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“Yetzer Harah” reminds me of the “Egoist” theme of the anime “Blue Lock.” This anime has broken the average premise of “friendship” as the ultimate form of power-up that surrounded the world of heroes from Japan. “In order to be the best in the world, you have to be the biggest egoist.” In a culture dominated by the IMPOSITION of cooperation, I felt that cooperation wasn’t being born naturally from people.

In the latest chapters, we have two protagonists facing each other, representing darkness and light, destruction and creation. But they are part of an evolutionary correlation between genius and prodigies. A genius is a person outside the norms who has been blessed with a unique trait that helps them stand out. While the “talented learner” or prodigy is someone who understands the genius and constantly rises to oppose them, both growing in consequence. Something extremely similar to the concept of Yanantin in the ancient Andean culture. I wouldn’t be surprised if these Jewish concepts had similar correlations in old traditions across the world.

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