Its sad to think there A LOT shoujo’s with interesting stories and potential but don’t get translated to English 🙂↕️ I only read seinen and shounen until two years ago when I finally decided to stop hating my femininity so much and now embracing it (The not like other girls phase I was going through lmao) Also I love finding videos like this 🥰🩷
im a shoujosei enjoyer myself and i dont necessarily think it's bad that shoujosei doesn’t appeal to guys as they aren't the target demographic. i'm not a very big fan of shonen and am more critical of a show before watching it if it's shounen. it just doesn’t appeal to me anymore. my issue is the straight up dismissal of shoujosei as sappy highschool romance stories when it's a lot more than that. plus, there is nothing wrong with those kinds of stories as long as it's well written. it's a little saddening to me how shoujo is not taken seriously. even by animation studios, and of course, the majority of what comes out is highschool romance so everyone begins to associate it with that. i don't blame a lot of shoujo fans for getting defensive about topics like this but there's no point lol. a person who has made up their mind not to engage with a certain type of media is not going to be convinced.
One of Ushijima’s best quotes from Haikyuu comes from the final match where he says “To truly be strong, one must continually discard one’s strength” which connects with Self Reinvention
Great video. But, when you mentioned Chihayafuru I thought for sure you were going to speak about Shinobou's character. I thought the back story were her training couch prevents her from playing Karuta with anyone near her age so she would stop "going easy on them" really fit the theme of the dark side of sports. Her coach prevented her making any friends, saying "the lonelier she gets the stronger she becomes", thereby cursing her into a life where she couldn't make meaningful connections with others and making Karuta something she only plays because she's good at it, not because it's something she loves (though Shinobou still ended up loving it of course). I really liked this aspect of her character especially since certain professional athletes have described similar stories where their parents/coaches overworked them and made them practice beyond their will.
A very high quality video. Much props to the work you put into it, its touched the part of me that's always wonders why what I loved to engage in turned into something so stressful and anxious to me as a person even though going back and living those innate joys it gave me is what made me want to stay.
Didn't expect such a good vid tbh, underrated channel, you should see Ashita no Joe if you haven't its a great inspiration for media like Hajime no ippo (and manga/anime in general) Keep up the good work!
You should really watch "Ping Pong the Animation" and "Welcome to the Ballroom". Ping Pong the Animation is, within its 12 episode runtime, probably a perfect anime and not only is the ending great, but it also leaves you hyped; The character who most strongly resembles the attributes you mentioned in the video is probably Dragon. And I recommend Welcome to the Ballroom mainly because it's a change from the more stereotypical sports and because I find the character(Masami Kugimiya), who resembles these "dark (sports) psychology" features the most, incredibly interesting and refreshingly unique. Though he is a minor part of the show.
In order to become a monster in whatever you do, especially in sports, you have to dedicate your life to your activity. I just recently left jiujitsu because I am currently in college and work a part-time job. I couldn't sleep well and pushed my body to train. It only worsened my health and made me take a lot of coffee and naps during the day. Finding the energy to train, study and work became harsh. Sometimes you have to let go of something for a moment. I am sure I will come back to train jiujitsu but right now the objectives I planned to reach in the sport and that version of me that is a monster in jiujitsu, I just can't achieve them for the moment and I will only slowly drain myself into exhaustion.
Hope your channel takes off. Didn't know how much I needed this video. The reflections and points you make resound for me on a personal level. Sports animes have a special place in my heart as a former athlete with big dreams and aspirations. You've articulated all the right reasons why these animes and mangas hit hard.
I do wonder if there’s a story similar to mine in any form of animanga, or with other people, and if so let me know, recently maybe a year or year in a half ago I tried out for a nearby schools soccer team, seeing as mine didn’t have one, I survived the conditioning somehow ( 😂 ) but when it was time for us to actually play with the ball I realized just how terrible I was in comparison to the absolute beasts I happened to share the field with, whether it came down to physicality and me being outran or outlasted, or pure skill or talent and me being out dribbled or spun around, by the end of the practices which we had around 2-3 a week and this lasted for around 2-3 months ( I’m sorry my memory is so shit ) I found myself only scoring one fluke of a goal and one fluke of an assist, I felt worthless, I had big dreams of going pro and maybe even playing for another country, but how could I do that if I couldn’t even beat the high schoolers surrounding and drowning me in my own pool of uselessness, by the times tryouts came around I put on a disaster class of a performance, only a few touches on the ball, most of which I lost possession, yet when substitutions happened my coach kept me in, I felt like he was mocking me, like my mistakes were only there to let others shine, by the time I got home I cried for the first time in years, I essentially broke down realizing my shoddy dreams of being something I never could’ve been shattered in front of me. It took me a while to pick myself back up, I had mental problems before so I’m used to going through bad times and getting better, still dosent mean that didn’t hurt like hell though.
You should check out ping pong the animation i watched it when i was younger and it changed a lot of how i viewed the world. the climber manga seemed really cool im definitely going to check it out after watching this, great video
This video was so well thought out and Perfectly analyzed not just the dangers of the psyche with sports, but genuine examples of How it IS possible to work past trauma
As a fellow boxer I really believe hajime no ippo is the best piece of anime of all time and is really deap especially when ippo retired and why he did, also it has crazy fights. And also Vinland saga is good but has no connection to sports.
Im at the stage where i keep training not because i loved doing it, but because of the pressure of peoples expectation, and because of thoughts like " i should be already good enough, so why is it not enough?". Being surrounded by great athletes are both blessing and a curse.
Obligatory, "how do you only have a few subscribers comment" I love the direction that RU-vid anime fans are going, as a freshman in college, these deep cut discussions have really helped me get through this new chapter of my life. Cheers man! 🥂 I'm glad I found this channel
Yes I cried watching this ….as a big fan of sports genre I always loved how they had one goal in mind and passionately followed it as someone who only recently found what I want to do in life …sports genre made me jealous and at same time filled that hole that was there due to my lack of passion for anything …made me believe I have something I could enjoy and be passionate about in life out there ….loved a video man instant subscribe 👍 what a well thought out video And shoutout to my favorite anime ace of diamonds cause it’s way too underrated
I love Bleach - it was my first anime and manga and I LOVE the manga. I'm still so peeved about the fillers and the downhill quality of the anime. Thank you for reading through the manga and for making this video!!!
Another dark side of sports I'd like to point out is the potential for toxic relationships between coaching bodies and participants. If you don't see results there's the very real possibility for being blamed as the issue, and it's comically easy for someone passionate to accept that as reality. Keep in mind for the majority of people, sports is a money sink, and they'll never see a penny being made. Sadly that devotion with a sport, and the comradery you get from being apart of a team can turn parasitic, and can easily mess you up in the long run because of potential injuries.
When I began reading as a young boy I would always go for shonen manga because it always looked more appealing than shojo manga, even now as a non-binary person I seldom (never) read shojo although I dabble in some josei. I never liked the design of some shojo and of course it is a huge gap on my part because I just put shojo in the "it's just romance with perfect guys", however your video made me realise how narrow minded I was and I thank you for opening me up to new horizons. I always liked female mangaka because you never have a female character written poorly and also the male have usually more depth into them but I never made the jump and started shojo manga, however that changes now. I started a couple famous shojo manga like Kimi no Todoke or Fruit Baskets and can't wait to explore this part of manga that was so neglected by me. Thanks again! ps: loved that comment about Berserk, it sure wouldn't the same if it was just about two guys having at it.
"The value of achievements in modern society and the monsters that create them" Woah, I just found this channel and I love how the editing enhances the points made. Great video!
