[Chat] Obsessive love is the best spice for entertainment
Sunday chat while feeling restless about the implementation of Sygna Suit Gladion ⁽⁽ (｡･･｡) ⁾⁾
Today, I think I'll have a truly casual chat about various things.
I usually post my thoughts and casual information about the Pokémon anime on X and note. I'm probably recognized by those around me as 'the Pokémon anime person'.
However, I personally view my interests in a broader scope. In other words, 'talking about 'stories related to Pokémon'' has been the activity goal of <Komekome Club> from the beginning.
I'm interested in content with narrative elements related to Pokémon, not just the anime, but also Pokémon Masters EX and Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku... with that as a premise, this story is about how there is 'unevenness' in how I hold those interests.
You might think that's natural since I'm human, but when I actually write down my thoughts and post them on social media, I feel a sense of restraint somewhere.
It happens occasionally, even for an account of my size, that my thoughts get spread and turn into a big wave for some reason, and when that happens, I inevitably feel 'scared' somewhere.
When I think that my posts might hurt someone, I often blur my likes and dislikes and make them into 'round' expressions. And as I continue to post with such 'round' words, my sensitivity to my own likes and dislikes becomes flat.
However, that is precisely why I recently thought that I should cherish my sense of likes and dislikes. It was triggered by listening to one of the Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku songs, 'GO! Team BIPPA'.
'GO! Team BIPPA' is a song where the three of them, Rin, Len, and Miku, sing solely about the charm of Bidoof as 'Team BIPPA'. Their singing style was truly what should be called 'obsessive love'.
Ahem.
Stop your futile resistance.
Hand over all the Bidoof in your party.
Simply put, it's a refusal to cooperate♡
Even crying children will go silent...
We are Team BIPPA!
Among the over 1000 Pokémon now, they worship Bidoof as their most beloved Pokémon... of course, the evolved form Bibarel is no exception (though Len is a Bibarel fan, haha). 'GO! Team BIPPA' is a fan song dedicated to just one type of Pokémon.
When I first heard this, I worried on my own that someone might get angry. We live in a world where it's not strange for people to feel that saying you 'like' something specifically is equivalent to saying you don't 'like' something else... I selfishly wondered if it was okay to release a song that only loves Bidoof in an official project.
But in reality, almost no one cared about that, and this song was widely loved. And when I listened to it again with peace of mind, I realized that the charm of this song lies in its 'obsessive love'.
Is that 'love' real... that's not a poetic story, but rather something you can intuitively feel 'I love it!', isn't that what entertainment is?
You don't need a plausible reason to like something. You might have to give up something to convey your love, but I want to be honest with the feeling of liking something... seeing Bidoof's smile made me think that.
What I like might be what you dislike. Even so, I will move forward to deliver my voice to someone.
'GO! Komekome Club'... To Be Continued.