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Horimiya - Let me see your other side [Breakfast anime]

Another anime that recently ended this season in our breakfast anime series.

This time be ready for some romance and comedy with one of the animes that probably captured the hearts of many people and was anticipated by many who read the manga for a while now.

Last time we covered Hataraku Saibou and Kai Byoui Ramune, but this time let’s get back to a bit of Slife-of-life.

In today’s blogpost we will cover the heart-warming but also touching story of Horimiya, again keeping it spoiler-free just for you!

Plot

As mentioned Horimiya or also known as Hori-san to Miyamura-kun is a slice-of-life romcom anime revolving around, like the title states, Hori Kyoko and Miyamura Izumi.

With a total of 13 Episodes the anime is on the shorter side of this season, yet managed to cover a lot of plot nonetheless.

The series starts with the fateful encounter of Hori and Miyamura outside of school, while both seem like total different people in their private lives it’s similarity they share despite being so different personality-wise.

Hori who is a popular, beautiful girl who seems laid-back turns out to be a very mature, feisty, serious housewife at home taking care of her younger brother and doing all kinds of chores which makes her skip on usual after school activities with her peers.

On the other hand we have Miyamura who looks like a gloomy outcast, and is even labeled as a weirdo and Otaku as he keeps his distance from everyone. Being curt and unapproachable we get to see a much more drastic switch when he suddenly brings Hori’s brother home and both of them encounter the other in their school-off mode.

And this is where the story begins, the story of Miyamura and Hori’s relationship - is what you thought it would be but surprisingly while the whole series seems to revolve around those two it’s much more than that.

In the beginning the focus is much more on Hori and Miyamura but over the course of the storyline and as the plot progresses one almost forgets that little detail as many characters follow and connect into the story, every and each of them getting their time to shine.

The plot mostly focuses on romantic aspects of the characters life but also many complicated feelings such as jealousy, loneliness, the desire to belong somewhere and so on.

A realistic coming of age story with all its negative and positive sides.

Characters

Hori

As mentioned before Hori Kyoko is one of the two main characters which the plot revolves around.

Hard-working with good grades, pretty and popular she seems like the perfect and most lucky girl ever. Yet outside of school she is quite different as she becomes a literal personification of a housewife with a much more mature but cozy atmosphere around her she takes care of the household while both of her parents are away due to work most of the time. She loves her little brother dearly and even passes opportunities to spend time outside or with friends outside of school as she rushes home to rule the household and make her brother feel appreciated and safe.

She is not someone who immediately judges people, as we see her becoming a very important role in Miyamura’s life due to her stubborn and caring attitude, she on the other side also doesn’t want anyone beside Miyamura to know about her other side at school, keeping her image intact.

On the other hand she also finds Miyamura oddly interesting as he is unlike her completely different personality and appearance-wise outside of school and gets to know his quirky and lovable side as well.

Despite her having many people around her and being adored by most of the people it seems like she feels connected to Miyamura due to them sharing a secret side as she trusts him with many things and doesn’t shy away to show him her faulty sides as well.

Miyamura

Lonely, gloomy, weird are the words that people describe him with. Long hair that hide his face as much as possible, glasses that make him look plain and him avoiding contact as much as possible.

The chance of being talked to is already low, and even if he gets talked to he keeps it short if possible devoid of emotions to not get close to anyone.

But as the fateful encounter brought him to Hori’s doorway his caring and considerate nature that helped her younger brother out ended up into a much more complicated situation than he wanted to.

When he started to talk to Hori he never thought that it would last for more than mere minutes but wondered when she also started to talk to him at school despite him being a bit distant.

For him it was the first time someone didn’t judge him by his cover.

Unlike his looks Miyamura is actually a very funny, daring and naive guy who lives a different life outside of school, weirdly nobody would recognize him due to the extreme contrast of his flashy looks.

While Hori is much more quick to get attached to Miyamura he is still a bit reluctant but enjoys Hori’s company as both of them yet so different share the similarity of being someone else in school.

It’s the start of a new world for Miyamura as his lonely highschool days start to fill with many new memories.

Others

To keep it as spoiler-free as possible I won’t go into detail about each character since many appear much later.

But one of the interesting things about Horimiya is the variety of characters representing problems and stories so different but relatable. Love, friendship, Rivalry everything is there but unlike in usual Romance plots the rivalry part here is much more different and less stereotypical.

Each character gets their own story told and we see them develop despite having only 13 Episodes to cover the story, we get an insight into many aspects for example unrequited love or jealousy all ending in a much unexpected way.

Usually in anime we can already predict who will end up with whom or how the story plays out in the end but at some points in Horimiya there were uncertainties that made you think I really ship those two but will they actually come together?

Or even have bad feelings as the characters are really relatable whether you ship one character with your favourite one or the rival.

Even the most trivial character has a story, emotions and development we see in 13 Episodes.

Animation/Art

The Animation of Horimiya is very unique in terms of depicting emotions in an interesting way.

While the colors are very dazzling and saturated giving off the vibe of a slice-of-life cozy romance anime, and the adorable artstyle with many different designs for each character we also see the contrast in the opening of the anime as it slowly changes bit by bit depending on how far the relationships and story has progressed.

As the greyish colors start to take a colorful burst of nostalgia in the opening occasionally we can see the emotions being emphasized in the anime as well.

Whenever a strong emotion such as jealousy, relief, and others are depicted the interesting frame appears when a shadow in a different color of the characters is casted and slowly moves according to the mood and emotion played. It makes the viewer stop for a bit and take that emotion in instead of getting an immediate response by any other event occuring in the anime which is an unusual yet amazing feature including emotions more visually.

All in all the anime’s atmosphere still never made you feel uneasy even when heavy topics are in play.

Voices

Koki Uchiyama already impressed us with many voices and lately we hear him in many anime, but this time he voiced Miyamura as a much softer and innocent character that you only could adore, unlike his latest role in the airing anime the World Ends With You (voicing Neku) that shows his contrast of many voices like Tsukishima from Haikyuu or Shigaraki from My Hero Academia and many more.

With our other main character being Hori we have another big voice actress Haruka Tomatsu known for her voicing Asuna from Sword Art Online, Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx and Haru Okumura from Persona 5. She shows us the many facets of her voice as we see Hori’s two sides being perfectly depicted by her when she is either serious or totally laid-back.

We have many more characters that are voiced by Nobuhiko (Bakugo from My Hero Academia) , Seiichiro (Kakeru from Orange), Daiki (Deku from My Hero Academia), Daisuke Ono (Sebastian from Black Butler) and many more.

Seeing the voices we already adore and know so well in a new refreshing romcom setting just feels different every time it happens, like a soft Nobuhiko or a super peppy Daiki!

Conclusion

Horimiya is a perfect breakfast anime due to its light-hearted atmosphere that switches to serious matters from time to time. The story is beautifully presented and the focus which is not mainly on the protagonists gives the viewer variety, leaving no one out with the many characters, their stories and relatable problems.

Colorful and cheerful, with many comedy aspects and heartwarming moments yet still covering many sad and heartbreaking topics as well that make us realize yet again; every human is different and there are ups and downs in life that everyone has to go through.

With Horimiya being one of this season’s favourites it sure lives up its reputation as it goes against the stereotype of typical romance animes and shows us the many aspects of what it means to maintain relationships whether they are romantic or platonic.

With that I hope you as well will enjoy your breakfast with Horimiya!

Until then, see you next time ~

Makii

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How likely are you to get hacked? Cyber security and you

Equifax is a name that is popping up now and then because of their poor cyber security habits and irresponsibility they have shown to their clients, also adding to the list of organizations are names such as Target, Yahoo, JP Morgan, and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Honestly, everyone is vulnerable to an attack, no matter what you do, how skilled you are, or however high your IQ is *clear throat Trump * excuse me, where did that come from. As 4-star Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the NSA, leader of its Military components, the Central Security Service, and Commander of United States Cyber Command has said, “Vulnerability is an inherent nature of the technical world that we live in today, and if your desire is to live in a world without vulnerability, I would say that is probably highly unlikely”. A common bad habit that many people practice is using a “weak” password, in respects, passwords should be at minimum of 12 characters in length, they should include a combination of; numbers, letters, and special symbols; using a different password for everything, and please remember that a password should be kept up here (point to head), not written down on a sticky note. While browsing the web, do make sure to check to see if the lock emblem is in the address bar to ensure of a site’s secure connection, configuring routers can allow for access for your IP address only, using VPNs, Using wired LANs vs wireless LANs, it does not hurt to search up cyber security news to keep yourself informed on particular topics, and with that, a plethora of other things that I won’t get into now, those are just your basics to staying semi-safe. Ivezaj 2 Many of you probably think of hackers as bad, but not all hackers are bad, here are the main categories of hackers; Black hats, which are the ones that commit crimes such as robbing a bank; Grey hats, were black hats, now consider themselves turned, but are still loose cannons; red hats, who act as security consultants whom serve the roles of hacking/penetration testing; Blue hats, who are part of a firm outside of the organization that conduct attacks on a system before the launch; Suicide hackers, these individuals are so driven that they will sacrifice everything to complete the mission at hand, whether hacking the political system, operating a terrorist heist, or personal gain; White hats, who are the good cyber professionals whom serve to protect, bringing the fight to push back criminals, aka ethical hackers. Then each member of one of those groups are sub-divided in 3 categories of their own, based on skill set; Script kiddies, who rely on programs to do their hacking and have no idea what is going on in the background; Intermediate hackers, whom of which understand some of the concepts that are going on in the background, but like the script kiddies, still rely on programs; Elitists, these are the professionals who often write programs for the script kiddies and intermediate hackers to use in their attacks, these people can hack someone and make it look like someone else did it. The way they make it look like someone else has committed the hack is through MAC (Media Access Control) address Spoofing, which changes your devices physical IP address on the NIC (Network Interface Card). Ivezaj 3 A MAC address is a sequence of 6 octets of 2 characters containing a combination of letters between A through F and/or numbers (different than IPv4 which has 4 octets containing 3 digits in each octet except that an IPv4 address can be out of 32 bits in size (2^32), containing 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses, IPv6 which are 8 octets of 4 characters, a combination of letters and numbers, following the same rules that a MAC address is limited to, and is 128-bits which can contain 240,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 (that is over 240 octotrigintillion) IPv6 addresses; IPv4 communicate with IPv6 through dual stack configuration, for those of you wondering). Now this is pretty interesting, MAC address spoofing is also used to gain privileges of the intended device which you spoofed. Now, a pretty interesting thing that I learned back in the fall is that you can spoof a MAC address belonging to a device from home to use your cables internet on the go, provided the device is turned on, however keep in mind, it does suck that we can hit our usage caps at about 20-30%, however there is a way to broadcast your own Wi-Fi using a modem, router, switch/hub, and a few other components, which would make cable pointless because you could just use a Roku, firestick, or one of those types of devices for free TV with your self-broadcasted Wi-Fi (however there maybe are a few components missing from that and one of my Old Professors said he would let me know what those are when he gets time), though you did not hear that from me. Another plus to MAC spoofing is when you get IP blocked for entering many incorrect passwords which I know that many if not all of us do at times, if you spoof your mac address, your physical IP address changes, causing the system to think another computer is connected from a different location, allowing you to try again. Lastly it is a useful technique that works by keeping yourself anonymous online. Ivezaj 4 An example of a notable hacker (AKA hacktivist) that did not use his abilities for evil is Aaron Swartz, who fought to make the world a better place by allowing all excess of information to flow freely, here is a quote from Aaron “Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.” In case you don’t know Aaron, here are some facts about him, at age 12 he created a website named “The Info”, which is the precursor to Wikipedia and that won him the first-place prize from ARS Digita, At age 13, Aaron helped to Co-Author RSS, lastly at age 19 he Co-founded Reddit, making him a millionaire. Aaron was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, all for trying to make information free and accessible for all. His crime was sneaking into an MIT closet and downloading a bunch of free journal articles to release to the public, this involved MIT, JSTOR, and Aaron. Charges from JSTOR, whom suffered the most damage had been dropped, MIT stubbornly stood their ground even though they did not face real damage, plus MIT supports hacking. The Attorney General of Massachusetts had incurred charges on him, namely Stephen Heymann, the assistant Attorney General, he compared Swartz to a notable hacker of the name Jonathon James, who at 15 hacked into the department of defense, he later committed suicide. Aaron was given two plead deals that spanned a few months to a half of a year, he declined them, so, the United States government gave him a final offer of…35 years to make an example of him to all future activists. Aaron hung himself, not from the fear of having his freedom taken away, but because he wanted to serve in the Secret Service and Ivezaj 5 you cannot serve if you have a felony against you, that I know well. I know that he broke the law, making him bad, but his intent was pure. Here is a quote from Elizabeth Warren, the senator that would not have been elected if it were not for Aaron, “When I met Aaron Swartz in 2010, I discovered a young man who was passionate, sharp, a little shy, and, above all, warm and good natured. He seemed like the kind of person who couldn’t hurt a fly — he just had that kind of presence. Aaron made remarkable contributions to our world, and his advocacy for Internet freedom, social justice, and Wall Street reform demonstrated both the power of his ideas and the depth of his commitment. The world is a poorer place without Aaron.” Lastly, Here is a passage that Aaron wrote, “I think deeply about things and want others to do likewise. I work for ideas and learn from people. I don’t like excluding people. I’m a perfectionist, but I won’t let that get in the way of publication. Except for education and entertainment, I’m not going to waste my time on things that won’t have an impact. I try to be friends with everyone, but I hate it when you don’t take me seriously. I don’t hold grudges, it’s not productive, but I learn from my experience. I want to make the world a better place”. I’m sure that many of you have heard of Aaron, you may not remember it now, however, the night of January 11 th 2013, social media blew up with everyone paying respects to Aaron, I chose to talk about Aaron because I believed he offered a lot to the world, and in a lot of respects, I find that we are very similar in our thought process, and look pretty similar in terms of appearance, also, at least that is what I am told. In conclusion, the future is bright for those who wish to journey in the realm of Cyber Security, with according to many news organizations, around 1.5million jobs predicted in the United States, and according to organizations such as Forbes, 6 million predicted unfilled spots Ivezaj 6 by 2019, globally. Especially for women, I honestly think that the world of Cyber would look a lot better if there were more women in the ranks of the Cyber Security lineage, because women only make up around 10% of Cyber at the moment and bringing more of a variety to the field is in great need. Here is another quote from Adm. Rogers, “So to me, I urge people look, don’t be intimidated by the technical aspects, don’t be intimidated by this is different in some ways than the traditional fields some of us have experienced, because I argue, Cyber is an operational domain in which we do a variety of…missions and functions, many of which are very traditional, we do Reconnaissance, we do fires, we do maneuvers, we have key terrain, all of those things that I was constantly going back, hey, how can we frame this in a way that brings a broader sense of recognition and makes it easier to integrate this, don’t make this thing so special and so unique that it just gets pushed to the side, that will sub optimize our ability to perform cyber operations and negatively impact, at least in my view anyway, the operational outcome, which is the whole reason we are doing this in the first place, if it doesn’t have operational outcome, it is a waste of time and a waste of an investment”, and it goes on for a while, I just wanted to include that. Some important topics in Cyber that I think to go over are understanding; Linux for everything is Cyber because it is used to conduct administrative control in networks, is used in routers, a ton of programming resources, free support, accounts for over 70% of the worlds servers, a false statement that some say is that Linux is less secure than windows because of vulnerabilities, which is undeniably false, but if that were actually the case, why would Edward Snowden have used Linux Tailes to evade the NSA during the time that he did? Linux users are also monitored by the NSA in further depth, using Tailes automatically gets you marked as an extremist. Once malware gets on a windows system it can automatically spread Ivezaj 7 to every other file on the partition, whereas in Unix like operating systems like Linux, stops at individual packages, because Linux breaks programs down into packages and Windows offers them as bundled suite; I think that you should also know, IP protocols, configuring routers for security, everything on IP addresses/subnets, SSH commands, utilities, probably learning how to use SSL and TLS connections to a server and to encrypt/decrypt messages (with terminal or command prompt, whatever your weapon of choice is), understanding ports, and a variety of other things, I’m not going to bore any of you any further however. Work Cited Ivezaj 8 Rogers, Michael “NSA Chief Adm. Mike Rogers asked about Apple vs. FBI, encryption “, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9miS0fwmdE, 5 April 2016. Swartz, Aaron Albright, Jane “How likely are you to get hacked? Cyber security and you” http://www.wral.com/how-likely-are-you-to-get-hacked-cyber-security-and-you/17266197 18 January 2018. Warren, Elizabeth “Aaron Swartz’s Suicide Triggers Response from Top U.S. Lawmakers http://business.time.com/2013/01/16/aaron-swartzs-suicide-triggers-response-from-us- lawmakers/

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Play A Small Amount Of Bike Video Game On Your Family Free Time

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