Feb 2, 2022
The psychedelic visuals and the smooth transitions between art styles were surprisingly interesting for this era of anime. The watercolor aesthetic especially stood out to me and for the most part was the only reason I kept watching.
Story-wise it was difficult to see what kind of ideas were presented. My interpretation morphed as the film progressed. Initially, it seemed as though I was supposed to believe that "clean and pure women", in mostly a sexual way (i.e. virgins and post-marital sex ONLY), is what is morally correct and is a woman's obligation to god and men. That being sexually abused by a man exploiting his
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power can make even an honest, hard-working, "man's man" of your husband neglect you now that you are "ruined".
Later on, in seems that in some ways I can see the attempt was to go for a brain shattering take that, huh, maybe sex shouldn't be so taboo, and religious superstitions are detrimental to society's progress. That, hey!! Women are cool and forward thinkers. see this person in the painting of the french revolution??? that's a woman you see there!!
But c'mon.. Jeanne's only motivations were to either please her abusive husband so he could stop being sad, fuck satan for magical powers, and to get revenge on everyone who exploited her except for her husband and satan. Which I.. I don't understand?
Jeanne never had any inherent power and was beholden to some other person to do anything.
By the end of it my interpretation became: Women should be allowed to be horny and have sex whenever they want, just like the men do. in fact, if women were allowed this honor, then they can lead revolutions. With one condition: only men can enable their horny-ness; they still live to serve men.....?????????
This is backed up by many different interactions between characters.
- First, the sexual abuse by the lord triggers the appearance of Satan, the physical embodiment of her libido. now she lusts for Satan because she wants to help her husband get over the fact she isn't a virgin anymore and has a wife with sexual trauma. Satan will give her power as long as they smash. Satan is just manipulating her into having sex with him. Satan is the guy that would use the blockchain to get sexual consent.
- The page asks witch-version Jeanne to give him a potion that turns the lord's wife horny for him because he wants to have sex with her. This is unrequited love, stalker shit.
- The villager women talking to the lord and his posse about Jeanne, the witch, say things like "oh, my husband wants it every night even though I think we can't afford more kids.. and I also get lonely sometimes". -- I don't really want this, but I will fabricate a reason to also become guilty so it's not all on my husband.
- When Jean visits Jeanne to convince her to stop being a witch and team up with the lord, it's so he can "woe is me. please take me back.. i haven't had sex in years" and just thrust himself upon her, but also if she doesn't then he will be executed. this is just classic abuser tactics. he ends up getting mad when she's being executed which causes him to get murdered and now everyone sees him as a martyr even though he was complete ass the entire time.
Look, with all that said I want to be clear that I am not saying people shouldn't be allowed to be horny. Anyone can be as horny as they want (to an extent). But this standard exists to establish a mutual agreement between people, not so that people are enabled to manipulate others now that god won't see their targets as sinful if successful manipulation occurs.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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