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Mental health is one of the most important things, and one of the big problems in today's society. Everyday we see many smiles, apparent happiness, but behind that, there may be a person suffering. Let's fight for greater accessibility to mental health specialists, and let's be more empathetic with others.

This last trip of these friends is a continuous search for the signs that would explain Mariko's su1c1de.

A journey full of memories, through the letters that Mariko wrote to her. Not only to be able to fulfill the wish of her friend and say goodbye to her, but also to free her from her suffering, ... free herself from her and accept her death, with the ashes in her arms.

The feeling of guilt from close people. Guilt for not having realized it sooner, for not having been attentive to the signs. She will relive all the moments she spent with her poor friend, even memories she thought she had forgotten. Now she will see everything from another perspective. Loss always causes great pain, anger and a lot of suffering.

Shiino was for Mariko, her safe place. The only person in her life who raised her arms just to hug her and not hit her. Mariko was never happy (only when she was with her friend). A girl who had to experience the abandonment of a mother, s3xual abuse, harassment, assaults... A girl who had to experience the abandonment of a mother, sexual abuse, assaults... A girl who never knew love.

Shiino is an incredible character, a girl who wanted to say a final farewell to her poor friend, a girl with a complicated life, but full of vitality.

Despite touching on tough topics, the work breathes thanks to the humor and the adventures of the protagonist.

The drawing may seem a little weak, but quite the opposite. It transmits many feelings through expressiveness and dynamism, with many expressions and scenes full of movements.

Honestly, I don't make sense of the one-shot at the end, for me it totally cuts off the emotion of everything I read.

I just wish that all the people who reached the limit and couldn't take it anymore, don't suffer and are free. Meanwhile, the people who are still here, let's fight so that mental health is something important in our daily lives.

A story that has touched my soul and has left a little hole in my heart. An intense and deep single volume, with an exquisite drawing and narrative. A tragic, deep, bittersweet and realistic story. That touches on topics such as su1c1d3, the search for value in our lives and the search for happiness, through a thirty-year-old man and an angel.

As for the BL label, I don't consider it as such, I see them as two friends who have formed a very special bond and who have helped each other at their most critical moment.

Is it really worth living? What is my purpose in ... life? Am I taking advantage of it? Does my life make sense? The feeling of loneliness, feeling deep down a bit hurts... Even if life sucks... It's worth moving on.

Yes, life is hard, life is a constant change, we are going to stumble many times, we are going to get stung by the thorns of many roses, we are going to lose ourselves more than once, our life is going to take unexpected turns when it least expects it. let's hope... We will be afraid of many things, we will question many others, even if we make mistakes, life is unique and wonderful. Let's learn to read between the lines of our life's story. Even if we fall 1,000 times, let's get up 1,001.

The two protagonists are very well written and developed. The secondary characters also have a nice essence. You can identify with anyone.

A story that will make you reflect on the true value of our lives. Solxs we can't always handle everything, let's learn to lean on someone's shoulder when we need it most, a person who helps us see the positive side of our existence, as the angel did with Koki.

Not everything is drama in the story, it has some very good touches of humor, and always focusing on optimism.

The drawing is very nice.

Highly recommended, it has changed my life a bit.

5 sweet and bittersweet stories full of sensitivity that will captivate you, with different protagonists, touching on different themes of life, but always surrounded by the precious feeling of love, nostalgia, longing and melancholy.

Battan, the author, will take us on a little journey through these short stories, written as she knows how, full of a very special love and affection, mixing it with the development that this will produce in her characters. In each story, she leaves us a moral, and shows us how after meeting different people, our perspective changes, as well as the way to show our affection, and also to receive it.

Because ... when we meet someone almost everything changes, and surely everything will be turned upside down.

This unique volume captivated me, it has something special, and that is that the stories that it narrates plus the author's beautiful drawing provoke endless feelings in you.

ANTEROS WASN´T PRESENT
This is the title I like the most. Anteros, the God of reciprocated love and avenger of unrequited love, brother of Eros.

The loves of the past will always be present, and especially those in which we could not express our love. We will find the essence of that person in many places, in music, in books, in the sky, in a smell, or even, as happens in this story, in another person, because it resembles that person we once knew You fell in love.

“As she said those words…her face reflected a deep loneliness for an instant”


FLAKES ON THE GREEN MEADOW
There are people who want absolutely everything, materialistic people, people full of greed, who even want the attention of all the people around them, want to feel important and loved, and who don´t value anything. The protagonist has everything, except one thing, the attention of the new girl in her class...

"What I appreciate the most is what is unattainable for me."

IN MOURNING AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER
I really liked this, a chapter where it makes us think about what we want to know and what we are so afraid of, What happens after death? do we reincarnate? Where does what we have inside go? To heaven? to the hell? To the stars? To the other world? to home? to space? Or do we just cease to exist and that's it? When someone leaves, we usually keep their things, because... they will never have anything else again... Each person is affected by the death of someone in a different way, and the way in which we face said event is also different.

“Is it to make us cry…? …Or maybe rejoice because he is finally free?".

UNTIL FOREVER, HUMANITYUNTIL FOREVER, HUMANITY
In the world where this story takes place, vampires exist, but they aren´t as we have always been told, although they continue to be marginalized. Monica is a vampire, and the clear example that vampires really have warm feelings, and that they are just the villains of a badly told story. A story full of sincere and pure love, between two totally opposite girls, who break all the schemes. The extra story teaches us the power of feeling towards a person even as time goes by... a story where a bite brought them together.

"I hope that, even though I am a vampire, someone loves me..."

THE LITTLE MERMAID
This story talks about unrequited love, which leaves us with a feeling of bitterness and pain. Also about empathy, the search to understand feelings, and the fate of running into certain people who will change your perspective.

In the original story of the little mermaid, she commits suicid3 because of all the unrequited love she felt for the prince.

Here we have Chie, a girl who went on a retirement trip, where she will meet Erika, a very restless woman, with whom she will have dinner and drink to drown her sorrows. Because sometimes we just need someone to understand us...

"On nights like this... loneliness weighs more".

These stories will make you feel a thousand things, they can make you cry, they will make you have an existential crisis, but, above all, they will caress your heart.

I hope everyone loves us the way the characters in Battan's works love each other.

My favorite anime of the winter season. I enjoyed it from start to finish, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I laughed and got emotional...

The plot goes beyond two simple contract killers who adopt a girl and have to learn to lead a moderately "normal" life. It has a very nice story, with a good balance between action, drama, tender and serious moments. It makes you laugh, but it also knows how to play his cards well and takes you to a more emotional terrain.

The work is not only about "new parents", but also touches on issues such as the ... right to change the course of your path despite your past, the right to live your life as you want and not as others want, also that you have the right to redeem you...

Many people compare it with "Spy x Family", but as I always say, the comparisons are hateful, I don't like them and I feel that they are discrediting, each work is different and they have their special touches, that's it.

I really liked the characters, all with their well-defined personalities, with roles that are marked in each episode, with quite turbulent and sad pasts. Kazuki is more extroverted, a womanizer, funny, charismatic, he cooks very well...; while Rei is the opposite, he is introverted, gloomy, he loves video games and he is a crack with weapons; and Miri is just a girl, impulsive, loud and full of energy, she acts like any normal girl, and maybe that can drive someone crazy, but that's what she is, a girl.

I like that at no time has it been put on the table that someone thought it strange that the girl had two parents, and also, even though they are two parents, it hasn´t been taken to the ground that both are a couple (which they aren´t and I think They have made it very clear.

The animation and character design has been very good, fresh, fluid and with a beautiful palette.

I knew that P.A Works wasn´t going to let me down.

It´s an anime that warms your heart and makes you have a good time. Highly recommend.

P.D: Rei husbando.

In your life you have 3 priorities: playing video games, eating chocolate and loving your pets, however... suddenly, a strange being from a game you just bought appears and takes all that away from you until he gets what he wants: that you fall in love and get a boyfriend... What would you do? Today I bring you a romantic comedy, where the main character hates love.

Without a doubt, it is one of my favorite animes, I enjoyed from the first to the last episode. Feeling identified with any of the characters is very easy. The humor seems great to me, on top of that ... it laughs at the clichés of love stories.Without a doubt, it is one of my favorite animes, I enjoyed from the first to the last episode. Feeling identified with any of the characters is very easy. The humor seems great to me, on top of that it laughs at the clichés of love stories.

The story is very good, it touches on very important topics. Each episode is better than the previous one, characters, plot... everything goes in crescendo. It is a realistic story, just as realistic are the development and relationships between characters. This anime is a marvel that has gone unnoticed by many. It is simply a JEWEL.

A strange being named Riri appears in Anzu's life, who tells her that she has been selected for a special program to get the boy of her dreams, so she surrounds her with gorgeous boys and makes them have romantic moments, however, as I said at first, Anzu HATES romance, and has other priorities... she's not your typical leading lady, Anzu is Anzu, a girl with a strong character, a PIECE OF LEADING LEAD that will destroy all the clichés of love, she's literally a "killer." of romance".

The characters are SPECTACULAR, we have the typical ones from any story: the handsome introvert, the childhood friend and the narcissistic rich man. The development and depth of the characters is INCREDIBLE, all with their stories, and even let other characters like Saki or Oda shine.

The message he wants to give is very good, and it makes you reflect, like self-improvement. Get out of your comfort zone... you will meet people and live unforgettable moments. And that when they love you... that they love you just the way you are 💖.

Looking forward to seeing a 2nd season.🤞🏻

It is an exciting, interesting and captivating story, full of mysteries and action. I love the theme of the secret organization.

This work is about loss, recovery, discovery and finding oneself, all of this, entangled with many mysteries.

I really liked this work, however, I feel that I was missing something, perhaps the explanations were too fast. The story is very good, but I think that if it had had a couple more chapters, it would have been sublime.

I really liked that they named the Romanov family, and above all, I was fascinated to see the famous Grigori Rasputin, a controversial figure in Russian history.

The ending left ... me a little crazy, and I like that, although as I said I was missing something.

Being from the same author of "Tokyo Revengers", the characters of both works have similarities, but the one that most resembled Hina to me was Hiwako Shima, not only because of her design, but also because of her character.

Ken Wakui's drawing is impressive, especially the design of Memory is what caught me the most when reading. The scenes are brutal, they perfectly accompany the story. And I repeat it again, the artistic section is a 10/10. Perhaps it is something that shocks many people, since it is a different drawing, but I think that therein lies the essence of the work.

Highly recommended.

Imagine having to forget unforgettable moments and people...

Plastic Memories is one of the first animes I saw, and it left its mark on me.

At the beginning, it is a work with many touches of humor, however, as the episodes go by, the tone of humor will gradually become tinged with drama. But something very positive is that comedy and drama go hand in hand in a very natural way.

The story takes place in the future, where humans and androids coexist. The protagonist, Tsukasa, starts working at one of the most important technology companies in the country. His job is to go find the "Giftias", which ... are androids that have feelings like any human being; they all have "an expiration date", as they last 9 years, and it is very important that they be recovered, because if they are not rescued, these androids will become very violent. When 9 years pass, all your memories will be erased forever.

Isla, is Tsukasa's companions, a clumsy, serious and shy Giftia. In her works there will be very funny moments, both between them and with the rest of the characters.

Between the human and the Giftia a very sweet love will emerge, but somewhat difficult... Both will live "unforgettable" moments.

In their missions, we will know beautiful and sad stories (which made me cry a lot).

The issue that androids can have feelings like humans, seems very interesting to me.

History leaves us a very clear message, and that is that we must enjoy every moment of our lives, that we enjoy with the people we love, that we live in the present, because EVERYTHING, after all, has an end...

Highly recommended, but you have to see it with a pack of clinex next to it.

"We only have the present to create memories."

Dedicating yourself to the world of art is not easy, and even dedicating yourself to what you like does not mean that you will always go down a path of happiness, and this is what Blue Period transmits, teaching in a realistic way, the path of some people in the world of art, and above all, being so realistic, it is easy to empathize with the characters, with whom you will feel identified because of their fears, decisions... (even if you do not dedicate yourself to art).

This work not only talks about the world of art, but it goes further, it is much deeper, reaching ... topics such as the existential void, or how much society can suffocate you by perhaps not giving everything they expect from you. whether or not you go the way they expect you to go.

We begin with perhaps the most complicated thing when wanting to dedicate yourself to this, I mean telling your family what you want to dedicate yourself to, which in this case would be the world of fine arts, and here we will see it through the main character, Yatora, You can see how much it cost him to tell his mother "Mom, I want to dedicate myself to art", because we know that art is highly stigmatized, that many do not see any way out of it.

Yatora, despite being a good student, had no ambitions, he didn't know he wanted to study, he lived in a 'blue period', full of sadness and uncertainty. He liked art but he only took it as a hobby, until he saw a painting from a student in the art club and was fascinated.That's when this teenager who feels she doesn't fit in with anything or anyone, begins her new dream, leaving everything behind to dedicate herself to it body and soul.

Throughout the work, concepts of art are explained, they show famous paintings and artists, but someone I am going to highlight is Picasso, well, the title of the work perhaps has to do with him and the "Blue Period" that He had between 1901 and 1904, a stage in which the artist conveyed his pain and sadness in his works.

The anime was short for me, but the manga is gorgeous, Blue Period is a work that touches your soul.

Is there love at first sight?

This work is a romance that talks about the first time in love, with those touches of shyness, awkwardness, comedy and all the love you feel for that person.

It's about the first time you see that person (which in this case, it was love at first sight), that first kiss, the first time you hold their hand, how complicated but cozy it is to sleep with that person in a bed. individual, how nice it is to wake up with that person by your side, basically, it deals with the first steps we take in love with the person we ... love.

Nasa falls in love with Tsukasa in a slightly obsessive way, because literally everything he has done, he has done for her, to get a life by her side. It's a bit of a strong start, but it softens episode after episode, thus becoming a warm romantic comedy.

Tsukasa is a serious and shy girl, which makes the romance slower but, in turn, makes us see an evolution in the relationship. It is difficult for him to sleep next to Nasa, or to change in front of him. It also has its tender, funny and real moments like in any couple, for example, when in the middle of the night you take the other's blanket off.

The two have different personalities, but they strike a perfect balance, making them an endearing couple.

The secondary characters create fun moments and don't get heavy, they contribute what they have to contribute.

It's nothing new, but it captivates you with its warmth, and above all, with the halo of mysteries that hovers over Tsukasa. This work has its own light, a precious essence.
It's nothing new, but it captivates you with its warmth, and above all, with the halo of mysteries that hovers over Tsukasa. This work has its own light, a precious essence.

I saw this anime on broadcast, I've been waiting for almost 3 years for the second season that comes out now in April, despite the fact that in the course of these years they have released 2 OVAS, I need to see more.

A totally recommended romance.

Good things are slow cooked, and that is Vinland Saga.

It is a historical work, and the most important thing is that its author documented himself in a very serious way, recounting historical events and real characters so that the work had few invented parts, with a mature and wonderful narrative.

The plot is slow, and that is a point in favor, because the evolution and development of the characters, of politics, the ambiguous morals of the Vikings are perfectly visible.

The barbaric history of the Vikings is full of blood, destruction, conquests, suffering, sadness, despair, an aroma of death everywhere... that violent world is perfectly reflected in ... the work.

The plot becomes more and more complex, because they not only fight, but also get involved in politics.

We see Thorfinn grow, his personality develops, we notice how that sparkle in his eyes disappeared, how the feeling of revenge grew inside him, and how that has led him to where it has led him.

The characters in the play are great, we see them grow, they all have their own personalities, ambitions and goals, thanks to the slowness of the play, not only the protagonist develops, but he has a great development, like Canute.

Although I have to highlight Askeladd, without a doubt, my favorite character and the heart of this season. He is the anti-hero, Thorfinn's enemy. A smart, cunning, strong, confident and incredible character. And above all, the incredible relationship that was created between him and Thorfinn.

Although other characters that earned a little place in my heart were the good Thors and the brute Thorkell.

The animation is spectacular, all the details are very well cared for, with fluid action scenes. The spectacular soundtrack too.