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An anime necessary for today, Perception of the value of society and balance between being and appearing to be. (forgiveness for the amount of quotes)

Introduction:

It has always been a social stigma that "nerds" and "weebs" or even more noncasual entertainment enthusiasts are considered strange and/or complicated to deal, however the most important, Socially Disabled. This idea that these people could not interact naturally in society or that they were a different "species" from the "common" cause a rejection from the majority of the "non-nerdy" people of these niche works, but not because of their content, but of your media, ... games, anime and others. Many works like these are simply disregarded for being good or relevant, just by the type of media, and why is that? Due to the social stigma that people know about who consume these types of works. However, it need not be so.

Anime Proposal:

It is with this in mind that Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun has his premise, many watching the first episode might think that it would be a generic story of the "introvert boy who delights the popular girl, showing her a new world" but no, it is the opposite. Aoi, knowing how competent she was in various aspects of life, was disgusted and disappointed to discover that the person who was superior to her in Atafam, was just another complainer who never gave herself the right to try something new in his life. And this is the biggest problem in the nerdy world, hiding from the rest of the world instead of raising your head and saying "Yes, those are my tastes, but I am not inferior to you in any aspect of life" or "Yes, I can see super niche anime but have common conversations in a group of friends, I can play super old and unknown games and be a good speaker, I can have a healthy loving relationship, I can go to parties, I can dress well, I can be beautiful, admired, etc."

All these prejudices have become so deeply ingrained in society that the nerds themselves have come to believe this lie, that they are a "separate society" that cannot be mixed. It was understanding the creative metaphors used by Aoi with games and with Tomozaki wanting to try to improve and leave his bubble, which captivated me right away.

Of course, fiction is different from real life and each person deals with different problems and to different degrees, I don’t deny this, I will even talk more about it when I comment soon on the final plot of the season. However, regardless of these variables, the anime teaches (through Aoi) several small important daily actions that with the necessary effort and dedication, they succeed, gradually removing people from their private hull and beginning to realize that not all people are bad, or they want your harm, just a change of perspective can replace the colors of how you see life, learn new things, like hobbies that you never imagined you would like, have new ideals or even change your life completely, just allowing yourself to discover the new.

THIS PART CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS

Conclusion of Anime:

Passing the episodes of the anime, even with the natural difficulty in the beginning, Tomozaki progresses very well, finishing practically all the challenges of Aoi, except in declaring himself to Fuuka, and it is at that moment that the anime added a new tier that I consider very interesting, which is the question of the balance between being presentable and being sincere.

As I said before, I am aware that each human being has their individualities and differences and that not everything that works for one will work for another, and despite having accepted Aoi's challenge, Tomozaki began to question how far it really is beneficial to yourself to maintain that social mask, sacrificing important parts of your being. Questioning originated from Fuuka, when he said that Tomozaki without a "mask" was easier to talk to, and when noticing that Aoi for working so hard to polish his mask, does not realize that she fails to enjoy the game of life in many moments to maintain your posture.

It was then that Tomozaki when confronting his "teacher", has a perfect conclusion in my opinion, which was to seek a Hybrid ideal, someone who continues to try to behave well in society, absorbing everything it offers but without leaving aside your individualities and desires, things that Tomozaki noticed that Aoi had completely forgotten and was the reason she never managed to beat him in Atafam, even though she was perfect in everything else.

He then ends with another great gamer metaphor that doesn't matter how high your level is in the game, everything becomes very empty if it doesn't give you pleasure, however, pleasures that you will only be able to know completely, if you are willing to know all the mechanics of the game and strive to learn them before saying that it is a "junk game", thus achieving the balance between entertainment and success.

This manga shows very well and regardless of their religion, that objectively it makes no sense to repress their carnal desires as absurdly as shown in the story, precisely because we are humans.

We are all extremely imperfect, with our strangest and most varied problems and desires, denying them is just a presumption that you are someone wanting to compare yourself to a divine being who wants to do everything in the most "pure" or "moral" way possible.

Human being was not made to be pure because it is a very subjective and perhaps unreachable concept, so it makes no sense to seek something impossible.

The moment ... we accept who we really are, what others around us are (empathy) and not who we aspire to be or what we want others to be, we really find the peace of mind and everything is much simpler from there. We don't owe perfection to anyone, even because it doesn't exist.

-One of the best anime arcs ever, without a doubt-

The mere fact that the center of attention is not on the main character already shows how interesting this arc wants to be. Kurapika having a somewhat selfish focus goals makes the anime much darker and gives a "gangster" and a social human style, related to auctions, family and factions fighting or hired killers, which is not a common theme in a battle shounen and that's great.

One of the arc best parts is the plot related ... mainly to antagonists who are developed from their personalities, which shapes their skills and goals, especially the leader of the organization. It reminds us of how well Togashi (the author) developed Nen (spiritual energy) and how he has full influence on all natural and human aspects in the hxh universe, from the most noticeable to the most succinct.

All groups of characters, once separated, can have scenes and cause very interesting situations when they eventually interact, even though they are so different and have such different goals, showing how Togashi knew how to develop his characters and their emotions well and how they should act at each different event.

I also give a lot of value to the opening music that has a more menancolic style and fit very well with the arc style, something that would not be so good with the previous "Ohayo" (as much as I like it a lot) that has a much more style adventurous that the criminological and psychological drama of this arc.

Finally I repeat that this is one of the most well developed battle shounen arcs that I could have contact with, so much that I would risk indicate it out to someone without necessarily having watched the previous arcs (which would probably destroy all hxh experience for him, but he still will love it for sure).

This anime is the apex of creativity, the author take all the biologic system inside the human body and makes it look a real human society with all the rules, culture and ways of living, what gives the impression of a matrioska doll of a society.

All the the kind of characters are a very clever parody of any of the various functions of the human body, but with an emphasis on the immune system, which is where most of the action and battles against invaders, such as virus bacterias and diseases in general, which makes us want to know more about how this world works.

If ... you are into some very different, creativity or even a educational anime, it's a really good choice for you and maybe your family, if everyone are in PG-13 rate (considering the high level of violence).

-- Just watch this OVA or read my review if you already watched the Yu Yu Hakusho anime --

This OVA is everything that a YYH fan needs, so many good fan services and curiosities about many details that we realized during the series, from time to time i want to watch it.

We have many interesting hidden events that are not shown in the anime, like the Urameshi team being being interviewed just before the final fight against the toguro team and their reaction about it.

Other ones like the story behind the famous photograph that appears on the second anime ending, Yusuke being married with ... Botan or Yusuke working normally on a ramen tent.

Therefore, if you really like YYH characters and hope to know more about then or about some events in the show, worth watching.

The anime has a storyline very interesting addressing subject of life after death, where all the characters are dead (it's not a spoiler), sadly it's not that much deepened, many episodes waste a lot of time with silly jokes and unnecessary situations. Just on the last few episodes the anime really starts to show us a good plot behind the story and makes everything be more catching. The apex of the anime is when the characters backstory
is shown and how it shapes the strange location that they are. If you want a sad story about a misterious and heavy subject, you should like it, ... but if you don't like ecchi jokes out of time or don't have pacience to wait to the best part you're probabily dropping this.