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  • Bonding through Drool! Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga Review)

    Bonding through Drool! Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga Review)

    Don’t you think a girl who drools when she falls asleep is cute? It sounds a bit weird and kinky. These were the first words I saw from Mysterious Girlfriend X, and what caught my attention. So I bookmarked it, till I finally decided to read it this last month.

    Mysterious Girlfriend X is a romance manga that’s different from your usual boy-meets-girl troupe, with love triangles and grand public declarations of undying love. And it’s more than just drool.

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    Mysterious Girlfriend X is a refreshingly down to earth take on the romance genre; they get flustered by their firsts (like holding hands, sharing an indirect kiss through a drink), wonder or worry about their partner’s feelings and slowly find their pace as couples.

    Dating has a teenage can be awkward, you don’t overnight know how to interact with the opposite sex, or handle relationships. You trudge through it, acting on impulses you might not be completely comfortable with, acting on the knowledge you have available from yourself and friends, etc. Mysterious Girlfriend X is all about exploring that space, with observation and sometimes legitimately strange shenanigans. 

    Mysterious Girlfriend X (Nazo no Kanojo X)

    Chapter 96 | Published August 25, 2004 | Author Riichi Ueshiba

    Bonding through Drool! Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga Review) Mikoto Urabe Akira Tsubaki dancing in a dream strange dream town

    Summary

    One day, a strange transfer student appears in Tsubaki’s class. Urabe Mikoto is an antisocial girl, whose hobby is just sleeping during class-breaks, carrying around scissors in her panties (which she can use to cut through anything) and on one occasion randomly bursting into laughter during class. One day, after school Tsubaki goes to wake up a napping Urabe and ends up tasting her drool… And a connection between Tsubaki and Urabe begins. A bond made on drool!

    Relationships are complicated but with one made on drool, there’s no way of knowing what might happen.

    What did I think?

    Mysterious Girlfriend X can definitely be filed under some of the weirdest manga I have read. But I really enjoyed my time reading this manga by Riichi Ueshiba.

    The exchange of magical telepathic drool from boy to girl, girl to boy and girl to girl for some reason really didn’t bother me like I have heard people complain about. Yes it’s a bit strange but I also liked how quirky it was about the whole scenario Mysterious Girlfriend X set up.

    Mysterious Girlfriend X is not your typical romantic comedy. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, ecchi fest or overly serious. Riichi Ueshiba found just the right balance for Mysterious Girlfriend X that made the story and characters feel very somewhat grounded with just a dash of fantasy mystery.

    Mysterious Girlfriend X rewarded me with an unusual experience for a romance manga. It was a completely mesmerizing play on the confusing, awkward way that love and sex blossom throughout the seemingly never-ending stage of adolescence and firsts.

    STORY

    Mysterious Girlfriend X by Riichi Ueshiba is definitely usual especially because of the drool thing but really how different is it from kissing, if anything there is less exchange of bodily fluids.

    Bonding through Drool! Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga Review) Mikoto Urabe Akira Tsubaki doing their routine at Tsubaki home

    Mysterious Girlfriend X has fetish elements but also some very innocent fun that can be very tender and touching. And we get to see Tsubaki and Urabe take their relationship one step at a time with moments of anger, jealousy, and objectification. Really good, bad, and downright ugly that help them to grow together.

    At its core it is a nostalgic story about falling in love and unnecessary early assumptions and epic fails so often made early on in relationships.

    The manga builds off the romantic tension of the will-they-won’t-they. And the plot works on the idea that the opposite gender is extremely mysterious and intimacy can be weird and awkward. So there is a lot of discovering of new feelings and understanding what each partner in a relationship wants one step at a time.

    The mystical telepathic drool bond brings a magical element to the plot, helping share thoughts and emotions that helps our characters understand each other better.

    Bonding through Drool! Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga Review) Mikoto Urabe Akira Tsubaki sick because of love sickness

    Mysterious Girlfriend X story had a lot going for it that makes it a worthwhile read. But what I loved most about the whole story was reading about these two characters so intent on loving each other that they both work through all the problems to be content with one another.

    ART

    Mysterious Girlfriend X art style to me is kind of reminiscent of the 80’s or 90’s. The backgrounds are beautifully detailed and with the retro character design style (small black pupils, simple hair and a stocky, cartoon-like build).

    And those parts where Tsubaki would have dreams were just so imaginative, I wish we had gotten more of that and got to see a lot more of the wacky dream world.

    CHARACTER

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    I loved all the characters. They were unique and felt like real people, and weren’t just there to feel up space but they all served a purpose to the story. Some would appear temporary while others would stay throughout the story.

    The character development between Tsubaki and Urabe was done beautifully where it was done in a realistic two-sided way.

    All the characters were adorable and helped even make the magical and superhuman elements of the story feel acceptable.

    Favourite moment?

    My favourite moments from Mysterious Girlfriend X would have to be the ones with Tsubaki and Urabe. I love how Tsubaki can be so clueless sometimes or how Urabe  acts so expressionless on the outside but she can actually be very sensitive.

    We get to see she’s just a human being too, with her own wants, needs and her own insecurities.

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    The way she can always tell something is bothering him or how she can get him all flustered is really cute. And the way she can get all flustered herself is just so adorable. 

    Plus those moments when Urabe is so happy she smiles or literally gushes out drool is weird but adorable. Or when Tsubaki realizes what he did wrong and apologizes is great.

    It was really nice and touching watching them grow as a couple, I was always in the Urabe and Tsubaki camp supporting them and hoping they stay together.

    Mysterious Girlfriend X Mikoto Urabe Akira Tsubaki getting him flustered
    Hehe…

    Least favourite moment?

    Mysterious Girlfriend X chapter 28 to 34 and 58 to 59. Those chapters was a bit sad cause I felt sorry for Urabe and Tsubaki was being stupid. But those chapters really made them grow closer and makes me smile like a dirty old man. 

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    Favourite character?

    Ayuko Oka

    Mysterious Girlfriend X Ayuko Oka Kouhei Ueno messing up hair fogged glasses

    Oka is Ueno’s (Tsubaki best friend) girlfriend and first friend of the unsocial and very reserved Urabe.

    She’s a short, smart A student, good cook and as the mind of a dirty old man. She’s just so funny, devious  and with her intelligence, she sometimes helps Urabe and Tsubaki develop and deepen their relationship.

    Least favourite character?

    Aika Hayakawa

    Mysterious Girlfriend X Aika Hayakawa Tsubaki first crush

    Aika Hayakawa was Tsubaki’s classmate throughout junior high school, and also his first crush. 

    I don’t hate her but she’s not my favorite, she tries to steal Urabe’s Tsubaki. Hayakawa’s very relatable once we get to understand her. But she is still the enemy of the Tsubaki and Urabe camp. Plus her plan was so obvious I don’t know how Tsubaki couldn’t see through it. It was so annoying!

    What I learnt?

    1. Couples should always find their own pace in a relationship, confronting their feelings and dealing with them.
    2. Never get too comfortable around your significant other that you still don’t appreciate the little things now and then.
    3. And never ever make your partner cry. You have failed if you hurt them. This person picked you from the millions of other people on our planet.
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    Would you read more?

    Yes Yes Yes Yes! I am glad I finally sat down and read Mysterious Girlfriend X (Nazo no Kanojo X) I found myself not being able to put it down, it was a wonderful manga.

    I would recommend it for everyone who wants to read something funny and optimistic. It had a nice conclusion but I want more, I really fell in love with the characters especially Tsubaki and Urabe.

    I would have like to be immersed more in the story of Tsubaki and Urabe, and maybe see them has adults with their kids. Their story was so grounded and realistic, it blew me away.

    Thank you Riichi Ueshiba for creating Mysterious Girlfriend X.

    Mysterious Girlfriend X Mikoto Urabe Akira Tsubaki thanking readers

    Well till next time fellow otaku fans…

  • My Hero Academia New All For One’s User Revealed

    My Hero Academia New All For One’s User Revealed

    After chapter 270 of the manga My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia New All For One’s User Revealed or Did My Hero Academia Just Reveal All For One’s Secret Plan? We definitely got treated to a major reveal, All For One’s successor in My Hero Academia may have just been made more powerful than his predecessor.

    The villainous All For One’s Secret plan might have just been revealed after My Hero Academia manga chapter 270 a new All For One’s User has been revealed.

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    So who’s the new user?

    All For One New User

    Is All For One’s protégé Tomura Shigaraki, turns out my post on;

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    Does Tomura Shigaraki have All For One?

    My theory about Shigaraki already having All For One was correct.

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    correct!!!

    With All For One defeated by All Might and being imprisoned in Tartarus, My Hero Academia has focused more now on Tomura Shigaraki’s efforts, proving himself All For One’s true successor. And he’s been busy building his army the Paranormal Liberation Front — which is the combination of the Meta Liberation Army and the League of Villains. But that’s not all his been up to.

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    My Hero Academia chapter 270 reveals Tomura Shigaraki got more than just All For One’s blessings, he has also received the original version of his mentor’s Quirk.

     When our heroes attacked Jaku Hospital. They discovered Shigaraki getting a power boost from Kyudai Garaki. This chapter of My Hero Academia lets us sees the relationship between One For All and his disciple Dr. Ujiko / Garaki.

    Dr. Garaki the man behind the Quirk Singularity Theory, that predicts that quirks will evolve over time to the point of spiralling out of control and destroying society and the world and has been enhancing villains Quirks.

    Kyudai Garaki reveals how he gave his original Quirk, which allowed him to double his “life force while sacrificing physical mobility,” to All For One. And used the same technique to give Shigaraki the original version of All For One while All For One has been using a copy of his quirk developed by Garaki as a replacement.

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    It was really sad to read an unconscious Shigaraki having a vision of his deceased family, who died at his hands when his Quirk manifested, making him run away from his home and meet the villainous All For One. Even though they try to stop him, he refuses their help and destroys the illusion of his father, and goes to the image of All For One.

    Shigaraki may have just become the most powerful villain surpassing even All For One. The powerful Quirk allows users to steal the power of others and even combine them. Shigaraki has access to a lot of powerful heroes in close vicinity right now. As he awakes, Shigaraki may just steal a bunch of powerful heroes quirks by surprise and become stronger. Let’s not forget Garaki was also enhancing the villain’s abilities. The coming issues of My Hero Academia will show us just how powerful Shigaraki has become and I can’t wait.


    With Deku quickly becoming the strongest user of One For All, and Shigraki matching him with an evolved All For One, My Hero Academia two big powers representing good and evil is definitely coming to heads again.

  • Does Deku have multiple quirks?

    Does Deku have multiple quirks?

    Does Izuku Midoriya aka Deku have multiple quirks? if so how many quirks does Deku have? Hello everyone and welcome to MyAnimeGo. There have been so many questions about My Hero Academia we decided to answer some more.

    The season finale, episode 88 of My Hero Academia 4, definitely left us on a cliffhanger, with the newest twist card in its deck.

    Deku has a mysterious vision where he see the previous holders of his quirk and encounters the first user of One For All. Their hands meet and Deku suddenly awakens with glass breaking around him.

    My Hero Academia has succeeded again and again at flipping the script on how it interprets the superhero tropes and has continued to surprise us the readers/watchers with all its twists.

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    what does Deku having a dream of the former One For All users mean?

    A lot of questions and theories about Izuku Midoriya’s inherited quirk One For All as definitely come out after this season. Questions like;

    • Does Deku have multiple quirks?
    • How much power does Deku really have?
    • How many quirks does Deku have?

    Deku is definitely someone with a lot of mystery, till now we have not met his father and there was a theory his quirk was stolen by the doctor that looks surprisingly like the doctor who took care of All For One. He was one of the first characters we wrote a fan theories about when we first start:

    Who is Izuku Midoriya’s dad?

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    why did this happen right after his vision?

    What does it all mean? I am sure you are asking yourselves right after My Hero Academia 4, well at MyAnimeGo we have the answers for anyone who has not been following the manga or want to clarify some details on Deku’s quirk.

    So let’s get started answering your questions.

    Does Deku have multiple quirks?

    The short answer is Yes and No. Not a straight forward answer for does Izuku Midoriya aka Deku have multiple quirks? but that’s because One For All is quiet a complex quirk in away. And depending on how you look at it, it can be a yes or no response.

    What is One For All?

    One For All is an emitter type and transferable Quirk that can be passed on from one user to the next. But this doesn’t fully explain just what is One For All.

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    One For All is actually capable of three things so far that we know;

    1. It is a Power stockpiling Quirk
    2. Manifest the original quirk of previous users
    3. and the third thing is something we all know Quirk Transference.

    So with its second attribute, you could think of One For All has one quirk or currently six quirks.

    One For All has one quirk

    You can look at One For All has one quirk since all the quirks passed down by the previous holders of One For All are accepted and moulded into the core of One For All, becoming part of the quirk.

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    Which if you look at it this way would explain why the quirks that have manifested are more powerful in Deku than in their previous users.

    Example of this is in Chapter 213, were Deku activates Daigoro Banjo quirk that creates dark energy from his arms — the Black Whip quirk, in response to Izuku’s thought of capturing a classmate during a training exercise.

    It was noted that Daigoro Banjo quirk was a lot stronger in Deku than it was with its original user, which would prove it has gone under some kind of modification and merge with the quick One For All, which is a Power stockpiling Quirk. Proofing that all the quirks are in one quirk.

    One For All has six quirk

    One for All’s previous users gift their quirks to their successors during the transfer process, so they can be seen has individual quirks.

    While it was the first user’s Transference Quirk and the quirk force on him by All For One the Power stockpiling Quirk that both combined to create One For All, and the other are added later so they can be seen has individual quirks.

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    If we look at it like that and as long as none of the other One For All holders was quirkless like All Might (Toshinori Yagi) and Deku (Izuku Midoriya)

    1. First User – All For One
    2. Second User – unknown quirk
    3. Third User – unknown quirk
    4. Fourth User – unknown quirk
    5. Daigoro Banjo – Blackwhip
    6. Sixth User – unknown quirk
    7. Nana Shimura – Float
    8. Toshinori Yagi – Quirkless
    9. Izuku Midoriya – Quirkless

    But there is another way some people also think of Deku’s quirk has seven, they take Transference Quirk and Power stockpiling Quirk also has individual quirks One For All is like a plural sense of calling the quirks.

    So the next question I have been seeing:

    What quirks does Deku have?

    Deku has six quirks.

    He has so far been able to access the quirk:

    Blackwhip

    The quirk of the 5th user of One For All, Daigoro Banjo allows the user to create tendrils of dark energy from their arms, helping with grappling and increasing the user’s mobility.

    Float

    Quirk of the 7th user of One For All, Nana Shimura master and predecessor of All Might allows the user to levitate.

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    With four more quirks still hidden to him, Izuku has gone from Quirkless to being one of the most dangerous and powerful people on the planet 


    I can’t wait to see what type of hero, Deku becomes with all the great power that has been given to him and read more of his story to becoming the number one hero.

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    Thanks for reading, let me know what you think of his quirks and what is other powers could be I would love read them till next time.

    Keep being the best you, you can be.

  • Life Lessons From Assassination Classroom We Can’t Forget

    Life Lessons From Assassination Classroom We Can’t Forget

    Assassination Classroom Lessons (Quotes) We Can’t Forget

    If you haven’t already seen this show, I seriously recommend it. It gives you all the feels. Here is a tribute to it with some of the best(IMO) quotes.

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    “It’s dangerous for them to grow up without experiencing true competition. Because they’ll keep whining, even without taking the matter seriously. For those with a high level of aptitude… The sooner they know the frustration of defeat, the greater their growth will be.”

    -Korosensei

    “Anything can be a sword if you polish it enough.”

    -Nagisa Shiota

    Can we all agree how creepy Nagisa could be when he let his dark side come out?

    “If something is possible, carry on as planned. Even if it isn’t possible, do it anyway.”

    -Karasuma Tadaomi

    “If you’ve got time to point fingers, then how about using your head to figure out what you want to do about it?”

    -Karma Akabane

    “Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.”

    -Korosensei

    Those who can’t do what they have to when the time comes for action will find their presence fading in our classroom. An assassin who neglects to sharpen his blade is no assassin at all. He’s just a boastful brat swinging around a rusty sword.”

    -Korosensei

    “Please remember that there are times to take someone’s hand and lead them along… But also times when you must be stern and let them fend for themselves.”

    -Korosensei

    “Honestly, there isn’t much meaning to the splendid names given to you by your parents. What does have meaning, is what the person behind that name does during their actual lifetime. The name doesn’t make the person. The name simply remains gently within the footprint left on the path a person walks.”

    -Korosensei

    If you haven’t already seen Assassination Classroom, I HIGHLY recommend it. There are tons of life lessons in it and plenty of moments to make you laugh.

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    As always,

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  • Bold Will to dream The Pet Girl of Sakurasou [February 2020 OWLS Tour]

    Bold Will to dream The Pet Girl of Sakurasou [February 2020 OWLS Tour]

    Bold Will to dream The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, I wonder if that sounds as cool as it did in my head when I was picking a name for my post topic for this month’s OWLS. Hey everyone!!!!

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    Me when I am trying to name my posts…..

    And welcome to my first post for the OWLS this year. For the new readers, what is the OWLS you ask.

    What is the OWLS?

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    Respect!

    OWLS – Otaku Warriors for Liberty and Self-Respect.

    We are a group of otaku bloggers who promote acceptance of all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and disability through the use of anime and manga. We emphasise the importance of respect, kindness, and tolerance to every human being.

    It’s a group I have been a part of for a year plus now since my post, Thankful, 2 Anime I’m Thankful For which coincidental one of my topics on that post is what I am going to be talking about today.

    So our topic for the month of February was Legacy.

    Legacy

    We have mentors, teachers, coaches, and role models whose stories inspired us in some way. Even when these role models are gone, their stories will live on from generation to generation. For this month, we will be exploring stories that have inspired or taught us some important lessons about life. 

    So for me, the story that inspired and taught me important lessons of life was The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo).

    The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

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    Add this to your watch list if you haven’t seen it already…..

    Author: Hajime Kamoshida

    Episodes: 24

    Premiered: Fall 2012

    Studios: J.C. Staff

    Plot

    After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world-famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro’s caretaker.


    Why did I pick The Pet Girl of Sakurasou?

    There are tons of amazing anime I have enjoyed over the years. Some anime shows were hilarious; some made me cry inside for the characters and some had scenes I found myself coming back to rewatch weeks and months after I finished the series.

    But in the end, not many have pulled at my heartstrings has The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, it’s a show that’s easy to relate with. It spins the usually age-old battle of hard work vs. talent idea on its head and shows just how much hard work is needed by anyone even a talented person who wants to accomplish a dream.

    The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo) is one of my favourite animes, maybe it’s because I can really connect with Kanda Sorata, he’s confused, conflicted and insecure but now that I think about it, am I that special aren’t we really all like that in some way or form.

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    Kanda Sorata and Shiina Mashiro

    He isn’t talented, I mean in a prodigy way like Shiina Mashiro. I’ve been confused about what I want to do and even now that I think I do, I’m still not sure I’m doing it the right way.

    I mean I have my goals, aspirations, dreams or whatever you want to call it now but I’m always still second-guessing myself a lot and wondering if I’m actually really good enough to accomplish them, which sometimes makes me wonder if I should stop, especially sometimes when I see someone else doing that same thing I am doing or want to do better.

    I mean the creativity of others sometimes is just really amazing, and that makes me wonder if even putting in the hard work, could I come up with a fraction of that creativity?

    But this all changed after I saw The Pet Girl of Sakurasou you can call it a slice-of-life, romantic comedy, but this description hardly does it much justice. When it first got recommended to me and I decided to watch it, I went into it with fairly low expectations expecting the same old same old from it’s type of genre, but it ended up being much more.

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    Me even after all the good recommendations about The Pet Girl of Sakurasou before watching it….

    Watching a group of six high school students living in Sakura Hall: a dorm for troublemakers and misfits. Chase after their dreams even though socially they were all different – from the average student to already-established geniuses.

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    But even though they were all still your same typical teens: they made mistakes, got jealous, and even lash out. But they also listened, learned, and persevered. They all still need to work late nights and long hours to be good at whatever they wanted to be good at.

    I wanted to join them on this adventure and have friends like these, that pushed me to be better. I wanted to face those challenges standing by their side, laugh, cry and share in their victories.

    I mean this really was the push I need to keep trying and not give up, even if I wasn’t one of the best now I could improve and get better and maybe one day I would be one of the best.

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    Throughout the story, all of them grow more with each other than they would have alone. The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is an anime about the bonds that are formed from the pursuit of impulsive dreams, that through both laughter and tears create a bond that is more than friendship but family.

    And honestly, there is a thrill of racing forward to your dreams, and yes you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but later you’ll remember these beautiful times of hard work. And to be that’s worth it. It’s more about the journey than the destination.

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    Thank you for reading to the very end. Jack from Animated Observation went right before me with March Comes in Like a Lion which you can read right now if you haven’t. And tomorrow Mel from Mel in Animeland is writing about Various Series (Underdog in Anime) so check it out too.

    Until next time, keep dreaming….

  • Will Mirio Togata aka Lemillion regain his quirk?

    Will Mirio Togata aka Lemillion regain his quirk?

    Will Mirio Togata aka Lemillion regain his quirk? die? or how will he get his quirk back? Hey everyone, I’m sure these are questions on everyone’s mind after episode 74 of My Hero Academia 4.

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    My Hero Academia 4 has been amazing as usual this season with an amazing opening and ending theme.

    The story has gotten a little darker in the overhaul arc but it’s still well done. We also get to learn more about some of the characters.

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    But we are not here to review My Hero Academia 4 but talk about Mirio Togata and if he will get his quirk Permeation back and how this could happen.

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    Lemillion

    And we at MyAnimeGo have the answers for anyone who has not been following the manga.

    Mirio Togata aka Lemillion was able to hold his own against the young Yakuza boss Overhaul and his minions Chronostasis, Deidoro Sakaki and Shin Nemoto all on his own.

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    So in episode 74 of My Hero Academia 4, we really get to see why Sir Nighteye thinks Lemillion would be worthy to be the next holder of One for All.

    Shielding Eri from the Quirk Destroying Bullet at the cost of his own quirk and his future has a hero. And just the way he swoops in to rescue Eri.

    But after this episode, we were left with three questions; If Lemillion would be able to survive this fight with Overhaul? If he would regain his quirk again? and how could that happen?

    So let’s start answering these questions:

    Will Lemillion die?

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    Mirio Togata aka Lemillion will not die after his fight with Overhaul real name Kai Chisaki.

    He is badly injured after and loses his quirk but he does survive and taking a temporary leave of absence from U.A High School, he does recover.

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    So that’s one question down haha. On to the next one!!!

    Will Lemillion regain his quirk?

    So far in there has been no sign of Lemillion getting his quirk back yet. But there as been a lot of evidence to show that he will eventually regain his quirk.

    From two respectable sources;

    Mirai Sasaki aka Sir Nighteye

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    Who used his quirk foresight before his death on Mirio to see his future.

    And whatever he saw was good because he smiles and said Mirio would become an outstanding hero.

    So Lemillion will definitely be ok. And if you have doubts cause of Foresight not being a 100% accurate, after the fight between Deku, Eri and Overhaul.

    Shota Aizawa aka Eraser Head

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    Aizawa has said it is possible for Mirio to regain his quirk Permeation. And all of us knowing Aizawa, will know he’s not one to give people false hope.

    So now let’s look at just how this could be possible.

    Ways Lemillion could regain his quirk?

    1. Eri

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    The Quirk-Destroying Drug is made from Eri’s blood.

    Even Shota Aizawa has suggested that her quirk rewind can be used to rewind the bodies of those who have lost their Quirks and restore them.

    However, Aizawa said that the quirk only works on living things, not on non-living things, which means that practising to master her quirk is not going to be easy.

    And at Eri’s current level she still needs time to learn to control her Quirk before helping Mirio restore his quirk or she could end up rewinding him to a state of nonexistent.

    But there is still hope of her mastering her quirk because she’s under the guidance of Aizawa now.

    2. Kai Chisaki was wrong or lying

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    Eri’s quirk is a mutation after all and not like other quirks and rewind being a quirk that restores a person back to a previous state.

    Could he have really mastered how to make Quirk-Destroying Drug, destroy a persons quirk permanently. Even his previous attempts at making the drug only created short term lose of quirks.

    Could he really have mastered how to make the Quirk-Destroying Drug have a permanent effect or he’s just found a way of making the duration much much longer like a year or more.

    3. The Antidote Serum

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    It’s also possible that the heroes could find the antidote serum, Overhaul said he would make one as part of his scheme to make the yakuza great again.

    Knowing the type of organized person Overhaul is, it’s possible he had already made an antidote serum for the quirk destroying drug and it’s hidden away in some warehouse somewhere.

    Or Quirk Scientists could make one if given time with Eri, they might be able to come up with one but after all the poor girl has been through turning her into a human test subject again would break the girl completely.


    The loss of Lemillion quirk was definitely one of the saddest moments this season. But the future does look bright for our young hero Lemillion.

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    It’s definitely not the end of the road for Lemillion or the last we will be seeing of his quirk!

    Thanks for reading and thank you for everyone who shares their thoughts in the comment section we love to read them.

    Till next time…..

  • Does Tomura Shigaraki have All For One?

    Does Tomura Shigaraki have All For One?

    Does Tomura Shigaraki have the quirk All for One? Hey everyone and thank you for stopping by, this is a thought I had one day while rewatching Boku no Hero Academia the fight between All Might and All For One.

    I mean All For One as named Tomura Shigaraki his protégé and would explain to me why it seemed All For One really was not fighting to win but just to delay or have a go at it again with All Might. He seemed like a man who had his affairs in order.

    Before we start, thank you everyone who sent me messages while I was off, really appreciate them and everyone who reads my ramblings. And “No” am not quiting it’s just been a busy couple of weeks.

    So before we get into all my theories or theory of if he has the power or not. Let’s take a quick look at;

    Who is Tomura Shigaraki?

    Does Tomura Shigaraki have All for One

    We first see him in the U.S.J. Arc as one of the main antagonist. Shigaraki is a villian I just fell in love with the first time I saw him. He reminds me of the Joker and Madara Uchiha combined, who when we first meet him can be childish, taking everything as a game and having a tantrum when things are not going his way. But as the story progresses we see a more calculating villian with long term plans for achieving his goals.

    A real manipulative madman, he wants to kill All Might, “the symbol of peace”, destroying the society he represents and creating one in his own image, with his own form of justice. He most time doesn’t seem to care for his or almost anyone else’s life, having no problem about evil deeds like killing. He is fuelled by hate, hating everything and everyone.

    We do get to understand the reason why he is the way he is. When we learn more about his past.

    Tomura Shigaraki as a child

    Feeling great love and remorse for his deceased family who he accidentally kills when he loses control of his quirk. The hands he wears all over himself are the remains of his loved ones. He states wearing them make him feel sick and yet calm at the same time. He’s a very real and believable villian.

    Theories about Tomura Shigaraki acquiring All For One?

    • Shigaraki has not inherited All For One

    Because;

    He Needs More Time

    All For One is a quirk that allows it’s user to steal others quirks making them their own and even combining the stolen quirks. Also allowing the user to give stolen quirks to other people.

    All For One has acquire a lot of quirks over the many many many years he’s been alive. That definitely a lot of power to put into anyone if they are not prepared for it.

    Shigaraki needs time to develop like Izuku Midoriya needed time, to get his mind and body ready for One For All.

    His quirk is more complex than it seems

    The delay in giving him All For One are due to another theory I have.

    That Tomura Shigaraki decay quirk is a mutation like Eri, whose quirk gives her the ability to physically rewind something she comes in contact with.

    What if Shigaraki quirk is not actually decay but physically forwarding something he comes in contact with.

    That would explain All For One’s experimentation on Nomus, to figure out how to get Shigaraki ready for his quirk All For One.

    Eri and Tomura

    Eri and Shigaraki do share striking similarities both having white hair and red eyes, which could be the physical appearance of mutated quirk users. That would explain why All For One has not passed it to him.

    So there will be a need for a prison break Arc so that Shigaraki can inherit All For One.

    • Tomura Shigaraki already has All For One

    Shigaraki does let us know more about his past while he was confiding in Himiko and Twice, about how hard it is siding with those that wounded him. He seems to have vague memories of what happened the day he awakens and losses control of his quirk killing his family and meeting All For One.

    tomura shigaraki sitting on a throne

    So what if this was all All For One’s doing, Shigaraki’s partial memory lose and everything that happen that day. And All For One has already passed on his quirk to him.

    Shigaraki doesn’t just remember or he was just pretending and he’s hiding the quirk for now. That would explain why recovery for All For One is hard and why he’s been hiding in the shadows.

    And the fight with All Might was also just an ember of what remained of his quirk. So it was two of the greatest quirk users making their final solo stand.

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    This showdown was epic……
    • All For One is just playing another game
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    All For One is tricking everyone

    I would not put it pass All For One to just be manipulating Shigaraki and not having any intention of passing his quirk on to him or maybe we are the ones misunderstanding what he means by making Shigaraki, his protégé.

    He does seem genuine about making him the next underworld ruler. But this is All For One we are talking about I don’t think a person who has lived for so long might be willing to just give that up.

    All For One and Tomura Shigaraki are the same

    He could be using Shigaraki to return to his prime self. Maybe it’s an Orochimaru-Sasuke situation, And All For One has some mind tranfer quirk.

    Or maybe Shigaraki has not been Shigaraki for a long time now or some sort of shared conciseness thing.

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    All For One is Shigaraki…..

    Well either way we will just have to wait and see what the author of My Hero Academia, Kohei Horikoshi has in store for us.


    So that’s all I have for you, any theory you have or thoughts you have please let me know in the comments section. Thank you for sticking around to the end.

    For my old readers thanks for all your support and my new readers “welcome!!!“, hope you enjoyed reading this and you stick around.

    Till next time keeping trying to smile, watch anime, read manga, play games and just be happy.

  • Your Lie in April – Anime Review

    Your Lie in April – Anime Review

    Basic information about Your Lie in April

    Alternative Titles: Your Lie in April, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

    Episodes: 22 episodes+OVA

    Studio: A-1 Pictures

    Premiered: Fall 2014

    Aired: Oct 10, 2014 to Mar 20, 2015

    Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, School, Shounen

    Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is an anime I watched years back and felt nostalgic about after writing Top 25 Best Romance Anime of All Time for Romance Lovers, so I rewatched it again. Ironically in april this year.

    What’s Your Lie in April is about?

    We are introduced to 14 year old fromer music child prodigy Kōsei Arima who lives a monochrome life and has lost his ability to play the piano after the death of his mother.

    But all this begins to change when he meets a girl in April, female violinist Kaori Miyazono whose just a ball of fire overflowing with personality.

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei
    Ah young love…..

    He becomes enchanted with her and slowly his life begins to gain colour again. She gradually begins to raise him back up and help him move foward.

    Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is an anime I didn’t know about till it’s release. Back then I wasn’t really involved in the anime community maybe that’s why, I researched it and found out it was about love, music, grieve and I was not interest in it then.

    But when I started blogging especially aniblogging, I kept hearing so much praise about this anime from the anime community and seeing it everywhere I decided to give it a try.

    Enough about remembering the past. So as I rewatched, the episodes flew by as I watched at least till I got to the last 3 episodes and I found myself trying to avoid watching them. Which is funny cause those last three episodes plot wise were the most put together, not that the previous episodes were not good but maybe because it was nearing the end more attention seems to have been paid to detail, but one thing am sure of was the last three episodes made me feel like I was losing something important that I didn’t want to let go off and that’s probably why I kept delaying watching the last three episodes.

    The art style was stellar to me, it was new to me and did take some getting use to, but when you do the lush backgrounds full of detail, with rich color palettes ranging from gorgeous bright pastels to dark and moody grays to convey the emotions of our characters was amazing.

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei with two little girls
    I mean just look at the scene.

    But our main characters being 14 and dealing with so much I don’t know just felt a little out of place for me. The characters were all rock-solid though and great. But I felt it would have been nice to know them more deeply.

    Most time the flash backs didn’t contribute to much of what we couldn’t already suspect, so it just felt like most of the time we were going on a journey we had already been on, so there was no real awe and excitement. It’s not because this was my second watch but it seemed to lack subtly to me.

    Not that this was bad but I feel Your Lie in April is a fantastic production, with engaging relatable characters and emotions oozing out of the plot but at the end doesn’t seem to take full advantage of that, to set the bar higher for itself and other anime to come.

    Also the comedy had a way of not being really funny, there were sometimes it would actually put a small smile on my face but most of the time it just felt overdone and they were trying way harder than they should have been.

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei
    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei both felt like the most real and relatable to me.

    Kousei would break down, run away or try find coping mechanisms to handle living and with his past experiences. Kaori on the other hand who seems happy, carefree and always ready to help others, actually has her own demons that she hides and who as cute mood swings from zero to a hundred at a drop of an hat.

    Which to me really humanised them and made them feel like real people with sad stories and parts of themselves, they would rather hide from everyone.

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei

    The opening, ending sequences and the music performances were great, I honestly tried my hands at playing the paino, which believe it or not turns out I am actually completely without a doubt horrible at, I have zero music creativity in me.

    Summary

    Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your lie in April) is a beautiful story about a girl’s lie and an emotional numb boy learning to deal with the lose of a loved one.

    It as a lot of ups and downs in it, and for an anime it will really feel sometimes like it has more negative qualities than any real good ones.

    But I think what really makes it such a great anime is really how it subtly reminds us of all the things we take for granted in our lifes.

    Miyazono Kaori & Arima Kousei
    this part always hits me with so much emotions.

    Like just how cruel a mistress time can be, how we should try to live everyday to the fullest and really shows how life can really be about those little moments we share with the people we love and not always about the big major moments but also the quiet and sometimes usual ones we are just so use to having, and how we all yearn to have a place in someone’s heart.

    And I think Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso does that wonderfully with all it’s faults and all, it’s definitely a most watch.

  • My opinion on Yaoi and Yuri

    My opinion on Yaoi and Yuri

    If you mention Yaoi and Yuri in the real world today, you might get some questionable glances and unfavorable looks. Even among hardcore anime fans, people still with turn up their nose at the very mention of them.

    But what are they? Why do people not like them so much?

    Yaoi is a manga or anime where the emotional or sexual relationship between two or more male characters accounts for most of the plot. Yuri is the same thing except between females. In today’s culture, you can see where this might raise a few red flags for people. While more and more people are becoming open and accepting of people who are more than just the Hetero male and female, it’s still considered taboo.

    I realize that I might get a lot of flak for this article. But that’s one of the reasons I’m writing it. But in part, that’s WHY I’m writing this. So I can spread awareness in the anime community. Also, it’s my blog. If you don’t like it, go read something else.

    The problem with Yaoi and Yuri is the same as with any other kind of mature content: It doesn’t portray real people in a real relationship but oversexed caricatures and stereotypes. If you can deal with that, there’s really no other problem. The real issues only come when people start to believe that this is really how gay relationships work.

    You can say the same thing for TV and movies showing a hetero-sexual relationship. People start to wonder and think on why their life isn’t like that.

    There’s nothing wrong with Yaoi or Yuri. But the writing tends to be at the same level as the Twilight books. Terrible, in other words.

    There is nothing wrong with two men or women being in love. There is something wrong with bad storytelling being the norm.

    There have been only a few Yaoi and Yuri anime shows that I actually liked. Bloom into You was recommended by a friend of mine and the storytelling was well done. Some anime fans joke about how the fact that an anime is more gay by how many exclamation points the anime title has to it. Though I can say that Yuri on Ice!!! is EXTREMELY well done and still one of my top favorite anime shows. The creator even said it was up to the viewer to say if Yuri and Victor were a couple. She made a world where love is love.

    And that’s how it should be.


    Having been part of the anime community, I’ve known all sorts of people with a wide varying field of interests between them when it comes to their own particular vices and pleasures.
    If people enjoy it and they’re not insistent on ramming it down your throat then leave them to it.

    I think the only thing I have a problem with is the age difference. A few years, heck even 5 or 6 years is fine. But a 20 year old dating a 50 year old? That’s something I won’t ever understand. But as for male and male or female and female? Leave them alone and heck, maybe even try to get to know them. You might just gain a new friend.

    What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments below!

    As always,

    Keep Smiling!

  • Worst Anime of All Time!

    Worst Anime of All Time!

    You always see lists of all the best anime of all time but it’s rare to see them for the WORST anime of all time. So I decided to bug my roommates and ask around to see what people thought the worst anime of all time would be.

    FLCL aka Fooly Cooly

    FLCL has been labeled as a masterpiece and something pleasantly different. If an anime show has this much praise, the I’m expecting something enjoyable and funny.

    Sadly, FLCL did not offer anything but pain.

    There is absolutely no story behind this anime. It is just six episodes of disjointed scripts that attempt to fuse together as many genres as possible then injected with pointless crude humor.


    Many would argue that this show is nothing but a random and nonsensical arrangement of spontaneous events. It’s full of pointless and meaningless slapstick humor that cheapens the show, makes it impossible to take seriously as an anime and gives it a “loony toons” vibe of immaturity.

    Aho Girl

    Overall, if you are looking for a short anime with endless comedy gags with no clear story or plot but just laughter, then this anime is for you. It’s slightly lewd, but over the top comedy.

    However, Aho Girl is also painful to watch. While doing a comedy list, I came across this anime. I made it about five minutes before I caved. Seriously, this anime made me want to bang my head against a wall and scream. More so than Diabolic Lovers ever did.

    First and foremost, this show is simply not funny. Aho Girl makes a spectacle of itself – presenting faux-meaningful observations; idolizing its vapid female lead; overindulging in panty shots; while accomplishing absolutely nothing in the end.

    The testament of Sister New Devil or Shinmai Maou no Testament

    In my opinion this show is just bad.


    First of all half, the show is unwatchable. Half of the show is white bars of light covering the screen during the more sexual oriented scenes. I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t like staring at anything for almost 3 to 5 minutes at a time, with an occasional face or backside appearing in a shot.

    Second, the story is just so messy and all over the place. Most of the story makes little to no sense, due to plot holes. You may argue that it isn’t about the story, but the point is the story tries to bring in characters and world building it didn’t even need.

    Overall, feel free to disagree, but there is so much holding this series back. There are some interesting ideas sprinkled here and there, but not a single one of them were represented properly here. This is simply a mediocre show, just not worth anyone’s time, not even the most hardcore of ecchi anime fans. 

    HAKYUU HOUSHIN ENGI

    I love the Houshin Engi manga, so when I saw it was going to receive another anime, I was hopeful this one would cover the whole story and do a decent job on its adaptation. Sadly, I was wrong. The first episode already shows big differences between the two. The story is badly told. You can’t understand much if you don’t know it already.

    I still recommend the manga, but this anime shouldn’t exist.

    Most viewers will not like this anime for two simple reasons: It’s not very good and most of all, not very enjoyable either. It walks the path of mediocrity without even trying to be anything. The outcome is very bland and a total lackluster. 

    This adaptation did surprisingly many questionable choices. First and foremost is the lack of introduction. Viewers are quite directly thrown into a random world around random characters. Nothing is explained, things just somewhat are there and stuff happens because it does.

    THE MASTER OF RAGNAROK & BLESSER OF EINHERJAR or Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria

    Even when stacked up against Isekai abominations like Death March and Isekai wa Smartphone, it still somehow manages to be even worse! In fact, this might just be the worst Isekai anime that I’ve seen to date, and considering the generally poor quality of the genre, that’s really saying something. So yes, this anime is definitely incredible!

    Incredibly bad.

    This anime doesn’t even bother to start with the protagonist getting inexplicably transported to a fantasy world. When we’re introduced to him, he’s already been in another world for two years, so it’s almost like this isn’t even an Isekai anime. Anyway, our protagonist, named Super Ultra Omnipotent Usurper, or Suou for short, is a perfect being in every way! He’s the most morally just and relatable character ever, is a military genius, and, most importantly, gets all the women! Actually, only the latter is true, but the anime still desperately tries to give him character traits that make him more than just a chick magnet.

    Too bad they fail miserably.

    Suou is a conqueror, plain and simple. Not of nations, but of women. Yet what makes him stand out from his fellow Kirito clones? Well, Suou is unique in that when he claims a girl as his property, he makes her a part of his “family.” That’s right, this guy forces his women to become his little sisters and daughters. Then makes them address him as “papa” and “big brother.” He also doesn’t seem to give a crap about his soldiers and doesn’t bat an eye when they’re slaughtered in combat. And the best part is that the writers still try to portray him as an “I am holier than thou” type of character.

    Thanks to the solar-powered smartphone that Suou just so happens to have, our hero is able to look up military tactics of great historical leaders like Alexander the Great and Sun Tzu and implement them in battles. Of course, you really can’t tell what battle strategies are being used during fight scenes due to the hideous visuals that make everything look like an utter mess.

    A random red haired dude in this anime wisely said “the details don’t matter.” I think the writers must have taken that sentence to heart. Nothing about this anime makes any sense. The plot goes nowhere, and the characters are painfully bland and annoying.

    Goblin Slayer

    “Anyone who likes/dislikes this show is a Nazi/Libtard.” – The state of the anime community after episode 1.

    I think it’s fair to say that no other anime has caused such controversy and overwhelming divide amongst anime fans after a single episode like Goblin Slayer has. A scene lasting around fifteen seconds featuring a character being raped receiving more condemnation than every other anime airing this year.

    So, feel free to watch Goblin Slayer if you enjoy dark-fantasy and have a tolerance for uncomfortable content. Or skip it, because truth told, Goblin Slayer was never really worth caring that much about in the first place.

    Hanoka

    Hanoka was the very first full fledged anime series to be animated completely in Flash. This is a terrible mistake. The flash makes the animation look unnatural, especially when viewing the characters. The faces and heads do not look right at all, and the faces show no expression on them what so ever. I do applaud the makers for trying flash, but it appears that the technology has come nowhere close to make it worthwhile.

    I’m not really sure what I expected from this show initially. I’m all for new techniques used in any kind of context, and given that this Anime series had been animated entirely in Flash format, I thought of it as perhaps something exciting.

    Throughout the show, we see the usual, predictable scenes such as “I’ll fight to protect you”, “he gave me a reason to live”, and “aagh you fatally injured him and now my powers increased tenfold because of my emotional distress”. The originality of the show is close to zero. No, if it’s a proper story you’re looking for, then this isn’t it.

    Also the ending has got to be the worst ending I have ever seen to an anime series. Terrible does not even begin to describe Hanoka.

    Ghost Stories Gakkou no Kaidan

    The thing about this anime is that it is actually REALLY really bad. It bombed in Japan and it is easy to see why.

    However……

    Aniplex was handed the English dub of the show, knowing it was a failure in Japan and it SEEMS they didn’t take the dub too seriously. So what do we get? The best dub that has ever been done ever.
    Let me try to explain; the voice actors decided to add really adult jokes, often breaking the fourth wall and mocking the show itself. It’s like a fandub with comedians or an Abridged series, but full episodes.

    To me, there was a certain formula for watching this show. It’s definitely not a series someone should marathon. Nope, it should be enjoyed an episode or two at a time. Any more and you’ll find yourself sick of the studpidity.
     Ghost stories is so bad it’s good. The show gets most of its fame from being so awful and the dub so hilarious.

    My advice to you is to watch the Dub. Bear in mind, the adult humor may be offputting to younger audiences. Or if you get offended easily, then please do NOT watch this. Ghost Stories English dub tries to be offensive to everyone and it succeeds.

    So, what do you think? Do you agree with this list? What animes do you hate? Let me know in the comments below!

    As always,

    Keep Smiling!



  • Making Everything Anime!

    Making Everything Anime!

    Making everything anime is something I think all we anime otaku do, whenever we read a book, watch a movie, series and even some parts of our daily live encounters, we are all gulity of every now and then wondering what it would be like if we were living in an anime world.

    Hey everyone am back again, sorry I have been busy but I have been working on the new look of the blog so that’s also kept me busy. Thank you for being patient with me and Irina a fellow aniblogger for recommending the new theme. It really allows me to be more creative.

    So I was tagged for my second time in an amazing and always fun to read tag that has been going around “Make it Anime”.

    You can just imagine how excited I was, when I was finally tagged for this. So what are the rules for this tag, you ask? they are:

    • Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog post.

    Thanks again Irina for tagging me into this, and I loved you ideas to by the way they would make really interesting animes.

    anime hugs
    thank you so much for including me…
    • Choose 1 Book, Movie and TV show of your choice that you think could work as an anime. (A series of books or movies is allowed e.g. Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games)
    • If you want to pick more than 1 from each section that’s fine. Or if you can’t think of one for a specific category that’s fine also.
    • Explain why you think your choices could work as an anime. Maybe the advent of animation would enhance it, maybe the different anime genres could help expand and improve the story. Just go crazy with it.
    • Link back to the original post so I can read people’s suggestions, I’d love to read everyone’s ideas.

    We have Average Joe’s to thank for creating this awesome tag, also for the little fustration we feel since some of the ideas I have read so far are just really good I wish they really were anime.

    • Include Make it Anime in your tags so everyone including myself can find them all easily.Nominate around 5-10 bloggers.

    So let’s get started:

    Book

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    He’s a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand. -Patrick

    Watching a social awkward Charlie, free spirited Emma, her stepbrother Patrick and friends helping charlie to stop sitting on the side lines of life and start living it was fun to read.

    I mean who wouldn’t love an anime adaption of this. I loved the movie and book so much, It was a great coming of age book, with drama, romance and would make a wonderful slice of life.

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower anime version

    Movie

    300

    One word Seinen. 300 was a great film filled with blood, gore, a message of freedom and what men and women are ready to do when their freedom is threatened.

    Especially with all the msytical beings and whole world in general, I really think there is a lot more that can be done with 300.

    I mean their is a lot more world building that could be done. And am sure am not the only one who would like to see the early life of Leonidas, I mean a lot happened to shape him into the man he was.

    300 sparta anime

    TV Show

    Saved by the Bell

    It was a show I loved watching as a kid for the laughs and adventure of school life. From navigating relationships, final exams, school dances, break ups and all the while trying to avoid getting in trouble with their principal.

    They were a group of friends from all the social circles that usually wouldn’t hangout together, we had a cheerleader, a jock, a feminist, a fashionista and a nerd all friends going through the ups and downs of Bayside High School.

    I think J.C Staff would be a great pick to turn this into an anime and would be able to enhance the whole series but still leave all it’s usual charm of teenagers growing up and trying to find their way in life.

    saved by the bell anime

    So that’s it for me I really enjoyed being tagged into this. Let me know what you think.

    And thank you for sticking around to the end.

    Bungou Stay Dogs smiling

    So people I nominate for this;

    The nerdy girl news

    Matt-in-the-Hat

    kawaiipaperpandas

    Yomu

    MirrorPurple

    BiblioNyan

    Star, We be bloggin’

    LitaKino

  • Why are Anime Characters Always So Skinny?

    Why are Anime Characters Always So Skinny?

    Why are anime characters always so skinny? I mean, it could be because skinny people are just easier to draw. Or is it something deeper? Something a bit more real? Something like being slim equals being beautiful in many people’s minds.

    In episode 4 of the original Sailor Moon anime, Usagi apparently puts on some weight and decides to go on a diet. But oh my glob, look at her! She is as skinny as a pole. To add insult to injury, Luna makes fun of Usagi by drawing a chubby version of her. I really thought that was mean of her.

    In Kitchen Princess, supermodel Akane Kishida goes to extreme measures to start losing weight. She continues this unhealthy and dangerous lifestyle until Najika makes Akane her Grandmother’s peach cobbler and gets her to realize that she’s beautiful the way she is. But the reality isn’t always like that. Most girls(and even guys) don’t have the support they need.

    In the end, is being thin a bad thing? No, of course not. But in the anime society, it can at times go to an extreme.

    Related: Am I Ugly?


    Sometimes looking at anime characters can have as much damage as looking through the photo-shopped versions of people in magazines. Why? Sure, it might be easier for the animators to draw but we also have to remember that anime isn’t reality. As much as we would love that to be so. The people in magazines are airbrushed to show the even skin tone, the large eyes and slim, “perfect” body.

    Anime shows a world where that anime characters always skinny. But we have to be careful with that. The desire to be thin can be a strong and dangerous emotion. I’m 26 now but have dealt with an eating disorder since I was 15. That wasn’t even the first time that I was told that I was fat. And I wasn’t at all. I was 5 feet 7 inches and weighed 120 for most of my life. I was UNDERWEIGHT for my height but a few comments made me feel fat and disgusting. So, I became a binge eater. I would go a day or two eating nothing but maybe a cracker or two and then stuff my face. After all that, it would of course make me sick so I would purge it out.

    Even now, I struggle with my eating. I hide my body beneath baggy shirts and hoodies. The anxiety of eating out with friends makes me sick so I’ll usually just avoid people and places. Which in turns means I don’t get out much. But that’s a whole other can of worms.

    Eating disorders are more common than they should be. And with the anime characters that we admire and look up to, that can at times causes us to try to look more like them than is physically possible. I mean, anime is made to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. That’s how they’re drawn. But in reality, if we were that size, we would be no bigger than a stick and couldn’t even hold our heads up.

    Now that’s a scary image.

    Related: Why are Anime Girls Always Dieting

    Rai’s article from Rai’s Anime Blog is where I got my idea for this article in the first place! Go check out her awesome blog!

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    As always,

    Keep Smiling!