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Penguindrum Polls Round 1-Match 6
Who will win: the parents who doomed and abandoned their children the day they were born or our ghost of a library/doctor acting as a tempter to all he approaches?
#penguindrumpolls#penguindrum#mawaru penguindrum#sanetoshi watase#penguindrumpolls round 1#penguindrumpolls round 1 match 6#kenzan takakura#chiemi takakura
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Chiemi Eri and Ken Takakura (married 1959)
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Penguindrum Secret Santa is Here 🍎🎁🎀
(the full guide on how gives and get what will be under read more!)
This is inspired by Ryoko Kui's Secret Santa. I thought it would be fun if penguindrum characters exchanged gifts. It goes like this:
Kanba (a cute bandage set) -> Momoka
Shouma (a sewing kit) -> Sahei Natsume
Himari (mittens) -> Kanba
Ringo (christmas mix curry) -> Chiemi Takakura
Hibari (a DoubleH CD) -> Kenzan Takakura
Momoka (a journal/planner) -> Dr. Washizuka
Sanetoshi (a book, Super Frog Saves Tokyo) -> Tabuki
Masako (expensive tea) -> Himari
Mario (the spiciest chip in the world) -> Sanetoshi
Hikari (an official DobleH t-shirt) -> Yamashita
Tabuki (binoculars) -> Hibari
Yuri (her signature perfume) -> Asami
Kenzan (a lockpick kit) -> Hikari
Chiemi (ribbons) -> Yuri
Sahei (liquor) -> Shirase&Souya
Asami (lip balm) -> Shouma
Yamashita (BL manga) -> Mario
Shirase&Souya (a transport card) -> Masako
Tsubasa (theater tickets) -> Ringo
Dr. Washizuka (face masks) -> Tsubasa
#mawaru penguindrum#penguindrum#takakura shouma#oginome ringo#takakura kanba#takakura himari#double h#natsume masako#natsume mario#watase sanetoshi#tabuki keiju#tokikago yuri#yamashita#not tagging the rest byeeeeeeeeeee#40/365
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Slight introduction: I'm not a nuclear brain linguist, or Japanese, or acquainted with all the nuances of other works of artists mentioned here
What I wanted to write as a lengthy post turns out to have already been written down by someone much more literate and knowledgeable about this issue. I like viewing Penguindrum as a work of art dealing with Japanese national trauma, and seeing it from this perspective gives a fresh view of the story as a whole.
I can't bring myself to disagree with any of the mentioned parts, such as characters being personifications of a way of dealing with the tragedy.
One thing I really want to see asked though is - why? What is it meant to accomplish?
The closest neighbor to Penguindrum in this matter that I can think of is Murakami's Underground. And it had a very clear purpose - to revive the thought about the tragedy, to give birth to the analysis of not who did this or how, or even how to stop it. No, the primary point was *who* did that. And the results were shocking because it wasn't anything that's guaranteed to never happen again. Even more so, it's difficult to imagine the same events not happening over and over again, as loneliness spreads among the most normal, unassuming, everyday people.
I feel like Penguindrum serves as a reminder. A cautionary tale, almost - here, look what happened sixteen years ago. Have we learned anything? Have we done anything? Has anything improved?
In the final episode, the story goes on and makes a full circle. None of the characters were evil. None of them had some inherent will to destroy that made them stand out in a crowd. Ikuhara goes out of his way to portray Kenzan and Chiemi as great parents who risked their lives for their children. Sanetoshi still sends Double H Himari's scarves. We get to watch Kanba, Shoma, and Ringo grow as people, and yet everything still goes on. The attack still has to be stopped by one person's sacrifice, as if Ikuhara was giving a big middle finger to the Japanese myth of exceptionalism, and a silent nod to the unsung heroes that paid with their lives on the 25th of March 1995.
Great, Momoka stopped the attack by paying with her life. What will happen when she's gone again? Next time, there might not be anybody sacrificing themselves for the bigger good. It's like some inherent fight between good and evil, but the evil is here, it is between us, and it isn't leaving if we don't deal with it., and approaching the trauma is the way to do it, and will do more than banning trash bins in public spaces
One difference I would like to point out between the real story and anime is the omission of Asahara. I fully believe it was intentional, as in not to dilute the message. Imagine Penguindrum, but instead of trying to find the Penguindrum, you end up trying to track down this omnipresent fat-ass cultist who's plotting the downfall of the world. Yay, we stopped him! And we will all live forever... yea nah, this was very clearly not the focus.
And what brings me down the most is the realization that nothing has gone away, and nothing has changed. You can argue that Sanetoshi is no longer even a ghost, and the Takakuras have basically been reborn, but why wouldn't the Kiga group be born again?
And it will. I'm terrified because any day it could be me on the train. Or, if it were you, I don't know if I could be the hero. I shouldn't need to be.
slight plug:
And yes, the image is AI-generated. It's hilarious
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Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)
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Penguindrum Polls Round 1 - Ends February 11, 2023 12:00PM EST
Himari Takakura Vs. Sanebi Natsume
Momoka Oginome Vs. Keiju Tabuki
Masako Natsume Vs. Double H
Tsubasa Yuuki Vs. Shouma Takakura
Ringo Oginome Vs. Mario Natsume
Kenzan & Chiemi Takakura Vs. Sanetoshi Watase
Yuri Tokikago Vs. The Princess of the Crystal
Yousuke Yamashita Vs. Kanba Takakura
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Mawaru Penguindrum (2011)
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