Idle Master

Mizuho is best girl -- That is all that is necessary to be said in my intro this week. Disclaimer: There are two essays preceding this; Just like how the show has built upon itself each episode, my essays thus have ideas that are built upon one another as well that can add a lot of context-flavor. However, since this runs the risk of reading fatigue, I will instead just summarized each of them and leave the final decision to you.  The Human Sandbox (Episode 1): https://zxcaderu.blogspot.com/2021/07/sonny-boy-human-sandbox.html This essay takes an in-depth view on a concept I coined, the 'human sandbox'. It is an analysis focused around how the show's structure and premise removes all sense of survival-concepts and societal associations. This is done so to establish our characters not as human-beings but as a pure manifestation of 'concepts', ideas that the show writers are much more excited to explore. It is also a lot more technique-based, using interesting techniq...

Have I ever mentioned that I am currently studying for my Bachelor of Social Work right now? I was actually just reading my textbook the other day and one section that popped up actually tackled the topic of 'disability'. And oh man, my heart melted with how much the ideas resonated with 'A Silent Voice'. This story that Yoshitoki Oima wanted to tell is unbelievably messy; For Japan, a country that protects its social order, I would imagine that tackling issues of disability and bullying -- Two prominent factors of social disruption -- Would itself be disruptive. Many should know our author had to even fight for her story to be published, even needing the support of the Japanese Association of the Deaf. This is, euphemistically speaking, a delicate subject. And I do not even need to be a social worker for me to understand that every country needs to tread it carefully. It is with this idea of 'delicateness' do I want to analyze 'A Silent Voice' today; Mo...

  So I'm going to start a new kind of blog separate from my usual topic-based analysis. I've realized that while I am quite happy being able to craft full essays out for a wide variety of shows, I am still somewhat limited. In every show and every episode, I often have many opinions, likes and dislikes but more often than not, I don't deem it substantial enough for a full analysis. However, I think that itself has begun to limit or censor some of the opinions I have; As if saying: I can only write or express things that needs to be public-worthy. With this mindset, this blog has already diverted from some of my original vision for it: A blog that is a comfortable place where I can jot down and gather various feelings I have. And it also runs counter to my personal philosophy: Any feelings you have of a show, no matter how basic it is, is worthy to be considered and looked at. That is, I don't want an environment where we can only talk about "deep shows" and on...