A lesson from Japan

It took me quite a long period to write, but keeping two blogs and a life of studying to be on a Federal University next is quite hard... BUT HERE I AM!!!

There are people that think about Japanese comics (mangás) and cartoons (animes) with the mind full of predjudice. But mangás and animes have a lot to teach us, actually. And today's lessons are from the mangá/ anime XXX Holic. In this case, the lessons are given inside an atmosphere of magic but can be brought to the "real" word.

This is all about a guy, Watanuki, who sees "bad spirits" that meets Yuko, kind of a witch who owns a shop and that can make your wishes come true (not those like "I bring your love back" or "You can get your job back", it has to do with the souls). And it's Yuko who brings the lessons to us.

The lessons I want to highlight here were given in the first episode:

1. When you want something, you got to give something of the same value to pay for it, nothing comes for free t(his lesson really needs to be learnt).


2. Other point is about our freedom to wish things for ourselves: we're free to wish whatever we want to our lives, and these wishes can bring either happiness or sadness, so we must pay attention, because our wishes can influence our life.


3. Inside the story of a girl who had the habit of lying, Yuko shows us that there are some in stuff in our lives that only we can change, no matter what people say to us, we got to take the plunge to make the change.

Better than judging the animes, who isn't a fan should try to less narrow minded and give the Japanese a chance!! If after watching it you don't like, ok, it's your right, but maybe you'll find a new thing to do in your free time.