Hello, everyone! So, two weekends ago I caught a really bad flu and missed class last week Monday and Tuesday. When I was sick, I couldn't mentally process anything so I couldn't do any homework but I slept so much that I just couldn't go to sleep. With all this time on my hands, I decided to binge watch a television show.
binge watching /binj wāching/ (verb): a period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence in the form of watching episodes and episodes of a television show.
Now, I'm not usually much a binge watcher. I usually watch television shows if I'm eating or if I want to unwind, and this is usually spent with Korean dramas, as I'm also taking Korean. This time around, though, I decided to change it up and watch a show recommended by my best friend back home in Hawaii.
Attack on Titan, or 進撃の巨人 (しんげきのきょじん), is quite possibly one of the coolest shows I've watched recently. I haven't watched much anime since I watched 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Sailor Moon) and カードキャプターさくら (Cardcaptor Sakura) as a child, but しんげきのきょじん definitely made the flu less insufferable for me. The show is based off of a manga and follows a young boy named Eren Jaeger, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, and his friend Armin Arlert.
There's only twenty-five episodes out, and I binge watched for the weekend, finishing all of the episodes in a weekend. The show is beautifully animated and the plot moves quickly, and there's never a dull moment. I'm also taking an anthropology class on millennial ideas in which shows portray the end of the world and how humanity can be threatened. It ties in perfectly, and I hope more episodes are made because it's such a complex show and I loved it. It's the perfect show to sit indoors and watch, and I was able to comprehend some of the Japanese used. I recommend it!
じゃ、またらいしゅう！
カレナ
The story is set in an alternate universe where the world has been overrun by giant creatures called Titans, causing humanity to live within the confines of three concentric walls. These walls are about 50 meters tall, almost like a wall of Troy type of thing where it can't be penetrated. Humanity has lived in peace within these walls for a century until the Titans break through the outer wall, leading to chaos. A bunch of things happen and Eren, Mikasa, and Armin enlist in the military to fight these titans and preserve humanity.
じゃ、またらいしゅう！
カレナ
カレナさん, I felt like I had a moment like this while I was sick too! Binge watching definitely helps relieve the suffering of being sick xP I took off two days a couple weeks ago and did no homework. I just watched Mad Men and finished all of season 4. There's only six season online, so I might have to switch to this when I finish. I hope you feel better now! じゃあまたあした！
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Deleteありがとうございます。がんばってください！
カレナ
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ReplyDeleteカレナさん！こんにちは！I hope you are feeling better! わたしも こどものたき セーラームーン （Sailor Moon) をみました！すきでした！I'm glad you found a new show to watch! TV is the best cure for sicknessね？haha take care!
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はじめまして！わたしはハナキムです。
ReplyDeleteわたしもこどもで美少女戦士セーラームーン (Sailor Moon) と カードキャプターさくら (Cardcaptor Sakura)をみました！Sailor Moon was probably my first time watching anime, and I've been watching it ever since, it seems. ほんとにたのしいかったでしたね？ Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura were definitely meant for a child audience, but it definitely does not mean that all anime is for children! There seems to be such a large misconception about anime and audience age.
Anyways, I am also very familiar with binge watching haha. I finished the しんげきのきょじん anime while it was airing, and I also am caught up with the manga! Lately however, there is admittedly some controversy which makes me feel considerably less comfortable with the series as a whole. I still read the manga because it feels like a shame to completely quit reading something I used to love so much, but a lot of my Korean friends quite understandably have stopped. Do you perhaps know about it? Sigh, just thinking about it makes me feel sad/conflicted/mad!! :'(