Jul 1, 2023
The actual GOAT. I don't have the proper thoughts, feelings or headspace to truly write a review for this at the moment. So bare with me as you are forced to to hear emotional appeal for an online stranger.
I've had a lot of favorite shows over the years. Spice and Wolf, HxH, Houseki no Kuni and finally Madoka. Madoka sat at the pinnacle for years for me. Where the others I knew to be flawed shows, Madoka I believed might truly deserve a 10/10. I read fanfiction, shared it with countless people and rewatched it with them whenever I could. No where near enough
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of an obsession to buy merchandise, but thats just not how I experience enjoyment for a media.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is somehow much more than that. I don't know that I would give it a ten, not because its flawed, but because I have so much love for it that I can't even pretend to quantify it. Other shows I can objectively say "I like it this much", but this just has so much emotion and thought for me that I cannot. The opening of Spice and Wolf, nearly the entire final movie of Madoka, Gon becoming the antagonist in episode 131. These are scenes that fill me with so much emotion and yet I can cleanly say why they are so great, when they stop being great and why thats ok. I can't do the same for Vivy.
The shows usage of its music as a Motif has melted my brain. When I listen to the song I would almost describe it as mentally harmful. Such a wave of conflicting emotions that are just a jumbled mess because I associate it with so many different scenes. Nearly every scene in the show is an amazing standout moment for me. I can always recognize the incredible writing, direction and forethought put into the early scenes of Madoka. I can appreciate the world building and clever way of fitting things together in HxH even in mundane episodes, but I don't feel a true emotional resonance for its "down" episodes. Not the case for this show.
I don't think everyone will have this same level of emotional love for this show, I don't know if ANYONE will feel this same way about the show. But I would be overjoyed if one day I could convey to its creators just how truly happy it made me. If I ever am able to touch someone in the world to the degree this show touched me, I would know I had accomplished at least that in my life.
My life doesn't revolve around this show, I haven't bought merchandise for it, though I do strongly consider it. I don't even share it with other people because truthfully the idea of my friends not enjoying it would emotionally hurt me.
Consider watching it. Maybe you enjoy it to some extent. I know when it first came out I thought the premise sounded stupid. I hate idol shows, but think robots are kinda neat. So I gave it a chance and here we are.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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