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KANLen09 said: So apparently Nagara made it back to the real world from the magnet force of a pull in space...but Nagara was mistaken, most of his classmates become quite distant while leading their own lives (while the insert song again is quite appropriate for this scene). Is this truly the kind of world he was called back to after going adrift? Of course not, both Nagara and Mizuho are still stuck in the same ferris wheel capsule of a compass left by Nozomi, to wander the distant dimensional psychedelic world. And in comes Asazake to find Nagara to settle the score of what's left behind, and finally learnt of the true story to deliver the final piece of the puzzle: to meet God, traverse through time and space, to set things right and reach home with the 2nd compass from Asakaze. Run for freedom in full-on surrealism, the both of you, just like the birds. Those cats cost a fortune to maintain though, Mizuho's still quite fixated on them. Sadly, as Nozomi is gone from the dimensional This World, she also gone in the real world as well (as Nagara knows he couldn't change the world, but it's one that he chose out of many possibilities). But as much as Nagara avoids Mizuho from stranger to known friend (with the code "Rajdhani's parrot laughs" their linkage), and the lessons from This World learnt with the loss of Nozomi. While another Nozomi appears in front of Nagara (obviously not being the same), he's contempt with what came out of it. This is pretty much a melancholic ending of a world that only exists for those who have a desire to go back home. But still, I find myself coming out of Sonny Boy feeling very satisfied with its subliminal message. A BIG THANK YOU to Shingo Natsume and Madhouse for creating this derivative of a piece of unique work. There were almost no Background music in the past episodes - except in the last episodes in the end, where they want to express the situation with BGM because words are maybe not enough to describe the situation and feeling. Love it ! |
| Man, that was one boring anime albeit thought provoking. |
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CabooseOh said: Heartyace said: I'm just disappointed Characters, and plot were thrown out the window in favour of some metaphor and theme that wasn't all to deep. I'm going to do it quick for everyone, Life is what is it is, take your time. That's it, that's all they were trying to tell you. You summed it perfectly. Main crew definately had those vibes. I still don't understand what the point of God or Mrs. Aki was. Exactly i can ignore god, he was the creator of that world (lazy but still) but mrs aki.... wtf, what does she represent ????? Dude they tried to hard to make eveything symbolic that they forgot to make sense too, i can tell EoE have more logic than this lol |
| This show reminds me of a cheap Netflix anime. Story was confusing, meandering and dragging on for much of the middle. I get that the author was probably trying to experiment with ideas on Subjectivity and Solipsism, but the overall story was muddled. |
| One of the worst animes ever made. It was torture watching this garbage. |
Gippy said: Just goes to show what would happen if you remove what makes anime anime, such as emotional characters, good animation Are you seriously trying to claim this show lacks emotional characters and good animation? Characters don't get much more emotional than the ones in here, what with all the screaming, crying, and moping. If anything I'd expect people to be complaining about how they're too emotional. As for animation, I could see not liking the animation style, but you'd be hard pressed to find many shows this season with more consistently fluid/high-quality animation. The show has issues, sure (most notably the pacing), but certainly not in those departments. |
| I liked this show a lot but I can't give it more than a 7/10 because of the animation. Not sure if it was low budget or just a choice but it's pretty ugly in many parts imo. |
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| Yeah, I don't really think that their physical differences held any meaning. They simply grew up. However, Nozomi's clothes probably do mean something... Back in middle school, she of course wore her standout RGB colors, whereas everyone else wore their mundane black and white uniforms. Here, she has now made a switch to blending in with everybody else. It may have some ties to who she is as a person in this future world. |
| A dull meandering mess with characters I cared nothing about. Completely bland. |
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| My friend made an interesting observation about Nozomi's death. His opinion is that Nozomi willingly accepted death/had nothing to do or had an attachment to the world anymore hence why she passed away. And we see in the last episode that everyone turned into something at the end of time so yeah, if it's true, then I can accept her death a little bit more easily. |
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| This is the show I have no idea what score to give. Maybe I need to re-watch it? But the pain I endured while doing it the first time is too much... Maybe sometime in the future, maybe never... Anyways, the show was depressingly weird. I have my own understanding of the show. Maybe the point of it is that every viewer has own interpretation of the universe presented? I don't know... I better stop thinking about the plot, or I may experience existential crisis, again!!! |
| The last few episodes have completely lost me. |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| So ultimately I have no idea what actually happened or rather what any of it meant. Here's the thing though: Despite all that I actually enjoyed pretty much every episode. It was definitely a ride. 7/10 ZER0PT said: I liked this show a lot but I can't give it more than a 7/10 because of the animation. Not sure if it was low budget or just a choice but it's pretty ugly in many parts imo. Dude wat? Animation and character design was probably the best part about the entire show. |
| wait what did Asazake mean when he said everyone was gone? they died? why did he kill war in the first place? why is he still alive? also the one guy turned into a forest? the hell? and is asazake going to just stay forever in that weird space? what is this "god" character? as for the rest, wow what a depressing ending. this is still a masterpiece but it still leaves me wanting a little more wrap up |
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grandy_UiD said: Dude wat? Animation and character design was probably the best part about the entire show. It was the worst for me. |
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| What a fucking depressing show. It tried to show the hopefulness of life in the most raw and crude way possible. The writing felt like it was done by someone who felt like he was in his last days of life. 8/10 |
| Well, not quite as satisfying as I expected, regardless decent ending. I have to say i do like the creativity in both story and animation. From the mc perspective, the comming of age theme applied was well done. I especially loved first 6 episode. The rest couldn't keep up the quality especially having 1 death per episode felt very forced to me. Especially nozomi death felt like a set up and asakaze and sensei storyline was rushed (expected some great confrontation and breakdown but what we got was he coming out of nowhere for a few ending dialogues). Also it disappointing we didnot find what happened to side character (like hoshi, pony, cap, ace etc) nor saw a cameo of them in real world. Not sure how nozomi survived in the real world (maybe it a copy of the previous world where nozomi didn't die). Also I certainly have mixed feeling about seeing nozomi and asakaze together (poor kosetsu...I expected some resolution to her feelings). But nice to see kodama and yamabiku Overall unique anime tackling different themes. I liked it, but not quite up to the mark. Regardless Shingo Natsume a good director, cant wait for his delivery in Time Machine blues. |
AdampkJun 4, 2022 2:33 AM
  Click for a anime mashup! Still not gone bandwagon u, keep crying. Here u are welcome to CRINGE at my EXISTENCE |
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| I was actually tempted to drop the show at around 3rd? 4th? episode but I'm so glad I powered through them. the last three episodes or so definitely made it worth it for me. |
the_assasins said: do you mean nozomi?after that scene, we then see mizuho hanging out with her friends. this mizuho is definitely not the original mizuho, but somehow it's shown that she's looking at the sky indicating maybe she's stille see the white light in the sky, just like she used to see on the island. |
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| This was a trip. A visual, confusing and thought provoking (at least for me) trip. |
StateofOhayo said: wait what did Asazake mean when he said everyone was gone? they died? why did he kill war in the first place? why is he still alive? also the one guy turned into a forest? the hell? and is asazake going to just stay forever in that weird space? what is this "god" character? as for the rest, wow what a depressing ending. this is still a masterpiece but it still leaves me wanting a little more wrap up Because the human body isn't designed to live forever, there are those who choose to kill themselves (Kill their consciousness) and the guy that turned into a forest artificially sought to return to the earth... and he did it kinda. asakaze has the ability to manipulate the worlds, so yes, he can be wherever he wants... The god character is just god... you dont need to know everything, in the real world you dont know anything as well. Very good anime my friend, yes kinda in your face back to reality ending D: |
QuasarAfterLifeJan 10, 2022 1:12 PM
Because the human body isn't designed to live forever, there are thodr who choose to kill themselves (Kill their consciousness) and the guy that turned into a forest artificially sought to return to the earth... and he did it kinda. asakaze has the ability to manipulate the worlds, so yes, he can be wherever he wants... The god character is just god... you dont need to know everything, in the real world you dont know anything as well. Very good anime my friend, yes kinda in your face back to reality ending D: dang, that makes it even more impressive, what a ride |
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| I feel like I saw something great but didn't fully understand |
| There's some messages or interpretations that can be made with this show but even then, it wasn't executed well at all. Every episode felt it lacked meaning or purpose with the only great episode being EP. 8 and 11/12 being an ok ending to the show, every other episode was void of anything impactful. Only positive takeaway's are the interesting visuals, music, and EP. 8. I was really intrigued by this show at first but it was a decent let down unfortunately Also big yikes to the NGE type rabid fandom posts 6/10 |
Celest__Mar 2, 2022 4:57 PM
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| I am not even sure or even truly understand what I just watched. I gave it a try because some reviews are calling this a masterpiece but honestly it wasn't even close. Maybe they read the source material this show was based on and know about theme and plot or they just automagically understood everything without having to pause and rewind. But for me the plot was needlessly complex, overly confusing and completely devoid of logic. It made some sense initially like how some school kids got drifted, gained superpowers, and were trying to get back home. Everything else was beyond this point was just me trying to assume things by rewinding and trying to understand the absurd plot. Not sure what kind substances did the writer take to make this "masterpiece". The character at least made more sense than the plot but they were far from interesting. There was some character development but their past was never truly explored. The Mc was a self-loathing passive beta which was a bummer. Not sure how I felt about the eccentric Nozomi but I never came to like that irritating brat Asskaze. Mizuho might've been the only character who was somewhat normal. The only thing the ending made clear is that Nagara and Mizuho magically managed to get back even if there was no point to it. Seriously what happened to their real selves? Did they sync with the fake ones or something? Honestly, what was the point of this show? Also why is the show called Sunny Boy? A more appropriate name would be "Drifting Confusion". |
| In the end all of the visuals, mysteries and mind labyrinths were there to give an opportunity to those who despaired of the imperfection of the world to understand that living a human life is like walking barefoot on glass and it won't be easy even in paradise. Some are finding peace in irreversibility (Nagara), some in dedicating themself to their passion (Radjhani), some in beautiful lies (Asakaze), some in fanatical faith (Hodji)... can't find useful words for Nozomi and Mizuho of the future, however they didn't look too unhappy. It was a peaceful finale, a monument to the human spirit on top of a hill of contradictions. I can compare this series to "Enter the Void" movie by Gaspar Noé and "Le Ballet Mécanique" art film by Fernand Léger (not only this specific one but the whole period of Dadaist and Surrealist cinema experiments) — a set of visuals completely divorced from the usual perception which nevertheless captures the viewer by the very process of movement and as we all know movement is life and life is movement. Nothing will come close to the first time watch when all the questions about what the fuck is happening in the screen are secondary and the sharpest impressions are revealed against the background of a kind of trance created by the conditions of the proposed picture. That's why I won't measure my summation on a ten-point scale as it goes against the grain of surrealism. I also find the characters animation very pleasant, even if their faces are mostly schematic you can still see pronounced feelings on them, including unique ones inherent in only one chosen hero. Melancholy of floating somewhere in the unknown is charming, some background frames are gorgeous, desecration of the laws of physics and the laws of perspective are successfully cobbled together. |
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| For the hype it got during summer 2021, it was pretty average. Vicky96 said: Is there a romance in this anime? No. |
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| honestly? phenomenal last episode. the whole running away sequence was out of this world (and they used my favorite track for it). it's been a while since an anime finale made me feel this way. i can't believe it overall i'm not really sure how everything that happened when they were drifting ties up in the end - and maybe they don't. do i care though? a little bit. but maybe that was the point? anyway, what a fucking good finale. i'm down for the Tatami Galaxy sequel now |
| i'm still thinking about the last episode what was that what whas thaaaaat |
| I didn't know they were in middle school, that gives more of an end of the innocence to the show with now Nagara and Mizuho willing and ready to take whatever life might be. I did took Nozomi "dead" literally instead of the perspective of a teenager that feel like she's gone because he didn't try to talk to her before and now you aren't in the same school that her so is like she's "dead" and she might be dating the popular guy! lol teenager can be so dramatic. It was a cute and kind of optimistic(?) finale, I would have loved to see what Rajdhani is up to but there are some cool people you don't get to meet again. That "acoustic" version of the ending was awful, though. |
SafrichhJun 1, 2022 1:31 PM
| I think I get this show: school is where you learn how to behave around other people (aka we live in a society). You learn that people are different, you get super powers figure out what makes you unique (unfortunately, this sometimes leads to prejudice), and you grow up alongside your schoolmates. But the truth is, you probably won't see most of them again after its over. It was special while it lasted, but everyone moves on with their own lives, and, years later, you may not even recognize each other. And that's what makes this a great finale. It does all of that in one episode. So what is the point of the 11 other episodes? They're mostly figurative, metaphorical, stream-of-consciousness narratives of no great consequence to the plot. They literally introduce God as a character and reveal he's the one pulling the strings. And yet no one ever talks about it? He shows up like once after that episode? You could probably watch episodes 2 through 11 in random order and have a similar experience. |
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| Great finale, finally wrapped up all the things. Sonny Boy is way too abstract to the point where people don't get what it's trying to tell. I personally enjoyed Sonny Boy, easily 8/10 |
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| So there were still flowers in the classroom for someone? Anyway, I feel like the creators did a great job even with limited resources, the concept and intentions are great, and most episodes were interesting too (save for the baseball one). Not everything's perfect as far as storytelling goes but I can forgive some of it. Looking forward to the team's future works (and will check their past ones) |
| It's definitely "the journey not the ending" type, it was fun and unique while it had very ambitious and complex concepts, I can appreciate this somewhat stale yet simple conclusion |
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