Holy shit this battle is not fucking around...
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Yeah I knew a few kids who were into Anime here and there, but you have no idea how different it was with kids even a few years younger than me. They caught a whole different wave of cultural interest. They grew up with it. I didn't. But that's the thing...
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The whole point of these threads I'm doing is to go back and re-visit a lot of what I missed (just did threads on pokemon / avatar). And hopefully, prove that there's no such thing as being "too late" or "too old" to experience something that's outstanding. There's just the will.
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For those curious, here's the pokemon threadhttps://twitter.com/filmcrithulk/status/1081291678365900800?lang=en …
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And here's the Avatar: The Last Airbender threadhttps://twitter.com/filmcrithulk/status/1110350158691065857?lang=en …
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Episode 4: Ppl told me that this was a show about depression and that made me... cautious. I know everyone has different experiences, but i feel like once you've experienced depression you get this real B.S. detector for the shows that "get it" versus the shows that "use it"
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And oh brother does this show get it. It's not just the dour outward expressions, and crushing internal sense of nothingness, it's understanding the anhedonia and specific triggers that both break through and fail to break through, often worsening the cycle.
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What the show also hopefully highlights is how much society's understanding of depression back in the 90's was... severely lacking. And how people's extreme, non-empathetic reactions highlight a society that just had no real words or understanding for it. Just brutal.
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But like most great work about depression and suicide, it understands the greatest of victories is often the simple, stalwart, herculean ability to simply put one foot in front of the other... And how those victories can't help but bring continued cost.
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Episode 5: knew 5 minutes in that I was going to like the way this show continues to play with time. It's not trying to obfuscate things for mere delay (at 22 minute it can't afford to,) but tell a dramatic story that way. Also, good god do they actually GET cliffhangers!
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Episode 6: I almost don't know what to do with the moments of hope... but neither do they.
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Also for those who want to build action sequences, take lessons on how they set objectives, turn the screws, have things go worse, and ratchet up the drama.
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Episode 7: obviously more sleight than the freight trains that came before, but just as critical I'm assuming for set-up. And in the end, an important lesson: "that's what families do"... not like I would know.
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Episode 8: The sense of scale in this show continues to impress, largely cuz it's constantly trying to think about how to use that scale creatively. Seeing the EVA hop on top of battleships is precisely that sort of fun so many others dont think of. Also, my god, the horniness.
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Well, just had to block someone for spoiling basically everything. I've talked about this in the Avatar thread, but I don't know what it is specifically with certain kinds of anime fans. They can't talk about the present moment without talking how its connected to the future.
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Episode 9: Love the payoff to the dancing, especially with how the handle the actual tone of the battle w/ the music and countdown. As far as establishing the dynamics, I'm very excited to see where it goes.
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Episode 10: Ha! Good fake out for the Beach episode. Horniness continues. Fights still inventive, but it's funny how different and social the last few have been in comparison to the crushing solipsism that came before. I'm guessing this will change, of course (don't answer)
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Episode 11: The power outage stuff is fantastic. Good granola is it laying on the daddy issues but in a perfectly clear way. Like seeing Rei more involved. And Kaji is the worst. Also, this angel is some argento shitpic.twitter.com/py8He8mMe3
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Episode 12: We get a peek into the major's backstory (love it) and the fact that they are building up so much positivity and growing relationships and teamwork makes me uniquely terrified for when it all inevitably goes to shit (again, don't answer that).
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Episode 13: Ritsuko backstory! I like how the show just keeps letting us into more characters. But I fully admit, pacing wise, I'm ready for some bigger changes. Also I have never, ever, in all my life seen a show this determined to get its characters naked at every chance.
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Episode 14: AW YEAH, HERE'S THAT CRYPTIC DOUR SHIT. It's weird that I was desperately craving it, but I was. It's pretty much all tease at this point, but it's good tease. MORE TOMORROW!
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Episode 15: Ohhhhhhhhhh, this is why you all like Kaji (he kinda sucked up until this point). Also THE PLOT THICKENS. YUP. THICKENS RIGHT THE FUCK UP. Imma go make fish tacos and come back to this.
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Episode 16: I love the way that power levels / cables play into EVA battles. Cuz this is no "power fantasy." It understands limitations are DRAMA. Also, the evolution of the Angels is fucking awesome. The shadow monster as a pit of despair? Love when a metaphor meets a monster.
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But it all gives more than that, Shinji's "giving up" moment and the survival instinct kicking in? The overlapping of the major and mother? All giving rise to the bloody rebirth of a character who finds the duality of courage / terrifying autonomy? Wow. Favorite episode so far.
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And the beat with Asuka waiting outside the bed! Like, i can't get over how good this episode was. It's like they were very quietly building up little thematic beats and relationship threads for the last 6 episodes, then in one fell swoop, pulled on all of them at once.
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Annnnnnnnnd Zankoku na tenshi no you ni / Shounen yo shinwa ni nare / Aoi kaze ga ima / Mune no DOA wo tataite mo / Watashi dake wo tada mitsumete Hohoende'ru anata / Sotto fureru mono / Motomeru koto ni muchuu de / please don't be mad at me I just googled theeeeeese!
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