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The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears!
Chant these words three times in your mind! If you do that, I’ll come to you. Ping Pong the Animation is just more than a sports anime, it’s an anime about teenagers trying to find themselves through the game of ping pong. Each character is well fleshed out and serves a purpose. Even an easily forgettable character traveled all over the world to find himself. The story isn’t limited to our main characters only, we see glimpses of others and their struggles. The animation might look bland at a first glance but the more you see the ... more it makes sense. After all, it was directed by none other than my man Masaaki Yuasa. He has a distinct way of telling a story and his art style is true to his feelings. The animation is very fluid and everything is held together by the alluring soundtracks. It has a nice after-taste. The more you think about it the better it gets.

"Not Simple" by Natsume Ono is anything but simple. A beautiful story about a brother trying to find his sister through various hardships and family struggles. The story keeps switching back from the present to his past and shows us various times of his life. With only a very handful of characters, Natsume was able to flesh them out well enough and with only 14 chapters she was able to tell us such a beautiful story. The art might not be the best thing you see but it has its aesthetics and with easy-to-draw characters, she was able to focus more on her story.