comics….

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