Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hate is nothing more than the weak man’s tool to avoid his human duties, to avoid the pain required for greater things such as love and art. Hate destroys others to justify the weak man’s destruction of himself.
Madoka Magica is one of the greatest anime of all time, a Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass, Fate/Zero) classic that’s provided analysis and discussion time and time again, from Sayaka’s deadly cycle of self doubt to Homura’s loss of humanity in endless time, but a blind spot in most of my Madoka Magica video essays has been Kyoko Sakura. In a world of Mami Tomoe’s, kind and loving people putting themselves on the line to help others, Kyoko is purposefully selfish, refusing to act in line with justice… kind of. In her mind, she is; it’s trying to help others which is doomed to fail and harm them. Desire fulfilling, hedonistic creatures, everyone is locked into their own perspective deep down, and can only ever truly help themselves. So, isn’t our duty not to be selfless, but to be selfish, since if everyone does “good and bad will balance out?”
Wonder Egg Priority is another magical girl anime, often forgotten due to a terrible ending, but well worth an analysis nonetheless. Rika Kawai is our topic of discussion today, a girl who presents herself as someone shallow and terrible, caring only about money and appearance. However, when Ai Ohto, the main character of Wonder Egg Priority, digs deep due to their shared duty, what’s revealed is someone who uses this self hate as a shield. When people care about you, they might hold themselves back, or even harm themselves, in trying to help you. With parents who never do so, Rika isn’t used to this and the responsibility of being loved terrifies her. So, she makes herself appear to be shallow, awful, and hateful so that people will want to be around her, but not love her. Through hating herself, she loves others without the responsibility.
Black Lagoon is the greatest character-piece anime, a show full of selfish, hateful people enacting violence, creating an anti-violence message in how weak those people are. While Rock is the main character of Black Lagoon, most notable is Rebecca Lee, or Revy, the gunman of the Lagoon Company who delights in her violence, taking a “realist” stance that “things are just things,” a world devoid of meaning. However, deep within Revy’s actions, particularly towards Rock, is a desire for more, crushed by a terrible past, but secretly wishing to be a part of the kind world he comes from. Revy’s hate isn’t realistic, it’s only there to avoid effort and pain.
0:00 Introduction
2:57 1 | Kyoko Sakura
26:42 2 | Rika Kawai
43:47 3 | Revy
1:10:00 4 | All
#madokamagica #wondereggpriority #blacklagoon #anime #videoessay
Hate is nothing more than the weak man’s tool to avoid his human duties, to avoid the pain required for greater things such as love and art. Hate destroys others to justify the weak man’s destruction of himself.
Madoka Magica is one of the greatest anime of all time, a Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass, Fate/Zero) classic that’s provided analysis and discussion time and time again, from Sayaka’s deadly cycle of self doubt to Homura’s loss of humanity in endless time, but a blind spot in most of my Madoka Magica video essays has been Kyoko Sakura. In a world of Mami Tomoe’s, kind and loving people putting themselves on the line to help others, Kyoko is purposefully selfish, refusing to act in line with justice… kind of. In her mind, she is; it’s trying to help others which is doomed to fail and harm them. Desire fulfilling, hedonistic creatures, everyone is locked into their own perspective deep down, and can only ever truly help themselves. So, isn’t our duty not to be selfless, but to be selfish, since if everyone does “good and bad will balance out?”
Wonder Egg Priority is another magical girl anime, often forgotten due to a terrible ending, but well worth an analysis nonetheless. Rika Kawai is our topic of discussion today, a girl who presents herself as someone shallow and terrible, caring only about money and appearance. However, when Ai Ohto, the main character of Wonder Egg Priority, digs deep due to their shared duty, what’s revealed is someone who uses this self hate as a shield. When people care about you, they might hold themselves back, or even harm themselves, in trying to help you. With parents who never do so, Rika isn’t used to this and the responsibility of being loved terrifies her. So, she makes herself appear to be shallow, awful, and hateful so that people will want to be around her, but not love her. Through hating herself, she loves others without the responsibility.
Black Lagoon is the greatest character-piece anime, a show full of selfish, hateful people enacting violence, creating an anti-violence message in how weak those people are. While Rock is the main character of Black Lagoon, most notable is Rebecca Lee, or Revy, the gunman of the Lagoon Company who delights in her violence, taking a “realist” stance that “things are just things,” a world devoid of meaning. However, deep within Revy’s actions, particularly towards Rock, is a desire for more, crushed by a terrible past, but secretly wishing to be a part of the kind world he comes from. Revy’s hate isn’t realistic, it’s only there to avoid effort and pain.
0:00 Introduction
2:57 1 | Kyoko Sakura
26:42 2 | Rika Kawai
43:47 3 | Revy
1:10:00 4 | All
#madokamagica #wondereggpriority #blacklagoon #anime #videoessay
