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How A Song Can Change Your Life
Here’s the one which set me on the path to becoming great and how It took time to realize it.
A bit more than 10 years ago, I fell upon an anime called Hajime No Ippo. I enjoyed anime a whole lot at the time and it struck me as different than the rest.
An anime about boxing based on the research of real matches sure could have potential. I started watching it and got hooked. It even made me start being interested in boxing despite previously hating that sport.
The story was simple but well-written. A simpleton who suddenly wants to become a pro boxer and working his way up. It showed the hardships pro boxers could have to go through for a match, the will needed to get back up, the variety of ways to work towards the same goal.
But I’m digressing.
You’re here for the song thing, right?
The song, called 夕空の紙飛行機 (A paper plane in the evening sky) is just about its title. You can listen to it on YouTube if you want. (A rather good translation of the lyrics can be found here, although the very last part is not entirely right in my opinion.)
It’s about someone watching a paper plane fly in the sky, chasing the setting sun.
