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Silver Spoon ( Gin no Saji ) - Part 2

   
     What other things to talk about Silver spoon ? Apart from the lessons I wrote in the previous post , there are tons of other things that I have learned from this animation or manga called Silver Spoon and these are capable to keep most of the people motivated in whatever they are doing in their life . In the part 1 , I have mentioned that it's okay to run away , be positive , do not overwork , and learn to say " no ". In this post , there are few things for me write about such as do not be afraid to speak out your thoughts and feelings , pursue your dream , dream big , and we do not learn everything in school .

     There are times where we are to be "silent" by people when we are about to express our feelings and that has caused us to be afraid to talk to people about what we are thinking . In Silver Spoon , similar things happened to the protagonist , Hachiken Yuugo . He was given huge loads of pressure by his family to study in order to get good grades or get into top university , he even sees his elder brother as a goal to 'surpass' in studies . He started losing sight of his dreams and goals , not to mention that he cannot see his parents as the people who he can talk to when he is facing problems . Eventually his current friend named Mikage Aki noticed the problem lies within him , and advised him to try talking everything out to his parents instead of just running away . Hachiken then started expressing his feelings and thoughts to his parents when he went back to his house , Hachiken's mother mentioned that it was the first time that she sees Hachiken talking back to his father . Even though it doesn't seem that his father agrees to what Hachiken said to him , I believe that Hachiken is growing as a person to stand stronger when he expresses his feelings.



     Pursuing our dreams may be one of the hardest thing to do in life especially when the situation is not right for us . However , Hachiken Yuugo has showed us that it's better to tell our parents about our dreams than to just follow the path they have given us without knowing our ambitions . Mikage Aki , a girl from farmers' family was supposed to take over her family farm when she grows up , while her family farm is to take care of dairy animals such as cows , her dream is to work with horses. Despite having a dream , she did not have the courage to tell her parents about it and she just kept quiet about it . Hachiken told Mikage to pursue his dreams as he does not even have a dream to work towards and the one who advised Hachiken to express his feelings was Mikage . Mikage then consulted her family with Hachiken's accompany , it was a shock for her family and most of them could not accept it either . But eventually , they slowly taking Mikage's dream into consideration and started discussing about her future . Mikage then started working hard towards her dreams to work with horses in the future .

 
Mikage Aki

Mikage Aki


     Another thing that we can learn from Silver Spoon is to dream big . Mikage Aki's childhood friend , Komaba Ichiro is a baseball player , he dreams to become a national baseball player and to have a big farm in the future so that his mother doesn't need to work so hard . Komaba's family farm is about to bankrupt due to the debt they have , they have to work hard to earn livings without his father's help . Although he is going through hardships and poverty , he does not complain and he stays working hard to achieve both goals . When Komaba first told Hachiken about his goals , Hachiken was jealous and asked " Wanting to achieve both dreams , just how greedy are you ? " .  Komaba did not back down , instead he answered " What is wrong with having lots of dreams " .  This shows that Komaba is a tough guy who dreams big , and possesses positive attitude to face different kinds of problems in his life . 

Komaba Ichiro

Komaba Ichiro


     We cannot learn everything in school . We do not learn everything in school . In another words , we always learn no matter where we go . When Hachiken went to Mikage's family farm to do part time job during their 2-week holiday , Mikage's grandpa asked Hachiken to butch the dead deer so that they will made it into dinner . Hachiken kept refusing and giving excuses like " I have never done it before " . Mikage's grandpa then asked Hachiken , " Are you going to learn everything about life at school ? " . This is where I realised that we are learning at every moment , and we are supposed to be learn from anyone at anywhere when we have the chance . It might not be a very nice experience for Hachiken to butch a dead deer for the first time , but he did learn the way to butch the deer .

Mikage Aki's grandpa

Hachiken getting ready to butch the dead deer ( LOL )


     Part 3 coming soon ...MAYBE?! TO BE CONTINUED~ 
   


   
   

   
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