Throwback: Hanada Shounen Shi & Enigma Blog

 It is a beautiful night. I feel like writing about something fun. How about some throwbacks?

Yay I love me some throwbacks!

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This anime is Hanada Shounen Shi, it was aired in Indonesia every Saturday at 3pm when I was in the 6th grade (yes I still remember the airing time). It's the story of Hanada Ichiro, an 8 year old boy who lived with his parents, big sister, grandfather, and a pet dog named Jiro in a small village. His mischief was over the top, nothing could stop him from getting into trouble. One day, while fleeing from his mother's anger, he got hit by a car. He survived the accident, but after that he developed the ability to see ghosts. The adventure of little Ichiro got more interesting as ghosts keep coming for him to seek help for some unfinished business with the living. Apart from the occasional slightly disturbing scenes, (you'll see when you see it --) the 25 episode slice of life story is filled with powerful messages. Even though it's a comedy, sometimes you'd end up crying. At some points, you'd be able to relate to the characters.

The other thing that I like about this anime was the opening soundtrack. Apparently the original soundtrack was Backstreet Boy's "The One", but in Indonesia the opening soundtrack was "Under An Evening Glow" by Yoshihisa Hirano. I immediately fell in love with the music. I waited every week to be able to listen to the music again. I memorized the melody and tried to figure out the notes. I played it on my keyboard whenever I wanted to listen to it.

Years later, when I was in high school, I finally managed to find the title of the soundtrack and downloaded it. I have also re-watched the anime, and I still love it. It is my favorite anime of all time.

http://www.enigmablogger.com

This was my absolute favorite blog on the internet! I used to diligently read this blog when I was in junior high. This blog is really amazing! Totally my cup of tea! The writer covered baffling things like crop circles, aliens, dejavu, doppelganger, sea monsters, and more in an anti click bait and anti hoax way. He (according to some information, the writer is a male and was a college student at that time, I can be wrong though) explained in a really orderly manner. He used logic, research (he really took his time to read references and research them), and science to explain typical internet hoaxes. He also admitted every time he made mistakes or hit a point where he didn't know.

He said that sometimes people intentionally spread hoaxes. Sometimes the hoaxes are obvious. There are news outlets that purposely publish hoax news, especially about aliens as some kind of parody or satire. He said that such news should be taken with a grain of salt.

I might be clueless about other things, but when it comes to spotting hoax for this kind of things (weird, out of this world, baffling, science fictioney news), master enigma had taught me good. If you like reading about these kind of things, I recommend you to check out this blog.  Sadly it no longer updates, but the old articles are still there. The older ones are especially good.

For master enigma, whoever you are, wherever you are, I want to thank you for making that amazing blog. I hope you are doing well!

So that's it for tonight! Thank you for reading. Maybe next time I will try to do some 'enigma' stuff. That sounds interesting.

Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight. (QS An-Nur: 43)