Random Nonsense #23

     I think Tokyo Ghoul is starting to become one of those mainstream anime that newcomers to the Anime universe tend to invoke as their rite of passage. That and Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan, as most Westerners call it). It's as if the phrase "I've watched Tokyo Ghoul/SnK" proves that you are an ardent fan of Anime. Well, it's a bloody insult to someone like me, who has been watching Anime ever since the start of Primary School and been through so many genres that sometimes I can't keep track of what I've finished.

      I've read psychological horror, like Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When the Cicadas Cry) and Uzumaki (Spiral), that made me sleep with the lights on for 2 whole months. I've read light-hearted and ridiculous childish shows, like Yumeiro Patissiere and all three seasons of Shugo Chara, that made me embarrassed for even being slightly entertained...and having a crush on the Tsundere boy character (INTJs again, I'm sorry). And then there's the Romances, comedic like Ouran High School Host Club (OHSHC), My Little Monster and Kaichou wa Maid-sama, then very touching ones like Angel Beats and Anohana. Of course, what I've watched from the start until now, the long-lasting series like Naruto and Bleach, the former of which I grew up with.

The Psychological Horror Genre (skip this if you have a weak heart)
     I prefer these in manga form, since the colour and bad art can take away from the atmosphere. These pictures still scare the shit out of me, especially since my kind of good memory makes me remember exactly what the scenes are.
a) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When Cicadas Cry)

b) Uzumaki (Spiral)

Light-Hearted Childish Anime
     I don't even know why I am entertained by these kinds of Anime. Well, they are perfect for watching after reading a horror manga because all you want to do at that point is to curl up in bed with all the lights on and watch cute stuff. I don't know what it is about Japanese horror. I have become immune to jump scares in that I recover in less than 5 seconds, but the subtle horror of the Japanese variant haunts me for months. Also, I like Tsukiyomi Ikuto from Shugo Chara, though even as a kid I thought it was very freaky how he was way too skinny. Seems like I had an appreciation for muscles even as a kid...how shallow of me.
a) Yumeiro Patissiere

b) Shugo Chara

Comedic Romances
     Like the above, I watch these when I just need something to feel a shallow kind of happiness. I think this is the option I go with when I don't want to feel sheepishly guilty about watching a show way below my age group. Also, it's romance and I'm a girl. As much as I don't behave like one most of the times and have more shared interests with guys than with girls, one shared interest I don't have is that...well...I am undoubtedly straight and I like romance, at times. Also, these kind of gentlemenly guys who are cheeky and kind...and secretly very physically attractive (the unrealistic abs and such), are very unrealistic for me so...it's a kind of fantasy maybe?
a) Ouran High School Host Club

      It's a hard choice for me to pick between Kyouya Ootori and Hikaru Hitachiin. Usually people can't choose between the Hitachiin twins, but for me, I like the older Hikaru more. If you think the two of them are too similar, then you haven't watched the show to its completion. They have quite the contrasting personality. As for Kyouya and Hikaru, it's not that I prefer one over the other. I think I like Kyouya more as an Anime character, that kind of cool and aloof guy who is rather nerdy and smartassed. But if I have to picture them in reality, then I think I prefer Hikaru...he's quite an ENTP.

b) My Little Monster

     I think I've voiced my opinion on Yoshida Haru vs Yoshida Yuuzan before. Usually I like the younger brothers of brother pairs in Anime, but I guess Yuuzan is an exception. I mean take a look at Ao no Exorcist, I like Yukio more than Rin. Look at Naruto, I like Sasuke more than Itachi (here comes the flood of hate). Twins are an exception, as in the previous anime. But I like Yuuzan more...because he is scarily, and suspiciously, optimistic about everything. He also seems to be twisted in his own way and has hidden motives. Makes for a more interesting character, don't you think?

c) Kaichou wa Maid-sama

     Everyone loves Takumi Usui, yes, yes. But have you ever thought about it...how much Igarashi Tora reminds you of Draco flipping Malfoy? Arrogant, check. Rich, check. Prestigious family, check. Blonde, almost platinum-blonde, check. Aristocratic, yet infuriatingly haughty handsome, check. Yeah, Igarashi Tora is Draco Malfoy. And you know what. Draco Malfoy is probably the only fictional character who is:
1. My most hated character personality-wise, but because he is so damn attractive, my shallow side actually wins over and I totally still have my crush intact from like...the first movie, when he was a kid and I was a kid.
2. I actually ship enthusiastically (Draco x Hermione, Dramione for short) with another character, but still won't lay my flipping hands off. Like I ship Cherik, and I like Charles, but I'll abandon him for the ship. I won't do that for Draco Malfoy.
     So I'll come down as the most shallow girls in the history of shallow because we Harry Potter fans all know what a cowardly piece of shit Draco Malfoy is and how over the clouds his arrogance is. But I can't help feeling sympathy for his situation and wanting to believe that he can be a better person. That or he is absolutely charming and looks like a bloody prince. Platinum blonde hair and silver-gray eyes? How the hell do you even get that among these...mudbloods? I cant say that, by the way, I'm like 45% Slytherin...55% Ravenclaw.

Touching Romances
     It's like I love torturing myself. I cry very easily when I am able to feel what the characters feel. But make no mistake, I don't actually approve of certain things and feel disgusted by the way some guys in the anime treat girls like they are fragile...I'll show you fragile when I snap your leg in half. I can just feel the emotion of the character...through the screen.
a) Angel Beats

     Some people would think I like Hideki Hinata from the number of times I cried at the scene where he confessed to Yui. Actually, I cry every single time. It's like age doesn't harden me up or something. But no, I don't like him, at all. Just because he becomes a meaningful character once throughout the show doesn't clear up his name as the main comedic character. Yeah, screw comedic characters, unless they've got a really deep side like the Hitachiin twins. I like Yurippe. Many reasons for that, but yes, a female character. Woohoo.

b) Ano Hana

     These two...Tsuruko and Yukiatsu...they come as a pair. I like them as a pair. I don't care what anyone says. If they disprove of this pairing, or ship Yukiatsu with Menma, I will fight the shit out of that person. I will flay their remains over the world and tear them into pieces. If these two aren't a pair after the amount of shit Tsuruko has to put up with, then I don't know...Tsuruko must be a bloody idiot. Usually, in animes, if a character sticks with another character for that long because she has romantic feelings for him, they will bloody end up together. Look at Naruto and Hinata. She stuck with him for like...I don't know...and they worked out. I would call these two bloody idiots, because no one in reality would even do that unless they have no life and no aspirations, but its an anime.

My Nostalgic Feels - Popular Shounen Anime
     Ah yes, these anime that I grew up with. I grew up with the Harry Potter characters and at the same time, the Naruto characters. The same love I have for Harry Potter, knowing all the names of the spells, even the different subjects taken at Hogwarts, having my own house (it used to be Slytherin, now I'm in Ravenclaw) and my own wand. That kind of love is also the love I have for the Naruto series and what it has taught me. Naruto and Sasuke in particular. Well...Bleach is nostalgic too, but you don't actually grow up with the characters.
a) Naruto

     Yes, I am a scum. I like Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and now I like the biggest scum in Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke. I've explained why even after the kind of turn his personality took, I still persist in liking him. It's not that his personality changed, per se, he is still the cold Tsundere INTJ Sasuke, it's just the "deepening of an existing problem", which seems to be something I apply to INTJs a lot. Anyway, Sasuke...what can I say? I tried to climb a bloody tree like him, by concentrating chakra on the bottom of my feet. But just like how I'm actually a filthy mudblood, I also have no ninja skills. I fell on my bloody back. I tried to do the Goukakyou no Jutsu, aka Great Fireball Jutsu, and Chidori, but I also failed. Sigh, I wanted to learn Sasuke's jutsus man!

b) Bleach

     Do you not see the pattern here? Draco Malfoy. Igarashi Tora. Uchiha Sasuke. Kuchiki Byakuya. Prestigious family, rich, arrogant, regarded within their shows as good-looking. Yeah, I'm shallow as hell...or I just tend to like INTJs in shows. Anyway, Kuchiki Byakuya, the frigging guy who makes pink look like that manliest colour just by the "I can't find a fuck to give" face he has while using his bankai. And he cuts people into a little pieces as they explode in blood with those pink petals. Yup, very lethal and manly. Also, Byakuya as a kid is bloody adorable. What's with these snobby, arrogant fucks who look like the cutest things when they were kids? Tell me you didn't have a bloody crush on the little arrogant git that was Draco Malfoy back when you were like 7 or 8. I dare you. You had a crush on the little blonde, admit it. On second thought, don't. I go all Yandere when fangirling.

     It's a bloody insult, is what it is, when people watch just one anime and then declare themselves an Anime fan. Also, it doesn't help that half the people who watch Tokyo Ghoul have only watched the Anime, when the Manga is much longer and complicated. The Anime was good, but it lacked a lot of the things the Manga had and...I don't know why they ended it the way they did. I guess I shouldn't be complaining. I was defending the Harry Potter movies and LOTR movies despite having read the books. They weren't exactly loyal to the books...might I remind everyone how they totally condensed a whole chapter of Snape's memories into 30 seconds? And yes, I read almost all the Harry Potter books before the movies came out. I don't even understand why my parents excuse my sister for not being able to read them as a 9-year old when I read them as a 7-year old having come from China.

     Anyway, that's not the point. I'm just rather annoyed, I suppose, that the deeper meaning of certain shows is lost on some people. Tokyo Ghoul is very thought-provoking and does it not make you wonder - what would you have done in Kaneki's situation? Would you have continued to remain "kind", yet naively hurting everyone? Or would you have chosen to harden up and learn to be selfish, with the knowledge that to preserve some, you had to give up others?

     The opening of Tokyo Ghoul, Unravel, is a beautiful song that reflects Kaneki's own doubts. The fact that within the song, he keeps repeating lines that distinctly contradict - "I'm breakable, unbreakable", etc - shows that sort of uncertainty and the entire moral subjectivity of his actions. But I think the lines that appeal to me and I am able to relate to the most is "I've completely changed; I can't change back" followed by a few lines later "Think back on who I was" and "So please just remember me." You know that Kaneki doesn't like what he has to become, in order to protect what is precious to him, and the maturity of it all - that he has decided to pull through and change himself - makes him a rather likeable character.

     Anyway, here is the entire kanji lyrics and translated lyrics, accompanied by the fight between Kaneki and Jason, aka the one who tortured him to the point of change.

Kanji Lyrics:
教えて　教えてよ　その仕組みを
僕の中に誰がいるの？
壊れた　壊れたよこの世界で
君が笑う何も見えずに

壊れた僕なんてさ　息を止めて
解けないもう　解けないよ　真実さえ freeze
壊せる　壊せない　狂える　 狂えない
あなたを見つけて

揺れた　歪んだ世界にだんだん僕は　透き通って見えなくなって
見つけないで僕のことを　見つめないで
誰かが描いた世界の中で　あなたを傷つけたくはないよ
覚えていて僕のことを　鮮やかなまま

無限に広がる孤独がくるまる
無邪気に笑った記憶が刺さって
動けない　解けない
動けない　解けない
動けない　動けないよ
Unravelling the world

変わってしまった　変えられなかった
二つがくるまる　二人が滅びる
壊せる　壊せない　狂える　狂えない
あなたを汚せないよ

揺れた　歪んだ世界にだんだん僕は　透き通って見えなくなって
見つけないで僕のことを　見つめないで
誰かが仕組んだ孤独な罠に　未来が解けてしまう前に
覚え出して僕のことを　鮮やかなまま

忘れないで　忘れないで
忘れないで　忘れないで

変わってしまった　ことに paralyse
変えられない　ことだらけの paradise
覚えていて僕のことを

教えて　教えて　僕の中に誰がいるの？

Translated Lyrics:
Tell me, tell me, how it works
Just who lies within me?
I'm broken, broken in the midst of this world
But you're smiling, blind to it all

I'm broken anyway, so I halt my breath
Not even the truth can unravel, no not even the truth. Even reality freezes.
I'm breakable, unbreakable; going insane, unable to lose my mind
I've found you

I'm standing here in a twisted, shaking world. I'm empty and cannot be seen.
Please don't find me...don't look at me.
In this world that someone else imagined, I just don't want to hurt you.
So please remember me - my full, vivid self.

Entangled in the loneliness that fans out endlessly
Strung by the memory of smiling so innocently
I can't move, I can't unravel
I can't move, I can't unravel
I can't move, I can't move
Unravelling the world

I've completely changed; I can't change back
The two entwine; the couple disintegrates
I'm breakable, unbreakable; going insane, unable to lose my mind
I won't defile you

I'm standing here in a twisted, shaking world. I'm empty and cannot be seen.
Please don't find me...don't look at me
Before the future comes completely undone, caught in a pit of solitude set for me
Think back on who I was - my full, vivid self

Don't forget me. Don't forget me.
Don't forget me. Don't forget me.

The change has made me paralysed
In an immutable object paradise
So please just remember me

Tell me, tell me, is there someone inside of me?

     I know this is the worst segue ever, but now for some MBTI...as I scroll through Tumblr...on my phone.

5 Stages of INFJ Stress Levels
Level 1: Ruffled
    I lose my train of though. My words come out huffy and bumbled. I get a little hot and mad that I'm sounding semi-incoherent. My face may flush.

Level 2: Frazzled
     My desk is messy. Or maybe it's my car. Or, my closet. Some place in my bedroom. My bed is unmade. I have this nagging feeling that something is undone or unchecked. I'm slightly less patient than normal and slightly sharper with my words. My hair is somewhat out of place. I'm hurrying a little bit more than usual.

Level 3: Stressed
     I'm behind on my chores. Behind on my paperwork. Behind on everything. I've got headaches, or back pain. My stress is internalised and it's manifesting physically. I'm tired. There's no hiding my shortness of temper now. I'm cross and it shows.

Level 4: Really Stressed
     I'm exhausted. I'm in bed. I'm overtly and overly sensitive. I'm either not talking to you, crying and immobile or I'm tearing you to shreds with my unguarded, obviously angry words. I'm putting off everything I need to do, in denial of the impending due date. In exchange, I'm neat-freak-cleaning at 2am, organising shoes and doing all the little things I've been putting off for months. I'm in super "DON'T TOUCH THAT" mode. Don't touch that. Don't touch me. Don't look at me. Don't breathe too loudly. Why are you breathing the same air as I am? GO. A.WAY.

Level 5: My Whole World is Ending
     Total internal/external destruction. My guard is down. My hair is down. My altruistic nature has calloused and my heart is seared. My intensity has become my propensity and my once empathetic spirit has ceased to exist. At this point, I honestly couldn't care less. I'm indulging in every immoral pleasure that this world has to offer, consequences be damned and it makes me sick to my stomach. This INFJ will combust in 5...4...3...2...And the world is worse off for it.

MBTI Conversation Starter Pack
ISFJ: "How was your day?"
*Frowns* *Irritated glare* "Okay, I guess. And I suppose I should ask "How's yours?""*Rolls eyes*

ISTP: "Sup. Good."
*Smirks* "Good. Sup." I like this person. Cool, laid-back, not pretentiously polite.

INFJ: "How are you?" *stares into your soul as they already know the answer*
Yeah, I suppose I rarely ask such questions while expecting an answer. I do so for a reaction, or to keep to social norms.

ENFJ: "I saw you earlier but i was on my way to the Women's Advocate lunch. Omigosh there was this person...People say they're feminist but then they do X, it's so disgustingly hypocritical! ...How have you been!"
*Weird stare* Did I ask this bloody bloke to narrate his day to me? Do I look like I care? ...Hypocritical...everyone is hypocritical e.g. you saying that someone else is hypocritical. *Forced smile* "I'm great."

ESFJ: *To an introvert* "Come on! You have to talk to me! How's school going?!"
"Tch...can you not be so loud and excited? It's okay." *Sideways stare as I walk away*

ESFP: "Hi! *starts singing badly and loudly to Taylor Swift* *runs into a wall for comedic effect*
*Pretends that I didn't notice ESFP's presence and walks away as fast as possible*

ISTJ: *to ESFP* "What are you doing?"
"Good question. I have no idea." *Nods and walks away*

ENFP: "Hey! *executes secret handshake with completely stranger*"
*Resists the urge to smirk in amusement* Loud, but rather adorable in that weird way...rather like an overly excited dog.

INTJ: *Is getting odd looks from doing ENFP's handshake so well* "What...?"
"Nobody expects us to be friends with an ENFP is "what", except I think mine is more believable." *Shrugs* "See you around, bro."

ISFP: *Is oblivious to the awkwardness* "Hey, we should have a secret handshake! Ready?"
*Hisses* "Hey, drop it. Don't patronise INTJ anymore. He's already being judged!"

ESTJ: "Hi! Did you get that job you applied for?"
"Yes. Obviously."

ENTJ: "Yes, but I turned it down because I got an interview for presidency."
*Snorts* "Show off." *Secretly very impressed*

INTP: "Lol. There was this Obama thing on the internet..."
*Stops in interest* ....... "Oh, you mean ___. I saw that already." *Loses interest and leaves*

INFP: "Would you like to hear this poem about ___?"
"......Hello to you too. Sure, if you want to." Just because I don't want to deal with your depressed expression if I don't.

ENTP: "No, but..." *Going into another heated argument* *ISFJ leaves, crying*
Sighhh... "Dude, did you have to? By the way, if we follow the thinking that ____, you are actually wrong." *Glares* "Hmph, admit it, I win."

ESTP: *turns to ENTP* *Everyone else leaves, crying*
*Stares in amusement* The brainless jock vs the cheeky ass who won't stop arguing? Hmmmm~

MBTI and Knowledge for It's Own Sake
ESTP: Does it relate to what I'm currently doing? Is it about people or events?
Power is knowledge, my friend. It may not be related now, but it could be important in the future.

ESTJ: I know many extremely practical things.
Oh, would you like me to hire you then? *Smirks* Practical knowledge is better used for application.

ESFP: I like (or am bored) that *you* know these things.
And I suppose that's because you are dumb as hell and have never thought about it? Yeah, though so.

ESFJ: Can I use it?
Again...why does practicality matter so much to Sensing types? I know it is what defines them, but see the link between theory and practice, for goodness sake!

ENTP: I am a sponge and I think deeply about everything I soak up.
And that is incredibly attractive in a person, I must admit. Someone who is able to converse with wit and intelligence about everything, with his own opinion. Again, I don't want to be given a link to a document...I know Google too, thanks.

ENTJ: I have to learn everything for my plan.
Then I'll learn everything to ruin it...if I don't already know.

ENFP: Learning, yay!
*Raises an eyebrow* Hmmm...you are interested? So, did you know that penicillin is made from fungi and that you can treat fungal infections with fungi antibiotics? And did you know about the Marshmallow Test? *Continues to no end*

ENFJ: Mad respect.
*Huffs* Of course.

ISTP: Educating yourself is good self-improvement.
I agree, but you don't seem to like some of my more theoretical knowledge though.

ISTJ: More things I know, more there is to know.
That's what's beautiful about knowledge. You continue growing infinitely.

ISFP: Knowledge and theory translated into artistic expression.
That's impressive. I respect people who can focus knowledge into one area of passion and develop a niche. I just tend to know a whole bunch of random stuff.

ISFJ: I value smarts in people, but I'd rather be practical.
But have you thought about how ___, maybe it's because ___ but that I read that ___ *Completely aware that the ISFJ is lost/does not care, but continues anyway*

INTP: The world fills me with wonder.
Me too, INTP, me too.

INTJ: I have a theory and an experiment to prove it.
Oh? Please tell. I would like to refine it by argument before you test it out.

INFP: Cool! i like absorbing new information, but I'm not devoted to uncovering it myself.
Really? Are you not curious about why ___ is ___? I read __, __ and __ about it, but I think it's more a combination of all that and it's really ___ but I can't exactly prove it.

INFJ: I have to learn a lot to back up the intuitive leaps I make.
And that is why I love my type. Intuitive with no logical backup pushes my curiosity to search for rationality.

NFs/NTs in the MBTI Community
ENFJ: On a therapeutic mission, answers EVERYTHING patiently.
You know what's wrong with even the most typical of ENFJs? They are too BORING. Patient? I love pushing people's limits and teasing them. These people will take my verbal beating, take it to heart and then not even give me a funny reaction. Fucking annoying.

INFJ: Cutest klutz with the weirdest posts. Learns code.
I do know HTML coding, from doing blogging. Also, define "weird". "weird" is something you don't understand, and thus it is knowledge. Bitch, I win.

ENFP: Ne-ing all over the place, multi-fandom expert
My go-to blogs for finding fan pictures then. Love you guys.

INFP: Klutzier than the INFJs, but in pastel colours, also: best replies
Klutzier than INFJs? That's like walking-into-walls-every-second kind of klutzy!

ENTJ: Types everything and everyone, has a clean template
*Raises hand guiltily* I tend to type people too, easier to get a vague understanding first.

INTJ: Trying to figure out the cognitive functions (surprise!)
*Fist bump* We should be best friends then! Did I mention I really do like the company of INTJs, the stereotypical ones?

ENTP: Random conversations with fellow ENTPs and ENFPs.
Awww...these people won't talk to us, sigh. I guess they rather instigate an argument in real life then. It's better since I'll get to see the look of defeat when I inevitably win.

INTP: Has no particular objective, but casually gathers tons of useless meme knowledge.
Memes are cool!

MBTI and Language
Prefers to know a lot of languages in a medium level: ESFJ, ENTP, ESFP, ISFP
That's really cool! I'm impressed by people who know a lot of languages, but it's not very practical to know a lot at a medium level, is it?

Prefers to know a few languages in a high level: ISFJ, INFP, ESTJ, INFJ, ENTJ
Yup! I would like to pick up German or something after As. Would really be cool, useful and fascinating to learn.

Prefers body language: ENFP, ESTP, ENFJ
....Back to the stone-age you go then...*sneers* ...uneducated cavemen.

Prefers communicating in binary system: INTP, ISTP, ISTJ, INTJ
That's pretty cool! I don't know anything about binary...maybe I should try a little.

Random Nonsense #7: These Animes...Seriously...and MBTI

     In one day, I finished two relatively short animes - Ao Haru Ride and Ano Hana. To be fair, I really didn't expect that much from Ao Haru Ride, given that I've already finished the manga and the anime doesn't even cover the whole story yet. Still, it managed to get me annoyed at the characters all over again. Ano Hana is another story altogether...it has the distinct ability to make me cry at the same thing with the same intensity over and over again. Angel Beats did get tolerable after the millionth time I've watched it, but Ano Hana, seriously. This show. I cannot even.

1. Ano Hana: The Flower We Say That Day

     This anime, in a way, is more emotional than Angel Beats and Toradora and all those other famous Shoujos that are famed for being very touching. I think the differences lies in that the ending for this anime only resolves the problems between the main character and the one he loves and the entire resolution isn't all that happy either. The other characters, like the relationship between Tsurumi/"Tsuruko" (2nd from right) and Matsuyuki/"Yukiatsu" (1st from right) is never resolved. It is never clear at the end of the anime whether Yukiatsu continues to obsess over Honma/"Menma" (3rd from left) and whether Tsuruko continues to be his crutch. 

     Even between the main characters, Yadomi/"Jintan" (3rd from right) and Menma, their story doesn't end with a happy reunion, getting together or marriage or whatever happy ending that is ideal. Instead, the two confess their feelings for each other (which debatably makes Jintan feels even worse) and the spirit of Menma finally departs into the afterlife. 

     For those uninterested in watching this extremely short anime, here is the ending scene:

Brief Plot Overview:
     There was a group of 6 friends named the Super Peace Busters who were together since Elementary School - from the picture above, left to right, Tetsudou Hisakawa "Poppo", Naruko Anjou "Anaru", Meiko Honma "Menma", Jinta Yadomi "Jintan", Chiriko Tsurumi "Tsuruko" and Atsumu Matsuyuki "Yukiatsu". As children, they often played hide-and-seek together in a temple near their secret base and were the closest of friends. One day, when Jintan was asked whether he liked Menma, he replied "Who would like a ugly girl like her?!" and ran out of the secret base. He regretted his insensitive words that night and vowed to apologise the next day.

     But the opportunity never came. Menma had died in an accident on that very day.

     Things were never the same again after that. The Super Peace Busters separated and in the time line of the actual story, all of them have seemingly changed from their original self. For example, Jintan, who was the proud and slightly obnoxious leader of the Peace Busters, became a hikikomori or a reclusive teen. He withdrew from all social interactions and immersed himself in gaming, trying to keep away from reality. Even when the ghost of Menma appeared to him, he was unsurprised and believed that he was just hallucinating - as if it were a normal occurrence to him.

     The other members of the Peace Busters have changed as well. Poppo travelled abroad and was never heard from until the day Jintan stumbled across him in their old secret base. Anaru became a girl obsessed with shallow relationships, changing drastically from the sensitive and sensible girl she once was. She was also in love with Jintan and while openly believing him to be a disgusting person, she blamed herself for his state. Yukiatsu, the cool-headed boy who was secretly in love with Menma, became obsessed upon her death, cosplaying as Menma to keep her memory. Tsuruko, who was with him the whole time, entered the same prestigious school as Yukiatsu, keeping other girls off him and becoming his crutch - because she has a crush on him that was hidden because of her awareness of Yukiatsu's obsession over Menma.

     However, when Jintan found out from Menma's spirit that her ghost came to him to seek the fulfillment of one final promise, this inevitably brought the 6 friends back together. The relationship issues between the other characters are not solved explicitly, but Menma finally confesses to Jintan, who admits that he returns her feelings. She then vanishes, with the promise to reincarnate so that she could spend more time with them.

Music:
      The music for Anohana isn't all that good when taken out of context of the anime, but conversely, when taken into context, it is one of the most nostalgic and sentimental pieces of anime music I've ever heard. It reflects the kind of innocent love Jintan and Menma had for each other, the childhood all the Peace Buster members shared, which emphasises the loss that descended upon them.

2. Ao Haru Ride - Why I Got So Pissed Off
      Yeah, so there is this love triangle in Ao Haru Ride between the main characters Mabuchi Kou, Futaba Yoshioka and Makita Yuri. Following Yoshioka's awareness that she was being friends with the wrong group, for the wrong reasons, she becomes kind towards Makita Yuri, who she sees as being very similar to the girl she was before. The two become very tight knit friends, but one day, Yuri admits to Yoshioka that she likes Kou, who Yoshioka has likes as well. At this point, Yoshioka enters into a dilemma, between choosing the happiness of her best friend and letting go of the one she loves.

      Why did I get so annoyed? Probably because I completely disagree with the way Yoshioka went about the whole thing. Her dilemma does show that she feel torn over the decision and that she does sincerely care about Yuri, but I believe that that care becomes undermined when it became obvious at the end that, in her heart, she had already made her decision - she will not give up on Kou. It disgusts me, probably because of the hard-lined stance I take towards such situations. 

     Also, it does not help that, in the manga, Yoshioka "taking advantage" of Touma Kikuchi's feelings towards her to recover from Kou's rejection makes me dislike her character even more. Tumblr explains this second relationship perfectly.

     I cannot find a clip for this on Youtube, but this particular scene is what annoyed me the most. This scene shows the final decision of Futaba Yoshioka in deciding whether she wants to give up pursuing Kou so that she doesn't hurt her best friend Yuri. 

(italics - inner thoughts)

*The two are at the train station, Kou gets on first and Yoshioka holds back*

Yoshioka: Kou, I forgot something. After that...if Kou doesn't get off the train...I'll give up on him.

Kou: You forgot something? Seriously?

Yoshioka: If he does get off...I'll love him.

Kou: I see.

Yoshioka: If he doesn't get off, I'll give up. If he does, I won't. If he doesn't get off, I'll give up. If he does, I won't. If he doesn't get off, I'll give up. If he does, I won't.

*Train announces departure*

*Train doors start closing*

Yoshioka: Please get off!

      Hello? Am I the only one who thinks it's absolutely stupid how this is the way she decides to make her decisions? This is worse than making the choice for Kou! You are basically making him make a choice without him even knowing that he's making a choice. Hello? Are you an INFP? Because that's an INFP thing to do - to make a decision based on an unconscious choice made by another. Seriously, is Yoshioka a bloody idiot? And then this line that follows:

"I'm a liar, I guess - Wondering "what should I do". I pretended to be struggling with it, but I'd already decided what I wanted to do."

     You're damn right, bitch! Were you sincerely considering Yuri's feelings, because if you were, you didn't even need to do that stupid scene on the train platform! She is your best friend, for goodness sake, the one person who befriended you after your "fake" friends threw you away! And you repay her by snatching away the one boy she can even trust? Seriously. I know you are the main character, but you're making it really difficult to sympathise with you!

      Let me not mention how Kou is a bloody idiot too. He rejects Yoshioka about a million times and finally, when Yoshioka accepts Touma's confession, he then realises that he does like her. Dude, it's too bloody late. There's a time and place for everything. She has confessed to you multiple times and on every occasion, you have rejected her. You cannot expect her to continue to cling onto you when you made it absolutely clear that you aren't interested! The only reason why you two even worked out in the end is because Yoshioka is a little bitch who accepts Touma's feelings only so that she can heal the hole you put in her. 

     What the hell is wrong with these two characters?! And people always ship them?! The most ridiculous couple ever, topping every other couple that I find ridiculous, including Suzaku x Euphemia and that's only because I'm jealous as heck of the pink-haired girl!

3. MBTI Stuff YAY

a) Most Likely to Least Likely to Care About Other People's Opinions

1. ESFJ

2. ENFJ

3. ISFJ

4. INFJ

5. INFP

6. ISFP

7. ENFP

8. ESFP

9. ISTJ

10. ENTP

11. ESTJ

12. ESTP

13. INTP

14. ISTP

15. ENTJ

16. INTJ

     Oh my, look at all those piled up at the top. I thought I was bad but apparently I'm not even that bad. I think coming out from a Science class does give me the retained impression that I'm the most sensitive person in class, but coming into an Arts class does change that. Somehow, I know all 3 of the people above me and as much as I don't like to say this...INTJ-sensei, please, teach me how to not give a fuck. Apparently my mom is brilliant at it too.

b) Styles of Handwriting

Thinks much faster than they can write so their handwriting comes out as hieroglyphic scrawl: INTP, ENTP, INFJ, ISTJ, INTJ, ESFP

This may come as a surprise, but yes, it's very true. While I am very meticulous at the beginning, the further I get into an essay and the faster my thoughts start flowing, the more and more untidy my handwriting becomes. If my essay is very tidy under exam circumstances, then it means that I didn't know what to write because, trust me, by the 15 min mark in every essay, my thoughts are flowing in so many directions that I'm struggling to keep up. I usually have the entire essay done in my head by the 20 min mark and my hand is just trying to pump it all out before the end. 

Flawless penmanship. How do they do it?: ENFJ, ISFP, ISFJ, ESFJ

How? How does a person's hand keep up with their thoughts? I always come out, of every single exam, having more ideas to write down and despite the amount of scribbling I did, I can't do it. And then there are these people whose essays are like...pieces of frigging art...and they say my handwriting is tidy. Really? I can't read that word I wrote myself! But...girly handwriting much? Though, to be fair, most of these types are dominated by females and thus the stereotype that girls have much tidier handwriting than guys. ...I also find it quite adorable when a person's handwriting is hilariously messy too.

Hadnwriting looks like some weird font no one ever uses: INFP, ENTJ, ESTP, ISTP, ENFP, ESTJ

Ah, these are the kinds of handwriting I love. It's messy, but you can't exactly say it's "messy" because it's a style on its own. It is unique and while you may think that as a J type, I would like tidy things more, but that would just be an incorrect assumption. I find in messy and unique handwritings a certain charm that tidy handwriting doesn't have. Tidy handwriting is standard, boring, but messy handwriting is sometimes creative and expressive, even when it's not meant to be.

c) Anime Stereotypes

Tsundere squad: INTJ, ISTJ, ENTJ

No wonder I never like the Tsundere guys. Tsundere girls are fine and I have a lot of INTJ female friends, but Tsundere guys? Nonono, please no. Anyway, these characters are more common in Shoujo than anywhere else. Too easy...think Alice from Pandora Hearts, Shin from Amnesia, Subaru from Diabolik Lovers, and on and on...

Kuudere squad: INFJ, ISTP, INTP, ESTJ

I'm surprised that I'm here with all the other T types. Anyway, Kuudere refers to a character that is cold and cynical on the outside, but warm and loving on the inside. The difference between Kuudere and Tsundere is that the former is often much more detached while the latter is usually very violent. If you're still confused, think C.C. from Code Geass, Kanade from Angel Beats or Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach.

Deredere squad: ESFJ, ESFP, ENTP

Surprise, surprise! I like Dere-deres. Dere-deres are characters who are hyperactive and lovey-dovey inside and out. By me liking them, I mean in Shoujos, because often in Shounens, I base my judgements off how cool or tragic the character is. In Shoujos, I go with how their personality translates into real-life. Think Kise from Kuroko no Basket. These characters are rare, because it's hard to give them a second-dimension without overlapping into other "dere" types.

Dandere squad: ISFP, INFP, ISFJ

Dandere means a character who is socially introverted. They may resemble Tsunderes or Kuuderes but the main difference is that Danderes are more noticeably socially awkward or withdrawn. Meanwhile, Tsunderes are violent to the point of being a little extroverted and Kuuderes are a little too cold and uncaring to be classified as introverted or extroverted. I don't know any of these off the top of my head but they are usually bespectacled.

Yandere squad: ENFJ, ENFP, ESTP

Oh fuck. Run. On the count of three, run for the hills. The word Yandere brings along so many characters from psychological horrors. Shion and Rena from Higurashi, Yuno from Mirai Nikki, Kotonoha from School Days. These characters that evoke nightmares with the extent of their clinginess and their obsession. *shudders*

d) MBTI as Beverages

ESFP: Cotton Candy Frappuccino. Contagiously sweet and tends to be quite popular.

I don't like things that are overly sweet. Sweetness should be soothing and uplifting, not something that completely drowns your sense of taste.

ISFP: Pomegranate Juice. Basically Van Gogh's Starry Night in a bottle.

I am partial to pomegranate. In fact, for a long time, I've eaten that fruit without knowing it's English name.

ESFJ: Black tea. Warm, yet can be stoic and inflexible. Very strong and unwavering. Add the right amount of sugar and it sweetens considerably.

Funnily enough, the one ESFJ I know does not like black tea while I do. Black teas are very strong and perfect for the purpose of keeping one awake. However, if drunk in any other situation, it becomes rather overbearing.

ISFJ: Decaf coffee. Rich and interesting, yet the flavour is endearingly predictable.

Shhh...don't tell her that I completely agree with "interesting, yet...predictable". I don't like decaf coffee because it seems stupid. You drink coffee for the coffee, if not go get some hot chocolate or something. Drinking tea and coffee is a skill and to me, a reflection of how refined your taste is. The ability to appreciate and describe the taste of these two beverages also reflects how deeply a person contemplates simple activities like drinking.

INTP: Lemon iced tea. Tangy and bitter at times, but can reveal unexpected pockets of sweetness. Classically brilliant.

Not those water-downed and bottled ice lemon tea. Those freshly-brewed ones are full of surprises. They are sour, slightly bitter, but unexpectedly sweet. However, whether it fits the INTP...I don't know.

ENTP: Strawberry smoothie. Dense and fruity, yet good at retaining information.

Once again, too sweet. Smoothies are less overwhelming than that Cotton Candy bullshit, but still, they are often very sweet and don't contain any other tastes for it to be a refined drink. Simple, I guess.

ENTJ: Eggnogg. Frothy, traditional, and full of life.

I just don't like it, just like how I just don't like ENTJs.

INTJ: Caffeinated peach tea. Energetic when working for a cause they believe in, yet untraditional. Added bonus: goes perfectly well with a library full of books and a crackling fire.

I actually love this a lot. Peach tea itself is nice, but a caffeinated version gives it a kick and a surprising after-taste that is unexpectedly enjoyable. Just like an INTJ, I suppose. Once you learn to appreciate what they are good at, they do have that "kick" to them.

ESTJ: Black coffee. Can be a bit bitter, much like that INTP, but more so. However, tastes very favourful without being too much. Added bonus: consistent.

Hmmm...I always take my coffee with milk and no sugar, so black coffee can be a little too much. ESTJs can be a little too much for INFJs to handle, so I guess that fits.

ISTJ: Chai tea. Soothing and uniform, somewhat less energising and caffeinated than other types of tea.

In other words, it is cheating me of my money. I'm trying to get a caffeinated drink because I want that kind of powerful effect they contain, whether to sooth or to kick me awake. Don't ever half-ass your coffee or your tea, for goodness sake!

ESTP: Energy Drink. Energising and bold, much like the name, and very flavourable.

Useful for after physical exercise and becomes an unhealthy drink in every other situation...like an ESTP too. Those energetic people whose goal in life is to be active.

ISTP: Tiramisu Frappuccino. Seems like a risky combination, but in reality tastes delicious. Almost cool-tasting, despite the fact that it's a hot beverage.

Sounds absolutely amazing. I don't exactly like Frappuccino because it's like a half-assed coffee, but Tiramisu is my favourite cake because it isn't that sweet and contains a certain alcoholic taste to it. Must be an amazing drink, though it's probably a once-in-a-while kind of drink.

ENFP: Caramel Latte. Enthusiastic and warm, with just a kick of caffeine to energise you.

Ah, with how much shit I give to these kind of half-assed coffee, I have a certain affection for Caramel Lattes, just like how INFJs usually have an affection for ENFPs I suppose. It's a drink that's a little on the sweet side, but if very uplifting, just like how an ENFP is good for lifting one's mood. Also, it's the drink that got me into drinking coffee, so it's sentimental too.

INFP: Boysenberry Iced Tea. Subdued-tasting at first, but very flavourful and distinct once you develop a taste for it.

An acquired taste? Since I usually don't drink a beverage twice unless I like it the first time, it's unlikely I ever like this then.

ENFJ: Hot cocoa. Warm and soothing, with a definite rich chocolatey tone.

Just like ENFJs, I suppose. Who dislikes hot cocoa? It is literally impossible to dislike it. Yet at the same time, I don't think anyone who has a developed taste for a variety of beverage can ever list hot cocoa as their favourite. Everybody's friend but nobody's best friend - a drink everyone likes, but no one loves.

INFJ: Mint tea. Warm, tangy and sharp beneath the cool exterior.

I think this reflects how INFJs are so multi-layered and to like ALL of them is a very difficult thing. Mint teas are teas that aren't usually enjoyed because the clash of the cooling effect of mint and the fragrance of green tea and the warmth of the water clash in a weird way. But I love it because you can't get tired of it. Black teas get too hot, Chais make sooth you too much, Mint is somewhere in the middle. Still, not many people get to that point of appreciation of mint tea, just like how many INFJs are not appreciated for who they are.