Not exaggerating when I say the future depends on this catching on en masse. Kids, adults. Book clubs, silent reading groups. For the past twenty-five years tech has corroded our attention, intelligence and basic pleasure in living, and books are the key to winning them back.
This is why Trump won.
This is why this timeline sucks.
Genuinely this is why society has to fight the same battles over and over again, just to make a little bit of progress.. because this is literally the average person.
As someone diagnosed with severe depression and GAD, it worries me how people who want "real, deep stories in anime" treat a genuine depiction of the illness I have.
I'm not cute when I'm at my worst. Obviously not. But that really upsets people.
Next gen Muslim creatives. study this show. study everything about it. it's mistakes and successes, it's production, merchandising, funding, art direction, animation, manga, every detail. use it improve your craft. You are needed
Feel like if you aren't or haven't been an addict this shit will be mildly entertaining at best. But if you have or are struggled with addiction of any kind it hits. Saw a lot of my prior and current alcoholism is this. And it did repulse me. Effectual story telling.
This work is beautiful and sad as a Muslim, because we’ve discouraged art, made all music haram, and now we’re in awe of the Japanese telling our stories using all the tools we’ve forbidden on ourselves.
Estarei nas trincheiras por esse anime, chega de achar que depressão algo que so afeta a mente, afeta habitos, afeta higiene, afeta a qualidade de vida. Que nao cancelem esse anime por conta de backlash, ele mostra a realidade de muita gente
É uma representação muito realista do que é estar preso em um vício com uma depressão severa, até os dentes amarelos com tártaro foi um detalhe que eles colocaram, ela entrando em espiral e surtando tentando descobrir por onde começar a limpeza, eles sabem o que estão fazendo.
It's funny how quickly this series turned off people who wanted to make her their quirky relatable meme failgirl by just... giving her actual depression.
The reception of Yanineko proves that in 2026, despite their pretentions to sympathy, most people still continue to view mental illness with immense suspicion and hostility and react aggressively and violently when presented with the clinical picture of someone who lacks basic life management skills and is too disorganized to take care of their environment.
While everyones talking about muslim rep or west asian rep or persia rep i wanna say im so glad for the khorasan rep its very rare i see my motherland mentioned and i love khorasan so much its a beautiful region
They took the catgirl, probably the most sexualized concept to come out of anime, and they used the contrast of that image and the brutal, disgusting reality of addiction and depression to make a story that says something.
And people are angry because it's not pornified goonslop
I love how this anime established that regardless of how Islam says to "treat the slaves with kindness" it's still an unfair horrible practice, as it removes one's autonomy and reduces their rights socially
It's also why most scholars and Islamic leaders rejected it later on
I’d DIE for a Bride’s Story adaptation with the quality and love they’ve given Jaadugar. Perhaps, and only perhaps, the great reputation and acclaim for this series could put Bride’s Story in the eyes of producers and push them to adapt it. It’s a fantastic series too.
بالمناسبة، بطلة أنمي Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia المدعوة سيتارا، مستوحاة من شخصية تاريخية حقيقية من مدينة طوس الفارسية، عُرفت في المصادر التاريخية باسم فاطمة، وقد اشتُهِرت بأنها امرأة فائقة الجمال وعالية الثقافة وواسعة الاطلاع والمعرفة.
كانت فاطمة في الأصل أَمَةً أُخِذَت أسيرةً من مدينة طوس أثناء الغزو المغولي، ثم أُدخِلت بعد ذلك إلى البلاط الإمبراطوري المغولي، وبالرغم من وضعها الاجتماعي المتدني في بادئ الأمر، فقد أحبتها الإمبراطورة توراكينا خاتون (الزوجة السادسة لأوقطاي خان) ووضعتها تحت حمايتها، وجعلتها مستشارتها وكاتمة أسرارها، حتى أصبح نفوذ فاطمة يفوق نفوذ كبار قادة المغول ووزرائهم، وهذا أثار حفيظة عدد من أمراء المغول وسخطهم عليها.
لكن بعد تولي غيوك خان الحُكم وانحسار نفوذ والدته الإمبراطورة، تغيّر كل شيء في حياة فاطمة، فقد كان يَمقتها ويُكِنُّ لها العِداء الشديد بسبب سلطتها المطلقة وتدخلها في شؤون الدولة.
لذا استغل مرض أخيه كودان واتهمها باستخدام السحر والشعوذة لإصابته بالمرض الذي أودى بحياته، كما اتهمها باستغلال أفراد العائلة الحاكمة لتوسيع نفوذها، فاعتُقلت فاطمة على الفور بناءً على هذه التهم.
بعد ذلك حَكمتْ المحكمة المغولية على فاطمة بالإعدام، ونُفِّذ الحكم عام 1246م بطريقة تتوافق مع تقاليد المغول في إعدام النبلاء أو المتهمين بالسحر، حيث لُفَّت في بساط وأُلقيت في الماء لتموت غرقًا.
وعلى الرغم من إقرار فاطمة بالتهم المنسوبة إليها، فقد أوضح المؤرخ الفارسي علاء الدين الجويني في كتابه (تاريخ فاتِح العالَم) أن هذا الاعتراف انتُزع منها وهي تحت التعذيب الشديد، وأشار إلى أن القضية برمتها كانت مجرد ذريعة سياسية للتخلص من نفوذها الكبير الذي استفزَّ الحاشية الملكية.