Barakamon

 So I don't know if other people experience this but once upon a time I wouldn't watch a slice of life anime I was only wanting to watch anime that have a lot of action or more...complex story line but a couple of years ago I gave a few a try and lets just say I was defiantly missing out. Barakamon is one of the anime that I watch that change my mind on slice of life anime. Barakamon is about a Calligrapher ("the art of producing decorative handwriting of lettering with a pen or brush") even tough his work is text book perfect in every way he is still missing something his own style and his work also has no heart in it and his father says he is lacking something as a human. And when Seishu Handa nick name sensei punches the director (Big boss), his father exiled him to Fukuoka's country side village called Kijima his father believes this will help his son cool his head and help learn  his own style. Because of the incident with the director Handa get paralysed with fear which make him doubt his work even more than he usually do. Handa has a hard time relaxing and is always being serious and up tight. When he arrive at his new house he find out that the local kid were using it as a secret base and wear he meets Kotoishi Naru a child who I believe is a orphan living with her granddad. Naru I think is Sensei key item to help him find his way to his own style and open up socially. Naru and sensei are like a comedy duo there is always something to laugh at. A interesting thing I notice in the back ground their is a poster in top right hand corner of man who looks like Marilyn Manson episode one time stamp 10:34. Also in episode one Naru show you a good swimming technique with a t-shirt when your swimming with a top on with one hand hold down the neck line then with the other hand grab the bottom of your top and pull it up in till it out of the water to let the air in as you pull it down and then hold it in place by doing this it turns your top into a floaty to help you swim around or take a brake and just float there.

Now I don't think this is a Naruto reference or not as it could just be a little boys game but there was a thousand years of pain but stab, there also reference to attack on titian and Dragon ball. If you like cats there is a episode with 30 stray kitten witch sensei love the only problem is he's is deathly allergic to them and forgot. Sensei always getting sick because he gets so into his work, getting low blood pressure, heatstroke, dehydration, sleep deprived, malnutrition. The way you can tell he in workaholic mode his looks and sounds like he's going mad. Handa is one of those people who not good with technology he's constantly breaking stuff like his computer, phone and  bath heater he also sucks at sports. If you are a fujoshi (Fujoshi a female who finds a liking towards novels or manga portraying love between males. <related> BL (Boys love), Yaoi, Fudanshi ) there is a lot of fujoshi moments. (this anime isn't a BL anime) there is a girl who refuse to admit she is one. Lastly I love the manga artist  drawing technique in this anime also there is a pre squeal anime called Handa-kun.