Anime - Janani!!! This time, its personal!

The Scene - House, 9.00 PM. I'm clearing the dishes after dinner, Dad's on the phone and Jan's on Orkut. The sweet sound of wailing fills the air as the daily sob show continues on 'Kolangal'. Abhi says 3 dialogues 3! ways and 'Thols' replies to all of them with a grunt. In short, a typical night at F6, MJ. Right?

Wrong.

"Sharuuuuuu!!! That thingy you made in your photoshopingy totally rocks da"
"Enna?"
"That last photo in your album! That AMINE inspired stuff"

The last microwaveable container with the sorry remnants of yesterday's food fell SPLAT on the ground. Dad shouted on his phone. Abhi slaps Aadi in Koolangal. Desi-heavy metal fills the air. I open my eyes, and strangely, everything looks red.

"ENNA?"
"Adhaan da... that 'Phantom star..."... you only said it was Amine inspired no!'
"Its ANIME. AN - E - MAY! You nerd! Dont you ever stop nerding! Cha!"

I snapped. The neighbour dropped his cup of coffee. The baby downstairs starts wailing. Kolangal's music reaches a Cresendo as Abhi FINALLY reaches the top of that flight of stairs she started climbing ten minutes ago. Dad smashes down the phone on his office people.

"Ya whatever. It looks good!"

At around this time, i figured out that the red colour from my eyes had lowered itself quite graciously to my nose, and was now trickling out and falling on the ground with a steady 'SPLOTCH SPLOTCH'

Okay... enough exaggerations. Forgive me, but Mom always says i talk in hyperboles and circles. And go off on a tanget sometimes... Quite the Con(ic) artist me, eh?

So here's wat bugged me about wat Jan said.

1. She mispronounced a word. I hate that happening. Especially if i like the word.
2. She dragged a chemistry related term into a conversation with ME.
3. The word is Anime.

You see... i think most people dont realise what Anime stands for. This bugs me. I hate people calling it 'Cartoon'. I hate people saying 'Tsk tsk' at the violence. I hate people exclaiming at the mild sexuality. I hate it sooo much that when I'm watching anime, i lock myself up, put on headphones and switch off my cell.

There's more to anime than violence and protagonsists who look cool and say corny one liners. And no, its not just a cartoon either. Anime is perhaps the ONLY... yes ONLY 'Cartoon' which puts so much emphasis on characters, their lives, and their relationships with other characters. It's not just goodguys saving the world. It's how they save it and who they save it for. In that regard anime is a perfect caricature of the real world.

It teaches morality, perseverence and the importance of competition... why Naruto wants to be Hokage even when he's being battered into the ground by a third grade ninja.

It teaches you why sacrifice is a part of life... why Ed is ready to go to the Gate if it means Al gets his body back.

It teaches you teamwork - why Goku defeats EACH enemy worth mentioning with a 'Spirit Bomb', 'Super Spirit Bomb' or 'Ultimate Spirit Bomb'.

Importantly, it teaches you to toughen up and be content with wat you have... because at the end, all animes have to end. *cries*

So basically... Never dismiss anime as a violent cartoon... or else...

Or else wat? I have to sit here and crib about it while you ppl sleep peacefully... which reminds me... now where was that rubber cockroach... oh jannuuuuu....

Hehehe... later!

*Around five minutes after this post, jan wakes up screaming and sharu goes to bed grinning. You figure out the rest*