Brett Molka Japanese Blog

 I started watching a few more episodes of Attack on Titan. The show is starting to get really exciting. I understand why my brother had nightmares watching this as a kid, as it can be quite gross at times. I was very confused when Eren died as he seems to be the protagonist, but then he was alive all of a sudden again. While I think the show has been great so far, I do have a few issues. My first issue is that the show seems to rely heavily on violence and brutality to create its stakes. My second issue is some of the political messaging. There seems to be an overarching imagery of militarism and ethnic destiny. Perhaps the show will search into this idea and give a fair critic of such, but as for now, it seems that ethnic destiny has a central role in this story. かっこよくないです。 Watching this show has definitely helped so far when it comes to listening to Japanese. Listening and speaking are significantly harder for me than reading and writing. Reading and writing can be simplified in...

 I have never really watched anime before in my life. Even though I am Japanese, it was never something that interested me too much. However, now that it may help me in this class, I am emboldened. I watched the first few episodes of 進撃の巨人。It started out really exciting with the war with the titans. While I think some of the main characters, specifically Eren, are a little cringy — albeit he has a lot going on... Given that, I will continue to watch this show, hearing phrases and words you know keeps you on your toes, I'm excited for the rest. One word that I noticed they use a lot is 今. I did not know ima was used so often in a sense of urgency. Also, I noticed a ton of verbs and adjectives. A few examples would be みる、いく、おいしい、たかい。The last thing I noticed I thought was funny that showed up was うるさい. This was amusing to me as my mother would yell "うるさい” to me as a kid all the time. At the time, I had no idea what that meant, but I now have learned it can essentially just mean ...