You probably have to have a desire of your own. Like, say… wanting to turn at an unfamiliar corner you’ve never turned at before. -Koguma And that I had, plenty of, having spent a big part of 2022 looking at countless places I could travel to, and crafting concept travel plans to get there with public transport. But international daytrips are hard to do with regular public transport around here, so there was always something missing. There were a...
Today my brother slept in his room on the same floor as mine. Mom slept in her room on the floor below. Years ago it would sound like the most regular morning possible. But circumstances have changed, and this has in fact become a rarity. Hearing my brother in the nearby room reminded me of an anime opening I kinda associate with him. A fabulous anime opening which, as they might say, absolutely “slaps”. Time for the flashbacks back...
There’s nothing wrong with watching anime episodes while being in the usual places, wherever it is that you live or often spend time at. But when I do it at a place different than usual, I’ll definitely start associating the episode with the place. Or with the memories of the days when I watched the episode at that place. This started during my first year of anime, 2017, when I watched Steins;Gate at a coastal town in Croatia I...
I’ve often seen people say how the closing of Gama Gama and Kukuru’s new start at Tingaarla see her finally face “reality” or something like that. I know Gama Gama was old, not financially viable, in a bad shape, especially after the typhoon. Closing it was pretty much inevitable. Kukuru soon started her new job and was immediately faced with hardships, being put into positions she doesn’t want to be in, humiliation from bosses and colleagues, overall stress. In...
There’s this wojak meme format in which he holds a drink while watching people partying and is saying to himself how „they don’t know “. Mieruko-chan is basically that meme the anime. In which Miko is looking at the world around her and seeing and knowing things others are very much unaware of. Similarly, the things she is seeing also for the most part don’t actually know she is seeing them (altho they are...
