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One Piece Episode 9

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The show has been good, but the last 2 episodes are definitely a bit slow. I met Captain Ussop and his gang, which was cool. He seems like an interesting character, and I am curious to see how he will play an impact later in the show. I also recognized a lot of words from this episode like うそつき, which means liar. 

One Piece Episode 8

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The 8th episode, like the previous one, seemed a bit like a filler, but it did explain the connection between Shanks and Captain buggy. It was nice to see Luffy finally defeat buggy and for nami to join the crew. I did not recognize as many vocab words or phrase structures in this episode; however, I am mostly happy that they left the town because that story line was getting a little boring. 

Japanese Literature in Brazil Lecture

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 To be quite frank, I was surprised to realize how prevalent Japanese literature was in Brazil, especially over a hundred years ago. For instance, the first Japanese newspapers began in 1915 in Brazil, and they shifted to a daily schedule in 1937. I also found An Age of Speculative Farming, the most famous work from that time, be be quite interesting. It depicts the life of Japanese immigrants who move to Brazil and how they’re changed more than just darker skin color. It is set in São Paulo focused on a woman and her life in the city. It is critical of the urban youth and the beggars in the streets. However, it is mostly critical of the main character who seems to sell her body to random men. Yet, as the story goes on, it focuses on how Japanese try, at any costs, to achieve riches, even at the cost of other Japanese. Overall, the lecture was extremely intriguing to hear because I learned more about my culture and how it was embraced in a different way than I could have ever imagi...

One Piece episode 7

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 The 7th episode continued to follow the fight between Captain buggy and Luffy. Luffy discovered that buggy and shanks, the person who gave him the hat, used to be comrades, but for some reason, buggy swears that he will curse shanks for the rest of his life. This episode was not entertaining as the previous one because they were just doing a lot of talking, but I did recognize some more words and the つもりphrase that describes plans that one intends to do.