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Warning! Mild-heavy spoilers for many anime. Read at your own risk.
Short Escape
Sometimes I watch anime to have a little vacation from the harsh reality that keeps hitting me everyday. Anime is basically Japanese animated content, and I mainly watch some series that I heard are good.
I’ve watched Hajime Isayama’s Shingeki no Kyojin, or what we call Attack on Titan in English, since 2014. I’ve admired the way he planned how the plots are going to be, many loved characters being slaughtered, unexpected turns here and there, and also life dilemma depending on your moral compass. This anime reminds me of not to always trust people fully, even those closest to you since you don’t know their full intention. SnK changed my perspective in loving a character in a story; I wouldn’t. I would never fully support one character in a story arc.
I’ve also completed Quintessential Quintuplets both seasons recently. While this is not my typical genre to watch, I’ve started watching it since I wanted to get out of my comfort zone. While it’s not comparable to IRL situations, we can agree that having a quintuplet will bring so much complexity in life. Especially when they all like the same person. When you have a friend that has a same crush as you, you know that there will be conflicts. Now imagine if you compete with your 4 other twin siblings, there will be worse conflicts since you will be living under the same roof with your ‘crush-takers’.
Another one I just started was Gakuen Babysitters or School Babysitters. Now I haven’t watched a lot of it, but the first episode got my eyes all teary. The picture I set above is from one of the scene in first episode. I would have cried if I watched it in my own room, but I wasn’t so I held it back. While I haven’t seen any ‘antagonist’ in first few episodes, I still have no idea how they will introduce any if they will. The story works without a villain or some sort. It’s already touched me in that sensitive part of the brain.
Not Enough
I know I might have not listed all the anime I’ve watched in the past since it might be a super long list, but I think I have watched just enough anime to make me happy and entertained. While I am disappointed in some, I always try my best to take any value from the anime.
I might be watching not enough anime, but I think it is good to control myself not to go far off from reality. Watching some anime already made me sad instead of happy, which is something that I don’t like since anime are supposed to make me happy and entertained by the end of the story.
I wish I have more free time just to watch few more anime that have solid review from many people just to see different genre of anime. Anime can be a conversation starter to some people too, which I think is a great thing.
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