lessons to be learnt.

So as per usual, part of procrastinating at home means that I watch anime. It recently occurred to me that some anime carry philosophical and moral lessons. When I thought about that, I realised that a lot of thought goes into character development and plot in an anime. Well, a good anime at least.

Some lessons that I've picked up from the various anime that I've watched, include;

•   Naruto: Hate is a very powerful thing and that one should not be consumed by it.
•   One Piece, Bleach and Fairy Tail: Your friends will always be there for you, and you should never give up.
•   Gundam: War is never good, but sometimes it is needed to change things for a better tomorrow.
•   Full Metal Alchemist: Man should not play God.
•   Clannad: For there to be great love, you will go through hardship and suffering. But the end result is a wonderful thing.
•   5 centimetres per second: People grow apart unintentionally no matter how strongly they feel about each other. Sometimes it just happens.

Some people may pick up on these things, others might not. It just goes to show how much thought really goes into some animes, and it makes you wonder why western cartoons aren't really like this at all.