Well... In anime usually 2 kinds of antagonists exist. The ones that are pure, deadly evil, and the second kind are the ones that were super good, pure and just initially but turned bad because of some unfortunate turn of events.
One of the villains that I find most interesting is a man named Sensui from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho. He was initially something like the guardian of the human world, making sure that demons would not terrorize humans. From young he had the sense of justice to enforce his ideals, and never did he back down, because he knew what harm demons could do to humans.
One unfortunate day, on a mission to protect some of the richest magnates in society, he chanced upon a horrible truth. In a room in one of the mansions, he found a room full of brutality. Demons of all kinds were being tortured in excrutiating ways, unable to die but crying out for death to befall them. The magnates, with all their money, had paid to enjoy the torture of their enemies, the demons. The horrific scene triggered a thought in him... What if he was wrong all the while? What if all along humans were the true source of evil, misery and suffering?
Unable to rationalize what he had seen, he locked himself in a library which contained many supernatural artifacts, and he seeked answers amongst these artifacts. He found a tape, called the black tape. A simple name, but within the video contained scenes of the atrocity of mankind, the wars, raping, tortures, death, destruction and evil of all sorts. From then on he was convinced that all humans too deserved to be reduced to nothingness.
Sometimes, I too feel that way. I ask myself, despite the sin of the world, why do I try my best to be nice to everyone? Why do they deserve my kindness and respect? Why do I even bother? When in turn I recieve nothing but hurt, what makes me not stray from my ethos?
And the reason is simple. Because Jesus first loved me unconditionally, even though I too am not perfect and do not deserve anything. 1 John 4:19 says: "We love, because He first loved us."
And so, though sometimes I feel that I'm on the brink of turning into such an antagonist, I will choose to continue to love as well, and demand nothing else from others.
Perhaps soon I can write anime based QT material, don't you think? I'm sure Christians who are anime buffs will love it haha.
Cheers! =)
One of the villains that I find most interesting is a man named Sensui from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho. He was initially something like the guardian of the human world, making sure that demons would not terrorize humans. From young he had the sense of justice to enforce his ideals, and never did he back down, because he knew what harm demons could do to humans.
One unfortunate day, on a mission to protect some of the richest magnates in society, he chanced upon a horrible truth. In a room in one of the mansions, he found a room full of brutality. Demons of all kinds were being tortured in excrutiating ways, unable to die but crying out for death to befall them. The magnates, with all their money, had paid to enjoy the torture of their enemies, the demons. The horrific scene triggered a thought in him... What if he was wrong all the while? What if all along humans were the true source of evil, misery and suffering?
Unable to rationalize what he had seen, he locked himself in a library which contained many supernatural artifacts, and he seeked answers amongst these artifacts. He found a tape, called the black tape. A simple name, but within the video contained scenes of the atrocity of mankind, the wars, raping, tortures, death, destruction and evil of all sorts. From then on he was convinced that all humans too deserved to be reduced to nothingness.
Sometimes, I too feel that way. I ask myself, despite the sin of the world, why do I try my best to be nice to everyone? Why do they deserve my kindness and respect? Why do I even bother? When in turn I recieve nothing but hurt, what makes me not stray from my ethos?
And the reason is simple. Because Jesus first loved me unconditionally, even though I too am not perfect and do not deserve anything. 1 John 4:19 says: "We love, because He first loved us."
And so, though sometimes I feel that I'm on the brink of turning into such an antagonist, I will choose to continue to love as well, and demand nothing else from others.
Perhaps soon I can write anime based QT material, don't you think? I'm sure Christians who are anime buffs will love it haha.
Cheers! =)
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