The Silmarillion: J.R.R Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

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The Silmarillion

Authors: J.R.R Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

Genre: Mythopoeia and Fantasy

To anyone who loves The Lord of the Ring and The Hobbit here is a book you must read for sure. It was complex, I am not going to lie, perhaps, it was the most complex book in the world of fantasy that I've read before. When I found out that The Silmarillion was the most beloved work that Tolkien wrote, I was surprise because how can any work surpass the glory of The Lord of the Rings? So naturally, I bought the book and devour it. It is not a big book but you will take a long time to memorize every single bit of it, after all we are reading the formation of an entire world. I see why many people stop reading the book and gave it a second or a third chance, this is a book for die hard fans.

There are some theories on how u should read Tolkien's book. In chronological order is what makes more sense to me, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and then The Lord of the Rings. However other way to do it without losing the magic is reading it after you read LOTR. If you read it before all his works, you will enter in LOTR era with full knowledge of what is going on, and if you read it after it will be more complementary. I will let you guys decide, in the end this book is still magical.

In the Silmarillion we will see the very beginning of middle earth, before the ring, before the hobbits, before the almighty elves and the toughs dwarves, and most important before Pippin's Second Breakfast. 

 

Like I said before, The Silmarillion tells the story of the beginning of the first age of middle earth, where the Gods and the first elves and the first men appear. Eru was the name of the God who created the Valar and Maiar, the Gods responsable for the creations of the world, from the moon, the sun, the trees, the mountains and the creation of the first evil. Melkor will be the antagonist here, he is the god who rebeld against the other Gods, and his name as the Dark Lord is Morgoth. 

 

The creation of 3 precious stones called Silmarils, as pure as something can be, are the reason why there will be so many troubles, those stones will shake both Gods as Elves and Men, for those are the reason why the elves rebelled against the Gods and mainly where Morgoth oppression started in full force.

The first house of elves are spoken here, specially because is one Elf who created the Silmarils, the 3 stones embed in the powerful dark crown of Morgoth, and this books talks specially about the quest of the elves in getting those Silmarils and the following disasters. We can also find out about the creation of dragons and balrogs which is super interesting and loved when they entered in action!

 

The first house of men also appear here, the humans who created all the houses, and the importance they had together with the elves on getting those Silmarils. We can read about the first love between a human and a elf, how that love shake the world, the outcome of that love, the sons and daughters, the Silmarils, the halls of Mandos.

 

Not only them of course, but we can say that that couple shook Morgoth world in a very unexpected way, and from there it came a lineage that will end up in Elrond's blood, which was surprising in a very positive way. 

 

One thing I really appreciated in this book is how organized it is, there are many topics, all of them related to the Silmarils, directly or indirectly, we can read about war, love and death, loss, about the poor Túrin Turambar (no, really, poor POOR Túrin Turambar), the fall of Morgoth and a bit about the second and third age. I must refer again that this book is mainly about the first age, but some characters here are in the second age and of course in the third age where the entire plot of The Lord of the Rings take place. Some familiar names like Sauron, Galadriel, Gandalf and Elrond are included here, specially Sauron who in this book is only a serve of Morgoth. It is surprisingly funny to see the back stories of these characters who seem mystical in the LOTR. 

 

I must confess it is quite hard to write a review that seems fairly complete, because no matter what I write, there will be always that feeling that I miss so much about the book and I do not wish to write a resume telling the entire story, because I don't want to spoil the story for my readers, but it is like I said before, The Silmarillion is the Bible of middle earth it is quite impossible to write a review without slipping some extra information here and there. 

My opinion about The Silmarillion?

In the beginning it was very confusing to read, the names, are sooooo many but if you keep reading you will see they are repeated many times so you end up memorizing everything. The chapters telling diferent stories end up crossing all the characters path so we can see how everything is connected and that is how we end up remembering every name and places. It is hard to read but when you finish it, it is quite fullfilling.

Do I recommend it?

Absolutely! For any person who enjoys LOTR or The Hobbit and wants to know a bit more about Middle Earth, this book is a must! It is for sure for DIE HARD fans because it takes alot of commitment to finish the books. It is small but is complex. 

 

My favorite character(s)?

Well, I must confess that I loved the story about Feanor, and his Silmarils. Luthien and Beren are also one of my favourite stories, and Túrin Turambar.

 

Rating: my rating for this book will be 7 out of 10. It may be surprising and not many people will agree with my rating which is okey, but even though I loved the book it really took alot of commitment to read it, it worked for me because I was interested to know more about this world, but for someone who wants to know it as well and doesn't want to waste too many time frying the brain over names and houses and plots, it is way easier to go to the internet where everything is resumed and find out- The grammar is excelent, but it is alot of information in a small book compared to the LOTR which is 3 big books. Not many people will want to buy it and I understand a bit why they did not wanted to release it at first. However for those who LOVE middle earth as I do, I highly recommend this book and if you commit to read untill the end, you will want to re read it again because it is super interesting, highly surprising, it has the WOW factor, you will find out things that you didn't got it at the first time you read it and it is book created with utterly love by its writter. 

 

 

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Hatsukoi Monster (First Love Monster)

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Welcome to yet another review and this time Hatsukoi Monster!

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So, this is a 24min, 12 episodes, romance, shoujo comedy where a girl named Kaho Nikaidou, a freshman, meets a boy and fells in love.

A normal and simple anime which some would like, if you are young and need something light to see.

                                                            

Kaho, Kanade, Kota, Ginjiro, Tomu, Kazuo,Atsushi
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As I said before, Kaho Nikaido is a freshman and comes from a rich, influential family and because of that no one was mean or said anything, remotely in fear of her family. Tired of being too much in a bubble, she decides to live in her dorm for the new school year. Shortly after, she almost was in an accident but its saved by a tall man and when she asks for his name, he just says that she is weird and walks away. She was shocked because no one has ever talked to her like that, so, she gets infatuated by him. 

Later, they met again and now we know that he is Kanade Takahashi, the story continues and after some time she declares her love but discovers a sad truth about him that will change everything.
I won't say more here, you will have to watch to find out! ;)
The story revolves on Kaho trying to break up with Kanade but of course she falls in love more deeply as time passes.
So, we see a young couple with some unusual problems and we don't know if it's cute or weird.

The character design its beautiful though, light colors, the soft lines and how the colors of the character are perfect for each personality. And we have some beautiful men of course! 

                                                        

Kota Shinohara
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What did I think of it? 
Well it's a light anime, easy to watch and have some comedy aspects as it is a slice of life, it's kind of cute as it presents some weird conflicts and even, we don't know if it's good to pair them or not.
The one thing that I don’t know if I liked or not was, all of the innuendos? Kinks? I don’t know how to explain but there was somethings that caught me off guard.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. It's not my favorite but I don't regret watching it.

Now other question is do I recommend?
Now that is a tough one because some people may hate it because it's a little bit controversial, the issue in hand is, can you see something that you think is weird or wrong but put it aside because it just an anime?
I see the problem in this anime and why many people don't recommend but I guess I can put the issues aside and enjoy some parts of it.

Where to watch it:
Funimation

Kaho, Kanade, Kota, Ginjiro, Tomu, Kazuo,Atsushi
Source: Hatsukoi Monster 
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  Rating: Out of 10 I'll give this maybe a 6

                                                              

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Naruto Classic

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Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura
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Naruto Classic

Author: Masashi Kishimoto

Studios: Studio Pierrot

Episodes: 220

Genres: Action, Drama, Adventure, Comedy, Martial Arts, Shounen

So, who is Naruto? Well this is a big story to tell. Uzumaki Naruto is a shinobi (ninja) from Konoha. His biggest dream is to become a Hokage, and to be acknowledged by everybody from his village. He lost his parents when he was a baby, and he has sealed inside him a 9 tailed fox called Kyuubi. This is the very reason why the people treat him so badly, they fear the beast inside him, so to prove himself to everybody he wants to become the Hokage. And that will not be an easy task at all. In the beginning we are able to see the hatred the people from the village has towards Naruto and how he handles it as a child, of course we are going to have a good laugh at some of his actions. It will be impossible to not get hooked up right from the beginning, specially because it hits in the feels right away in the episode one.

Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura

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So Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi are the famous Team 7, and we will get to see their adventures during the missions. The story goes deep into these character feelings and their stories, some of them are quite touching and sad, specially Naruto's past. Sasuke wants to become the strongest ninja to take revenge on his brother for killing the entire clan, and Sakura is completely in love with Sasuke and his cool style. Naruto of course will see Sasuke as a rival in all kind of ways but also his best friend, and they will start having a deep bond with each other because of their own loneliness, Sakura in the other way, will try to keep up on her very fired up team and eventually will show her true colors.

Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura

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In a world full of powerfull shinobi, amazing jutsus to learn, we will be able to see the Team 7, and the other teams, grow as ninjas and their personality too. We are presented with amazing fighting scenes together with a very good soundtrack, very deep stories that will make our hearts break and love those characters, and get annoyed by others!

One of the things that I appreciate the most in this anime is the fact the story is not only centered in the main character problems, we are able to see the past and determination of many characters.

Beside the Team 7 composed by the main characters, we see other teams and their sensei too, those teams are composed by characters with very specific atitudes. Many of them are try hards on their trainings, others are simply competing with the stronger ninja at their age, others just want to prove themselves, while others are insecure about their own abilities and try hard to surpass that insecurity. It is a great anime to teach children and grown ups too, to never give up on themselves and always believe that you can do and be better.

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura,

Jiraya, Kakashi and Itachi

Source: Naruto Classic

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My opinion about Naruto Classic?

Well, I find this anime quite complete in many ways, the art work is pretty cool, the soundtrack is one of the biggest high points for sure, the openings and the endings are quite cool, and the writing simply keep us interested to know more about it. What I like less, I guess I could go for the fillers, they are a lot, but they were necessary to wait for the manga.

Do I recommend it?

Definetely! Like I said before, I find this anime very complete, so that means it is for all kind of tastes, no matter the gender or age, I would watch it even if I was 40! It may remind you the valour of friendship, and some struggles in life, so you will indentify yourself with some characters.

My favorite character(s)?

Well, in classic I had my heart broken by Gaara, I really had some Ninja cutting onions infront of me, because I shed some heavy tears on him.

Itachi soooo mysterious, I love him! And Jiraya our Ero-Sennin!

Rating: Out of 10, I give an 8, the fillers really annoyed me a little bit, in the end there was nothing but fillers. Beside that, it was a very good anime and I really had a good time watching it.

Where to watch!

Crunchyroll

Netflix

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Here is Itachi being a bae as usual!

Uchiha Itachi
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