Why Korra is an awesome character

While waiting for The Legend of Korra Book 2 (Spirits) to start I decided to re-watch Book 1, which reminded me why I consider Korra one of the most awesome heroines ever!
I may be stating the obvious but what I first noticed about her is that she is not a girly-girl in any way. I mean, try comparing her with Asami for a moment...

See? Korra is badass. She's not your average female protagonist character that needs to be constantly saved by a prince - well, firebender in this case.
I know Asami is not helpless either, it's just that I very rarely come across female characters that are not designed as "girly" (come on, even Asami's eyebrows look like they've been plucked and repainted...)

Korra is a tomboy that can talk back to anyone if she wants to and is not scared to jump into a fight if it means protecting the people around her or even the whole world (I guess it's the Avatar's job).

However, she managed to fall for a jerk... Don't get me wrong, I totally ship Makorra but still, it's a fact that Mako has been acting like a complete douche thoughout the whole of Book 1.

My dirty little secret: When Tahno still had his bending and Mako was being all lovey-dovey with Asami I was a Tahorra shipper. But then Tahno lost his bending and became pathetically depressed...

And some random bonus images

- Let me know your favourite character/scene/ship in the comments :)

Why I like "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Attack on Titan)

Truth is, if you belong to the anime/manga community you probably already know the answer. Even if you are not a part of this extraodrinary world, you prooobably have a close friend that is. 
If you have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about... well it's ok, we all have to start from somewhere.

To all of you with spoilerphobia ("What if she's evil and has planted a spoiler somewhere in this post?!") - don't worry, I value my life so no spoilers here. The synopsis is taken from myanimelist and the rest is just my personal opinion on the anime so far. 


 Synopsis:
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.



Some of the characters:
Levi "Rivaille, Lance Corporal"

What you need to know about this one is that he's the badass leader of a badass squad that pwns titans.


Jean Kirschtein

Jean is honest, smart and never hasty. He seems to be quite understanding of other people's and his own weaknesses. 

Mikasa Ackerman

Mikasa is the main female protagonist of the series. She has a strong sense of right and wrong. She also is a badass.

Eren Jaeger

Eren is the main protagonist of the series. His goal is to annihilate the Titans. Personally, I think he is a creeper.

The Titans (duh!)

The Titans come in all shapes and sizes. We don't know how or why they appeared, but they sure can do alot of damage. I mean, those suckers have brought humanity on the brink of extinction! 


In my opinion the story is good. It has the right amount of twists and turns and as it progresses it becomes more and more interesting. I haven't found any episodes to be boring, however, having to wait for a week for each episode made me go through some serious cliffhanger syndromes. 
The characters are solid and each one has his own traits. The variety of personalities and how they are being altered by the facts is also depicted very nicely.
The art is nicely done and the whole "3D maneuver gear" idea just made me think "damn I wanna try that!".

I know that the whole post-apocalyptic idea is not new but I mean, come on, we have seen aliens trying to take over the earth, rebel robots, angels, even tiny insects that occupy the brains. Now it's the Titans' turn!

Here's an awesome trailer:

You can read more here (SPOILER ALERT).


- Let me know what you think in the comments below :)