Only in Gurren Lagann you'll see a robot throwing UNIVERSES with its hands at GOD

Gurren Lagann is probably the most important thing I've ever watched in my whole life. It wasn't just "enjoyable" it was something way beyond that, I believe that media exists to make YOU feel all kinds of emotions, it exists to give you a brand new belief that you might've known of but was never convinced of, it's the author's job to convince you of their beliefs.

I have an issue with hyper train animes, they're too risky. Sure, there's a chance of me getting invested in let's say, the first 3 or 4 episodes of a battle shonen, but it surely wouldn't last longer most of the time.

Some animes just bring up ideas like "well this character has nothing special but guess what..he works really really really really really really fucking hard!" Yeah, doesn't work either.

Gurren lagann did something else, it presented a wimpy and useless character and convinced you that he's the sidekick. The man himself who knows no boundaries, the man who's extremely powerful and shines brighter than absolutely himself, kamina, is the main character. At first glance, I didn't like kamina at all, solely because he was just built different, it felt unfair, it felt like I can never relate to a guy like that.

Out of nowhere, that illusion is broken. The star of this anime is actually a fraud. He's not as strong as he convinced us, he's not as brave as he told us, he's actually pretty scared of what he's fighting too. The fraud star just believed in himself who believes in him. That's the only thing that pushed him forward, he simply persuaded himself that he's powerful enough.

Now, that's pretty fucking sick, surely, I will get to see kamina to get more and more powerful, then he will conquer all the enemies. But this also fucking sucks, I now know everything that's gonna happen, a little too predictable isn't it? Sure, let's fucking kill him then.

I thought that was a pretty dumb thing to do, but I was just incompetent. The sidekick has always been the real shit here, it's always been about him.

The fragile kid has always been powerful, he just didn't believe in himself. But once again, when the first half ends, what's next? Simon fights even more powerful enemies and wins?

Fuck yeah, that's exactly what will happen. At first glance this sounds pretty dumb because you can't keep doing this for too long but thing is that they take literally everything to the next level..Gurren lagann is so exaggerated and unrealistic and the reason is pretty simple, Hope and dreams are exaggerated and unrealistic but they exist, they're beautiful, you just need to believe it.

Now, on a more personal level, this anime means so much to me. I used to be depressed for a few years, thinking I'm incompetent and I'll never achieve anything. Watching Simon fist fighting a God changed me. The power system in Gurren Lagann isn't complicated nor is it unfair. It's literally just "if you believe in yourself enough, YOU can fight a god with your bare hands" do you realize how fucking good this is? I can do anything as long as I have enough determination. I'm not saying this while being a bum ass bitch doing nothing with my life, no. I watched Gurren Lagann right before my college entrance exams and this shit forced me to study for days without sleep, it forced me to ignore every single failure and shameful thing I've ever done, it forced me to ignore my weaknesses, it forced me to believe in the me who believes in me. Kamina's philosophy is also up there, the guy was NOT overpowered nor did he have as much spiral energy as Simon..but he simply faked an ego and an ideology up till he believed that it was the absolute truth.

I'm sick of realism and depressing shows, give me more hopecore you fucking pessimistic nihilistic miserable bitch.