It has been a very undervalued anime, cause it's dazzling accelerated, never giving you time to think, the symbolism of the events start to mixing up and, because of that, it's logycal meaning is lost.
Even so, this is the best show for me, or, maybe, because of that.
It's strange how language and art operate. In Sarazanmai, the symbolism lost it's meaning in the viewer consciousness, but still has meaning, and even more impact, in the unconscious.
The "point" about the show is rhythm. All scenes works well and perfectly one with another, even the excessive repetition, with music and no-senses, the
eschatologic humor (which brings up our childhood occult memories, when our desire and self-identity was taking form).
The fact that an anime about secret desires, as the freudian impulse of life, act directly in our unconscious is not amazing by itself?
Put it together with the excellent sound track, the fantastic art direction, the character design that atends very well the demand, and you start to see a masterpiece.
There's more.
One thing that may wake up bad reactions out of people is the confusion of the script and the
eschatological humor. This anime requires a loosen posture of the viewer, because we have a culture of control: control of the script, control of the ideas, rationalizating everything, operating with logycal-thought instead of emotion or unconscious, reducting humans spectrum emotion in a shell. Getting out of that shell can be pretty emancipator, i mean, in real life.
Sarazanmai does not teach, but requires that posture to be really appreciated and valued, it is not for everyone, but, indeed, it's a master piece.
