StorySplinters

What does being immoral mean? What if the tendency to perversion, destruction and recklessness would be the most essential part of being human? Aku No Hana is an anime that deals with these questions in a very realistic and unique way. It got its title from Charles Baudelaire's "The Flowers of Evil" which is a collection of poems and one of the most important works of modern poetry. It deals with topics like transcience, eroticism, art, sorrow and death and during the time it was published, it was highly criticized...

When... When was the last time a story has drawn you in so much that you forgot everything that surrounded you, no...that you believed that that which the story displayed was uniquely tailored for you? When was the last time you discovered a story that did not get out of your head and became the first thing you thought of when waking up and the last thing before going to bed?...

There was a time when everything I did was go to school, play with other kids and watch TV for hours. Most of it were cartoon shows and anime and I know I was not the only one, there are many many others from my generation who did enjoy the same shows at that time, even though some of them do not watch anime anymore. Recently I was asked what my favorite anime is. As I have been watching a lot of anime in the last two years my number one...

People have been complaining about bout how in a lot of media (novels, movies, mangas, anime, etc.) relationships between people, either between hetero or homosexual couples, are toxic and how abusive behaviour is romanticized. I do not think that this critique of these media is justified at all and in this article I will explain why. These people state that the way immoral actions are depicted have a bad influence on one's real life behaviour. What I find strange is that most of the time this hate is directed towards scenes...

The myth of the flying island or kingdom is one that has been used in literature, movies and games over and over and over and over again. One of the most known stories is Castle in the Sky, a 1986 Ghibli Movie, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is about the adventure of two kids discovering a flying island that was believed to be only a legend. There is no starting point or first story I can name, I bet besides the Olymp and Cloud Cuckoo in greek mythology there are...

Every year hundreds of anime are produced and because most of these products are alike, I am always happy to discover something that has a unique approach or style to tell its story. Bakemonogatari is a Harem anime but it almost feels like a degredation to call it that. It is about Koyomi Arararagi who accidentally discovers that his class mate Senjoughara weighs almost nothing. Even though she threatens him, he keeps insisting to help her. Throughout the story he constantly encounters different types of supernatural creatures and with the...

Sometimes getting to know stories is like getting to know people. Sometimes you’ve heard of this particular story because people have recommended it to you so even though you try not to, you HAVE expectations. Good ones. And then you experience this thing and you cannot believe that it did manage to exceed your expectations. THAT. That happened to me while watching the Tatami Galaxy which I easily can call one of my absolute favorite anime.

The Tatami Galxy is a romance show that deals with themes like the...

FAKE LOVE – MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS

I raised a flower that couldn’t bloom in a dream that can’t come true.

The day before yesterday BTS released the official music video for their song “Fake Love” lots of fans have been waiting for excitedly. At the latest, after the release of the teaser it was clear that we could expect another visual piece of art and above all, cryptic symbols and a story you are eager to understand. This text will not analyze everything of the video in detail because let’s be honest...

No this is not a bad joke. Well it is but it is actually a quote from Christian Grey himself. You might think that there is not much more to say about this trilogy of doom. It finally has come to an end and millions of people are released. No wait, they are not. The trilogy based on the book series by E.L. James has been unbelievably succesful but even though the last of the movies has been released a month ago the discussion goes on and on and...

”Why do you have to be like them? You’re the protagonist of your own life, arent’t you?”

-Reigen Arataka

He looks familiar,doesn’t he? Mob Psycho 100 is a webmanga created by manga artist ONE who is also known for creating One Punch Man. The story about young Shigeo Kageyama aka Mob who is going to Middle School. Since he was born he has psychic powers which he uses to help his mentor Arataka Reigen to exorcize ghosts. Even though he has strong supernatural powers, he struggles with everyday life...