Credit to the artist Katrina Laurend (if I am wrong, please tell me!)
“The bond between Nezuko and me, can’t be severed by anyone!”
— Tanjiro Kamado
Demon Slayer is a shonen anime about a boy named Tanjiro Kamado becoming demon slayer and curing his demon affected younger sister named Nezuko Kamado.
Nezuko and Tanjiro
This anime is very new and is currently trending online. This makes sense as in my opinion, its great! I recommend this anime to everyone! The animation is high quality with 3D animation being properly used making the art and movements beautiful and have variety. Some fighting scenes even use different art styles for attacks. This makes the show charming and nice to watch.
Tanjiro using his water breathing form
This anime currently has a movie containing the train art coming in around march 2020 which most fans are excited for it including me!
I give this anime the Nezuko head-pat of approval! (*≧▽≦)
GOOD WRITINGS… AWESOME CHARACTERS… AMAZING VISUALS… THE BENDING…
Long ago, the show Avatar the Last Airbender was shown with glory and was beloved by fans. Then, everything changed when it ended and not as many people watched it it anymore :(. Only a streaming service, could boost it back again, but when The world needed it most due to quarantine boredom, It didn’t stream it yet :(.
At most 10 years pass and my brother introduced me to the show! Although this show is getting popular again, People have a lot to learn before it can be loved by everyone, but I believe ATLA can save the world!
ACTUAL INTRO
Uh, that was pretty cringe. But really, this show is amazing! I know that this technically isn’t and anime but, It still is better than most anime out there! If you haven’t seen this show yet, WATCH IT! Please watch it entirely before reading this! Watching the show without any information can make your view of the show better!
You watched it?
GOOD!
WORLD BUILDING
The worlds are amazing! Many places in the Avatar universe are inspired by Asian buildings. An example of this is the Fire Nation! Which is mainly inspired by the Japanese!
Another thing that makes me love this series is the bending! The bending is amazing to look at and is simple. You can not use more than one unless you are the avatar and there are only four. The four elements are water, earth, fire, and air! They also make the bending more realistic! Instead of Just hand moving, they have real martial artist help out make the bending more fluid and realistic. Firebending uses Norther Shaolin Kung Fu, Waterbending uses Tai-chi, Earthbending uses the Hungar style of Kung Fu, and Airbending uses the bagua style of kung fu.
ANIMATION
The animation is consistent and never stays still! The animation barely ever gets of model or looks weird! Its not like in anime when there is just a still frame with only a mouth moving! I cant really talk about it in text but it undoubtedly amazing!
CHARACTERS
There is much to say about the characters. There was the growth Sokka, Tophs acceptance of help, and many other characters development.
But one of the most famous characters has one, if not the best character of all time! You guessed it! Prince Zuko! While I could go rant about how amazing he is, I want to talk about what I learned about him!
WHAT I LEARNED FROM PRINCE ZUKO
Prince Zuko is a mess. He was a misunderstood villain who wanted to get his fathers approval. It was pretty sad as his father is a power hungry and neglected his child and he gave him the scar just because he wasnt what he wanted to be, not to mention his psychotic sister who tormented him as a kid.
From this he made many mistakes that made lasting impression on the main cast. He tried to hunt the avatar, stole Katara’s Necklace that belonged to her mother, and many other mistakes. But, he learned from his mistakes. He felt guilt and sorrow when he betrayed his uncle, the man who was there from the start. From this, he apologized and offered to join team avatar!
At first they didn’t trust him, which was acceptable! They didn’t know how much he had grown as a person. An example of this was in the episode, The southern raiders. In the episode we can see Katara at first being angry at Zuko. She was judging him by his mistakes.
I used to judge people just like Katara judged Zuko, by their mistakes. I used to not do anything out of fear if failing and making a fool out of myself. But now, I know better. I try new things and I judge people not by just their mistakes now…
I know this article was a little weird but I just felt guilty for not posting for months… I may be inactive for a long time and I just wanted to post about a new series i’m obsessed with!
Many anime out there are amazing with many seasons to give audiences the satisfaction they want. But some anime out there can be filled with potential but cut short. Here is one of the greatest anime that deserved a second season.
OURAN HIGHSCHOOL HOST CLUB
Oran High school Host Club is a romance anime about Haruhi Fujioka, a “poor” girl who has to join the host club posed as a man to payoff her debt for property damage. The anime has a massive following with a fan base that still alive to this day. The anime has its moments with comedy, drama, fan service, and even some sad ones. sadly the anime only ran for twenty episodes with only one season. If your thinking on watching it, then go ahead! Its on Netflix with all the 20 episodes.
Ever since the show ended, the fans have been begging for a new season for a long time. Even some fans have been reading the manga just to get more content with people finding out extra content in the series that weren’t in the show. Why are so many people like me begging for a second season Here are some reasons why.
TOO SHORT
The show is very short for itself. I often found myself re-watching the series many times out of a feeling of emptiness. I really thought about how many more episodes they could have made with the story.
LOST CONTENT
APPARENTLY HARUHI FUJIOKA AND TAMAKI SUOH GOT MARRIED AND NO ONE TOLD ME!?! I know there is much more content in the manga that the show didn’t cover! This is actually one of the many reasons why I would love a second season. IT WOULD BE SO CUTE
WILL THERE EVER BE A SECOND SEASON
No matter how much i want it, I really don’t think that there will be a second season. it has been many years since it ended and all we have been getting are false articles about having one. I don’t even think its even possible as getting back the voice actors and animators would be hard!
While there is no hope for a second season, i still have hope for some kind of new content. For example, Fruits Basket, another really good romance anime (I haven’t watched it) has gotten a reboot before! So, I don’t really think that Ouran can be over! I think in the future we could get a reboot! But i’m not sure about it. LETS PRAY FOR IT!
END
Thank you for Reading! I appreciate you guys a lot! May you guys have the best lives! BYE BYE!!!
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Katsuki Bakugou is a violent kid who can be unfriendly and even frightening. He’s known to be the bully of the show in a stereotypical and actual way being delusional former best friend turned to bully. He even said to Midoriya to commit suicide. Yet, he is one of the most beloved characters in the show. Why is that?
THE LEAD UP
As a child, Bakugou was praised for having a simple yet powerful quirk. He was praised by his classmates, family, and even teachers. This led to his major expectation for others to have a quirk, other wise, they would be a weakling. This also led to Midoriyas bullying for not having a quirk.
THE THING ABOUT PRAISE
Bakugou was praised for many things but praise can translate for many things. One, you can take it as a compliment as like a “You are Great!” “You are Amazing” and “You are just Extraordinary” But… it can be taken the wrong way as well. It could be taken as
“It would be really bad for you if you messed up”
BROKEN MIND, BROKEN PERSCEPTION
Bakugou later goes to UA for being the great Bakugou he is. He is put in UA. But… he is met with people better than you. There are two people in his class who are better than him in knowledge. Many students there can match Bakugou even with “Faulty ” quirks. Worst of all, Midoriya, The person who Bakugou made fun of and despised of, Finally got a quirk.
He begins to think. If Midoriya was silently taking all of this hate and suffering, was HE the weakling all along. This was slowly breaking him down everyday. Until he shattered
THE BREAKDOWN NO ONE EXPECTED
Bakugou challenges Midoriya to a duel one on one. This fight lets out all his frustration and hate he has. This is until, The author of My Hero Academia uplifts the curtain to the real, Katsuki Bakugou.
"Why did I end up having to chase after the back of someone who was always behind me?"
We see this and we are immediately blown away. Was this Bakugou all along. Just like us Midoriya was surprised. All of this has made Bakugou sad and confused. Bakugou was crushed by others expectations set up by others and has been suffocating in it for years.
We also are guilty of this. We have been judging Bakugou since the start. But who could blame us? We have been judging Bakugou for his actions for this whole series. Maybe we should judge characters we hate with a more mindful view. And… Maybe we should do it in real life too…
-Maxx
Everyone, Please stay safe out there and self quarantine as well as disinfect and social distance! I don’t want anymore deaths to happen! As much as I want to go outside as much as you do, I suggest you video call and stay in touch with friends and family if you feel lonely. OK stay safe and alive.
Anime is a lovely piece of media that makes good use of its 2D animation and was very unappreciated over the years. But a fatal flaw has occurred, the “anime art style” but you may think, whats so wrong about it?
The anime art style is iconic with its semi-realistic bodies, colorful hair, and those huge eyes! Even some western shows such as RWBY and Avatar the Last Airbender have anime inspired art styles! But this art style has an enemy of its own.
LACK OF CREATIVITY
Thanks to the art style, many studios started to use this art style more and more in their anime. Some companies now rely on how appealing the characters are and are not focusing how expressive some characters are. If you notice, some scenes in anime show characters standing still and just moving their hands.
Another problem with anime art styles is a artist term called same face syndrome. Same face syndrome is a artist habit where characters noticeably have the same face or body shapes. There are many examples of this such as..
THEY ARE SEXTUPLETS THEY DON’T COUNT
Sword Art Online! As you can see here, literally only one character looks different from this group.
THE APPEAL
In my opinion, anime watchers have a somewhat “standard” on what anime should look like. I would say this as many anime have almost the same styles such as same size or shape of eye, same shape of head, and other kids of similarities.
If you look at this art style challenge, you can see some art styles that are very similar to each other. For example, you can see how To Love, K-ON, Suzumiya Haruhi, and The Idolmaster have very similar art styles. This gives people a invisible expectation on what an good anime should look like. And while a lot of very good anime that have the “standard” art style, its repetition has tired out some anime fans.
But this also drives some fans away from certain shows for its “ugly,” “not ordinary” or “weird” art styles. This is really is a shame as many “ugly looking” shows can be very cool to watch. These shows are known to have different looking characters, cool designs, and very expressive movements.
Look at this clip of the character Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100. As you can see, this man is moving a quite lot! I don’t even think this man can go 5 seconds without moving. Even without audio I know what he feels right now. Just from his movements and facial expressions, I can tell hes caught, stressed, and sweaty.
Here’s Taiga from Toradora. While I could also make a conclusion that she is in stress, There are not many signals of her being stressed other than the shade and small lines on their head. If we were to remove them, we can make other conclusions like she is tired or shes mad.
TL;DR: More studios need to put more variety into art styles and animation.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a 2020 life simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. … New Horizons was a commercial and critical success, selling 5 million digital copies in its first month and breaking the console game record for most digital units sold in a single month!
Animal Crossing is currently one of the most played games in the world and with the new Animal Crossing game, New Horizons, you can see it everywhere! From Twitter to Instagram. Many people are playing this game. Including new and old players like me! You can see your friends and even celebrities playing.
This new game has its flaws even with such high ratings. For example, many players often time travel to skip waiting times and to achieve seasonal items and creatures such as bugs, fish and seasonal evens such as the sakura tree events. Many people also use time traveling to get bells from the bank of nook. While not considered cheating (even by the creator) some people get bothered about how they have to anyways.
I love this game. To the atmospheric music, to the characters, to even just playing the game. Some even are playing for more than 10 hours a day! People who play for more than 10 hours are known for having beautiful 5 star islands that make me and others jealous! But, I don’t blame them for situation the world is in!
DLC
There is new downloadable content to acnh for April to May!
EARTH DAY AND LEIF
Leif is a cute little koala that will come by to your island to sell bushes and flowers. Leif will also accept weeds for bells. During this event you can gain nook miles for doing all things nature.
JOLLY REDDS TREASURE TREASURE TRAWLER
Redd is a mischievous fox known to try to scam the player with overpriced items. But, Redd has come for more dirty acts now in his little boat out in the edge of your island. Be careful on what you buy as it may be a fake!
MAY DAY
Sign in with your may day ticket to go through a tour of mazes full with matreials and item and find Rover!
I’m sure there is many things i missed.
MY THOUGHTS
I am currently obsessed with this game! I liked how wholesome and the customization this game has! My current villagers are Mac, Portia, Bangle, Gayle, Filbert, Portia, and Boris! I love them all! Mac and Portia were there from the start! I am usually against bullying “ugly” villagers out of the island.
I give this game five sea bass out of five!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rating: 5 out of 5.
-MAXX
Everyone, Please stay safe out there and self quarantine as well as disinfect and social distance! I don’t want anymore deaths to happen! As much as I want to go outside as much as you do, I suggest you video call and stay in touch with friends and family if you feel lonely. Ok stay safe and alive.
“Listen well, we are different than regular people because we are born with special powers. But that shouldn’t give you the illusion that you’re a special being. We are part of humanity. Besides our rare power, we are no different than them. People who run fast, people who can sing well, people who study hard, people who are funny, and people with psychic powers. Are we different from them? Having confidence in your strength is good thing but do not get carried away. Our powers are a dangerous weapon.“
Reigen Arataka
WHO IS HE?
Reigen Arataka is a Con man who “scams” people. If there is no spirit, Reigen will tell them what he really means. He is more of immature adult who somehow knows how to be mature. Reigen is also profound to panicking, yelling and sweating.
Reigen is a man guided by his principles and is socially and emotionally intelligent. He beleives that hurting others is wrong and shows it his student, Mob. Demonstrating his honorable side when near and covering his shady business.
PERSONALITY
Reigen is a straightforward and assertive man, often being intimidating when asserts himself when something is going on that he thinks is wrong.
But at other times, he could be a complete loser, often catching himself in the act of lying when with clients. His sweating, yelling, stuttering, and defensiveness can give him away. But, he sill tricks them either with Mobs help with his psychic powers or his way to stupidly persuade them.
REIGEN’S BIG CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE
One of my favorite moments in Mob psycho is when in season 2, Mob tells Reigen he wants to experience the rest of his middle school and takes a break from his work. All of these scenes show Reigen’s loneliness. But he copes with this by his shenanigans by giving them other treatments like yoga and massages instead of actually exorcise them, which is Mobs job. Other things happen and Mob and Reigen meet each other again. Mob then reveals that he knew he was lying, but trusted him because he was a good person. This moment was bittersweet and almost left me crying as it was obvious that Reigen cared about mob, but he had learned about the value of people. He says on TV about how mob has grown up, putting his ideals behind him. This makes mob wait for him after he got out of the TV interview. A good video on this was this one by “Hiding in Public” go check him out!
CHARACTER DESIGN
Like most main characters in Mob Psycho, Reigen has a bland almost background character like design. I think this is because of his past as a souless office worker with no social, active or love life. Not even his parents are near where he worked.
MY OPINION
In my opinion, Reigen is a great character with depth and is an enjoyable character to see. His humor and liveliness makes he chuckle a lot. While selfish and a liar he has a good heart and knows what is truly right or wrong. But one thing that gets me wondering is that why was he originally a weird sweaty looking guy in the manga but a flashy and energetic person in the anime. I wonder!
“Don’t do it Mob. When things go south, it’s ok to run away!”
Reigen Arataka
THE PLOT
Mob Psycho 100 is the story about a young middle schooler named Shigeo Kageyama. He is nicknamed “Mob” lives in Seasoning City. Ever since he was young, he has had astounding psychic powers that surpassed many. However, this powerful esper power is unable to grant him the one thing that he wishes for the most, to be friends with the girl he likes in his class.
Fun fact, this anime was made by ONE, the creator of One Punch Man. You might be wondering why this anime doesn’t have the same art style as One Punch Man. The reason why it looks different is because it was not redrawn by Yusuke Murata, his drawing were used for the anime.
THE PHILOSOPHY
The philosophy of this show is subjective. My favorite is that is about hard work and realizing one’s place in the world, also known as being out of the state of sublime.
At first, You would think that having surreal Psychic powers would be like royalty. Well, Mob thinks differently. From his Masters (Reigen) words “Psychic powers are nothing special.” What he means by this is that Psychic powers is like being naturally athletic,it rewards you but its not too special.
This makes Mob my favorite character. His humbleness and will to work hard for what he wants is inspiring to me. In the show, he goes against many psychic people who are the opposite of him. They think that their psychic powers make them better than the world when they are wrong. They act immature and childish. But with the wise words from Mob and Reigen they suddenly see how immature they are and make a change to themselves.
Its sad to see people get drawn away from this show just because of its art style…
THE MAIN CHARACTER
Shiego Kageyama, Nicknamed “Mob” is a 14 year old struggling with his social life, social interaction and emotions. In other words, puberty. He works with a con-man named Reigen Arataka, a con man who rather tells clients what they really need. Hes not really a psychic. Togeter they excercize ghosts. But the show does show other interactions as well.
Mob is quite far the most powerful psychic in the show. His powers get stronger as his emotions get out of control. When he reaches 100%, he goes out of control and destroys the many things around him. He doesn’t want to hurt or cause anybody trouble with his emotions so he represses them. Awwww, I feel so bad for him.
Mobs character design is pretty good for looking like a background character!
THE OPINION
MOB IS SO ADORABLE. Other than that, I relate to him a quite lot! Maybe its because we are almost the same age. Mob is probably my favorite anime protagonist of all time!
I give this anime a glass of milk out of ten!
THE CHARACTER FROM MOB PSYCHO 100 TAKES A LIKING TO CALCIUM DRINK FROM COWS.
I. LOVE. CROSSOVERS. I would love to see some in the near future. But not a lot happen. So, here is some possible crossovers that would be really cool.
COWBOY BEBOP + TRIGUN
The bounty hunters and the bounty. Both major icons that are throwbacks and can put up a good fight. This concept was popular and there was even a cool amv that was edited pretty good for an old video from 2006.
CHUNNIBYO + THE DISASTROUS LIE OF SAIKI K
Both have lovable Chunnibyos and are on Netflix. Both of these slice of live anime are great! I would love to see a collaboration!
CELESTIA LUDENBERG + YUMEKO JAMBAMI
Two gambling queens. Two great series. Who would win? I also love Danganronpa and Kakegurui.
“Boy, you gotta carry that weight. Carry that weight a long time”
Beatles
INTRODUCTION
This idea sprung from my mind when my interest in cowboy bebop came in my head. I really wanted to dig in deeper into this memorable quote.
THE SOURCE
This quote came from a Beatles song called “Carry That Weight”
This isn’t out of the ordinary as Cowboy Bebop has tons of music references. There are music references even in their episode names.
THE MEANING
The meaning of this sentence is a cautionary statement about how the decisions of your past can linger and weigh on you if you don’t properly move on. This reflects the behavior of the characters as all members of the bebop crew bond through their lack of progression. They all hold onto their past, and never let go. Thus, everyone is carrying that “weight” The weight of their regret, grief, or loneliness.
THE TRUTH
This meaning isn’t just an analogy for many of us. We still are attached to our favorite stuff in the past one way or another. It can be as small as an attachments to a show to a attachment to loved ones. Sometimes, we cant let go of them when they leave from us. But we refuse to let go of that past. We carry that “weight”.
THE END
Here is a little scene analysis.
Spike’s “death” is actually up to speculation. Even the creator said that he himself doesn’t know if he’s dead or not. What do you think? Leave your comment down below.
Me and the boys realizing that anime is a source of our escapism and are slowly becoming lonelier only to realize that we can’t tell fiction from facts anymore due to it. 😂 👌
オタク少女 