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Anime as a whole is just plain silly, and the disconnection from it to the real world is all too much apparent when you notice the odd things animation could get away with as compared to live-action.  Characters that may be well flourished in a specific series could be totally hopeless in a real-world situation, like being hired as a store clerk or attempting to see a romantic-comedy in a theater.  In light of taking the completely serious mentality away from anime, we present this rather very not-so-serious list to set an example of exactly how goofy anime characters would be when taken out of their natural setting and into our own reality. 10. Ui Hirasawa (K-ON!) Preferences on how I want her to shut the hell up more often aside, I personally believe that Ui would have zero luck in being functional in the real world.  It seems her only task in life is to feed her older sister Yui and tell her when to breathe and when not to over think w

Monsters, desolate planets, and battle royales. In these anime, characters are thrown into life or death situations of one kind or another. Survival anime are exactly what they are! Characters are threatened with danger or death from the very environment in which they live. Whether through starvation, dehydration, asphyxiation, the power of the elements, the threat of attack from deadly wildlife, the world around the cast poses at least as much of a threat to life as does any humanoid enemy. 10. Danganronpa: The Animation Only the most talented, innovative students get to attend Hope's Peak Academy. Acceptance is a great honor. The 15 students accepted into the academy that year are beyond excited. Their excitement quickly turns into shock when it is revealed that the students are trapped in the school. The only way for them to escape is for one of them to successfully murder one of their classmates without being caught. If they are caught, they will b

Ah, the countryside. So peaceful, so simple, so fucking green. If you are stuck in a cityscape, then yearning for an escape, even just for a short while, to a simpler place is only natural. Although, it may just be a case of the grass is greener on the other side. As a person that grew up in the country, I know there are some nice things about it, but I also know there are terrible things like being the last area to get internet faster than dial up, having no restaurant that will deliver food to you, or having to drive 30 minutes in any direction just to get anywhere. If you can, by all means take a short vacation to the country, but even better, get your fix of your small town life with these anime recommendations that feature small town livin’. Barakamon Sometimes a trip to the country is just what your need to get some perspective on your life. That is the essence of Barakamon. After having an explosive blow up at an art critic, a calligraphy artist is sent

School uniforms are an anime staple.  Plot settings regularly take place in middle school or high school and the sheer number of anime, manga, and light novel series released each year means character designers and artists have to come up with new ways to make their protagonists easily identifiable in their uniforms.  Besides changing up color, most girls' uniforms fall into either the sailor-style or blazer-style. Sometimes attempts to draw attention to a character just makes them stick out for all the wrong reasons.  Range from the weirdly designed, fanservice-laden, or nonsensical for day-to-day wear, there are truly ugly examples: 1. Skin and More Skin (Katsuragi from Senran Kagura)  I'm cutting Senran Kagura some slack because it is, first a foremost, a vehicle for fanservice.  Even its one-off cooking game worked boobs into it, so we shouldn't be surprised that there's a school girl character with an unbuttoned shirt an

To most, Pokémon was just another show in their morning TV line-up, but to others it answered all questions to life.  What should I strive to achieve? Becoming a Pokémon Master. When is it fashionably acceptable to wear a cap backwards? In the heat of battle. What is the perfect guy/girl ratio in a group? 2 boys 1 girl.  Here are just a few life lessons we learned from possibly the best anime show of all time... 1. Sometimes it takes more than one try to succeed It took Ash plenty of attempts to beat all those gym leaders, but he never gave up on his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master, so neither should you!   2. Sometimes, things that seem worthless can transform into something amazing AKA a Magikarp evolving into a Gyarados (which is probably one of the best water Pokémon EVER!) 3. Don’t trust people who introduce themselves in rhymes Well, obvs! 4. Great friendships last forever 5. Life&rsq