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Comment author: wizard 08 September 2015 03:37:54AM 0 points [-]

Watching the animes. Witnessing the struggles and bravery of Goku, Seiya, Naruto, Ichigo and Harry Potter will motivate you to follow in their heroic footsteps.

Comment author: ChristianKl 12 September 2015 09:34:56AM 0 points [-]

Why do you believe that this approach is helpful?

Comment author: wizard 12 September 2015 06:47:25PM 0 points [-]

Maybe I couldn't resist posting this suggestion (sorry) because "having something to protect" is such a staple of anime. But - there's also a good case to be made here.

An analogy is motivational posters. Animes are essentially motivational posters for "having something to protect", since after all this is often the moral of them. Nonetheless, they have advantages over motivational posters:

  • Higher budget. They can last hours, have animation instead of a single phrase, etc.
  • They follow narratives (Hero's Journey, etc)
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