These are just my initial thoughts after watching the episode and reading reactions.
I liked it. it was a little disrespectful though. Even in the anime, it seems like the creators were being passive aggressive. I could have sworn I heard cow noises at some point with her in certain scenes.
The physicality of it is slightly disrespectful. The face shots, the sweat, the anime ending with the weird open mouth crazed eye thing. I presume these are all signifying gluttony and disgust.
Her character could have been drawn with more class and dignity. It looks slightly bizarre physically when it comes to how she carries her weight.
It's an anime, I don't expect realism, I wish it were true, and this species wasn't so superficial, but the MC and her crush, their interactions seem unreasonable. The crush is way too nice, honestly. I admire the MC's confidence, but it most likely would never go down like that in real life, which makes watching the show slightly off putting.
Trying to give her crush water from her hands is bizarre. Maybe it was supposed to look cute and silly, she is flustered, but I took this as another form of symbolism - this signifying again, gluttony, disgust, animalistic.
I think there is a difference between transitive (positive) perspective and delusion. it's an anime. So I get it. I enjoy it, but I recognize this. Plus, she lost her memory. I also liked the contrast of her physical form. From her depressive state to her transformation. Showing the brightness and her positive bubbly attitude. She is bright!
I like the fact that it is a little more than a potential romance with the twists they introduce (if they could be considered twists). It's just going in a direction I didn't expect.
I like the portrayal of women getting excited and flustered over a crush. You usually see this with the guys, it's nice to see the women show this form of relatable humanity.
I think it's weird she has pictures of him without his consent in her phone, but now she is like a totally different person from before, so it's hard to hold that accountable. It's understandable. Being that depressed, feelings worthless. A painful existence. I can see how she went this route. But it's still wrong. Especially since he looks sad or exhausted in those photos. I am interested to learn why. It looks like he's in a high status role in his career. So maybe it's stress and anxiety? I'm not sure.
How would he feel about that if he knew? How would the relationship develop if at all? He might be creeped out by it. But she just kinda ignores it and shoots her shot anyway. He might not care since she is clearly not the same person from before. That's clearly the saving grace because that bridge is completely damaged beyond repair without ever having the chance to walk on it if she didn't lose her memory or maybe he wouldn't care, regardless. I still think she needs to tell him though.
I do wish they decided to go with the suicide. It shows the depths of her pain through her depression. But then we wouldn't have that change in direction. I think it's interesting they assumed it was suicide though...shows you the perspective of how others may view her.
People disappointment me. Unfortunately this species cannot see beyond. The comments don't surprise me, but it doesn't stop the disappointment.
I am a little paranoid this show it's actually making fun of obese people/people who struggle with their weight though. it's a little conspiracy. But it's a little obvious at times. It doesn't strike me as a feel good self-worth positive creation on the whole. Many will dismiss that, because again, they cannot see beyond surface level shit and are arrogant about it. Embarrassing.
I hope as time passes, for this anime and for this failure of a species, I am proven wrong.
I don't think it's hard to create a decent show that contains an overweight character and a love interest. But people really don't want to see that or truly open themselves up to different experiences. I think it's another bizarre thing. |
