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Meeting You - South Korean VR

If you had the chance to see a loved one who has passed away once again... would you do it? Today, I would like to share with you a short but heartwarming documentary that got recommended to me on YouTube, about a grieving mother "meeting" her deceased daughter one more time through VR technology. (The video has English subtitles for those who don't understand Korean.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflTK8c4w0c&list=LL&index=1 I knew I had to share and spread this clip to people, especially as it might help bring up some hope in general. For technology, for death, for love, for humanity. " Meeting You " is a South Korean TV show who wanted to take one step further into meeting closure with yourself after losing someone dear to you, so the staff and director Kim Jong-woo started this project of getting to the point where you can virtually meet a loved one, one last time. It took around a year to perfect this special project. A mourning mother, Jang Ji-su...

The Way of the Househusband

The Way of the Househusband is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Oono . Published in the online manga magazine Kurage Bunch since 2018, The Way of the Househusband follows The Immortal Dragon, an ex-Yakuza boss, who retires from all crime to become all househusband. The series is fairly popular and was even made into a live-action TV drama by Nippon TV 2020 . You can find both the anime and the TV drama o websites like Netflix. As briefly said, the story is a Slice of Life that lets us follow Tatsu (meaning "Dragon"), the househusband who... comes across a bit rough around the edges because of his past as a top tier Yakuza who got the reputation of being unbeatable and thus being called The Immortal Dragon. Do not judge him, however, as he has turned his life around: Today, he is a loving husband who takes care of his home, or "turf" as he calls it, and his hardworking wife, Miku. I discovered this in anime adaption on Netflix and got hook...