Every week, I visit over 220 anime sites looking for posts that celebrate amazing moments in anime or otherwise blow me away with their wit and charm. These are my five favorite posts for the week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
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Anime Feminist
Disability and Power Through the Cyborg in One Punch Man
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. A lot. This week, I had cause to be a little nostalgic. Remember, in days now so ancient they are lost to memory, when the United States passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) — when being decent to other humans was seen as a good thing? I remember feeling so hopeful back then. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I felt optimistic about our future. I honestly thought — and again, this is embarrassing to say — that we as a country were morally on the right track.
The only thing I’ll say about the current political situation is that it has the “benefit” of reminding me that optimism is a very, very foolish and idealistic thing, best left to younger folks who don’t have much experience in the world.
But the current situation has a net effect on me, and my trip down nostalgic lane reminded me of this. Whenever I see an example of intelligent, thoughtful, and moral reasoning regarding how we should think about and treat folks living with disabilities, I want to call attention to it. I want to highlight it. This week, I want to highlight the writing of Linda Kuo on the site Anime Feminist. Linda Kuo references the awesome character Genos from One Punch Man to talk about this subject. I’d like to live in a world where this type of perspective is common understanding. But I don’t. So until I do, at least we have glimpses like the one Linda Kuo offers.
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Beneath the Tangles
Ruri Rocks: Detours, Shortcuts, and the Way of Life
Okay, I didn’t want to go here, but while we’re on the topic of the world as it is today, let me just say this: every day, the theologian in me dies a little more. Well, TBH, that’s an exaggeration. It’s already death. It’s more accurate to say that every day, it decays a little more. But no one has told it that is is deceased, so it still tries to make sense of the world.
Please don’t tell it. I’m looking for the right opportunity.
But one of the things it maintains, even in death, is that the current implementation of “Christianity” on a national level is, to put it delicately yet clearly, at an approximately 180 degree angle from what Christianity really is, as presented in that famous book. 180 degrees is the opposite; one might say, “Anti.”
The poor dead theologian in me still maintains, to this day, that there’s more to that faith than the caricature currently playing out in modern politics. I mean, come on — if you think that incarnation is real, then you absolutely cannot read passages like Matthew Chapter 5. Unless you read it like it’s opposite day. You know, like reading “Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them” as “weak are the merciful; they are suckers and losers.”
I’d argue the latter is rather less representative of the original text.
If you’ve made it this far, thanks — and I’ll make my point quickly. That poor dead theologian within would like me to share a positive view of this faith. You know — the kind of view that goes along with that big, famous book? In this case, I’d like to direct your attention to Claire’s post on Beneath the Tangles. This post looks at the world through the lens of a scene in Ruri Rocks. Honestly, it’s refreshing to see a positive interpretation of events from what’s often called the Good News. “Positive” and “good” fit well together, don’t you think?
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Confessions of an Overage Otaku
Oh, So Trope-ical: Strategic Nudity
We’ve touched on modern politics and theology. So, the next logical topic is nudity, isn’t it? Joking aside, do you know what’s interesting? I think it fits just fine. The reason’s simple — stories have nudity in them, and that makes the topic fair game for discussion. The Overage Otaku, in this post on Confessions of an Overage Otaku, first sets a context for the discussion of nudity in anime, then hones in on the proper uses, from a narrative perspective. The examples he chose were perfect! It’s refreshing to see a clear-sighted conversation of topics important to story craftsmanship in the context of anime! And that’s just what we got in this post. Go see what I mean!
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Japan Powered
Rock Is a Ladyโs Modesty: Music as a Sexual Identity
Do you know what else is refreshing? A discussion of sexuality without adolescent snickering or an attempt to turn it into a target for state-sponsored censorship. Which shouldn’t be a thing, but apparently is now, under the guise of payment processors…
Well. Turns out I’m more bitter tonight than I expected. Let’s skip that side-street and get to the point, shall we? I fear I’m already straining your patience, and I don’t want to cause any more hassles for you — after all, I honestly do appreciate you sticking with this article this far! So, to the point:
In this post, Chris Kincaid, on the site Japan Powered, takes a look at how Rock is a Lady’s Modesty uses sexuality within its narrative. It’s not an ecchi series. That’s not what I mean. Instead of me trying to explain what I mean without spoiling the points Chris Kincaid is trying to make, let me just as you to read his post. You’ll be glad you did!
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Reasons to Anime
Delicious in Dungeon โ Anime Review
We come now to a review of Delicious in Dungeon. Casper wrote this review on Reasons to Anime, and it’s clear from the opening sentences that Casper loves this series. It feels uplifting to read a post that not only celebrates an anime — but celebrates it using great examples and engaging context. It might sound hyperbolic to say, but I felt better about the world after reading this post. I think you will, too! Unless you hated Delicious in Dungeon. In which case, better read something else! But if you liked it, or you aren’t sure? Then you know what to do!
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Oo, I need to read that Over Aged Otaku post, it sounds interesting. My degrees are in Fine Art and Humanities, and I’ve found after finishing school that it’s surprisingly difficult to find an analytical discussion about nudity in media outside of a university setting. From a fine art perspective, nudity is just a way to express the human form both idealized and vilified, and that is a reflection of the human condition. Nudity isn’t porn, nor is it always pretty, at times it can be grotesque, but isn’t that the best representation of how humans are? I’m definitely looking forward to reading that post. Thank you for pointing it out!
I’m so glad you commented! I knew it’d been a long time since I had the opportunity participate in a grown up discussion about this topic. I mean, there are some in the anime blogging space, certainly, and those are great. But the last in-depth conversation I can remember was back in my college days.
An education in the humanities is worth its weight in gold, isn’t it? I remember interviewing software developers, a profession you’d think would benefit more from STEM than humanities. But not in my experience. The humanities prepare a human to think rationally. That includes problem solving.
I’m not talking down about a STEM education. Or a vocational education. All three are critical to a resilient society. It’s just that the humanities have come under cultural assault, and I think it’s important to point out their usefulness.
I’m kinda partial to a free society. Hard to have that if no one really knows what that means!