Making a Difference, One Story at a Time
Before I dive in here, I feel it’s important to note that I am only about 150 pages into this massive book. In turn, my opinions do not reflect the whole work, but simply my early observations and predictions. Who knows, now that I’m already writing an analysis, maybe I’ll never finish reading this damn…
At its core, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is a show about maturing as an individual and rebelling against oppression. Despite the equal importance and narrative intertwinement of these themes, today I will be focusing on the latter. More specifically, I will be looking at how, without the second half of the series, Gurren Lagann would…
Note: This analytical essay was initially submitted as a final paper for a Comparative Political Institutions course, and has been edited modified for the purposes of this blog. Modern Japan is considered by many to be a beacon of democracy. However, Japan didn’t’ always have the democratic prominence that it is known for today. Before…