Life Lesson from My Favorite Anime; Barakamon

[hirokeeh]

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Hello everyone!!

This is my first post on Anime Realm Community. And on my first post, I will share my thoughts about one of my favorite anime; Barakamon. The post might contain spoiler, so I hope you'll be okay with this.

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The anime "Barakamon" which aired in 2014 is indeed not new. Maybe some of you have also watched the anime which tells the story of a young shodoka (calligrapher) named Handa Seishuu. Even though it aired quite a long time ago, I’m sure that some of you still remember how funny this anime is. And more importantly, how this anime provides various life lessons that you can learn through the story.

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The story of "Barakamon" begins when Handa has to be "exiled" to an island because of his impulsive actions, namely hitting a curator who criticizes his work. On the island, Handa has to interact with his neighbors, who are mostly "eccentric" so that sometimes he has to hold back his emotions because of the hassle of it.

Among the neighbors, one who bothered him the most was a brat named Kotoishi Naru. However, in the end, Handa became familiar with the boy after going through many ordinary things that really impressed him.

I learn so many things from this anime, and I want to share them with you guys.

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Pride

Image: Screencap from Barakamon Episode 1

Having too much pride in his works made Handa forget what is the essential thing of being a shodoka. He can’t listen to criticism that made him punch the art curator who was commenting on his work.

Having pride is a thing, but leaving criticism because your pride is too high only destroys yourself.

How to accept failure

Image: Screencap from Barakamon Episode 3

In the midst of his exile, Handa is still productive and tries to write articles that he hopes will receive good criticism and evaluation. He was also still participating in various calligraphy competitions at that time.

But in one competition he only managed to get a second-place which then frustrated him. Seeing Handa who was very sad at that time, Naru comforted him by saying "If you're not happy, then let's play!"

Maybe Naru was just saying something natural for a child, but something natural was what Handa needed at that moment to calm his high pride.

Regret for doing something is better than do nothing

Image: Screencap from Barakamon Episode 4

This is something that commonly happens to us. Too much thinking about the risks that will occur rather than looking at what experiences we will get when doing something.

Handa is also like that, he sometimes thinks too much to anticipate failure and is often made nervous by it.

Sometimes, we do lose

Image: Screencap from Barakamon Episode 3

The scene that impressed me the most from this anime was when Handa lost her confidence when she lost to a shodoka who was younger than him. In the midst of his turmoil, he met a grandmother at a mochi throwing festival. The old grandmother managed to collect a lot of mochi, while Handa did not get any even though he tried his best.

The grandmother said that sometimes people keep looking up without knowing that sometimes opportunities come from directions they do not know.

Handa who was still upset about his failure then asked her, what he should do even though he tried but he still couldn't win. And the grandmother replied, "Say, 'go on ahead."

Just a simple sentence. But if you think about it again, you will realize that in that sentence there is a generosity to encourage people that it’s okay to lose. You can learn from that, and you’ll be someone even better.

You need rest!

Image: Screencap from Barakamon Episode 2
Achievements sometimes make people more ambitious. There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, but sometimes we just need to rest without having to think about winning or losing. Handa realizes that he just needs a rest sometimes after being exiled to the island.

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What had happened to Handa is so much related to our lives. That’s why I love this anime so much and won’t stop watching it until now. I rewatch Barakamon at least once every three months to keep my mind sane, lol.

That’s all for today. I hope this post is worthy enough to be read in this community.

Have a good day and see you soon!

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Comments

[justclickindiva]

Hello @hirokeeh. Nice analysis of this anime as it compares to daily lives.

I wanted to inquire about your first image. You indicate that it was taken from Amazon. Are images in Amazon free for anyone to copy and use in their blogs?

Thanks for sharing your article.

[hirokeeh]

Thank you very much for stoping by.

Actually I'm still in doubt about the image on amazon. I used the image because that's an official art from the anime (not a fanart by a fanart artist). Official art usually free to use as promotional or articles. I'll check it again about it later. And thank you for pointed it out ❤️

[justclickindiva]

Thanks for your response. Check to see if you can use others' work if you will be receiving rewards (commercial use). Amazon's Terms of Use or License will give you that information since they don't own the artwork themselves.

Take care.

[hirokeeh]

Thank you again for reminding me.

Since I'm not sure about it, I decided to change the image with the screencap from the official site.

Have a good day ❤️

[adamada]

Took you long enough to post about anime from the weeaboo intro.

!discovery 15

[hirokeeh]

I'm sorry for that. I just doubting myself that the post might not worthy enought to be shared here.
😭

Also thank you for the curation ❤️

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nice post