From ec8e3d1bbe0c001ccb954be85dea4df1fe2c8afb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: murabito Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 09:47:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] another post and updated css. todo: add rss! --- _input/css/default.css | 11 +++ _input/posts/2019-07-01-koe-no-katachi.markdown | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ calendar.ics | 26 ++++++ 3 files changed, 138 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _input/posts/2019-07-01-koe-no-katachi.markdown create mode 100644 calendar.ics diff --git a/_input/css/default.css b/_input/css/default.css index aa4b9db..8537618 100644 --- a/_input/css/default.css +++ b/_input/css/default.css @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ strong { } em { + color: plum; + font-weight: bold; +} + +strong em { color: yellow; } @@ -35,6 +40,12 @@ blockquote { border-left: 0.25em solid #dfe2e5; } +code { +/* color: palevioletred;*/ + color: tomato; + font-weight: bold; +} + header { border-bottom: 0.2rem solid #eee; } diff --git a/_input/posts/2019-07-01-koe-no-katachi.markdown b/_input/posts/2019-07-01-koe-no-katachi.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3716c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_input/posts/2019-07-01-koe-no-katachi.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +--- +title: "koe no katachi" +published: 2019-07-01 +--- + +this post is a little difficult in knowing what and what not to say, especially +as there are other people who play a major role in the story leading up to my +watching of `koe no katachi` and i don't wish to accidentally reveal or make it +easier to ascertain anyone's physical identity on here, be it my friends' or my +own. that said, my identity is probably already a cakewalk to determine for +**gafam** and any big and evil enough government (looking at you, **鬼お兄様**) +like can be found in the **divided kingdom** and **corporate states of +dystopia** to name a couple that i could easily think of more appropriate names +for without any forethought. so, because i cannot realistically explain enough +of the story to make this post an interesting, sickening, and emotionally +gut-wrenching true tale of `"man's inhumanity to man"` and `anime being +awesome` without betraying the **_right_ to privacy** we all have (trying to +set a good example here for **鬼お兄様**), i guess i will just talk about the +anime. + +***just a heads up; i'm not great at knowing what might be considered spoiling +since everyone has they're own opinions on this, so while i will try and avoid +anything super specific i might end up spoiling as early as in my list of +subject matters the film covers and i may end up talking about the symbolic +ending of the film.*** + +## koe no katachi (the shape of voice / a silent voice) + +> the beginning + +i found myself a little lost at times, to be honest. no, not lost so much as +confused. there were a few things that really stood out as being *off*, +although some might have been due more to the language barrier than problems +with the film itself (and yes, the irony is not lost on me). for any who don't +know anything about the film, it's about a deaf transfer student and a boy and +subject matters it covers include: + +* bullying +* language barriers +* conforming to toxic group mentalities and behaviours +* forgiveness +* empathy +* suicide +* friendship +* love and hate especially among people who are different + +anyway, the flow of time wasn't done super well in my opinion. and it's hard to +remember these are elementary schoolers when their voices and mannerisms don't +paint an image of what a sixth grade elementary school kid would sound like +half of the time and their voices and appearances are almost identical to their +five-years-later counterparts'. this is actually one of the biggest problems i +had with this film (this is going from memory so i may not be remembering +everything correctly; i wasn't taking notes as i watched or anything, so take +everything i say with a grain of salt). the weird flow of time and sudden time +jump(s) make me think maybe the manga was done better but had more time to it +but i can't say for sure, having never read it. + +> i can't talk about the show in time segments after all, so i'm going to just do my rambling thing + +another thing that seemed really unnatural and sudden was how they dealt with +the character growth, at least in the first half of the film. if the characters +didn't look **almost identical to how they looked five years ago** i might have +found this easier to rationalise in my head. the character motivations for some +characters were not well defined or didn't make a lot of sense at times; at +other times, they were extremely believable and even relatable to the point of +being able to invoke specific emotions very effectively. + +> despite most of what i've said so far being rather critical… + +…i very much enjoyed most of the show. a lot of the bullying scenes made me +uncomfortable and uneasy, but i can't imagine the intention of said scenes to +be anything *but* to elicit aforementioned negative emotions, so that isn't a +complaint. the second half of the show had much better character growth and +made a lot more logical sense than the beginning, in a lot of ways making up +for the problems i had with the first parts. + +> **this is why i shouldn't spend so much time writing the preambles to my posts** + +namely, i feel like i don't know how to bring up my favourite parts of the show +in a way that makes **any** sense **whatsoever** and so the best i can do is +say the things the show dealt with (see bulleted list above) were overall done +very well. things i planned on mentioning or talking about in more detail +include the little sister with the camera, the families of the two main +characters (especially the mothers), the ways in which this film is an +emotional roller coaster (at which time i'd probably try and be clever and talk +about the roller coaster in the film), the symbolic ending, suicide and why +people do and don't do it, how the deaf girl sounded when she spoke (honestly +wouldn't be surprised if i learned the voice actor for her was in fact deaf +herself), and how many parallels i can find to my own life in this film. +considering how long this is already, be glad i don't have the words or desire +to go into any more detail. + +**in conclusion**, i apologise for how messy this post ended up being and how +much of it was spend saying not much about anything. if i ever decide to review +an anime, i'll make sure it doesn't end up looking like this blog post. and if +you thought i was trying to review anime in this or any previous post, sorry +but that has not been my intention at all. **i like to talk about anime. i +don't know how to review it**, and i don't want to write anything that i don't +have fun writing about. + +**またね～** diff --git a/calendar.ics b/calendar.ics new file mode 100644 index 0000000..113e1a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/calendar.ics @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +BEGIN:VCALENDAR +CALSCALE:GREGORIAN +PRODID:-//Ximian//NONSGML Evolution Calendar//EN +VERSION:2.0 +METHOD:REQUEST +BEGIN:VEVENT +UID:e2fcf700a6f82c9cfba4acbc42bd769059a1073b +DTSTAMP:20190629T175955Z +DTSTART:20190629T150000Z +DTEND:20190629T190000Z +SEQUENCE:2 +ORGANIZER;CN=mezzodrinker:MAILTO:mezzo@mezzo.moe +ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION; 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