From idea to reality: my journey of becoming an Ani-blogger

by Setsuna

My decision of becoming a blogger.

I guess I’ve never been motivated to write anything, as least seriously writing as I tend to draw more growing up. I’ve even made an entire short essay about it recently. However, as a random thought sparked in my brain in the tranquility of the night I backtracked myself on to why I wanted to be a blogger.

It was around early 2019 when I was scrolling through facebook and found my friend’s post about him starting a blog of his own voicing his problems and outlook on life. It helped me a lot because at the time, I was going through some insecurities and seeing that someone I know could deal with manage through rough times of their life with a smile motivated me to try harder in life. And after I pull myself though my own insecurities, an idea pop into my mind ‘maybe I could try to write a blog!’

Why anime though?

Of all the topic in the world, why anime? Well, that’s because anime is inseparable to me, I started watching anime at 8 years-old as a mean of entertainment, drawn in by the spectacular display of color and animation, but as time passes, so did my understanding about the world and, surprisingly, I found that anime mirrors many struggles in real life, albeit in some exaggerated means. From then on I started to look at anime in a different way, often being blown away by how even the wildest of concepts can have so many parallel with real life. What really sold the idea to me was a video called “The Illusion of Peace in Mamoru Oshii’s Patlabor 2” by Under The Scope(1). I was determine to do the same, and so here we are. I hope in the future everyone can see anime as something worth watching!

(1)Under The Scope’s video