The Sad Beauty of To Your Eternity
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- From the creator of A Silent Voice, To Your Eternity is another masterclass in empathetic storytelling.
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0:00 Crunchyroll Disclaimer
0:20 A Cool, Atmospheric Cold Open
3:40 Immortal Perspective
11:13 When Narration is Neccessary
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The first episode was practically a short movie. Any series that evokes that much emotion in just 20 minutes deserves praise
Give me a good anime to wat
@@imsentinelprime9279 This.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks old anime
@@imsentinelprime9279 The last two I watched was Read Or Die and Haibane Renmei that I enjoyed but it depends on what genre you like, your language preference. What's your taste?
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks SciFi-horror action
With every episode that comes out, I inevitably think "If only the nameless boy were here to see this." He deserved the world.
The nameless boy? Could you tell me who it is I think I have forgotten him
@@nayanmaloth4838 The Dog's owner. Fushi's default human form.
@@nayanmaloth4838 how daré you..... 😔
Well he saw the paradise through fushi .🥺
@@crakelhead5876 He went to heaven tho, or somewhere like heaven with his people.
Spoiler
Unlike the rest who chose to follow Fushi as a ghost, he already moved on
hears that the series is by the same person as A Silent Voice and I immediately say "oh that explains it"
Which is why I’m immediately going to start reading the manga right now.
Yeah, I might start telling people this point when I’m recommending them To Your Eternity. Just to give them a taste of what they’re in for
exactly my thoughts
@@Ziziwai yeah, if normies ask what good anime to watch tell them to watch silent voice, I want to eat your pancreas, to your eternity, weathering with you, violet evergarden, made in abyss, odd taxi, rezero or vivy. And not genneric shounen...
Omg sameeeee I knew it was gonna rip me apart XD
When I noticed the faces added to Fushis hut wall... I had to hold in a gasp/sob. It's a really beautiful and painful way to establish his connections and family, the way the boy had his.
Oh shit I forgot the boy did that too
And the commercial break scene? Bit of salting the wound huh
Also, if he loses a vessel to the nokkers in season 2, they are removed from the wall.
The fact that also the Narrator is being voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda its just a big flex. His voice is literaly Anime God version of Morgan Freeman
Wasn't he also a narrator voice in Golden Kamuy + a side character?
Haven't watched Golden Kamuy yet, so I am probably wrong.
Kenjiro Tsuda's voice really has the range of
a cold villain, a villain who enjoys fucking around, a wise but tragic hero, or a literal f u c k i n g G o d
His voice is ominous, its as if his voiced character's presence is so heavy and threatening but at the same time, it feels like theres a reason this character is this way, there's a backstory to why this character does what it does
at first I was like: this is god or an alien?
at the end, yes lord
@@gyrozeppeli884 I just finished watching To Your Eternity and yeah I heard that voice and immediately thought I recognized it from Golden Kamuy. It's Ogata's voice actor.
in spanish is piccolo the one who voices the narrator and its awesome too
I feel like even at the very beginning, despite being so inhuman, Fushi is at the same time EXTREMELY human. The narration is used perfectly when, as the wolf, Fushi is brought into the nameless boy's house. After walking in the frigid cold for so long, Fushi's creator says that if he had the words, Fushi would have said "I want to stay in this warmth forever". And that's something I really like. Despite not "knowing" how to make connections to other living beings, Fushi does so naturally, even in that very first form as a living creature.
He whines when the Boy is hurt, he sleeps on the bed with the boy, and tugs at the boy's jacket once he's passed away. Something that really hits me is that even with such little understanding of the world, Fushi placed the nameless boy back on the chair before leaving. Because somehow, Fushi understood that this person who he cares for, wanted to rest like that. Even if he did not have the means of expressing those feelings, it's clear that's what he felt. And like! When he stops Parona from killing herself! That moment is so big and I think about it so much.
It shows an understanding of death (even if it is a VERY basic understanding) and a compassion for people he cares about. His expression in that moment is clearly one of anguish, even if he does not realize it.
I watched the first episode of this series and then read the entire manga and I have absolutely fallen in love with all of these characters. I can't wait to watch it animated and hurt all over again haha
@Ivan Nikitin yes I don’t want to spoil you but as the story progresses there’s definitely more clear evidence to show that this is the case
@Ivan Nikitin Exactly! Fushi reacted to his environment even if he didn't understand it. The boy was the first person he met, and even if he didn't have the words to express it, it was clear that Fushi cared for him.
Same I saw the first episode and couldn’t stop myself from binging the manga in a single day, it was really phenomenal and I can’t wait to see all of it animated
Not only all of this, but when the nameless boy wanted to find out what was out there Fushi inadvertently fulfills that desire by taking on the boys appearance and experiences everything in mostly his form. He also fulfills the boy's wish of not forgetting him by keeping his appearance as his main vessel, that way he will always see him and remember him.
@@thelightsilent that has mothing to do with this comment or video
Honestly the narration and how its handled is brilliant. The narrator is the creator, and his thoughts as he watches his creation roam the world, not some nameless guy paid to voice over some stuff
In Lwgend of the Galactic Heroes, the narrator dialoque is straight out of the narration from the book series.
agreed
I might have to rewatch some of the episodes with narration then, because I typically dislike narrators unless it’s inner thoughts or used sparingly.
@@paperboy1116 it is used the most in episode one, but used well.
@@keiichimorisato98 oh yes, I know that. The other episodes bothered me a little bit, but OP gave me another way to look at the narration rather than just narration.
I cried when Parona showed March's letter to her parents
I was on the verge of tears for most of the show so far. I have dry eye syndrome. So anything that can elicit an emotional response to get me some kinda relief is more than welcome.
I kept getting distracted by how the bundle that's supposed to have March's corpse inside kept shrinking in Parona's arms throughout that scene with every shot
i found the show manipulative and shallow. that people cry to this worries me
@@adrian15049 yeah it took like 30 days to ninanda
@@jebes909090 …how can a show be manipulative? Unless it’s some sort of political agenda…?
In the first 6 episodes of To Your Eternity, I cried like 3 times. I barely ever cry at anime or any entertainment medium really. It's incredibly good and I love how it takes a look at the world and humanity and so many other things, in such a nuanced way and from a simultaneously removed and yet immersed perspective.
sameeeeeeeeeeeee. i too never usually cry when watching anime EVEN when there are emotional scenes... but this anime made me cry like almost every episode..... I cant get enough of this anime
time to rewatch it ( and pobably cry again)
cya
Yes like even to the saddest shows like attack on titan or the promise Neverland I never cry but to this,especially when March died, I just bursted out crying
@@misqxvalcrie3681 exactly
I can't recall anything that made me cry in less than 30 minutes of the beginning of the story.
@@misqxvalcrie3681 I cannot skip the intro even though it makes me cry every single time
People who say Narrators are dumb clearly haven’t seen Love is War
Yup
Or maybe they saw the English dub of Love is War, in which case I can forgive them for saying that.
True
or Mob Psycho 100
@@Egavans Except the narrator for the English dub is great in its own way, although extremely different from the Japanese
Watching To Your Eternity is almost emotional masochism
it really is...
Just to feel somthing
i havent cried in any other anime so i was actin tough when i watched the first episode thinkin i wont cry from this then teared up at the first episode
Every episode feels like an emotional rollercoaster.
As I read I keep thinking “if I stop now this manga can’t hurt me any more”. I can’t stop
Interestingly I have the very opposite problem. I can't continue without pauses of at least 2 weeks between significant events.
Land of the lustrous in a nutshell
But what if the manga is going to heal you...?
I love anime like this, ones that make you think, feel and change your perspective of the world around you,
My balls
You'll definitely like Mushishi then. Same vibe and just as great as To Your Eternity
I'm surprised you don't make CZcams vids yourself I see u in almost every comment section on hear and ur only vid got what like a million views
Will it change me in the same way Catherine changed my thinking on commitment?
Oh hi
This anime hit me hard from the beginning, but no other anime had made me bawl my eyes out like March's death. I cried so hard, I told my fiance that he HAD to watch the episode (without context hehe) and he also bawled his eyes out. The writing in this series is so SO good. To make you get so attached to characters in such a short amount of time is hard to do.
you would do a lot of good for a lot of people by deleting this, or changing you know what, thats all ima say
@@prod.ampdup what?
4:50 tiny error. It's not derived from "fuji", cause that isn't really a word (or well it is, but it doesn't mean immortality)
The words for immortality are "fujimi" and "fushi". So his name isn't derived from immortality, it literally is immortality.
I caught that too.
To Your Eternity is one of the few series I’ve seen that properly expresses the tragedy in being immortality.
People STILL don't realize that being immortal is more a curse than a blessing.
@@viedralavinova8266 It depends on the person though. Someone who's not very emotionally attached to people, yet has almost megalomaniacal degree of ambition will take this chance in a heartbeat.
It reminds me of Mr. House from Fallout: New Vegas, who used his technology to live hundreds of years just so he can continue being the master of his own empire and see it through greater and even greater heights. But as consequence, he became detached from humanity and became more machine than man. And from the looks of it, he won't be giving up all that anytime soon.
@@viedralavinova8266 I think it's a blessing cuz as long as you still have dopamine in your brain you can technically always be somewhat happy
@@jackdemerritt3475 there's more to life than being happy. Sometimes the challenges, pain and suffering give it meaning. For this reason, heaven is no different than hell.
Another one that shows immortality is not that great is the movie he never died its about someone who lived through the wars and conflicts of history trying to die but cant because of something that will be revealed at the end of the movie cause i dont want to give too much info
It's a moe John Carpenter's "The Thing" befriends humanity.
Lol Echidnut said the same thing!
Im glad i wasnt the only one getting the thing vibes
And Parasyte is “if The Thing took over a society rather than an isolated base in Antarctica.”
@@phlaryx7145
Migi is much cooler than The Thing
Parasyte is more 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'
Both the anime and the manga are beautiful. It makes you realize how short people's lives are and makes you realize that there's so much beauty to remember in those limited times.
"The entity swims through the void and it remembers."
Your description of Fushi, as well as your reading from Cibola Burn, feels eerily reminiscent of a passage from Worm by John C. McCrae.
Just like Fushi, the passage is describing the mind of an entity that can think, but not in the same way humans do. An entity that's totally alien to us, but which still comes from its own background that provides its motivations, which we, the audience, can only understand through the thorough narration.
This passage doesn't happen until Interlude 26, a long ways into the web serial, but it's absolutely worth the read.
"The entity swims through the void and it remembers. Everything is stored, dating back to the very beginning."
I immediately thought of it as well. A fantastic web series!
You, sir, are a man of culture. 👌
I just started the anime, and I can't stop crying
Edit: finished the Gugu arc, my heart can’t take any more
That arc fucked me up good. Had to take a break lol
Oh but it can.... And it will... 😭🥲
100% agree that Fushi’s name is VERY on the nose. In Japanese, it’s written as 不死-the kanji 不 means “not,” and 死 means “death.” So his name is literally just “no death.”
edit: wording
@@shobadidobadi7662 She talks about what each individual kanji in his name means?
@@novelle.27 no it was like the short for immortal. So she went from fujimi to fuji and finally fushi
I mean, he was named by like a six-year-old
March named him after realizing he was immortal.
I wish they kept the name Fushi in the translated manga instead of "Immo" but not a big deal I guess.
I love Fushi as a character because their journey starts by them learning to be human so they can relate to other around them. But later when they have lived many hundreds of years that same humanity becomes a burden
I remember when I read the manga and was astonished at how it wasnt animated. a couple months later I see it on crunchyroll and I go "THEY FREAKIN ANIAMTED IT!?"
@TheLightSilent This video isn’t about One Piece, and no one here is talking about One Piece. Stop spamming your pointless complaint everywhere.
I know!!! I've been waiting for it to be animated since chapter 2 came out. I knew it would be a masterpiece if they did. It was just too touching not to be.
@@thelightsilent No and I'm not about to waste 3 months of my life to find out. Please go post this comment where it is relevant?
@@thelightsilent No, my name is a JoJo's reference
I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to have a manga animated before tbh
This anime be like
New character: hello
Fushi: hippity hoppity you're now my property
You are incorrect
@@kroebear6377 correct*
@@kroebear6377 He's correct
I was thinking “so you’ve chosen death” would be more fitting, but yes. Correct lol
@@boodledemic6430 You are incorrect
Usually I skip the anime intros...though this one hits A LOT harder once you get to episode 10. Never thought an intro could make me cry.
This anime is a true masterpiece. Made my cry like a baby like 3 times already and I absolutely not regret it
I didnt think crying twice in a span of 20 minutes was possible but I stand corrected
Honestly, im kinda mad at myself for choosing to your eternity as my first manga to read. I think it set the bar so high, that i pretty much see anything below this as mediocre and forgettable. Its just too good, manga and anime!
Hehe.
Monster,haikyuu,promise Neverland(manga) parasite.each of them are very extremely good
Give Berserk a go, altough It is really different from to your eternety It's a must (best art you'll ever see in a manga). There's also chainsaw man but that's... A crazy ride, don't know If It's your cup of tea.
Try hajime no ippo, death note, the big three, kiss x sis, skeleton soldier couldn't protect the dungeon, full metal alchemist, bakuman, fruits basket, seikai oni, sankrea, boku no pico
@@RainOn2SunnyDay ah yes. the last one is very relevant
I'd say the narator in To Your Eternity is more of a character than a narator.Which seems logical: the creator has no image (or not at first anyway).
The fact that Kento Nanami is the one telling the somehow feels good.
@@sgcastle8389 I live for his voice! (I miss Nanami!!)
@@8MINNE we all do
Yea that definitely helps that he is actually a character all his own and will get more screen time as the story progresses
Like A Serie of Unfortunate events?
Damn. That "It reaches out." quote was one of my favorite parts of the whole Expanse series...and I never connected the similarities between that scenario and this one.
*This.*
_This_ is why I watch your videos.
Kaguya-Sama and To Your Eternity both need their narrator. They're two great examples of how to do narration.
GuGu’s heart is so moving. That persistent selfless Love makes the difference. The reason we are all inspired!
Fushi speaking for the first time was horrifying
ARI-GATO-U!
Yeah, it was weird.
ThaNk yOu for tHe fOod literally startled me
I'm surprised no one's talking about Shadows House.
Yeah this soo true and it's actually a great show but mother's basement did mention it in springs must watch anime!
It's slightly underrated, I agree
Well where can we watch it?
Also some of the other shows this season cause they seem mad 🔥
I’d love to see a shadows house review on this channel
I'm the type of guy who tears up at the slightest provocation while watching TV and movies. Needless to say, I bawled my eyes out throughout the first 9 episodes.
I learned more Japanese just by watching To Your Eternity than in the last ~10 years of watching anime.
Learning together with Fushi. 🤣🥰
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@@Arkyron WA-KA-RA-NA-I
Honestly I don't think this series is enough talked about! If this ends up in those series who get little to no attention like Bungou Stray Dogs then Ima cry louder than thunder (seriously)
Though this video was a banger and as a manga reader I can definitely say that this is not for the weak hearted💜💜💜
Same here
True
Yeah I do feel the same!
I thought Bungo Stray Dogs was quite popular, in Japan, because it has so much content made about it for a series that is literally almost never spoken about in the Western anime community lmao.
@@thelightsilent how many random comments are you going to reply to with this one completely unrelated thing?
I stopped watching this video about 6 minutes in, just because you've got me curious about the anime and I didn't want to have it spoiled anymore so that I can watch it for myself
Let us know your thoughts once you watch it!!!
Well what did you think?
@@duckyduck1748 watch it already, its a masterpiece
imma rewatch it again now
how are you now bro
@@dannydanizz6983 it's obvious: he died from sadness, it's why he hasn't responded
"It reaches out" sounds like a similar problem as Vivy's central question. "What does it mean to put your heart into something."
I’ve been collecting this manga for years, discovering it down the rabbit hole of googling protagonists with animal companions because I got into that from video games. It’s deeply special in my heart and my dedication to it is per the nameless boy’s witch: to see his journey to the end
the narrator’s character also eventually becomes really important and influential to the story.
To your eternity is a beautiful show about life and death and the good and bad between the two. We get to see the various ways people live and the various ways people die. Murder, old age, sickness, unnatural, premature, brutal, and beautiful deaths are all shown and elegantly at that. The various lives that people live and fishing gets to know are amazing. We see one off people that help make fushi fushi, and we get to see all the people fushi helps make. It’s truly one of the best concepts and executions on a story I’ve ever seen. Pure excellence.
my heart always aches when parona was mentioned in the manga, she deserves better, same with the nameless boy.
This is the kind of anime where no matter what kind of episode comes out, no action, normal, yata yata, still enjoyable.
Adventure mangas are definitely the next big thing so I highly recommend you to read "Sousou no Frieren", I would love if you make a video about it
It's one of my favorite ones that I'm currently following!
Someone who talks about Frieren in the comments other than me? Impossible! Hi, fellow reader!
I love Frieren! I definitely recommend it to people who like To Your Eternity
Yup. Anyone who likes/loves To your Eternity will certainly love Frieren at the Funeral too. Especially if you have also played jrpgs
I took a break from anime for over a year. I just randomly pick two anime to watch they happened to be ‘To your Eternity’ and ‘Those Snow White Notes’. I’m having a great time watching both of them. They both have a somber yet hopeful feel to the stories.
The first episode sucks you in with the melancholy and heavy emotions in just 20 minutes. It's not just a show, it's a journey. Fumetsu no Anata e and Shadows House both deserve a lot of love
This anime made me cry twice and i'm asking for more.
A video on the channel
The Meaning of NERD
made me check out the anime. Let me tell you: IT'S INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL 😍❤️❤️
;)
every death made me cry and just seeing the characters make me cry specially march but the frist guy was pretty sad too
imagine being all alone like that and when u start to think u reach somewhere by traveling for weeks and with wounds u meet with dissapointment and your only friend u could talk to was a dog for 5 years all alone without anyone just their drawings on the wall and the sad thing is we don't even get to know his name. his last moments where he cried saying he was talking al alone all this time and when his small glimmer of hope died.just an alone boy with his dog that got lost for 2 months i don't know how anyone would keep their sanity like he did .
man, just seeing the scenes again, im gettin all teary. this anime actually has too much feels. it constantly breaks your heart and gives you hope only to break it gain. its an actual master piece and nothing comes even slightly close to the emotion you feel from this anime. i love it.
As a neurodivergent person, there are a lot of my experiences that I only see reflected in media through monsters, mystical beings, robots, and sometimes human villains. Inability to comprehend something most others take for granted. Being unable or struggling to emote in both moments and extended periods of time. Becoming frozen. Making jumps in thought process that confuse people.
Because of where these traits are shown I am primed to empathize with the monster, with the ship AI, with the remnants of a those long dead. And a lot of time that empathy is betrayed by the narrative having them be destructive, unable to change or compromise or even shown to fear.
This is a long tangent for: I appreciate stories that take care to craft psyches outside the neurotypical or archetypal. Go Fushi-chan.
Well said Geoff! I like the narrator as well in this case. It brings to mind oral history and storytelling, which is the basis of human connection and community. The whole concept of the anime has a really mythological feel to it, as if it came from the stories of an ancient culture and was passed down through generations, like Fushi is! In fact, oral history is essentially immortal as well!
I'm loving this show so much, even though it hurts 😊
The beauty of this show is to let my fucking guard down before punching me in the gut.
And I can already sense the third guy punch coming, and I am not ready.
Also still waiting for that explanation of owls......
Boy
You are getting it soon
Imma just say the way the story is told is amazing every important character gets they're story told with extreme care and love. The music is amazing for example the opening and gugus soundtrack feel really fitting with the story being told at the time. This is a masterpiece that should be known for long after it ended.
Great show. Glad to see another critique/ breakdown video. I like your list videos but I really enjoy the in depth reviews you do. They’re really insightful and I like your enthusiasm whether it’s one you like or despise.
I feel like this might end up becoming a classic 10-20 years down the line in my humble opinion.
YES FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS MASTERPIECE
YES
yeeeeeeeahhh
Yeeeeeeeee
As of now i Just cant see the masterpiece material
Its ok, people are acting like its death note or something its good not saying that it isint but relax.
So happy we share the importance of the narrator. He helps push us along in moments where no one is capable of providing dialog. Hearing his voice is a sometimes a comfort after heart wrenching events. He is the one constant we can rely on being there in an anime full of things that have time limits, bar Fushi. He is also Kenjiro Tsuda with the perfect voice for the role !
Yesss I was hoping that you were going to make a video on To You, The Immortal. Very nice very nice
Everyone needs to watch To Your Eternity. The first episode alone is so well paced and detailed it's like a movie.
I have to say, when I started this, I knew it would be an emotional rollercoaster but I didn't think I'd cry this much already 😳
Just watched your video and then went strate to the show. I knew it would make me cry, but Jesus. I didn't think I'd cry so hard the first freaking episode
Hey Mother’s Basement, nice video! I am a new subscriber and I adore your content! I love how you explain anime and intriquette (sorry if I misplelled) details that even hardcore anime watchers miss. Thank you so much for reviewing anime and keep up the good work. Good luck with future endeavors and I will be here watching your videos on the sidelines. Sayonara!
The fact you brought up both Baccano and The Expanse in this video, two of my favourite series... I feel very seen
I remember when the manga just came out and looking at the cover page and thinking "this is going to be something special"
Amazing video Geoff. Ive been waiting to try this anime out.
-Also, im asking once again for an animelee of Castlevania season 4 episode 9. Its one of the most incredible and emotionally satisfying battles ive seen in a while, …AND ITS THE WHOLE EPISODE! from about 15 seconds in until the credits roll is just continuous, amazing, dramatic, emotionally poignant, fight
Thx for changing the thumbnail! This one really is way less spoilery.
Didn't expect to hear about The Expanse here, such a great sci-fi show
I love the investigator. Glad The Expanse books get the credit they deserve
I think the theme of valuing life is really significant in this piece of work considering how Fushi initially is numb when he first witnesses those around him pass away but as time goes on and he sees more loss and struggle through his journey, it is apparent that he no longer wants to witness this anymore when he states "I don't want anyone else to die because of me", it signals that Fushi's knowledge and experiences gained throughout his journey have made him better understand how life works and it also emphasizes how important for each of us to value those close around us along with our own lives.
Wow, Geoff, this is one of your best videos of all time. Well done.
3 most important person who taught fushi how tobe a human
Marchi Gugu and Bonchien nikolai la tasty peach uralys
As one of the OG manga fans and someone who's been watching your videos for years, I've been waiting for you to make this video for what feels like an Eternity.
As a manga fan I knew the community was going to go crazy once they created a anime adaptaion
Just finished the first season. This anime was an emotional rollercoaster and one of my all time favourites. The way the story was told, especially in regards to the characters and their importance throughout the season, was phenomenal.
I'm watching this video after Season 1 wrapped up, & this video is still incredibly relevant. Great job!
Can't believe this anime has some hilarious moments also
HOW THE FUCK is this author THIS creative and unique?!?!? This story is THE MOST UNIQUE CONCEPT I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!!! this show sounds AMAZINGGGG
Finally! I feel like all the anime lovers I know don't even know about this masterpiece... Subscribed, thanks for taking the time to research the behind the scenes stuff ✨
early yay! also thanks for talking about one of my favorite anime!
My favorite immortal character is Raven from guilty gear! They took a pretty cliche idea of complete immortality turning into an obsession with death and lack of emotion, and turned it on its head by making him a genuinely caring person who simply wants proof that he ever lived at all, if you put aside the whole getting turned on when people try to kill him thing.
Zeno from Yona of the Dawn highlights how solitude can drive an immortal person crazy.
People STILL don't realize that being immortal is more a curse than a blessing.
This is one of the few shows that almost made me cry, and it did it in only a few eps.
To Your Eternity is that anime that goes from giving you hope, to making you confident in that hope, and then ripping your heart out in ruthless cold blood at the very last second. And then repeating that in every arc.
I think this might be a cheap cop out for the “favourite immortal(s)”, but mine were the homunculi from FMA(B). I love how they were under the impression they immortal, and the fact that a lot of them, despite feeling pain, still actively used their bodies themselves as weapons and shields, but the moment they realised “oh shoot, we can actually die” they started being a bit more sparing on the “immortality” tropes
Honestly I'm surprised he forgot to mention them when he was talking about how much he loves animation of immortal beings getting mauled and then putting themselves back together.
to "answer" the question, because i know its not anime or manga but i just.. HAVE to mention it, my favorite immortals are from Tuck Everlasting. its a family that accidentally became immortal meeting a mortal girl. and the youngest son wants her to become immortal with them (after he gets to know her) so they can be together forever and he can have a companion, but the rest of his family is skeptical and tries to give her a full picture of what being immortal is like-- including the cons
a few passages from it have always really stuck with me even since i read it in elementary school: the idea of "when you're immortal too, we're going to go to Paris and see the Eiffel Tower's very top and we are going to use the stairs, go the long and hard road, because we will have all the time in the world" &&& a scene where one of the immortals watches a beaten bloody man essentially die, and the narration describes the immortal man's intense gaze as being equal to that of a beggar man in the snow watching a king's banquet through the window. just to name a couple
it's a book meant for middle school-level, written in the 70s or 80s i think? with the purpose of teaching kids the purpose of death and how wishing to be immortal isnt the ideal you think it is. i was handed it by my librarian because she did the math of a 2nd grade kid with a 70+ year old father and thought learning about death in a safe place before i was forced to confront death in its face would be the moral thing to do (which. it was. she also handed me other books like Bridge To Terabithia. but my dad is still currently, if barely, alive and im in college now; and her book reccomendations have helped a LOT in the rollercoaster that was my dad almost constantly being at death's door throughout my entire adolescence). i havent reread it since i first got a hold of it, but i do highly reccomend the book. theres also an allegedly subpar movie that i dont remember watching, as well as a musical that i havent seen. but yeah. Tuck Everlasting went way harder than it had any right to, which is how i know Your Entirety is exactly up my morbid alley and i will very excitedly put it on my watchlist ♡ thank you so much for the reccomendation ♡♡♡
One of my favourite anime right now, perfectly crafted stories each week.
This was a beautiful and heartbreakingly thoughtful journey
I'm more or less up to date with the manga and I just can't believe how well they've adapted this shit 😍
_Geoff after talking for a minute about how cool it is to see people get eviscerated and then un-eviscerate themselves:_ ..plus all these gorgeous transformation animations...
Me, not really feeling it prior to this line: There’s *transformations? Why didn’t you start with that!!*
I think the method in which they handled this shows narration is absolutely marvelous. The Narrator being fushi's creator is fantastic and i love how everything he says sounds like he's making observations about fushis growth right alongside us and it shows that he is just and invested in fushis journey as we are. To top it all off, the actually intervention of the creator becomes a lot more meaningful in this case as a sign that the wood plant creature is just as otherworldly as fushi himself and there was no way for anyone in the world to know or understand what it was without his intervention.
Like you made me watch this and I can't say thank you enough. One of the most interesting and emotionally drawing animes I've seen in a while.
I really love the narrator and his Japanese voice actor. At first he sounds really cold and you can clearly doubt that this guy is just a f*cked up god or something. But when the time goes by you can see more aspect of him as somehow a strict teacher, SIRI, or a GPS lmao. At least he can give Fushi some advice the we the viewer really want to point out. :)
Now that the dub of this has come out I can’t wait to watch it (before anyone comes at me I have certain issues that make it hard to read subtitles also dubs haven’t been bad for like a decade calm down)
That being said I’d love to see you do a video on the merits of dubbing comedy and how a well done dub can take jokes that didn’t really work and turn them into something new, in particular I can think of Zombieland Saga and Kaguya-Sama. Both have fantastic dubs that are really worth watching because they just add so much to the comedy.
I am ten episodes in and excitedly awaiting the next to be released, and I am just so eager to see more. This series left an immediate impact on me with its incredible imagery and storytelling. I have never seen a series like this before and had zero expectations going into it, but it ended up really blowing my mind. Whenever this anime ends, I am surely going to start the manga. I don't read manga often, but I know that it'd be, for lack of better words, worth it in the case of To Your Eternity. I just cannot wait for the next episode. Each 25-minute episode feels like its own damn movie in the best way possible. The amount of emotions that they can make me feel is bizarre. I truly suggest this anime to everyone keeping an eye on it.
Putting the anime title in the bottom left is a great touch.
This looks really good, but I don't want to cry.
spoilers: if you are going to watch this series, don't get emotionally attached to the side characters. It will be hard for you to watch. Trust Me!!!
isn't that the beauty of it all?
Nice work man
@Geoff for some reason I didn't get notified about this video, only saw it today. I did receive the notification for your last video ok though. I'm watching the dub of To Your Eternity so will need to come back and watch this once I've caught up.