The worst thing that could happen other than the world ending and death, is loneliness and no love at all. It wouldn't stop the end from coming but it makes it feel less painful because you know your not alone.
Watching this show is both emotionally draining and also romantically moving. What's interesting about the series is how much emotion you invest in the characters. Its rare to find romance in end of the world scenario the only other two I can think of are the underrated 80's gem "Miricle Mile" (ok thats not a romance but it has an element of it) and the recent film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World", there's always something fascinating about using a dire backdrop for romance because it gives the characters freedom to utilize all their emotions.
I like the animation mainly the background animation captures the city , there is some gray color but it gives the show a moody sensibility. The music is also very good, I mainly like the theme song which is one of my favorite anime themes, it has both an romantic optimism as well as somber sensibility at the same time.
You care so much about them you actually could cry over whoever dies. The show is on concerned over plot, we never really now who their fighting against and why, let alone how they made Chise into a weapon, but that's part of the point of the series. This is about the characters Chise and Shunji as well as some characters around them like Akimi, and the emotions they go though which make you feel heavy pathos for them.
Shunji is brooding which makes him seem a little intimidating at times, soft spoken, passive aggressive, but we see on the inside like most people like him he's struggling to figure things out for himself like who he is in the fold of things and also is still young inside despite acting like an adult. Chise a sweet girl whom is shy, timid, slow both physically (litterally since she always has trouble walking a mere amount of blocks with Shunji)and mentally. She loves Shiji but feels unsure whether she's strong enough for him and herself and of course despite being kidnapped and used by the government as a weapon of mass destruction, she feels it has benefited her but little throughout the series does she discover the dire cost.
The relationship between both Shunji and Chise is almost similar toward a civilian and soldier, you feel pathos for Shinji's powerlessness in protecting and finding a way to comfort Chise's post traumatic stress that's taken it's toll. Chise struggles to make Shinji understand her post traumatic dilemmas, as well as control her body. Seeing the way her body works and transforms into a weapon is disturbing, the fear we see in her face makes us concerned for her because were never sure what more will happen to her body or how out of control it will get, much like in Croneburg's "The Fly". Knowing any organization is capable of doing this just shows the extent of their evil, their willing to endanger and use innocent lives for their own selfish and senseless gains. We see things get a heck of a lot hard for the characters at the war gets worse creating a slowly deteriorating enviorment and people dying one by one from Shinji's hometown is terrifyingly reminiscent of the film "Testiment". Their love becomes more and more challenged, their close to each other but also hurt one another and themselves from physical and mental distance created which leads these characters to divulge into inappropriate behavior to destruct and self destruct themselves and their relationship in order to avoid dealing with the difficulty. But it's not all sad the relationship with the two does develop into something more.
Most to all the episodes are unforgettable, the one I remember the most is Akimi, it was the most emotionally moving and devastating episode I've ever seen. I couldn't help but cry toward this episode because even though there was a sense of closure at the same time it's heartbreaking because you can't help but feel the two could of been a great couple together Shinji could of loved Akimi but their chance is cruelly robbed. It sort of made me wonder about all the other girls I've seen in my classes but never really talked to or were very close to, could some of them have looked at me and had feelings for me but I never knew it, were they waiting for me to make a move, if I talked or asked one of them out could it of been more.
The show is a bit of a cautionary tale about the senseless nature of war and holocaust, why we should never let the war machine and technology dominate our own free will. But most of all some deep philosophical and emotional concepts on loneliness, unspoken feelings, the difficulty and joy of loving another despite difficult times however depending on the bond between two people it's the most beautiful thing that can and should never be destroyed.
In a time when the world is falling apart it's love that gives us the will to live.
Rating: 4 stars
Watching this show is both emotionally draining and also romantically moving. What's interesting about the series is how much emotion you invest in the characters. Its rare to find romance in end of the world scenario the only other two I can think of are the underrated 80's gem "Miricle Mile" (ok thats not a romance but it has an element of it) and the recent film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World", there's always something fascinating about using a dire backdrop for romance because it gives the characters freedom to utilize all their emotions.
I like the animation mainly the background animation captures the city , there is some gray color but it gives the show a moody sensibility. The music is also very good, I mainly like the theme song which is one of my favorite anime themes, it has both an romantic optimism as well as somber sensibility at the same time.
You care so much about them you actually could cry over whoever dies. The show is on concerned over plot, we never really now who their fighting against and why, let alone how they made Chise into a weapon, but that's part of the point of the series. This is about the characters Chise and Shunji as well as some characters around them like Akimi, and the emotions they go though which make you feel heavy pathos for them.
Shunji is brooding which makes him seem a little intimidating at times, soft spoken, passive aggressive, but we see on the inside like most people like him he's struggling to figure things out for himself like who he is in the fold of things and also is still young inside despite acting like an adult. Chise a sweet girl whom is shy, timid, slow both physically (litterally since she always has trouble walking a mere amount of blocks with Shunji)and mentally. She loves Shiji but feels unsure whether she's strong enough for him and herself and of course despite being kidnapped and used by the government as a weapon of mass destruction, she feels it has benefited her but little throughout the series does she discover the dire cost.
The relationship between both Shunji and Chise is almost similar toward a civilian and soldier, you feel pathos for Shinji's powerlessness in protecting and finding a way to comfort Chise's post traumatic stress that's taken it's toll. Chise struggles to make Shinji understand her post traumatic dilemmas, as well as control her body. Seeing the way her body works and transforms into a weapon is disturbing, the fear we see in her face makes us concerned for her because were never sure what more will happen to her body or how out of control it will get, much like in Croneburg's "The Fly". Knowing any organization is capable of doing this just shows the extent of their evil, their willing to endanger and use innocent lives for their own selfish and senseless gains. We see things get a heck of a lot hard for the characters at the war gets worse creating a slowly deteriorating enviorment and people dying one by one from Shinji's hometown is terrifyingly reminiscent of the film "Testiment". Their love becomes more and more challenged, their close to each other but also hurt one another and themselves from physical and mental distance created which leads these characters to divulge into inappropriate behavior to destruct and self destruct themselves and their relationship in order to avoid dealing with the difficulty. But it's not all sad the relationship with the two does develop into something more.
Most to all the episodes are unforgettable, the one I remember the most is Akimi, it was the most emotionally moving and devastating episode I've ever seen. I couldn't help but cry toward this episode because even though there was a sense of closure at the same time it's heartbreaking because you can't help but feel the two could of been a great couple together Shinji could of loved Akimi but their chance is cruelly robbed. It sort of made me wonder about all the other girls I've seen in my classes but never really talked to or were very close to, could some of them have looked at me and had feelings for me but I never knew it, were they waiting for me to make a move, if I talked or asked one of them out could it of been more.
The show is a bit of a cautionary tale about the senseless nature of war and holocaust, why we should never let the war machine and technology dominate our own free will. But most of all some deep philosophical and emotional concepts on loneliness, unspoken feelings, the difficulty and joy of loving another despite difficult times however depending on the bond between two people it's the most beautiful thing that can and should never be destroyed.
In a time when the world is falling apart it's love that gives us the will to live.
Rating: 4 stars