"Everything rises, going at it all, all the surprises in a size too small."

[nausicaa83]

The flu is still running rampant through my body, so yesterday I called my doctor. He said I should keep taking my meds and go see him on monday if I'm not feeling any better. I don't have any fever, so that's a plus. But I feel like I were twelve again, catching every single virus at school and spending days at home in my pajamas coughing and sneezing. Oh well. Plus everyone else is sick too (my therapist, my neighbours, my aunt, everyone), so I can't really complain that much. ^^

As always, the good part about being sick and stuck at home is marathoning tv shows. Today I went for a 2011 anime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Now, I stopped watching anime a few years ago, when the moe mania started. I just don't like the whole moe thing, and it makes me really uncomfortable. I dipped my toe again with Shingeki no Kyojin, because it was so different from the current trend, and a lot more like the anime I used to watch back then. This one, judging from pictures I saw online, looked like just another moe product. But I kept reading estatic reviews from people whose taste I trust, and it's only 12 episodes, so I thought "why not?". As it turns out, all those reviews were absolutely right. What I found myself watching was a four-hour-long breathtaking movie that took the 'magical girl' genre and completely re-wrote it from the roots up. With fantastic female characters, great storytelling, a beautiful love story and a heartbreaking plot, they made a milestone and at the same time destroyed and gave new birth to the genre.

I can't really talk about the plot because spoilers would completely ruin the experience. What I can say is that there's a magical cat that goes around offering young girls magical powers by granting them one wish. And nothing is what it seems. When it was over my first instinct was to just start it all over again, to see the plot untwist this time knowing what was going to happen, but then I remembered it was aerosol time. ^^" I can definitely say it's a story that enriched me, and that definitely won't leave me anytime soon. It's an experience that I'm very happy I had, even if it made me cry a lot. *_____*

And now, seriously, aerosol time, before I cough up a lung.

Comments

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor, poor thing. WTF, virus? It seems like it's not just really stubborn, but it's nasty and wide-spread, too.*glares at it* *makes shooing noises*

I'm glad that at least the weekend of feeling poorly has translated into some nice viewing and reading.:)

I looked through my gifs to find something funny for you; you might have seen it but it always makes me grin - I hope it gives you a giggle or two as well:

[enchanter.livejournal.com]

*ignorant* What's moe?

I've been watching Saiyuki again recently. I'm not really eager to go looking for new productions. :P Sometimes it's good to know there's a fix that will always work when I need it. ;)