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Sep 20, 2021
This is the story of how this manga changed my life.
Right before reading Onanie Master Kurosawa, I watched the Demon Slayer movie with some friends. Two excruciating hours of mediocrity later, I felt the strong urge to write a scathing and sarcastic review making fun of both the movie and those who enjoy it. I truly hated every minute of it, and I was very ready to take a fat figurative dump on the positive opinions of others.
For a long time, I had never questioned why I felt the need to do this. It was simply gratifying to bring others down to my
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level of negativity. In order to justify my twisted indulgence, I separated myself from other anime consumers and perceived them as beneath me for what I deemed “shameful” or “embarrassing” interests. In the end, I isolated myself. The expression of my opinions became a pathetic plea for relatability and validation from those I never saw as my equals. Where had my habit gotten me?
About an hour after watching the Demon Slayer movie, I began to read Onanie Master Kurosawa. I went in expecting something stupid and shallow to once again hold in contempt so that I could mock it from my glass tower. Indeed, it was depraved, indulgent, and blatantly pedophilic. The surface of this manga drew me in, like a pretentious moth to a garbage fire. It was only when I flew in closer did my glass tower begin to melt.
The titular masturbation master, whom I had already comfortably placed below me, selfishly indulged in his disgusting habits and justified it by separating himself from his victims. He saw them only as fuel for his shallow gratification, as they really had no other purpose to him. He lived gleefully in his delusion, ignoring any attempt that his classmates made to connect with him. As I continued to read the series of events that destroyed his little bubble of degeneracy, I began to see the confines of my own bubble around me.
As Kurosawa would jizz on women’s clothing for nothing other than the pure thrill, I shit on people’s anime opinions for nothing other than self-satisfaction. As his habits sent him down a spiral of immorality and self-hatred, my habits left me with nothing but loneliness and negativity. At a certain point in the manga, Kurosawa reached a crossroads; he could further indulge his sickness and hurt those he had grown fond of, or he could stop the spiraling and realize that his connections with others are what fulfills him. He chose wrong, and I felt as if it was me who made that decision. I had made that decision countless times as I distanced myself from those whose voices and perspectives I value just to think of myself as better than them. It was at this moment that my bubble popped and I was forced to fall down to earth to see eye to eye with the last person I would think of as equal to me: the masturbation master Kurosawa.
So where is my Demon Slayer movie review? After reading Onanie Master Kurosawa, I no longer saw the point in screaming at the clouds on the off-chance someone will plummet down to my level of negativity. Instead, I talked to my friends about the movie and exchanged opinions. The urge to mock those of contradicting viewpoints still kicked in, much like Kurosawa’s raging erection when he attempts to genuinely connect with a girl. But as his body rejected his depraved thoughts of people he cared about, my desire for validation from others overcame any reason to write a facetious review about some movie I just didn’t really enjoy.
In the end, Onanie Master Kurosawa opened my eyes to my own shortcomings as a person and inspired me to change my perspective. I think its message extends beyond my little story, though. We as a society refuse to see the perspective of someone like Kurosawa. We simply separate ourselves from him, never bothering to acknowledge the humanity of his actions. Onanie Master Kurosawa uses an engaging story with an absurd premise to force us to empathize with a character who represents the taboos we place below us.
This manga might be a disgusting fantasy about an undeserved redemption, but aren’t we all ejaculating on women’s clothing in our own way? I might just be speaking for myself.
10/10 experience reading this, but I’ll have to give it a 7/10 so I’m not put on some watchlist.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 12, 2020
I’m going to do something a little different for my review for Weathering With You. Everyone knows my criticism for being pure analysis coupled with a slight sarcastic undertone that makes people uncomfortable. I want to step back from that reputation and make an exception for this film. We all know that Weathering With You is a subversive deconstruction of the supernatural lens flare slice of life romance genre, so I won’t waste any time defending that statement. I want to speak straight from the heart, and I think the most effective way to do that is to depict a scene inspired by the great
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Makoto Shinkai. He is the true master of expressing emotion through the animated medium. To visualize the rest of this review, think back to this film and his other masterpieces to all the parts that gave you the feels.
[Black screen]
[PicklePride, in thoughts]: *Boku wa... (I am...)*
[Light piano trill]
*Boku wa... always looking for something... always chasing something just out of reach...*
[Random shot of train tracks]
*...always wondering what it is I’m chasing.*
[Cuts to shot of water droplet falling from leaf in 60fps]
[Piano melody picks up as droplet hits the pavement]
*After watching Weathering With You, I finally realized what I really wanted. I wanted to believe in something. I wanted to put my faith into a feeling...*
[Pans up from the ground to pedestrians walking through puddles]
*...an unshakeable feeling... something to inspire people...*
[Shot of street vendors grilling meat in 120fps]
*...something to move the hearts of the masses...something to remind us of what we leave behind...*
[Shot of child tugging parent over to a dessert shop]
*...a feeling... a beautiful, mysterious feeling...*
[Piano melody repeats, this time with violins]
*What is this feeling? What did Weathering With You instill in me?*
[Starts to zoom out from CG cityscape]
*It must be...*
[Violins reach crescendo]
*...it must be...*
[Music stops]
[Cuts to black screen]
*...Kino.*
[Pans up from city to sky]
[Royalty-free j-rock starts playing]
[Massive lens flare blocks the whole screen]
[Shot of PicklePride falling through the clouds for some reason]
[PicklePride, in thoughts]: *I want to share this feeling.*
[Song lyrics appear as subtitles]
[Zooms in on PicklePride, hair flipping around head in 240 fps]
[Adobe Premiere effects focus and unfocus the shot]
*I want everyone to watch Weathering With You.*
[Shot zooms past hair to reveal eyes]
*I want everyone to support Makoto Shinkai.*
[Tear droplets gather around eyes and sparkle upwards dramatically]
*I want everyone to gather their families and friends...*
[The protagonists from Your Name swoop in from a cloud and lock arms with PicklePride]
*...tell neighbors, post online...*
[Pans around the falling trio]
[Another massive lens flare]
[Music softens]
*...tell everyone that McDonald’s has all-day breakfast now.*
[J-rock reaches final verse]
[PicklePride and Your Name protagonists share teary smiles as they approach the ground]
[Meteor comes out of nowhere, hurtling towards earth]
[Tectonic plates separate, engulfing Tokyo in massive earthquake]
[Tsunami in the shape of a whale does a flip onto the suburban district]
[All other characters from the Makoto Cinematic Universe (MCU) appear from shrine portals and link arms]
[PicklePride, out loud]: “Together, we can make a difference.”
[Music softens]
“Together, we can give Weathering With You a 10/10 on MyAnimeList and buy Egg McMuffins to help pay for more Your Name spinoffs.”
[Buildings approach from below]
[MCU characters link arms tightly]
[Pans up to the sun]
[Lens flare burns everyone’s corneas]
[All, out loud]: “Together, we are kino.”
[Cuts to black]
[Last guitar strum echoes]
[Faint sounds of bodies hitting the floor]
[Credits roll]
That is the best homage to Weathering With You I can make. It is truly the best anime film ever made. Until the next one, of course. 6/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jul 22, 2020
There is no possible way I can explain the depths of how genius Higurashi is with my normal review format. It would be like attempting to use chimpanzee noises to sum up the legacy of Mozart. Some works of art challenge the highest function of the human mind. To dissect these miraculous pieces, one would have to speak in the same language as the artist. With that in mind, I’ve chosen an unconventional medium to express my opinion of Higurashi.
When They Cry - a poem by PicklePride
The bat struck skin and bone,
He now was all alone.
If it was all a dream,
Should he not
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hear the screams?
She shoves with mutant strength,
He flies over the length
Of the ten foot railing
While the bugs are wailing.
She stabs the little girl,
Until the truth unfurls.
Creamy yellow urine
Kills the chance of curing.
Strong with rage and bloodlust,
Alarmed by friends she could trust.
Sheathed the knife in her grip,
Saves the day with friendship.
To analyze the true nature of Higurashi, I will use this poem as a simpler and more digestible example of the depth at which this show deserves to be consumed. Notice how every two consecutive lines rhyme. This is no accident. Higurashi takes advantage of flashbacks as a device to show the exact same scene it has already, sometimes even seconds after the actual scene. The foreshadowing and symbolism is like poetry. It rhymes.
Also take note of how the stanzas depict unrelated scenarios that seem to occur independently of one another. The confusion and frustration of trying to make sense of these scenarios is represented by the vague and poorly written stanzas in this poem. They barely make sense by themselves, but when viewed as a whole, they’re downright meaningless.
As a less subtle reference, I’ve used the most violent and depraved scenes from Higurashi to represent four of the chapters I chose to include. These scenes make up the backbone that carries the weight of all emotional and psychological character development. It all comes to a head, figuratively because the buildup of intensity reaches a climax with shocking gore; and literally because all the gore is a result of the characters wanting to cum to some head.
Lastly, I want to use the poem to prove something important. To properly appreciate Higurashi, you must look at it with a wide lens and an open mind. The real truth is often found by taking a step back and viewing it as a whole, or by looking at the first letter of every line.
Overall Higurashi transcends the 10/10 rating so I have to loop back down to 1/10. It will floor you when you find out that the English title, When They Cry, actually rhymes with Elfen Lie.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Jun 11, 2020
"Understanding 100% of everything is impossible. That's why we spend all our lives trying to understand the thinking of others. That's what makes life so interesting."
—Ryoji Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Elfen Lied takes its rightful place as one of the cornerstones of symbolism and philosophy in anime. To say it is one of the most important pieces of media ever created is an understatement. It transcends media entirely. Elfen Lied, with strokes of wisdom and colors made from our very souls, delicately paints a piece of culture that defines a generation.
Spoilers below.
Right from the beginning you are introduced to the most integral aspect of
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the series: the violence and nudity. It takes a very observant eye to appreciate how Elfen Lied challenges what society deems as acceptable. Underage breasts and indiscriminate murder are “bad”, but according to whom? Do we not make those abstract rules ourselves to contain our true selves? Inside us there are two wolves; one is selfish gratification, and the other is moral obligation. The incredible opening sequence in Elfen Lied exposes our two wolves and forces us to face them. We a see a girl escape containment, in which she is clearly inhumanely held, as she kills every person in her way. The guards attempt to shoot her on sight, which puts us on her side. She then kills an innocent bystander, which puts us on the guards’ side. We are immediately forced to solve this impossible moral dilemma, just as we are introduced to the characters. This is how Elfen Lied comments on the futility and hypocrisy of mankind.
“Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.”
—Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion
The characters in Elfen Lied exist as individual studies of solidarity in loneliness. Misery loves company, right? Misery also apparently loves incest and females groping each other. The grim circumstances of how all the characters come together is perfectly juxtaposed by a lighthearted tonal shift that speaks to the humor and naive optimism of the viewer. One minute a little girl is being slowly amputated, and the next she’s in a bath being groped by the aforementioned murderous escapee. One scene the homeless girl is being sexually abused in a backstory, and the next she’s also being groped by the murderous escapee. The genius of character writing in Elfen Lied was clear to me when the maniacal bloodthirsty military guy said “I am merciless towards women and children” and then verified that statement by beating up every female he came across (including the amputee girl and the homeless girl and the murderous escapee). Although the interactions between each protagonist are charming and full of personality, as you come to understand the depths of their individual cases of amnesia, the weight of every piece of dialogue eventually snowballs to a conclusion. When it’s revealed that the seemingly innocent and cute mutant killer was responsible for the death of Kohta’s dad and sister because she was jealous of Kohta’s incestuous relationship with his ten year old cousin, I had an epiphany. I was Kohta.
“Part of growing up means finding a way to interact with others while distancing pain.”
—Misato Katsuragi from Neon Genesis Evangelion
To talk about Elfen Lied without mentioning the thematic elements is an insult to the masterful use of symbolism in the series. The horns of the mutants represent the cat-like agility and ferocity of those born with it. Lucy’s catchphrase “Nyu” references the fact that she has cat ear horns. The constant display of nipples represents the innocence of Adam and Eve before they ate the forbidden fruit. The frequent flashbacks to scenes from previous episodes represent the deterioration in both the character’s psyche’s and in the show’s budget. Even the title, “Elfen Lied”, symbolizes how Kohta lied about not wanting to grope his cousin’s boobs when she asked. It would take a much more intelligent anime reviewer to dissect every single religious, philosophical and sexual theme that contributes to Elfen Lied’s inspiration. Thus, I will have to content myself with the symbolism of the grandfather clock. Throughout the series, each of the four girls that Kohta obtains are shown fiddling with an inconspicuous broken clock in one of the hallways of the abandoned restaurant. At first, the viewer is led to believe that this seemingly random interest in a clock was just an excuse to see each girl bent over in revealing clothing. However, by the end of the show when the clock is eventually fixed, the viewer realizes that they have been outsmarted. The thing that seemed meaningless was actually symbolic. Its meaning is left ambiguous, but my interpretation is that it must mean something really powerful and the fact that I can’t understand it is just more symbolism.
“One cannot turn back the clock, but one can move it forward.”
—Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion
I genuinely don’t believe Elfen Lied can be outdone. The immense number of people that it touched and the immense number of times I’ve touched myself to it can speak for its status as true kino. It has so much to offer in terms of emotional and psychological depth that I had to take some time away from humanity to process my thoughts after I watched it. Elfen Lied deserves a 10/10 for all categories. I think of Kohta as myself in another reality where it’s socially acceptable to bang your blood relatives, so it’s a bit disappointing that his hot sister got torn in half. For that, I have to bump it down to a 2/10.
“Whether here or in the real world, you can cry when it hurts.”
—Kirito from Sword Art Online
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Feb 19, 2020
Anohana really sticks with me. Something about it just invades my thoughts on a day to day basis and reignites the passion I had felt while watching it. Some distinct aspect of it swims like a sperm cell past all of its counterparts and impregnates my mind with a syrupy contemplation. I nurture it tenderly, feeding it the warm milk of introspection, until I finally give birth to a physical manifestation of my thoughts. I look upon the offspring of my labor with pride, its attributes resembling both my subjective and objective views of Anohana. It crawls toward me, its fleshy limbs outreached, its expression
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one of familial adoration. As I take it into my arms, I know in my heart what I have to do. I beat it to death with a wrench and flush it down the toilet.
Anohana sucks. I can barely stand to think about it, but somehow I can’t escape it. I think it’s because it represents everything I hate about anime. Whenever I see any shallow character trope, any unnecessary innuendo, any poorly delivered melodrama, any vague supernatural premise or any lost potential in any other anime, I think of Anohana. This cursed show haunts me like a prepubescent ghost child, slobbering all over me and crying in my ear when I don’t feed it enough hatred. At least my ghost isn’t as skin-crawlingly obnoxious as the little girl in Anohana, but that bar is set impossibly high. In order to even come close to that standard, you’d need to somehow create a character with an even flimsier set of motivations and behavior that leans even more toward that of a pet dog. Then you’d need to place the dead underage dog-child in a love triangle with horny teenagers, kidnap a few animator’s families and boom you got yourself a show on par with Anohana.
I felt embarrassed watching it. I felt ashamed to be indirectly associated with the demographic that Anohana panders so desperately to. I felt insulted to be on the receiving end of its pathetic and manipulative tearjerking attempts. And most of all, I felt depressed by the fact that a demand exists for this incompetent mediocrity.
9/10 for letting me live my ghost loli gf fantasy, but overall 5/10 for destroying my faith in cartoons as a medium.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 30, 2020
Looking upon the Ghibli filmography through the lens of an anime expert, Ocean Waves is a classic in its own right. It may not be optimistic and atmospheric like Miyazaki or symbolic and sad like Takahata, but in the process of being dwarfed by the famous Ghibli greats, it finds its own place. It’s bold in its honesty and simplicity, unafraid to diverge from the studio’s norm. Instead of a couple charming and heroic children, Ocean Waves is led by a couple confused and moody teenagers. Instead of a fantastical adventure determined by good and evil, they embark on an uneventful time lapse through young
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adulthood determined by life’s events. It develops a relationship with both mature and immature complexities that often leave the viewer—
That’s it, I can’t do it anymore. I need to address something. You know why this movie isn’t popular? Why it hasn’t become a late classic in the eyes of Ghibli fans? Because the, dude, the main man, the protagonist of Ocean Waves, is a goddamn SIMP. If you’ve seen this movie, you know what I’m talking about. Seriously, if you looked up “simp” on the urban dictionary, a picture of our hero would sit comfortably right next to the paragraph about how simps sacrifice their own integrity, both social and moral, to appease some girl they have a crush on. He doesn’t even know he’s simping until he realizes that everything that ever fell off the rails in his highschool life could be traced back to stupid decisions he made to accommodate some random girl that never gave him the time of day. He loans her money, goes on a freaking plane so that she doesn’t travel by herself after her friend bailed, lets her sleep in his hotel bed while he sleeps in the bathtub, deals with her daddy issues, and after all that, the one time he doesn’t simp, the time he lets her get bullied without intervening, his friend punches him in the FACE. Uh oh, guess you weren’t simping enough, buddy. She walks all over this dude like a ten-cent tatami mat and this movie has the gall to punish him in the end for NOT going out of his way to fight her battle? How about a little respect for his simpin, huh? He is literally a role model for every twitter and instagram simp out there, because eventually he gets the payoff. But at that point, is it even worth it? Well, I’ve seen simps settle for far less from their queens.
8/10 for revealing a unique side of Ghibli that grows in distinction as it ages, but overall 7/10 for inventing the concept of simping.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 15, 2020
Time to get your goggles and fins on, kids, because you’re in for an awesome SPLASH of a movie! Just check out that poster! Join our goofy fish crew as they make unlikely friendships with all sorts of WAVETASTIC aquatic creatures like crabs and clownfish on their quest for freedom. Along the way, they will learn what freedom truly is: just a shallow ideal of futility! TOTALLY RAD! Nothing says wet summer fun like existential depression and moral corruption! Finding Nemo? More like finding the soulless void inside of us all! Bring the whole family on this musical adventure through the feverish dreams of fish
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confronted with their own mortality and don’t forgot your SURFBOARD! Hang ten, and then hang yourself!
10/10 for a FINTASTIC oceanic odyssey, but 7/10 for throwing my will to live to the sharks.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 3, 2019
Oh my god in heaven is this show a breath of fresh air!! It’s been a long while since an anime has evoked such a unique set of emotions from me. This is a one in a million series, so let me break down what’s so amazing about it as accurately as I can.
The characters. They are the heart and soul of Demon Slayer, and their complete lack of depth past simple caricatures is what will eventually bring you to tears. You truly feel for their sadness as well as their happiness, and you won’t be able to help rooting for them as this show
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shamelessly condescends to you by using cheap tactics like psychological trauma and post-mortem backstories to manipulate the target demographic into wetting their diapers. When Tanjiro makes his fifth monologue about his determination to protect his sister in the middle of what’s supposed to be an intense action scene, you WILL feel his emotions, because the show might as well have put the words “FEEL THIS” on the screen like some kind of sitcom with a studio audience. And let’s not forget the villains, whose motives and personalities don’t even exist until the climax of their arc. This writing ability could only come from the most inspired of individuals. The nuance in character development truly makes me believe the author himself has an albino cannibalistic sister whom he carries around in a box to protect her from the sunlight and from people who don’t like albinos.
The story. This isn’t your typical shounen plot, no sir. In what other shows can you watch a young optimistic boy lose his loved ones to evildoers then embark on a journey to seek justice while gathering strength at a pace unheard of to his teachers and peers? In what other shows will you see an older brother go to great lengths within an organization to seek a cure for his younger sibling, who also fights along his side? No others, that’s for sure. The visceral gratification you get from self-inserting as the protagonist while he excels at everything and overcomes obstacles to defeat bad guys who commit violent murders is one of the greatest feelings ever, and Demon Slayer delivers. After the first twenty expositional segments, you’ll be completely immersed in the story and world of Kimetsu no Yaiba.
The production. While the animation is kind of meh (it switches to CG sometimes which is just ew!), the music conveys emotion almost as poignantly as the dialogue itself. The eerie feudal-era soundscape perfectly complements the orchestra as the strings and piano whisk you away to Feels Land whenever a character’s inner-monologue gets particularly epic. Even after finishing the show, the soundtrack sticks with you and chokes you up every time you hear it. That’s how powerful it is. I think I can credit the main theme for at least ten of the dozen times I cried while watching Demon Slayer.
If I haven’t already expressed how much I love this show, I don’t know what else to do except watch it a hundred more times. Every smile, every tear, and every soft loli grunt is an adventure on its own. I can’t say much else about it without getting into spoilers about the amazing villain or about the greatest anime episode of all time (you know the one), so I’ll just stop here. Kimetsu no Yaiba is the one thing we’ve all been waiting for, and we’d be crazy not to bring it to the highest esteem.
Absolute 10/10 overall, but actually 5/10 for making me feel like as infantile and stupid as shrunken Nezuko.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Sep 11, 2019
Let me start by saying that I’ve never come across a piece of art as poignant and life-changing as Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete. As soon as I started it, my mind seemed to leave my body and get sucked into the student life of Sou Akiyama. I became entranced with his nuanced character; his thoughts, his actions and his motivations all came through to me as if he was a missing part of myself that I had just found. The first thing I noticed was the creative parallel to a visual novel character by the name of Sou Hiyori, who shares a lot of traits
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with Sou Akiyama, besides the obvious name similarity. They both keep to themselves and rarely open up but still deeply care about their friends. I’ve come to love this ‘rat’ character archetype, which Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete explores more deeply than I ever thought possible. The protagonist is dark-haired and contemplative, like me, yet quietly intellectual and empathetic. I personally relate to his choices and have often caught myself speaking fluent Japanese when I subconsciously channel Sou inside of me. I could never find a connection that powerful from the third-highest ranked manga, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Just as with the character design and writing, Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete thoroughly immersed me with its impeccable art and world imagining. With each panel I felt more and more at home within the author’s vision. In fact, I’ve become nostalgic for the fictional classrooms and roads and sunsets that hypnotized me when I first read this manga. It’s comforting in a way I can’t describe, like this world is a distant memory I didn’t know I had. This inexplicable aspect alone brings Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete well above Fullmetal Alchemist.
A more tangible quality of Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete is its ability to comment on society and us as the people who live in it. From the development of relationships between characters to the deliberate dysfunction of the school, the author provides us with a peek into his view of humanity as a whole. At first it seems that your ordinary existential nihilism compels his writing, but after a few chapters it evolves into something else entirely. The philosophical undertone shifts to optimistic humanitarianism and then to egotistical altruism faster than you can say “Sou”. Despite its complexity in themes, Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete remains grounded and accessible enough to not seem condescending or pretentious. I think that quality sets it apart from other psychological dramas of similar acclaim.
Although I have no hesitation calling Ushinawareta Mirai no Motomete a masterpiece, I can’t justify thinking of it as the greatest manga of all time until it runs for a little while or until I read it through a few more times. My integrity as an experienced critic prevents me from placing it higher than Berserk, but it’s a very close call, and my placement may change as new volumes are released. For the time being, though, its ranking is deserved, and I hope I can help publicize this hidden gem with this review.
Overall 10/10, can’t wait to see it reach the top.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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May 30, 2019
How do I describe the greatest piece of media to ever grace my lowly existence? Well, let’s start with what’s immediately obvious about Kimi no Na wa, because just the surface layer of this masterpiece is enough to impress even the most cynical of critics.
Without getting into spoilers, I’ll sum up the plot as convoluted and poorly paced. The sloppiness in storytelling really touched me and added an immeasurable amount of weight to the gorgeous animation. That’s right, the rumors were correct. This movie is beautiful. The sheer amount of lens flares present during the runtime shone brightly on my soul and illuminated what
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life really is about. If I had a body pillow for every time the rays of the sun were enhanced to unsightly levels in the post-production of this movie, I’d have my own cotton harem.
Besides the presentation being obviously exceptional, the writing takes spotlight at the same time and plays like a symphony to accompany the art on screen. Both protagonists are incredibly complex and distinctive, as is typical of Makoto Shinkai’s films. In fact, I was so dazzled by the natural characterization that I can’t even remember the personalities or features of either the girl or the boy! How incredible is it that the title of the film, ‘Your Name’, would tie in so seamlessly with how I can’t remember their names? It’s like I’m constantly finding new masterful brushstrokes in this Mona Lisa of an anime.
In the end, this movie’s message poignantly shaped how I think. Previous to my first viewing (of dozens), I would have thought that if I got switched into the body of a random person consistently over weeks, I should probably figure out her location relative to mine or at least try to call my number. But now that I’ve watched Kimi no Na wa, I know that in order to advance the suspense in the plot I should just partake in such classic antics as living her life for her and groping her boobies! How else would the movie sell well to the widest audience possible? All I can say is, thank you Makoto Shinkai. You’ve given meaning to my life, and I’ll forever cherish this gift of enlightenment.
Overall 10/10, but actually 7/10 because on my eleventh rewatch I realized that it was supposed to be a romance.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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