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— my thoughts on the tatami galaxy.
— my thoughts on the tatami galaxy.
the tatami galaxy has to be probably one of my favorite coming-of-age stories of all time, it’s such a relatable story to me.
the protagonist’s struggles personally resonate with me. throughout the show you seem him go through his struggles with anxiety and him being desperate to fit in and assimilate with people in his college. however, he’s almost never is able to do it.
he joins clubs and clubs trying to socialize but to no avail. he tries so hard but he can never truly fit in. therefore, every episode his college life resets in an attempt to try and get the college life he wants.
the protagonist, referred to as watashi, is doing this to try and find a “rose-colored campus life” this “rose-colored campus life” is basically just a perfect life to him at least. having a beautiful girlfriend, friends, having fun, etc...
he tries and tries to achieve this but it never happens. later in the series, he realizes this “rose-colored campus life” doesn’t exist. he realizes that there is no perfect life and nothing is perfect.
through this he realizes his faults and that he has to stop trying to achieve impossible goals. this is personally a very relatable thing to me.
by the end of the story watashi finally is able to figure out there is no point in chasing an impossible life. there’s no perfect life and you should do the most with the life you’re given. he realizes that chasing a perfect life will just leave you not appreciating your own life
through middle school and even now in high school i struggled with trying to fit in. sometimes i tried too hard to be able to fit in, and that lead to nothing. my social anxiety got on the way and it was hard to do it.
over time though, i started to realize that i was trying too hard to fit in and be a perfect person. after i realized that it suddenly became a lot easier to socialize. i started to realize that trying to achieve a perfect life with friends and constantly socialization...
...is just something i didn’t want. i didn’t want to force a seemingly impossible thing and i really wanted to just appreciate the current life i had.
the premise and story of the tatami galaxy was just such a relatable story that resonated with me so much. everything about it was amazing to me, i appreciate this show so much and everything about it.
definitely one of my favorite series of all time, thank you for reading.
there’s probably a lot of mistakes in it so 
