Polaris - New Moon

Polaris: The brightest star above the North Pole.   From Nick: The name for this piece comes from one of my favorite animes. Specifically from the opening track to one of the seasons of 僕のヒーローアカデミア (Boku no hiro academia or My Hero Academia). The track ポラリス (Porarisu = Polaris) by BLUE ENCOUNT is about making a promise to protect someone and overcoming your fears in order to do it. Now the protagonist for My Hero is Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without a quirk (superpower) in a world full of people that all have them. There are others like him but it's rare. The show is about Midoriya becoming the greatest hero. I don't want to spoil anything in case you ever want to watch the show, but I will say this: Midoriya constantly goes out of his way to protect others, laying his own life on the line. Even as a boy born without powers, he runs in to try and save his friend when all of the "pro heroes" freeze up because the villain has a young boy (his friend) hostage. Of all the characters I have had the pleasure of reading about or watching in anything, I relate the most to Midoriya. His spirit, his tenacity, his comradery are what it took for us as kids to get by. It wasn't about being the strongest. The smartest. The best. About having no fear. Just watch the show/ read the manga and you'll understand. Midoriya is made from the same stuff some of my brothers and sisters were: Grit. When I think of Polaris I think of a guiding light. A strong presence that's always there pointing in the direction that will aid you if you choose to let it. In the show, it's about becoming your own kind of hero; for us, it's about figuring out how we want to live in the presence of that light. What are you guided to do? What is calling to you?