So let’s say I somehow walked into a mysterious portal, let’s make it a Minecraft Nether Portal, which takes me into a fictional universe. What universe would I want it to be?? Some of the first that come to mind would be Attack On Titan, Avatar the Last Airbender (the cartoon version), Death Note, or a Studio Ghibli universe. I can’t fully decide on one, but I’m 99.99% sure I’d be sacrificed in AOT. The only positive in that show is Armin, and even he’s a depressed little guy. I’d want to bring him some shells from Monterey or something, no actually I’d want to take out all of the Marleyans and Eldians with a family sized bag of Takis. Considering their diets consisted of rationed bread and spinal fluid, I’m convinced a good dose of red 40 and seasoning could take out any titan. Or, If I couldn’t bring objects from the outside world, I’d go around telling everyone what is to happen, since I’ve seen the ending, in turn making them seek to change their fates. I’d find a cliff with a good view of the titans, and watch the butterfly effect of their changed decisions unfold, maybe Mikasa and Eren end up in a little shack and live happily. What if Levi ate Eren and took over the world?? We would never know.
As for Death Note, if I was in Light’s place instead of him I wouldn’t know what to do. I’d have the same ideas at first, only using the notebook for dangerous criminals and murders (if you don’t know anything about Death Note, it’s about a notebook that has the ability to kill anyone in any way you want as long as you have their full name and an image of their face while you write their name). But having Ryuk (a demon only visible to those who have touched a Death Note) follow me around would probably kill me from shock before I could put the notebook to use. I’d probably confuse it for another one of my notebooks and write my homework in it. I’m definitely not made to be a mysterious notebook murderer. Or I would forget Ryuk’s apples and he’d have to steal them from a store. Since the only people that can see him are people who have touched a Death Note, the store clerks would just see a bunch of floating apples as he carries them out. I would much rather use his invisibility to my advantage than the power of a Death Note, but not for terrorizing the world. Probably just to carry my bags when we go shopping.
Realistically I’d only be able to live peacefully in a Studio Ghibli universe. Looking back on it, as adorable and beautiful as the Studio Ghibli movies are, most of the stories are either sad or have a world ending event. Parents turning into pigs, a fish turning into a human and flooding the city, and even the peaceful Kiki’s Delivery Service has to deal with figuring out the responsibilities of living on your own and becoming an adult. I would still prefer to live in Kiki’s world because it’s similar to our world, but takes place sometime between the 1800’s and the 1900’s. This coming-of-age story about a little witch working as a delivery girl is definitely my comfort movie. It’s a world where you could live in a cute little bakery and not have to worry about college, and obviously the cute ghibli art style is appealing.
Sounds like an upgrade to me. I would definitely live happily there.
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Takis, Titans, and Witches?
Kassandra Valdez, Reporter
April 12, 2024
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