12-12-2013, 12:41 AM
Hunter x Hunter (ongoing series)
the current plotline revolves around the king and his ongoing chess matches with a blind peasant girl. Through these interactions, the king is continually challenged on his assumptions, and finds himself having to integrate the perspective of the other-self into his thinking process. When this becomes too challenging, he finally decides to 'stamp out the catalyst' with brute force, and remove it from his reality - ie, he goes to her room to kill her.
and yet, when he arrives, there is an eagle attacking the blind girl, and he intervenes to save her. And he asks - why did I do that? what am I doing? what do I want? what happened to my resolve?
this simple girl, with her simplicity and earnestness and lack of ego, who only has the skill to play the chess ... she is the greatest catalyst of all for the other self, who has the wealth of the world, the power to command, and legions at his back. What is this confrontation? it is none other than with the self, and the mirror of unacknowledged (rejected) qualities.
it is an amazing depiction.
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ps, it reminded me of some of the interactions I've had with homeless people, and how some of the most unaffected and unfiltered expressions can cause one to re-examine pre-built belief (or societal belief) patterns.
an excellent show! very quirky indeed
the current plotline revolves around the king and his ongoing chess matches with a blind peasant girl. Through these interactions, the king is continually challenged on his assumptions, and finds himself having to integrate the perspective of the other-self into his thinking process. When this becomes too challenging, he finally decides to 'stamp out the catalyst' with brute force, and remove it from his reality - ie, he goes to her room to kill her.
and yet, when he arrives, there is an eagle attacking the blind girl, and he intervenes to save her. And he asks - why did I do that? what am I doing? what do I want? what happened to my resolve?
this simple girl, with her simplicity and earnestness and lack of ego, who only has the skill to play the chess ... she is the greatest catalyst of all for the other self, who has the wealth of the world, the power to command, and legions at his back. What is this confrontation? it is none other than with the self, and the mirror of unacknowledged (rejected) qualities.
it is an amazing depiction.
- -
ps, it reminded me of some of the interactions I've had with homeless people, and how some of the most unaffected and unfiltered expressions can cause one to re-examine pre-built belief (or societal belief) patterns.
an excellent show! very quirky indeed