Well, I've finished with Saiyuki, and the next anime that I'll be catching is one called Kekkaishi. An anime with a rather interesting concept of defeating demons using barriers to catch them. The fight scenes are pretty good imo. Well here's a pic. The main character has responsibility thrust on him, because of a mark on the palm of his hand, by night he defends the school from evil spirits and by day he trains, sleeps in class and tries to make delicious pastries for the girl he likes who is also a Kekkaishi.
Here's a pic:
But besides that I was thinking about barriers between people, and the discrimination that occurs between people. Constant themes that I've been seeing since the ending of the semester. With the movie about stereotyping of Japanese Koreans in Japanese studies class, with this whole thing about politics, and also the issues about foreign talents in Singapore. Also, the fishmen vs human thing in One Piece, the differences between shinobi countries in Naruto... All these have led me to think...
Like Sugihara (the main charcter in the film that I watched) inferred... The only thing different between the essence of two groups of people are merely imagined differences, and I too believe that. If only everyone is able to break those imaginary barriers surrounding themselves and reach out to others, the world would be a whole lot more wonderful.
And I've been thinking about what we've been doing in YE about Romans and about judgement. Us humans tend to always judge others, especially groups of people that we don't understand fully. But in truth only God is the true judge, and the stereotypes that we form can be totally untrue or mere generalizations based on our own biases and negative emotions. That is the flaw of human judgement.
Well this I can say, that I'm still working on it, if I see someone rushing to catch the mrt, cutting the queue of others in front of him/her, I'd immediately label the person as an inconsiderate prick. But at the same time, I'll not shy away from those of different nationalities, personalities and upbringing, and consider everyone my friends, because they are just like me in essence: a person in need of God's grace. That is the commitment and choice that I've made: to call all people brothers and sisters.
Here's a pic:
But besides that I was thinking about barriers between people, and the discrimination that occurs between people. Constant themes that I've been seeing since the ending of the semester. With the movie about stereotyping of Japanese Koreans in Japanese studies class, with this whole thing about politics, and also the issues about foreign talents in Singapore. Also, the fishmen vs human thing in One Piece, the differences between shinobi countries in Naruto... All these have led me to think...
Like Sugihara (the main charcter in the film that I watched) inferred... The only thing different between the essence of two groups of people are merely imagined differences, and I too believe that. If only everyone is able to break those imaginary barriers surrounding themselves and reach out to others, the world would be a whole lot more wonderful.
And I've been thinking about what we've been doing in YE about Romans and about judgement. Us humans tend to always judge others, especially groups of people that we don't understand fully. But in truth only God is the true judge, and the stereotypes that we form can be totally untrue or mere generalizations based on our own biases and negative emotions. That is the flaw of human judgement.
Well this I can say, that I'm still working on it, if I see someone rushing to catch the mrt, cutting the queue of others in front of him/her, I'd immediately label the person as an inconsiderate prick. But at the same time, I'll not shy away from those of different nationalities, personalities and upbringing, and consider everyone my friends, because they are just like me in essence: a person in need of God's grace. That is the commitment and choice that I've made: to call all people brothers and sisters.
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