• Toneswirly@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Shounen, just like any good young adult fiction, is a morality play. Good life lessons about friendship and overcoming adversity…but it is not a substitute for personal growth. You gotta take those lessons and synthesize them.

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The article seems to actually be about how media like anime can be used as a tool to help therapy patients break through mental barriers to treatment by helping normalize or explain concepts that might be unfamiliar to them. Unless I’m misunderstanding?