Poetry in Anime

 When I saw there was a poetry challenge I knew I had to enter, the reason for entering is that in English I always loved poetry, but I hardly did it in school because you have to do essays on books like Animal Farm and Macbeth which I hated. I’m saying that it was the only thing I liked in the lesson, it is kind of ironic that a kid who hated English classes now blogs for fun on an anime app; oh, how far I have fallen.

The second and main reason I wanted to join the challenge wasn’t for a title, it wasn’t for fame, but instead, it was for the meme because I did coma cosplay. I thought it would be perfect for doing a sequel to that blog and make coma poetry, its like the stars aligned. I have to do it, anyway I have been rambling for too long and let’s play a game said Jigsaw-coma sama; see if you can guess what anime I’m writing about in the poem before it is revealed. Good Luck!

(FYI, these poems are free form poetry)

Poem 1

Bounded by a promise, forever in debt

Wish to talk but never comes out

Forced to make friends because of a bet

Will I see her again, I doubt?

Nerves high, flying into new skies

Friends with unlikely folk

Hurry before time flies

Please talk to me again, is this some sick joke

Hitori Bocchi

- Hitoribocchi No Marumaru Seikatsu

This short sonnet I wrote was about an anime called Hitoribocchi no marumaru seikatsu. This poem relates to the anime because there’s a character named Hitori and Hitori Bocchi is a very socially awkward person. She has promised her childhood friend called Kai that she must make friends with all of her class in her new school and she can’t be friends with Kai until she does. In the anime, this is an excellent beginning for the show as it sets up the plot and the motive behind the story which is very relatable being something we all face which is slowly losing friends over time. Hitori very much enforces that sentiment with shy personality; it makes you feel very much for her. Therefore, it makes the anime more enjoyable because you are rooting for her all the way. This anime does relate to him because I have struggled with social anxiety and when I watched the anime, it made very emotional as it was like it took what introverted people are then made it into a show. It gave people like me, motivation to be more confident because it showed Bocchi the most introverted girl in the anime make new friends, overcoming being in a new school and succeed, which is very wholesome to see; this anime is useful for anyone who suffers from anxiety or introversion to overcome it.

This anime could be a case study for anxiety because Hitori wouldn’t be able to get better if she wasn’t forced to be in the situation and she’d probably wouldn’t have any friends also. Talking about the childhood friend, she is portrayed by Bocchi that she is being stubborn and mean because she is forced to complete this sick dare that will last until the end of the year, but actually, she is being kind by being mean, or you could call it tough love; she is looking out for Bocchi by setting aside her greed and making Hitori a better person even if it hurts there relationship.

Poem 2

Born the same day but have to be the oldest female

Most mature and composed

In too deep, can’t balance the scales

Hiding secrets to be exposed

What’s the point when I already got a career

Smug and sky but soft inside

Succeed first so everyone can cheer

How far to keep up these lies?

Ichika Nanako

- Quintessential Quintuplets

This is finally a chance that I get to talk about an unpopular opinion of mine, which is that Ichika is the best girl in Quintessential Quintuplets, Ichika being a quintuplet that she is born the same day as the rest. She is given by everyone to be the oldest of the five because of this she has to establish a persona for herself to be the mature one. She keeps up with this facade for so long that there’s no turning back because of this she is very much like the mother for all of the quintuplets as she wants to be the first to make a living for herself and has a big heart that when she is not included in things, she becomes distraught by it. The reason I love this character a lot is because she is very smug like other waifus which I like, maybe it is just me, but a character that is like Ichika feels more real to me because its more advanced character building when their personality isn't straight forward as she has her moral compass and secret that make you more attached to her.

In the beginning, we are thought to believe that she is cold hearted, cynical and rebellious student, but later she is just misunderstood and is a lovely, caring person that will do anything for her family, but she is stuck in a harsh predicament. What she thought she was doing was the best action for her sisters but was a worse one as it destroyed her relationship, made her even further apart from them and she tried to everything on her own because she was trying to be independent but actually what she needed were her friends and family. Ichika becomes embarrassed when Fuutarou confronts her about; she is moved by it because he helped her out of the impossible and then she becomes attached to him. She wants to be like this with her family forever, but she knows that in reality, things don’t always stay the same, I feel for her as she has all this weight on her shoulders and is very brave to do something for others by being the responsible one. That’s why she is my favourite.

Thanks for Reading!!