Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I spent my whole afternoon watching '
Shugo Chara' yesterday. Have already watched a few episodes and really liked the
anime. This
anime is about a teenager who appears to be cool and popular but in fact, she is not. She is actually a shy girl and is afraid to express herself.Many of her classmates adore her and treat her like their idol but in fact, she only wanted to be a normal girl who can go out with her friends after school, dress more like a girl,etc. One day, she made a wish. She wanted to change her character and be more outgoing and
girly and not appear to be cool and popular. The next day, she discovered 3 eggs on her bed. The eggs were supposed to help her achieve her goals.
One of her eggs hatched. This little angel was her guardian angel for her love life.
Her 3 guardian angels. They are so
Kawaii! One of them is for her love life, the other is for her talents(e.g sports and art & craft) and the last one is for her cooking skills.
This is how
Shugo Chara appears to be, cool and popular. But all she wanted to be is a normal girl.
This is how she wanted to be. A normal and sweet-looking girl.
This is her younger sister.
This is one of the scene in
Shugo Chara. She thought that the guy was trying to molest her but in fact, he is trying to steal her eggs(guardian angels) from her.
Shugo Chara is a shy girl who always run away when she is embarrassed.
Her guardian angels are always beside her. No one can see her guardian angels except for a selected few.
The rest of the guardian angels had to put on a cape whenever they go. Only guardian angels are allowed to put on a cape and have special privileges. This is the reason why they are highly respected. The cape reminds me of the tie that the prefects had in secondary school. Do you remember that the prefects had to put on their tie whenever they go?
Shugo Chara had a crush on this guy. Because of her guardian angel who controlled her, she made a confession to the guy but was rejected as he already had someone in mind. However, Shugo Chara was not discouraged but was trying her best to make him fall in love with her e.g baking cookies,etc. This anime is not a romance but rather, an anime that is cute, funny, and teaches us a lot e.g 1)We have to believe in our own abilities in order to succeed. 2)If we have no confidence in ourself, the egg(guardian angel) within us will disappear and we will definitely be discouraged and unable to achieve our goals. 3) It is never too late to learn to express ourself well and become who we really wanted to be. 4) You get to learn Japanese and improve your English as the sound tracks are in Japanese and the Subtitles are in English.
So who said anime are only for children and teenagers? I think there are always two sides to everything. It just depends on how you view it. Btw,here's the link-->
http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-509988/Shugo-Chara-Episode-1.html . Put aside the advantages, I think that there are some disadvantages as well. Disadvantages= the characters in anime have a tendency to day-dream and be overly romantic. Please do not day-dream too often(Once in a while is okay..haha). I say they are overly romantic as many of the things do not happen in real life.
