Sep 28, 2012
I re-watched this movie today after a long time of forgetting it, and I have to admit it left me kind of shell-shocked. I sat through the entire credits trying to figure out what to do with myself, not in the mood to watch any more anime.
Yeah. It's that deep.
I find myself contemplating the meaning of life after I'd sworn I'd figured it out the last time, just as I had thought the time before that. After having this overwhelming epiphany, I was compelled to write a review. I don't suggest watching if you need something upbeat. But in spite of the fact
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that it made me tear up, in retrospect, it really made me wanna live life to fullest and appreciate everything I have. Every soul that surrounds us has their own destiny to write, and each passing moment can never be taken back, modified, or prolonged, as much as we might want it to be.
The funny thing is, we only realize this upon looking back on things.
I have a hard time putting it into words, but throughout the movie, each scene is so perfectly painted, or should I say Photoshopped; each memory is more beautiful than the last, and yet the main character remains entirely oblivious to it, as if, living in another world frozen in time. The world just seems so perfect. So serene. One snapshot after another. I give this anime a 20/10 for animation all around, not even including the sky scenes. OH. MY. GOD. You will never gaze at the stars the same way again. If nothing else, check this movie out for the dazzling dreamscapes. They make it seem as if the universe could just continue on forever, like there's always something more beyond our reach, distracting us from what we already have here. Though I suppose that was the purpose of it from the beginning.
All in the same breath.
It's a painful reminder of reality: sometimes things just didn't go as planned; we all have regrets; when we lie in bed at night, we just replay moments of our lives that we wished we would've done better, orchestrating perfect scenarios where things went wrong, and trying to forget things we can't change. Unfortunately, there's no rewind button on our lives, so here's the moral of the story. Cherish every second you're alive while you still have it, and every person while they're still here, because the only thing worse then regretting something you did, is wishing you'd done something you hadn't. However, even if we might think it's too late to fix the past, it's never too late to move on and start living.
Don't Forget. Just live on.
and Watch Anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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