Silver Spoon is on par with Mushishi and Natsume on its’ feel good. Gin no Saji is the equivalence of a breeze in the summer. You watch it, enjoy it and you forget about it. It is a modest attempt on equating the reason for killing animals in exchange for tasting that delicious. Hachiken is a sympathetic character whose childhood of holding back his compassion made him unable to deny anyones’ call for help. He loves the animal, especially Pork Bowl but instead of simply delaying/extending his life, Hachiken embraces it. Because life ends, but life goes on. What was the point of rearing the animals, should they only be meant to be used, discarded and eaten. The horses devote their entire effort, but only result is of key. Even after that, once they fail, they are churned into meat. The pigs, cows, chicken, each just playing their role until a moments’ mistake/injury deem their life unworthy, only to be sent to the butcher by the end of the day. This show is the extent of that reasoning. We just gotta enjoy it while it lasts. That is the fate of all the farm animals, and so is it for us. Embrace and enjoy your life, cos’ it ain’t very long to begin with.
Brilliant anime all the way to the end…
Hits you perfectly with the points, and knows exactly what it’s all about, really no flaws visually, manages to keep the narrative informative, close to the plot points and the reason for the anime, with no unnecessary additional contexts.
