The Selfishness of Desire. Sarazanmai 02
In Sarazamai, our main characters love something because it’s an extension of loving themselves.
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Desire. Sarazanmai 01
Ikuhara is my favorite anime director, and the quality of his direction that has drew me into his anime over and over again was the subtlety with which he can […]
Mizukami Festival: Planet With and the Eternal Spirit
In preparation for seeing Arcade Fire this weekend, I spent a good couple of days running through to their old albums (We don’t talk about Everything Now!). What originally started as […]
A Splash of Hope; Coming Full Circle in Dive to the Future!
No matter how much your body grows and changes […] but for how long? If I’m a prodigy at ten, and a genius at fifteen, after I hit twenty, I’ll […]
The Flower That Blooms; “I Love You” in Violet Evergarden.
In the first episode of Violet Evergarden, Violet is visually and verbally presented as a doll. She wears no expression on her face, fumbles for a teacup with her beautiful but […]
Unworthy; Land of the Lustrous, Episodes 4-5
We are too complex to be satisfied with simply living. The need for patience and perseverance may be meet with chagrin. How do we value ourselves? Is it in the […]
Transformation; Land of the Lustrous, Episodes 2-3
In Land of the Lustrous, the sky is always beautiful. It’s always there, hovering above our characters, as they reach out to it, talk to it, and fight below it. Day and […]
Made in Abyss Episode 2 & 3: Deep Ties
Much of Made in Abyss’ intrigue for me lies within two key elements – its main protagonist, and the world that she lives in. Episode 2 and 3 dive deeper into this […]
Breaking Barriers: The Role of Academia in LWA and MHA
Academia (ac·a·de·mi·a): the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship. About eight months ago, I began to learn coding. It wasn’t out of some fervent desire […]
Made in Abyss Episode 1: Innocent Youth
Imagination has the power to change everything. – Shinsekai Yori, Episode 25 When I was eleven years old, my parents decided to invite family friends over for dinner. The couple that […]
