#literally all of my friends & classmates (EXPECT 1.) hate animal farm but i love it <3333

[summerof336bc]

ANIMAL FARM. LOVE ANIMAL FARM

ANIMAL FARM <3

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Review: Silver Spoon (Seasons 1 & 2)

“ Yuugo Hachiken is studious, hard-working, and tired of trying to live up to expectations he just cannot meet. With the ushering in of a brand new school year, he decides to enrol in Ooezo Agricultural High School, a boarding school located in the Hokkaido countryside, as a means to escape from the stress brought upon by his parents. Initially convinced that he would do well at this institution, Hachiken is quickly proven wrong by his talented classmates, individuals who have been living on farms their entire lives and know just about everything when it comes to food, vegetables, and even the physiology of livestock! Whether it be waking up at five in the morning for strenuous labor or to take care of farm animals, Hachiken is a complete amateur when it comes to the harsh agricultural life. Silver Spoon follows the comedic story of a young student as he tries to fit into a completely new environment, meeting many unique people along the way. As he struggles to appreciate his surroundings, Hachiken hopes to discover his dreams, so that he may lead a fulfilling life on his own terms.” 

It would be an understatement to say this was one of my favorite animes ever. I resonate on a deep level that I can’t even begin to understand with Hachiken. The story is incredible, the themes are relatable, the feelings are tangible, and I feel honored just to have watched it. I will have to scrounge the earth for a complaint but let’s save that for... 

Criticism: 

In S1E4 "Hachiken Bakes Pizza" It was a bit hard to stomach the fact that Hachiken is supposed to be this top student in his grade and he was too stupid to realize that he could just get all the pizza ingredients from the school...

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT THIS 

IS THE COVER TO A NORMAL CATALOG ABOUT COWS 

WHERE THESE BOYS ACTUALLY HAVE A SCARY RELATIONSHIP WITH LIVESTOCK!!!!

I hate how Tamako is in that trope where an overweight girl loses weight instantaneously for comedy and only then is she considered pretty. The only thing I can take solace in is the fact that she herself hates it and WANTS to be at what she considers a healthy weight. She even outright refuses staying thin because it makes her anemic. 

Also I cannot believe they left Vice Prez out in the snow in just his wooden dog house with no fucking blanket. He literally had to pop his head out of the snow he was BURIED IN. HE’S A PUPPY; HE COULD DIE!!

ALSO WAS NO ONE GOING TO TELL ME THIS IS BY THE SAME MANGAKA THAT DID FULL METAL ALCHEMIST WTF!?!?!?

Positives: 

Everyone eats food and food comes up in almost every single show you watch, but there are few pieces of media that are intended for purposes outside of showcasing food that truly understand it. This is one of those shows. It shakes me to my core how close this shows understanding of food lies with my own... 

Also these guys just want to eat! 

MOOD

M O O D 

This show is incredibly gorgeous. There is so much feeling and beauty in what is happening that even when the animation quality drops just a tiny bit in the second season (almost nothing, but I did notice when they started using some 3D to speed up some background stuff) you feel like everything that is happening is true. I mean this show has a disclaimer that comes with it about interacting with livestock and how you need to be cleanly. They knew what they were doing. 

That joke about finding the Colonel in a trash pile is a true to life hidden masterpiece that I never thought I’d see referenced in an anime... 

This show really makes me think about the agricultural system in a different way. I moved from a very urbanized area to a more suburan area that is flanked with many farms. Hell, I have a few friends that own livestock and farmland, but we live so close to civilization that you forget that it’s not like that in other parts of my country or the world. Such as in S1E4, I never really thought about the fact that farmers or people who live in rural areas don't really get a chance to eat fresh pizza. Or in S1E5 "Hachiken Runs Off" that crop circles are a burden on farmers because they reduce yield! From an outsider perspective pizza is everywhere and crop circles are fun things you watch about on the history channel...

You see these trees man? 

You see this water?

Ugh let me mention for the hundredth time how I actually am Hachiken? In S1E7  "Hachiken Goes Giga Farm", he is grossed out by the livebirth of a calf and point blank said that this isn’t some miracle of life this is gross and horrific. LIKE THANK YOU!? I’m so tired of the cliche of seeing a calf born and changing your whole damn life. IT’S GROSS!

The way they cut to the cicadas lifestyle to mirror the pigs’ and Hachiken's feelings are superb. It’s something you would see out of an incredible art film. 

In S1E10 "Hachiken Says Goodbye to Pork Bowl", they slowed down and while in any other situation Hachiken would just shout about how much he loves the food or how delicious it is. He instead screams about how bittersweet the moment is. My heart beats in line with Hachiken’s....It was SO REAL!

This show is an absolute master of relatable comedy... 

Tell me you don’t giggle just a little bit at this 

or this

I absolutely lose it. 

The themes in this show hit home and hit hard. Is that a baseball metaphor? Oh hell yeah it is and get ready to cry about it!!! 

Like I want to be reminded of this one a daily basis... 

I feel like I may be using pictures to illustrate my points more in this show than any other because I have a hard time putting into words how this show makes me feel. The show itself is actually just an illustration of how I feel inside. It says out loud things I’ve had bottled up in me for years and things that I never had the context to know I wanted to say. It makes me think that there isn’t this Japanese mentality culture barrier that I can’t get around because these characters (and by that I mean Hachiken) think like me. By extension the people around Hachiken support him like my friends do me and the show has a similar undercurrent of the true importance of friendship which I feel like gets undercut in so many anime... 

This is a show that even plays with moral gray areas and how there are multiple view points from any party involved in a matter. The show encourages just doing your best and trying to keep an open mind because all you can do is try to understand and be a good person. 

Verdict: 

Hell I’m gonna cry just writing this... This is a show that needs to be watched...

You just have to turn the key... 

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[mysticdelphox97]

Tagged by Kalosstarters c:

Welp, I got tagged by Tiia ( @kalosstarters ) so I guess I gotta do this lmao.

Rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. At the end, choose however many people you want to tag!

(this was 13 fucking pages long on Word jesus. I’ll add a “Keep Reading” break so it doesn’t take up people’s dashboards)

LAST…

[1] drink: a mocha coffee cooler from Baker’s Dozen ^^

[2] phone call: uhh, mom probably.

[3] text message: From Mom: “Here.” (she was picking me up from classes)

[4] song you listened to: I’ve got Pandora Radio playing while doing this, so I’ve heard Panic at the Disco and Against the Current so far.

[5] time you cried: Sunday night because I completely forgot that I had an art critique due the next day and I completely forgot and it was midnight and I was trying to churn out this pathetic paper for something I left until the last minute and [SCREEAAMMMMINGGG]

Phew. Okay, I think I’m good now.

 HAVE YOU EVER…

[6] dated someone twice: I haven’t even dated someone once.

[7] been cheated on: Considering I’ve never been in a relationship, thankfully I can say no lol.

[8] kissed someone and regretted it: Can’t regret something I’ve never done sooooo xD

[9] lost someone special: Yeah… ;^;

[10] been depressed: Ugh… yes. It’s… pretty awful, honestly. Couple that with anxiety and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.

[11] gotten drunk and thrown up: I haven’t gotten drunk before, but I have thrown up after drinking an excessive amount of one of those Starbucks mocha drinks when I was a kid. I can’t even look at one of those things anymore because of that.

 LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS:

[12] Purple, like an orchid. C:

[13] Sky blue is rather pretty~

[14] I know black isn’t technically a color but I sure have a lot of black shirts pfft.

 IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU…

[15] made new friends: Tiia and Beth ( @wingsonghalo)~! :D they might be internet friends but I love talking to them every day <3

[16] fallen out of love: Never really been in love tbh. I’ve had crushes that I’ve grown out, that’s close enough right?

[17] laughed until you cried: That’s pretty much me all the time tbh.

[18] found out someone was talking about you: In high school I think… but they weren’t really bad things.

[19] met someone who changed you: Like, for better/worse? I guess most of the people I’ve met have influenced me in some way or another.

[20] found out who your true friends are: Yep. Kinda happened after I graduated from high school.

[21] kissed someone on your Facebook list: Other than my mom and dad? Nope.

 GENERAL…

[22] how many of your tumblr friends do you know in real life: Other than my friend Kelsie, and a few people from high school. Sadly I do not know Tiia or Beth in real life and that makes me very sad, I wanna meet you guys so bad dang it T^T

[23] do you have any pets: Hah, oh god yeah. Three horses, three sheep (we used to have hundreds when I was a kid), three cats (two are mine and they’re my babies c: ), and two little dogs—a purebred pug and a pug/Pekingese mix. Oh, and my family lives on a farm, in case that needed some clarification.

[24] do you want to change your name: pfft hell no, I love my name. Besides, you’re not gonna meet many people who’s name is Rosaleen (and spelled exactly like that too)

[25] what did you do for your last birthday: I went out to a restaurant with some of my family. It was a school day for my brothers though, and my younger bro had football practice, so it was really just me, my mom, my grandma, and my sister with her baby.

[26] what time did you wake up: a little before 9 AM since I had to go to class.

[27] what were you doing at midnight last night: Pumping out mini profiles for my Pokémon fankids because my priorities are trash. Oh, and playing Candy Crush Jelly.

[28] name something you cannot wait for: MarissonShipping Week! :D I can’t wait to participate in it!!

[29] when was the last time you saw your mother: This morning when I got dropped off at college.

[30] what is one thing you wish you could change about your life: I wish I didn’t have social anxiety so I could actually go out and be productive, and not be so terrified of social interaction with strangers. It’s awful.

[31] what are you listening to right now: Whatever’s playing on Pandora Radio. When I got to this question, “Blood Like Gasoline” by Against the Current was playing.

[32] have you ever talked to a person named tom: Uhh, I knew a Tom in high school… he was kind of a bum though.

[33] something that is getting on your nerves: Whenever my brother doesn’t put away the dishes properly, or doesn’t put them all away. IT’S NOT THAT HARD BRO. HONESTLY.

[35] elementary: Like, elementary school? I guess it was okay… well, except for the boys constantly picking on me. That sucked. And that’s about the time my parents separated. That also sucked. Yeah, elementary school just really sucked.

[36] high school: Oh man I really miss the high school I went to. I flourished so well there and had a great time.

[37] college: Honestly… pretty boring. I’m just taking my general studies and getting them out of the way before I transfer to another college, so I can focus on what I love. The problem is, I really don’t know what I want to do with that. It’s very frustrating.

[38] hair colour: Oh god it always changes because it’s got a bunch of different highlights. It’s like, a reddish-brown with gold highlights, and it gets lighter in the sun. It’s really weird.

[39] long or short hair: Uhh, right now it’s like, a little over shoulder-length. I usually keep it a bit shorter because I never do much with my hair.

[40] do you have a crush on someone: Nope, and when I did get crushes it was always on the wrong kind of person. So I kinda hate crushes on real people since it always disappoints pfft.

[41] what do you like about yourself?: Oh jeez, what DO I like about myself? Well… I guess the fact that I can exceed my own expectations? Like, with driving, I didn’t think I’d do well with it at all—and now that I’ve been driving for over a year now, I’m actually a lot better at it. And on a couple of exams that I took a few weeks ago, I thought I’d get at least a B on them; turns out that I got A’s on both of them. And I like that a lot lol

[42] piercings: I’ve got one in my earlobes, and in high school I used to wear earrings all the time. Now it’s like, kinda sporatic.

[43] blood type: I think it’s a B-. RedCross really wants me to donate again because they keep calling me lmao.

[44] nickname: I go by Mystic on Tumblr and Rose in real life.

[45] relationship status: Single, and tbh that doesn’t bother me too much.

[46] zodiac sign: Virgo c:

[47] pronouns: she/her

[48] fav tv show: Lately I’ve been really into Forensic Files—it’s about older cases and the techniques that were used to solve them. I also love Bones and Criminal Minds. And, of course, there’s the Pokémon Anime.

[49] tattoos: Nope. Though I should get the backs of my hands tattooed so I know which one’s left and which one’s right. It’s a dumb thing to forget but agh I forget way too often.

[50] right or left handed: Right-handed!

 FIRST…

[51] surgery: When I was in first grade I broke my left arm and needed surgery. I also had my tonsils and adenoids removed.

[52] piercing: Ears. I believe I got them in eighth grade.

[53] best friend: My friend Miranda, we’ve been best friends since elementary school c: she’s mostly working now but I usually try to get together with her if her schedule allows.

[55] vacation: I remember going to Washington DC for the first time in fifth grade for a weekend. I don’t remember a whole lot about it though. I guess my first ‘real’ vacation was the class trip I went on in eighth grade, which was also to Washington DC but it was for a whole week. Though I twisted my foot literally the day before I had to leave, so I hobbled about on crutches for the most part, and I had a wheel chair for one of the night tours. A lot of my classmates had fun pushing me around in it lol.

[56] pair of trainers: Is that like, a kind of shoe or sneaker? I’m afraid I have no clue.

 RIGHT NOW…

[57] eating: Nothing. I have a protein bar but I’m kinda stuffed from the breakfast sandwich I had earlier.

[58] drinking: Still working on my mocha coffee cooler.

[59] I’m about to: Eventually post this, preferably before I go to class at 2:00 PM.

[60] listening to: I think I answered this question already earlier… well, now Pandora Radio is playing “Miss Jackson” by Panic at the Disco.

[61] waiting for: uh, nothing in particular. I guess for this day to be over?

[62] want: I can’t really think of anything at the moment.

[63] get married: Ehh, I guess of the person is rich I wouldn’t mind. Though if they want kids I’ll have to drag them to the nearest adoption center, there’s plenty of children there. I don’t necessarily want to procreate when there’s kids that can be adopted into a loving home.

[64] career: Currently a suffering student pfft. I guess I’d like to be an accomplished author or someone who works with animals. Maybe I could even help write movies? Who knows.

 WHICH IS BETTER…

[65] hugs or kisses: I’m a sucker for hugs

[66] lips or eyes: Eyes are nice.

[67] shorter or taller: Meh, I’m not picky.

[68] older or younger: Ehh, not picky here either.

[69] romantic or spontaneous: I like both tbh c:

[70] nice arms or nice stomach: bruh do I gotta choose. Bruh.

[71] sensitive or loud: sensitive

[72] hook up or relationship: Relationship

[73] troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant

 HAVE YOU EVER…

[74] kissed a stranger? Definitely not.

[75] drank hard liquor? I think I tried it (with parent supervision of course). It was nasty lmao.

[76] lost glasses/contact lenses? I don’t believe so. I can’t exactly see without my glasses so they’re usually on my face or on my nightstand.

[77] turned someone down: I think someone asked me out in sixth grade and I turned him down. I kinda felt a little bad because the people I was friends with at the time teased him about it.

[78] sex on first date? Bruh I haven’t even been on a date lmao xD

[79] broken someone’s heart? If I ever did I’m so sorry ;;

[80] had your own heart broken? Yeah…

[81] been arrested? No

[82] cried when someone died? Yes

[83] fallen for a friend? Yeah, it was a crush I had on a guy friend in middle school. We both loved Pokémon and would pretend to have battles during recess. We drifted apart eventually, and he hung out a lot with this other girl. I guess he had a crush on her, but I’m not sure. I kinda miss that.

  DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

[84] yourself? Uhhh, probably not as much as I should...

[85] miracles? It depends

[86] love at first sight? Meh, not really.

[87] Santa Claus? Kinda grew out of that a while ago lol

[88] kiss on the first date? Sure why not?

[89] angels?: I’m kind of indifferent.

 OTHER…

[90] current best friend’s name: Miranda, Kelsie, Beth, and Tiia c:

[91] eye colour: brown

[92] favourite movie: I recently watched Moana and I absolutely loved it, so I’m gonna roll with Moana! :)

 I can’t really think of anyone to tag at the moment, so if anyone wants to do this you’re more than welcome to ^.^