Mar 18, 2020
Easily one of the best shonen, isekai to date.
Full of many diverse characters that all have well written and expansive back stories, very little filler but enough to give the characters some added depth as well as helping ease tension between the once enemies, and a large focus on the subculture of a Hetalia character. Although it was surprising to see the animation budget put into the SCULPTED "mountains" of the female protagonist Can, while her brother Nada's "snow" was extremely detailed as well and the gratuitous scenes were violent. Far from being for children but certainly a strong viewing for most audiences!
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Some compelling scenes include the protagonist fighting on a frozen lake as well as some fan service scenes involving Can having syrup slowly drizzled over her. This was shortly followed by an extremely detailed full penetration scene that lasted about half an hour, also The following point is the targeting of youth. Companies are essentially trying to breed future consumers at a young age, and in doing so multiple companies are creating the same message of self-hate in children that becomes a norm. Although the power is in the consumer it holds very little meaning when they are groomed at a young age to never be satisfied with their skin, their weight, and their fashion. Companies are creating depressed consumers so that they won’t have to worry about a fluctuation in profit, they can sit back and just keep hitting rewind for each new generation and continue hurting their mental and physical health while continuing to profit. One could argue that these companies are solving a financial problem by creating jobs to keep industries alive as well as systems that thrive under late capitalism, there are solving a societal need for gratification even if the consumers never experience it themselves. The functionals perspective works under the belief that cultural trends change to reflect our society, an example of this is listed in the film, the film talks about how Japan used to value varying weight and body types in women because it showed wealth and so on, but in the 1980’s this was changed and women started experiencing things like anorexia and massive amounts as global society crept in and changed how women “should” look. The consistent practices of dieters also goes hand in hand with functionalism, the dieters loose weight but eventually fail and start the cycle anew helping to keep these institutions in business, the current institutions being companies. The companies are actively hoping for customer dissatisfaction and failure so they return and keep their business alive. If most products were truly successful and lasted as long as possible the institutions behind the products would not last as long and would have consistent lows in sales, which in turn would kill the business. Functionalism believe in shifting cultural values is true as well, as with the previously mentioned change in Japanese culture there is noticeable change in other countries and cultural norms as well. This is heavily seen with skin whitening creams in the south and east and in contrast tanning in the west, twenty years ago this wasn’t a cultural focus but the destruction of self-worth has created an opening for these things. One last important point of functionalism is the belief that is the satisfaction of the individual. Although these companies do no actually satisfy long term and actively try and not do this they create a temporary satisfaction once the money leaves the consumers wallet, it doesn’t last and thus the consumer returns, but for a small time they are very satisfied and might even recommend the product to others but eventually the high faulters and they must return to the companies and buy more.
As previously stated pop a perc 30 and enjoy!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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