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Title; Iron-Blooded Orphans ( Part of the mobile suit gundam series ) Genre (according to Google); Anime, Mecha, Military Science Fiction, Where to watch; Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation Now. or you can buy it. Length; 25 episodes IBO is one of my favorite animes ever. There is so much action, some sad moments, some happy moments, and just a rollercoaster of emotions. It gets you attached. Its also decently short, so you won't get tired of it, or you can watch it while taking a break from a more extended series! Warning; There IS quite a bit of blood & fighting

while it is true that the characters themselves are fictional, these are still real people depicting minors in adult ways and putting them in such situations. There are actual people creating and looking at children like this and enjoying it. Fictional or not, a child is still a child and adults are putting them in sexual situations. It doesn't matter if the character is real or not.

Oh, yes, a sheet of paper can slice your finger open very easily and a bad cut can be quite deep and painful. Been there, done that!

But the drawings were made by real people who had the ideas in their heads and thought it was OK to sexualise minors and show underage girls in adult situations. Back in the mid 1990's when I started watching anime there was a huge amount of outrage in a couple of the national newspapers here in the UK over the amount of graphic sex and violence in anime. It wasn't a good time to admit that you watched anime, and even now I've noticed the occasional raised eyebrow when I mention anime. Sadly it has to be said that at least one distributor pretty much encouraged this attitude as a means of gaining some free publicity. On one occasion they showed an uncut version of a film at a pre-view screening for journalists, that contained scenes that had been cut from the actual release version, the outcry and outrage made the papers next day.

Got a short weekend this week, courtesy of OSIRIS-REx delivering pieces of Bennu to Earth. 24 hours on-call the day before then 10 or so hours on-site Saturday leading up to the reentry of the capsule containing the sample.

I love to go Geocaching. It's treasure hunting using GPS to help find things others have hidden for everyone to seek out. For the experience. To discover new places you didn't know existed. I've been a casual geocacher since 2011 and it is very much fun. Best part...it's free to do this exciting hobby! ...btw if you are interested, check out www.geocaching.com.

I loved it. The characters were portrayed to perfection. I finished the entire series in one day.