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I come again with an interesting insight on a film I have seen recently. Today I am going to talk about it. Hope you all will find it to your hearts_ There's a shot a little past the middle of 100 Meters that I can't get rid of. A teenage sprinter has just lost a final in heavy rain, and he stays standing on the track while the downpour thickens, until you can barely tell where he ends and the weather begins. I rewound it the first time, not quite sure what I'd just seen. It isn't my favourite shot, though. My favourite is the very last one, and most of this post is an attempt to explain why. Spoilers ahead. I talk about the whole film here, ending included. The Film, Briefly The director is Kenji Iwaisawa, who made On-Gaku: Our Sound , about delinquent kids who form a band without being able to play anything. This time he's adapting Uoto's first serialised manga (Uoto later wrote Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ). Most of it is rotoscoped, drawn by hand ov...

The Brutally Honest "Takopi's Original Sin" Ending Explained — And Why the Cute Aesthetic is the Real Trap The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss — and have found their way out of the depths. — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Wait — What Actually Happens at the End? Short Answer (40–50 words) Takopi's Original Sin ends with Takopi sacrificing his time-loop ability to permanently alter the timeline and save Shizuka from her cycle of abuse and self-destruction. The "sin" isn't one act — it's accumulated well-meaning ignorance and society's collective failure to protect a suffering child. It is one of the saddest manga endings in modern memory. If you landed here confused, disturbed, or quietly crying — welcome. You're not alone. Now let's go deeper than the surface, because this manga deserves so much more than a plot summary. Why the Cute Art Style Is Literally Designed to...

Came again at a time when the whole country is suffering a crisis of resources – oil & gas. It is the second article of this year, and I am solidifying the facts why we are experiencing this crisis. The oil gas crisis in India occurred as a chain reaction that started in the Strait of Hormuz! What is the Strait of Hormuz? – It is the narrow shipping lane between Iran and Oman in which a fifth of the world’s daily Oil and LNG [Liquefied Natural Gas] supply passes. And, as the USA and Iran are at war, the Strait of Hormuz is shut down. Now the oil storage facilities of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait are full to the brim with 10 days of oil production that can’t be shipped yet. That’s why the top Middle East oil-producing countries have cut down their production. Why is the Strait of Hormuz considered the most important route for Oil and LNG transport? The graph below explains how the Strait of Hormuz is just second to the Strait of Malacca and ranks as the 2nd highest shipping route ...

Hi, it’s 2026, and this is the first post of this year. Yes, it has been a long time since I have written something. With my previous engagement, I was quite busy; the sheer duty of maintaining the workload, along with family hassles, made my hands too full to scribe something worthwhile. But here I am, again with an interesting issue. In this post, I will discuss the urgency we feel to receive allowance despite knowing the consequences of it. Many may consider it as free money, and there’s a catch. Whenever you get a benefit from something without selling your services, there is a great chance of getting addicted to it. A mindset emerges among the youth that money can be earned even without effort. And this mindset obliterates the reasonability of the purpose of earning. A healthy economy depends on the relationship between earnings and spending. These two factors need to be substantial in order to maintain balance between the economic structures of the society. The following are the ...

Depending on the game, PUBG Mobile or Battleground India, there are different modes where players can battle. TDM, aka Team Deathmatch, is among the top choices for every gamer. Here, players can develop their skills and employ them through 1vs1, 1vs2, 1vs3, and 1vs4 interactions. The skill of team play is also effective here. As there are many objectives and rewards, now the thing that provides a plus point to everyone in winning is the gun choice. A good, well-thought-out combination will surely boost one's performance throughout a TDM match. The guns you are choosing give you an advantage over others. Here, it is discussed in detail how some propelling gun combinations are available for Team Deathmatch in PUBG Mobile. Some Effective and Best Gun Combinations for Team Deathmatch in PUBG Mobile DP-28 and AKM Nothing is better than a gun that has a high capacity of ammo and takes less reloading for its large magazine capacity. DP-28 serves that purpose. It sufficiently gives damage...

As I try to be more active with my blog, you will get more good articles now and then. My blog is almost dead, with 50000 views and an engaging tariff. So, it will be a vain effort to build it back. By the way, there is no loss in the process, because if it is not revived, we can get some good articles on the line. In this blog post, I will bring forth the magic of Hayao Miyazaki that got forgotten behind the craze of AI-generated Ghibli photos. It is high time to celebrate his creations. So, without delay, let us get to the point - Studio Ghibli movies celebrate the natural world using a Japanese mixture of Shinto, Buddhist, and Daoist themes. Hayao Miyazaki’s movies celebrate the natural world in a subtle, organic, and profound way. Studio Ghibli's movies reflect the fusion of religious practices in Japan—a combination of Shinto, Buddhism, and Daoism. Watching a Miyazaki movie can move us and jolt us from our current path. They feel right, and so they reveal how things elsewhere ...

It's been a long time since I wrote my last article. I hope you are all doing well, and beg your pardon for not posting regularly. This time I am writing something different.  Gold and silver are famous investment assets that investors ponder over. We can count on history as it proves that these are the only elements people consider investing in. Being old metals, it assures investors for a marginal period. But still, many have second thoughts about investing in them. Both of them are financially stable factors. While gold holds a positive value with considerable risks, silver is more stable but substandard. So, investors should know how these two would perform in an economic market. Here, we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of investing in Gold and Silver. Investors merge up. Firstly, we should know where we can acquire these. Gold and Silver - Where to own it The options are plenty for the investors. If they want to acquire it, there are many platforms like Bullion, Future...