The character, appearance and story are very far from Hello Kitty because Retsuko protagonist of Aggretsuko, the new series in ten episodes of 15 minutes signed by Sanrio, directed by Rareko and produced by Netflix is an evolution of his and the character reflects life. of the so-called millennials.
The character, the look and the story are a long way from Hello Kitty because Retsuko protagonist of Aggretsuko, the new series in ten 15-minute episodes signed by Sanrio, directed by Rareko and produced by Netflix, is its evolution and the character reflects the life of the so-called millennials.
Retsuko is a red panda, 25 years old and works in the accounting department of a large multinational in central Tokyo. Her days are made up of documents and folders to read, but she too finds herself cleaning the desk of Tom, her authoritarian and misogynist boss.
Dissatisfied with her job, the red panda unleashes herself by singing death metal songs at the top of her lungs at karaoke, an unsuspected hobby that finally makes her feel free. And it is precisely for this reason that Aggretsuko is very far from the fairy world of Hello Kitty (the impression is that they only have the Sanrio signature in common) and she turns to the generation born between the 80s and 2000s.
he character designer Yeti he created the panda Retsuko, imagining the discomfort that millennials and all those who flaunt a perfect life on social media that are completely different from the real one.
Retsuko is very reminiscent of what we often experience in everyday life. The red panda of the sign of scorpio, she starts a new job. The first day she is enthusiastic, hoping to make a career and to make friends with colleagues, but with the passage of time things do not go as she hopes.
He doesn't like work and neither does the environment. She does not find colleagues but only gossip, people to go up and a despotic boss who forces her to clean his desk and make him tea. Finally, she humiliates her as a woman, even in front of other employees.
Retsuko closes in on herself and moves on, her only outlet is karaoke with death metal music. Her story is the modern tale of a woman of this generation who, despite everything, tries to be optimistic, to grit her teeth, not to give up. The feeling is that we are all a bit Retsuko when someone less prepared than us makes a career, when we suffer oppression, mobbing, when we are not valued for what we do, when we earn less because we are women, when they face us with blank resignations if we get pregnant
But we are also Retsuko when we find the strength to feel at peace with ourselves and when we are able to stand up to those who persecute us. It is difficult to feel distant from the red panda, who has not suffered the same dynamics at least once in their life?
In short, what makes Retsuko real is that it reflects the moods of many novice young people and that it sends a message of resistance that pushes them not to give up.
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Dominella Trunfio
