September made me realise how disconnected I got from the world around me. I was completely lost in shadows, between my work, sports, and just staying indoors.
I have hardly read books, watched parodies, listened to podcasts, learned new concepts, drawn towards hobbies… which are usually a big part of my routine.
The reality? I was out of ideas. I couldn’t go down the rabbit holes. I hardly wrote anything. Fuck I didn’t even tweet. I feel rusty, wanting so badly to write, express meaningful words, but hardly finding any.
Good for me, I have a ritual of documenting the best content from each month.
Sadly I won’t be able to share any books, blogs, newsletters, YouTube videos, podcasts, etc., in this edition. All I have are movies and shows, but I managed to discover good ones.
OG
I watched OG in the theater. I was there for the vibes, and I got what I went in for. It’s the usual Telugu, commercial film you expect from a star.
Music was insanely good. People screaming is an infinite aura. For someone like me who’s not a ‘fan’, it’s a pretty average film. But I went for the screams, I got the screams. So I wouldn’t complain. It was fun while I was in cinemas, but not a movie I’d recommend to a non-Telugu person.
Diplomat
It’s a show about how this woman is a potential U.S. vice Presidential candidate and was put into a new diplomatic role to gauge her public appearances. She was a veteran working in the shadows before this new role as a Diplomat.
Fun thing? She doesn’t know she’s a candidate for VP. Hates public appearances and badly wants to quit her office.
Anyway, I don’t think it’s a perfect show. It’s not even in my top 50 shows.
But I enjoyed it. It was engaging, had decent cliffhangers with flawed characters.
I assume a new season is coming up. I’ll watch, but for you: Only watch it if you have nothing better on your watchlist.
Kuroku’s Basketball
Why did no one tell me sports + anime is top-tier stuff?
I accidentally discovered Kuroku’s Basketball and Oh boy, I loved it. As an athlete, I have an inherent bias towards any team games but KB was fun.
It’s not the best sports anime I’ve watched. Haikyuu (Volleyball) is on top. Raising Impact (Golf) second. I should watch BlueLock sometime.
KB would have been on top with Haikyuu, but it didn’t for two reasons:
The makers didn’t explore the side characters enough. There were 4-5 players on the team I wish I’d known their backstory, but nothing ever came from them. It’s a surprise to me. Anime writers give every character their own story and limelight. The fact the anime on teamwork didn’t cover the entire team was a turn off.
It’s a 78-episode series. Episodes 60-70 were too slow. So much backstory for what could have been a 10-minute scene.
PS: I moved my publication to Substack from Beehiiv. So my entire list is here. If you’re previously unsubscribed, I am sorry for the trouble.
These days, I am publishing personal essays, monthly recommendations, and will soon start talking about movies and books.
Until next time!
Love, Vikra.