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Friday, March 10, 2006
the effects of loving anime
10:15 PM
last night, out of sheer desperation for enjoyment, i watched this japanese anime together with my brother. although it was pretty much out of my league as a college student, i found it quite interesting and fun to watch.
the episode was something i found simple but meaningful. of course, my hopeless romantic senses were attuned with it. in the episode, the main villain, who was a demon, was searching for something which he could turn into an evil thing, as what most villains would do. he came across this stone which he obviously turned into a stone demon. this stone demon turned everything into stone and when he saw this bird flying, he did. but of course, stone can't defy the laws of gravity and so, the "stone bird" fell on the villain's head. this knocked him out and when he woke up, he had no recollection of who he was and why he was there. and then he saw this woman, ms. aiko, i think. because of his condition, ms. aiko helped him and they spent the whole day together. at the end of the day, he realized he was falling in love with ms. aiko.
suddenly, the stone demon he created appeared from nowhere and threatened to harm them. fortunately, he still had his powers and he knocked the stone demon out. because of that, he thought that ms. aiko would think of him as freak. of course, ms. aiko didn't. and the typical scene of superheroes-fighting-against-evil followed when the three superheroes came. unfortunately, another stone fell on the head of the villain and that was when he remembered everything. it was so sad they way he didn't remember ms. aiko and told her to go away. he immediately ran in aid of his stone demon and transformed to his old self.
after the fight, ms. aiko returned to that bridal shop she was in at the start of the episode. she was holding and staring at the picture of her, with the villain, which one of her journalist students took when they were together. sadly, she turned away.
ahhh, love! such tragedy.
i hope the episode has a continuation though. ;)
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