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People may think that animes are just Japanese cartoons. But, for all you out there who watch them you know they are way more awesome than that! Animes offer an entirely different way to view friendships, rivalries, and even the world as we know it with, sword-fighting action, super strength, spirit guns, alchemic transmutations and of course deep storylines to boot. A couple shows we feel are a good way to get introduced to everything anime can do are Yu Yu Hakusho and Fullmetal Alchemist.

    In Yu Yu Hakusho, Yusuke Urameshi dies saving a child from being hit by a car. He goes on to be revived and become a Spirit Detective. Once you reach the end of this anime you begin to see the illusions surrounding our orthodox lives. If you were to strip humanity of its conditioned normality, and reveal the true malice that drove people's actions you would see what monsters people actually are. It is this fact that caused the original spirit detective, Shinobu Sensui, to want to eliminate humans completely. In our society people are money-driven, discriminatory and fueled by hate. The end always justifies the means and acts of kindness are ever more scarce. Its hard to argue with, Shinobu when it seems like there's no hope of improvement. But it always helps to remember that there are people like Yusuke out there. Beacons of light who fight to give humanity a chance to prove those like Shinobu wrong.

     Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime that emphasizes equivalent exchange, and the belief that all is present within the one and vice versa. This is a principle that defines our very existence, yet so few people embrace it. The universe is connected and its that simple. It is undeniable, and proven by the simple truth that everything is made of the same atoms. On a quest to regain their bodies, the Elric brothers, protagonists of Fullmetal Alchemist, discover this to be true. While gaining power and experience the Elrics come to realize that the whole is only as good as the sum of its parts. If the pieces that come together to form the whole are corrupt the same will be true for the whole. People can either be positive or negative forces on the world we live in. Fullmetal Alchemist shows how the goodness in people can really drive the whole towards positivity and enlightenment or how evil forces can drive the whole to chaos and calamity.

     So if you don't get it by now, try reading this again then find the nearest tv/smart phone/computer and WATCH ANIME. Even if you don't choose these there is guaranteed to be one that interests you. It will be more then likely to unlock your mind to a way of thinking you wouldn't have reached otherwise.