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lördag 29 juni 2019
Thoughts On Madoka Magica
söndag 23 juni 2019
Why Monogatari Beats Out All Other Harem
One of the genres of anime that I've explored deeply is the genre of harem. It's the perfect genre of anime to watch when you are 12, the age I was when I discovered the genre. I've lost touch with the genre quite recently and have been disinterested in almost all new harem shows such as "The quintessential quintuplets". But today, I want to show you guys one anime that defines all other harem anime out there. This harem anime is 100x better than any other harem I've seen and I'm more obsessed with it than any other harem.
Long ago I used to watch loads of these types of shows. Date a live, Nagasaraste airanto, seitokai no itchizon, is this a zombie? sword art online, yosuga no sora, shuffle! Rosario to vampire, ladies versus butlers, to love ru, and more. I have recently rewatched half of these shows and while some of them were good, somewhere a bit too cliche and simple. The only one I have recently watched (without dropping) were OreShura, Trinity Seven & of course Monogatari (am right now on Tsuki).
What makes Monogatari stand out so much as compared to other harem is a lot of stuff. Firstly, the protagonist of Monogatari who is called Koyomi has much more of a personality, he is perverted without being annoying about it and is laid back and introverted without being too nice to other people. Not only those Koyomi balance these two traits, but he is also unlike anyone I've seen. He is much more philosophical and mysterious than all the other harem protagonists. (Remember I'm on Tsuki, I've yet to see the kizu movies yet). Araragi doesn't even take pride that he helps the girls, he just says "T Notice that most harem protagonists either fall into the category of being too much of a pervert (f.ex Hyoudou Issei from High School DxD) or too much of a "nice guy" like Tsukume Aono from Rosario & Vampire. Koyomi Araragi balances these things quite nicely like f.ex helping Senjoughara but not ignoring her. And tickling Mayoi without doing anything too weird. In most harem anime the protagonists are quite dense. Take for example Ichika Orimura from Infinite Stratos. But, Araragi seems to be quite aware of the girls' feelings for him. Take for example when Araragi when Hanekawa confessed to him he replied with "I see" like he knew she would say that.
Not only do we have a non-cliche but an also an interesting and unique main character with a mysterious aura around him.
Secondly, we also have the girls around him. None of them fit any "dere" type (f.ex tsundere, kuudere, yandere, deredere). They're all different in their own ways, all of them have animal spirits. These animals spirits symbolizes different things for every girl in the show, f.ex Senjougharas spirit is the crab which symbolizes protection and security. Senjoughara appears to not want to do anything with anyone because of what had happened to her long ago, with her divorce and attempted rape. But when she meets Araragi she completely falls in love with him and starts to eventually interact with more people. Then we have Tsubasa Hanekawa, a girl who is in love with Araragi, she has the spirit of the cat and a tiger. Hanekawa wants to be a good and modest girl, she is however filled with loneliness and envy. Hanekawa lives with a cold family that she feels she barely knows. Therefore, The tiger symbolizes uncertainty and all of the dark things about yourself that you don't want to admit. Therefore again, the cat symbolizes Hanekawas aggression, strength, and courage. She wants to change and she doesn't know what to do with her feelings. That's why her cat form (black Hanekawa) goes out trying to kill innocent people.
Thirdly, the animation/style of the show. The screen cuts that appear every 5 minutes are extremely interesting, have you ever seen an anime done that? Shaft's animation here is also brilliant (as usual) and the anime is meant to be watched in a different order. Oh! That's the sweet stuff!
The last thing I want to mention is the lack of cliches in this show, I have mentioned this already many times in this post, but I truly mean that this show ignores most cliches and gets away with it. Most harem follows a generic and dense guy in high school who has no interests whatsoever, he has a perverted and idiotic friend who wants all of the girls he is getting. The MC has a childhood friend who loves him, he has three other girls who love him. Then we get introduced to the main love interest who is a bit of a tsundere. Then comes the beach episode and then the time comes when he should pick a girl but then he picks no one because he wants everyone to be happy. I just described the walking cliche Da capo 3 to you all (yes all of that happens in that anime and for some reason, I've seen that show twice). Even though Monogatari has cliches and tropes, it doesn't use too many of them and the ones that the anime uses are more to its advantage. F.ex Hanekawa loves him, but Araragi falls for the new girl. But then what Monogatari will do is something completely left-field like f.ex when Araragi tickles Hackikuji. And That's what makes Monogatari original, creative and so fun to watch compared to so many other harems.
The only thing that I dislike about Monogatari is that it has made most of the harem anime I've watched before so boring and dull and I think it's going to be hard from now on to find a good harem anime that is at least comparable to this wonderful franchise
I hope to write more about this show in the future, but this is all for now.
Sources: https://myanimelist.net/featured/2159/Nine_Harem_Protagonists_That_Actually_Have_a_Personality.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaremGenre
https://aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/animal-motifs-in-monogatari/lVtQ_u3jvVD3n5xJpMK4ppJ51PV17j
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXcnA82B7U
Long ago I used to watch loads of these types of shows. Date a live, Nagasaraste airanto, seitokai no itchizon, is this a zombie? sword art online, yosuga no sora, shuffle! Rosario to vampire, ladies versus butlers, to love ru, and more. I have recently rewatched half of these shows and while some of them were good, somewhere a bit too cliche and simple. The only one I have recently watched (without dropping) were OreShura, Trinity Seven & of course Monogatari (am right now on Tsuki).
What makes Monogatari stand out so much as compared to other harem is a lot of stuff. Firstly, the protagonist of Monogatari who is called Koyomi has much more of a personality, he is perverted without being annoying about it and is laid back and introverted without being too nice to other people. Not only those Koyomi balance these two traits, but he is also unlike anyone I've seen. He is much more philosophical and mysterious than all the other harem protagonists. (Remember I'm on Tsuki, I've yet to see the kizu movies yet). Araragi doesn't even take pride that he helps the girls, he just says "T Notice that most harem protagonists either fall into the category of being too much of a pervert (f.ex Hyoudou Issei from High School DxD) or too much of a "nice guy" like Tsukume Aono from Rosario & Vampire. Koyomi Araragi balances these things quite nicely like f.ex helping Senjoughara but not ignoring her. And tickling Mayoi without doing anything too weird. In most harem anime the protagonists are quite dense. Take for example Ichika Orimura from Infinite Stratos. But, Araragi seems to be quite aware of the girls' feelings for him. Take for example when Araragi when Hanekawa confessed to him he replied with "I see" like he knew she would say that.
Not only do we have a non-cliche but an also an interesting and unique main character with a mysterious aura around him.
Secondly, we also have the girls around him. None of them fit any "dere" type (f.ex tsundere, kuudere, yandere, deredere). They're all different in their own ways, all of them have animal spirits. These animals spirits symbolizes different things for every girl in the show, f.ex Senjougharas spirit is the crab which symbolizes protection and security. Senjoughara appears to not want to do anything with anyone because of what had happened to her long ago, with her divorce and attempted rape. But when she meets Araragi she completely falls in love with him and starts to eventually interact with more people. Then we have Tsubasa Hanekawa, a girl who is in love with Araragi, she has the spirit of the cat and a tiger. Hanekawa wants to be a good and modest girl, she is however filled with loneliness and envy. Hanekawa lives with a cold family that she feels she barely knows. Therefore, The tiger symbolizes uncertainty and all of the dark things about yourself that you don't want to admit. Therefore again, the cat symbolizes Hanekawas aggression, strength, and courage. She wants to change and she doesn't know what to do with her feelings. That's why her cat form (black Hanekawa) goes out trying to kill innocent people.
Thirdly, the animation/style of the show. The screen cuts that appear every 5 minutes are extremely interesting, have you ever seen an anime done that? Shaft's animation here is also brilliant (as usual) and the anime is meant to be watched in a different order. Oh! That's the sweet stuff!
The last thing I want to mention is the lack of cliches in this show, I have mentioned this already many times in this post, but I truly mean that this show ignores most cliches and gets away with it. Most harem follows a generic and dense guy in high school who has no interests whatsoever, he has a perverted and idiotic friend who wants all of the girls he is getting. The MC has a childhood friend who loves him, he has three other girls who love him. Then we get introduced to the main love interest who is a bit of a tsundere. Then comes the beach episode and then the time comes when he should pick a girl but then he picks no one because he wants everyone to be happy. I just described the walking cliche Da capo 3 to you all (yes all of that happens in that anime and for some reason, I've seen that show twice). Even though Monogatari has cliches and tropes, it doesn't use too many of them and the ones that the anime uses are more to its advantage. F.ex Hanekawa loves him, but Araragi falls for the new girl. But then what Monogatari will do is something completely left-field like f.ex when Araragi tickles Hackikuji. And That's what makes Monogatari original, creative and so fun to watch compared to so many other harems.
The only thing that I dislike about Monogatari is that it has made most of the harem anime I've watched before so boring and dull and I think it's going to be hard from now on to find a good harem anime that is at least comparable to this wonderful franchise
I hope to write more about this show in the future, but this is all for now.
Sources: https://myanimelist.net/featured/2159/Nine_Harem_Protagonists_That_Actually_Have_a_Personality.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaremGenre
https://aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/animal-motifs-in-monogatari/lVtQ_u3jvVD3n5xJpMK4ppJ51PV17j
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXcnA82B7U
måndag 17 juni 2019
The Amazing Dynamics Of Dai-Gurren In Gurren Lagann
*Spoilers for Gurren Lagann*
One of my favourite anime of all time, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has some of the most interesting, unique and even stylish characters in any anime ever! Let's take a look at our main characters firstly, we have Simon, who is symbolized by his red glasses, Boota and mainly for his symbol. We have Kamina, Simons "bro" who is symbolized by his blue hair, red glasses (they're not fucking orange) and his katana. And lastly, we have Yoko, who is symbolized by her rifle, her mini skull, and those booobies (c' mon guys don't deny like there were not the first thing you noticed) Anyways, what I wanted to get across here is how Gurren Lagann use their characters differently than in other shows, and what anime that will come in the future can learn from Tengen Toppa (i will call the anime sometimes Tengen Toppa instead of Gurren Lagann). But for today, I'm going to ignore those three characters and talk about the diverse, cooperative and unique supporting cast of the show. I will also try to focus on just the characters alone while not trying to mix other factors from the show because there would just be soooo much to write about. And I already have a review on the whole anime which you can find here: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krav40/reviews
The eccentric supporting cast of Dai-Gurren gets introduced just within the first 8 episodes. All of Dai Gurren makes the show even cooler, like f.ex Kittan who had this alpha tough guy approach but who has a heart and cared for all of his sisters. Before Rossiu, he was the coach/leader for Dai Gurren who made sure that everyone was doing what they were supposed to do. What makes him so likeable is that he doesn't take things too serious and that he can joke around from time to time, like f.ex he also cares deeply about his sisters and makes sure that no one upsets them, that's why him and Kamina had a mini-fight in the infamous episode 4( don't worry, I will sometime talk about this episode) . And then you have a guy like Leeron, I mean how many times do you see a homosexual character in a non-yaoi show like Leeron who is this interesting. While being the "brains" of Dai Gurren, he was all around the smartest character in the show and he made Dai Gurren work in terms of the mechanical and technical stuff. Then you have Rossiu, and he also has the leader aesthetic to him but without the macho or humorous style that Kittan has. What makes Rossiu so interesting is that his leadership is way more serious and authoritarian then Kitttan. Actually, later in the series is that he makes these quick decisions like f.ex imprisoning his friend Simon and taking over as the official president of the country. But while all of these decisions working, his mental state got worse and in episode 22 he went so far as to attempt suicide. Rossiu seems to be the only character that dislikes action and conflict. F.ex when he got asked to join Dai Gurren for defeating the anti-spirals, he said no and wanted to stay at the planet (even though he had no reason really). Gimmy & Darry were enjoyable because we got to finally see other characters come out of the surface, and we get to see these two be amazed by just everything around them like Simon was in just the first episode. They gave blood to the series and it was so fun to see the after the time skip and what their personalities had developed to. F.ex before Darry was just a deadpan girl, but then she grew to be quite helpful towards Simon. They also kinda felt like Simons disciples, which was fun to see because Simon deserves all the disciples for just being so amazing (dude deserves at least 100 000 disciples). Anyways, all of Dai-Gurren help out each other one way or another. F.ex Leeron notices an attack and reports it to Kittan. Kittan alarms everyone to get ready to fight and gets everyone into position and sends out f.ex Simon, Yoko, Darry & Gimmy, all strong and motivated fighters. After that, Rossiu comes in and gives orders to everyone on the battlefield what to do in order to win, meanwhile, Leeron analyzes the fighting field for other threats and challenges along the way.
Like another one of my favourite anime, Nagasaraste Airanto, Tengen Toppa uses talking animals as characters. Some of my favourite moments from the show were actually just where the animals where involved, like t.ex when Boota transformed into a human, when Viral and Simon were fighting and some random chicken interfered or when Nia was captured.
Also, the amount of character development that all of these people go through in this show is insane. F.ex Gimmy & Darry go from clueless kids too hard-working adults, Yoko becomes a responsible teacher and Simon.. This guy goes from being an outcast in his mine with no family, friends or ANYTHING (except Kamina) to becoming the saviour of the universe.
That's all, for now, folks, I hope you enjoyed this train of thought I had about Dai Gurren. I will write about more aspects of Gurren Lagann so stay tuned for that :D
One of my favourite anime of all time, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has some of the most interesting, unique and even stylish characters in any anime ever! Let's take a look at our main characters firstly, we have Simon, who is symbolized by his red glasses, Boota and mainly for his symbol. We have Kamina, Simons "bro" who is symbolized by his blue hair, red glasses (they're not fucking orange) and his katana. And lastly, we have Yoko, who is symbolized by her rifle, her mini skull, and those booobies (c' mon guys don't deny like there were not the first thing you noticed) Anyways, what I wanted to get across here is how Gurren Lagann use their characters differently than in other shows, and what anime that will come in the future can learn from Tengen Toppa (i will call the anime sometimes Tengen Toppa instead of Gurren Lagann). But for today, I'm going to ignore those three characters and talk about the diverse, cooperative and unique supporting cast of the show. I will also try to focus on just the characters alone while not trying to mix other factors from the show because there would just be soooo much to write about. And I already have a review on the whole anime which you can find here: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krav40/reviews
The eccentric supporting cast of Dai-Gurren gets introduced just within the first 8 episodes. All of Dai Gurren makes the show even cooler, like f.ex Kittan who had this alpha tough guy approach but who has a heart and cared for all of his sisters. Before Rossiu, he was the coach/leader for Dai Gurren who made sure that everyone was doing what they were supposed to do. What makes him so likeable is that he doesn't take things too serious and that he can joke around from time to time, like f.ex he also cares deeply about his sisters and makes sure that no one upsets them, that's why him and Kamina had a mini-fight in the infamous episode 4( don't worry, I will sometime talk about this episode) . And then you have a guy like Leeron, I mean how many times do you see a homosexual character in a non-yaoi show like Leeron who is this interesting. While being the "brains" of Dai Gurren, he was all around the smartest character in the show and he made Dai Gurren work in terms of the mechanical and technical stuff. Then you have Rossiu, and he also has the leader aesthetic to him but without the macho or humorous style that Kittan has. What makes Rossiu so interesting is that his leadership is way more serious and authoritarian then Kitttan. Actually, later in the series is that he makes these quick decisions like f.ex imprisoning his friend Simon and taking over as the official president of the country. But while all of these decisions working, his mental state got worse and in episode 22 he went so far as to attempt suicide. Rossiu seems to be the only character that dislikes action and conflict. F.ex when he got asked to join Dai Gurren for defeating the anti-spirals, he said no and wanted to stay at the planet (even though he had no reason really). Gimmy & Darry were enjoyable because we got to finally see other characters come out of the surface, and we get to see these two be amazed by just everything around them like Simon was in just the first episode. They gave blood to the series and it was so fun to see the after the time skip and what their personalities had developed to. F.ex before Darry was just a deadpan girl, but then she grew to be quite helpful towards Simon. They also kinda felt like Simons disciples, which was fun to see because Simon deserves all the disciples for just being so amazing (dude deserves at least 100 000 disciples). Anyways, all of Dai-Gurren help out each other one way or another. F.ex Leeron notices an attack and reports it to Kittan. Kittan alarms everyone to get ready to fight and gets everyone into position and sends out f.ex Simon, Yoko, Darry & Gimmy, all strong and motivated fighters. After that, Rossiu comes in and gives orders to everyone on the battlefield what to do in order to win, meanwhile, Leeron analyzes the fighting field for other threats and challenges along the way.
Like another one of my favourite anime, Nagasaraste Airanto, Tengen Toppa uses talking animals as characters. Some of my favourite moments from the show were actually just where the animals where involved, like t.ex when Boota transformed into a human, when Viral and Simon were fighting and some random chicken interfered or when Nia was captured.
Also, the amount of character development that all of these people go through in this show is insane. F.ex Gimmy & Darry go from clueless kids too hard-working adults, Yoko becomes a responsible teacher and Simon.. This guy goes from being an outcast in his mine with no family, friends or ANYTHING (except Kamina) to becoming the saviour of the universe.
That's all, for now, folks, I hope you enjoyed this train of thought I had about Dai Gurren. I will write about more aspects of Gurren Lagann so stay tuned for that :D
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