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Golden Boy is a classic 1990s ecchi that has a lot of really funny moments, but also a lot of extremely uncomfortable ones. Each episode focuses on the main protagonist, Kintarou, getting a new part time job to fulfill his 2 desires in life: to study more about life and to lust over an attractive woman. Sometimes this culminates in hilarious scenes such as Kintarou's first swimming lap, while other times the show thinks it needs to point out his boner. Sometimes an episode can show how much Kintarou truly wants whats best for the woman of the episode, while other times ... we are forced to see his twisted sexual fantasies of them. This isn't even mentioning that Kintarou also has to meet each episodes quota of rubbing himself against the woman's toilet.

If Golden Boy was just a supercut of every joke the story has, this would easily be a 9. However, there are too many vulgar and unsettling scenes that make Golden Boy really difficult to watch as a whole. If you have the chance to just watch a joke compilation video of Golden Boy instead of the entire series, that would be for the best.

First off, do not let the kitten character designs and animation style fool you. This is NOT a happy kids movie. Night on the Galactic Railroad is one of the most surrealist, bittersweet, and philosophical films ever made, dealing with topics of self-sacrifice, selflessness, death, the afterlife, and religion. The novel of the same name this movie is based on was published around 1934 after the author, Kenji Miyazawa, passed away in 1933. Although I am by no means an expert in this man's history, this story really helps explain his thoughts on the afterlife and his purpose for his life ... in a very thought-provoking and interpretive way for the audience.

For a film that was made in 1985 based on a story that wasn't published until 1934, the science fiction setting as Campanella and Giocanni travel on the Galactic Railroad still hold up tremendously well. The visuals and symbology still hold up today tremendously well. They are easy to comprehend, but hard to fully understand (in a good way that makes you think). The animation doesn't hold up as well animations during the same time period. Budget constraints might of been a problem. It makes up for this limitation by having some of the best imagery and pacing in a movie, giving the audience time to fully take in each scene. The music can also feel a little disjointed and art-houseish, but most of the time it adds a good weight the scenes they use it in. The inclusion of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee" was especially well implemented into the story, greatly fitting the theme of the scene it is in.

If you go into this film open-minded, expecting a very emotional journey (that will leave you crying at least once), there is a lot to enjoy and ponder on in this classic. Also, want to give a shoutout to sasakure.UK for writing the wonderful song "For Campanella", which led me to this great movie.

It's really hard to talk about Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san without first having a base understanding of the psychology of a single Japanese salary man, depression due to corporate crunch culture, and the healing aspects of marriage. Without writing a masters psychology thesis on the topic, this show seems to perfectly illustrate every single non-sexual desire a man wants from a wife. Generally speaking around the house, salary men would highly desire a wife to be able to cook healthy and delicious meals for them, clean their dishes, and do their laundry. Mentally speaking, they would also highly desire a wife to ... say they did a great job at work, be a positive/helpful presence, verbally encourage them to relax while at home, and engage in entertainment with them (such as watching TV or video games). For a culture such as Japan's work culture, which makes it almost impossible to have time to even meet a potential wife due to the constant crunch culture they have to endure, Senko-san is like a beacon of hope trying to remind salary men why a wife is so important for their mental and physical health (or escape further into fiction, depending on the reaction of the viewer) by demonstrating these desires fulfilled.

With the knowledge that this show is about fulfilling the desires a man has for a wife, it was originally troubling that the story writer made Senko have the physical attributes of a very young girl. The show has Nakano talk about this many times in the earlier episodes, which means that the story writer is clearly not trying to hide or obscure this fact. After watching the entire show, and thinking about Senko's outfit, my belief is that this was done very deliberately and directly demand the entire audience to NOT lewd the fox. This might just be a case of "Death of the Author", but Senko's outfit is the least revealing outfit I've ever seen a female main character wear in any animation, not just anime. Nakano never makes a move on Senko. When Nakano wants to interact physically with Senko, instead of hugging directly (which can be perceived indecent), he only wants to fluff her tail (which there is no human counterpart to). The only scene that could be perceived as explicit to western audiences between Nakano and Senko would be the bathing episode, in which an understanding of familial Japanese bathing customs would be needed. If Senko was shown as a fully grown woman, it would have immediately changed the character dynamic between Nakano and Senko, immediately defeating the purpose and message of the show.

What I find most fascinating is that although the main character Senko-san is described as a "fox-deity", she refrains from a pretty much all supernatural interactions directly with Nakano. Yes, Senko floats and goes through walls/doors, but every form of pampering she does can all be done by any human. It should be reasonable to assume that there would be a scene or two of healing or cleaning magic, but nope. Senko literally goes to the supermarket for regular ingredients and does laundry with a laundry bucket. This was most likely done deliberately to ground the pampering in reality, but is still a little silly none the less.

Overall, I would recommend Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san to salary men who are losing hope. It's a hearty show with a lot of positivity that can bring temporary happiness to keep on going.

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen was incredibly well animated and the fight scenes were very well directed, but the entire story felt like it was written by a completely different group of people. Season 1 built a strong foundation of emotional attachment for the entire Jujutsu High cast, showcasing each characters' distinct, yet likeable personalities. Season 1 also set up Itadori to be the main character going forward into season 2. Season 2 not only made it hard to determine who the main character is, but more importantly systematically destroyed each Jujutsu High character where no one escapes without being irreparably ... broken in one way or another. There are no more fun-time adventures hunting murderous curses, stopping evil curse users, and hunting for Sukuna's fingers. Only immense pain and despair for everyone. It's like whoever wrote this story hated their audience. Like REALLY hated their audience.

There are some viewers that enjoy shows where all of their good characters are destroyed and the story emanates complete despair, in which case I would recommend this. To those that are more normal and have a healthier/hopeful mental state, this season is definitely not recommended.

To put it bluntly, the only good time to be had in this season was unintentionally in episode 17, "Thunderclap, Part 2". There is a very emotionally intense scene with Itadori in which he completely breaks down when he fully understands how destructive Sukuna is. Out of all of the songs they could have chosen to represent the tone the scene was setting, they chose THIS moment to play the upbeat opening theme, "Specialz". The pure tonal whiplash of this scene is so horrendous that it becomes immensely funny in a strange way.