The Mystery of Characters (like Watanuki, Natsume, and Tyki Mikk)

In anime, some characters have this mystical and magical appeal to the viewer that convey such beautiful mysticism that is missing from the world, at large. What happens in the real world, is that it's day to day progression erodes most human aesthetic endeavor into human weakness. This is not so with anime. Even though the characters might have flaws, they always find a way to either look beautiful or find what's missing in their story, here by mystic abilities. This blog post is going to show some of those characters, the good and the bad.


Watanuki Kimihiro
xxxHolic

Watanuki is training with Yuuko who is a dimensional witch. He cooks and bakes for her. Among all that, he helps with the errands which include looking into customer life problems involving monsters and spirits. Yuuko might accept him if he works hard enough.

Tyki Mikk
D.Gray-man\

Tyki Mikk is one of the foremost antagonists of D.Gray-man and companion/subordinate of the chief antagonist, The Millenium Earl.

Natsume's grandma, the original owner of the "Book of Friends" and master of the spirit, Nyanko.

Natsume-san
Natsume Yuujincho

In Natsume Yuujincho, everything is kind of beautiful and peaceful, kind of like the Japanese ideal of nature. Even with the ghosts of the forest... Natsume's Grandma gave him her "Book of Friends" so he can decide whether they're still friends or moved on...

Nyanko-sensei was surprised when Natsume had a nightmare.

Natsume walking to school in the snow, with his umbrella.

Otaku Helping Others! Part One!

Hey guys! Halloween is now over so I'm here to start damage control. If you've been reading my comrades posts then you know the yandere personality is scary O.O

But I'm really here to talk about Helping Others! In my new weekly post!

Exactly! I'm here to fly in the face of criticism with more positivity!

POSITIVITY!

Tomoya and Nagisa??

For my first Helping Others article I'm going to discuss a Japanese meme. Well they might not even be aware of it because it's deeply embedded in every facet of their culture.

I'll be listening to a Jpop song or watching an anime and I can't begin to count the number of times I'll hear "Kimi no Tameni". The amount of times I hear that phrase in Japanese programming by far outweighs how many times I hear it's english counterpart, "For your sake" or "I'll help you" in American programming.

It's such a general phrase I can't really include the hundreds of anime or songs that have included it in their dialogue.

Then I started to think. If we all started to think more like that then the world would at least be alittle bit of a better place. We're all trying to figure out how "I'm" going to get by, how "I'm" gonna pay the bills, how "I'm" gonna score with the next person, how "I'm" gonna go to the doctor, how "I'm" gonna beat this next RPG (that one is uniquely RPGHero). Instead of thinking about "number one", our own selfish self we could stand to think about the people around us. Whether they be our family, friends, or just strangers we meet on the road. If we thought about their sake we would be able to do so much more and live for so much more, even if it's just to help them find change for the bus or let them get ahead in line to get their train on time.

So when you start to do whatever it is that gives you purpose and freedom, think about why you're doing it and think about all the people in your life you can say "Kimi no tameni" or "For your sake"!

The ending theme of xxxHolic, a clip from AZU's song "Cherish". The last part is: "If your heart is hurt and the tears won't stop falling, I'll sing for your sake, again and again".

This is RPGHero signing out!

Anime Letter of Recommendation: xxxHolic

Bringing a new meaning to the words I Own You Boy...
(not a direct quote)

Watanuki is a high schooler who can see spirits and monsters that are otherwise invisible to the normal eye. Though he's been seeing them all his life he's always frightened when they start to chase him around. One day while running from the monsters he stumbles onto the property of a Fortune teller. He's mysteriously drawn into her shop and cannot control himself to leave. The Fortune teller, Yuki, meets with him and she tells him she's running a wish granting shop and he must have business at her shop, because "There's no such thing as coincidences". He tells her it would be nice not the see the monsters any more and he ends up with a part-time job at her shop, using his ability to see monsters instead of getting rid of it and, more importantly to Yuki, being her personal butler... Oh and he's got a crush on a girl in his class plus there's a pretty boy who's presence threatens to steal her away. They become integral parts of Watanuki's destiny!

Watch if you dare! But watch the Kei version after the regular version because Kei is the sequel.