Watching Subaru be able to tell Echidna about his ability, as well as her surprise when he started breaking down, was one of the most emotional scenes of the show for me... even if she's dead (as of before the end of season 2), he's finally able to tell somebody exactly what he's gone through, and have them believe him completely. Really reminds me that he is truly alone
I mean hell, Satella gave him return by death, but (i think) never expected him to use it as a catchall reset button, hence her message to him "Love yourself". Valuing his own self worth so far beneath everyone else's that hes willling to kill himself again snc again. Its insane when you think about it.
To me it wasn't about the the hundreds or the one to me it was kate, Victoria, Daniel, Alissa, Warren etc or chloe not a choice about the frew and many but to face the reality that i save Kate just to let her die, i changed Victoria's perspective to let her die is was hella difficult choosing because the hundreds had faces and names
okay okay portal 1 is scary portal 2 is funny BUT THE INTROS OF PORTAL GAMES AND VALVE ON GENERAL.. im 16 rn and when i was 7 almost 8 in 2016 i first played portal 1 on 100% volume and oh my god that intro scared me so much that i didnt played it alone for over a month cuz i got scared so much.. a few days ago i got back to portal, finished every portal 1 achivement and "speedrun" the game in under 45 mins! portal 2 can come
I live in San Jose, and my dad remembers KTEH and how cool it was. Nowadays we only have KQED which doesn't have anything cool anymore. KTEH was probably the only tv channel in America that aired anime subtitled, and on the time frame around 9/11
I wish this had more views, as it explained perfectly what i have thought about Portal and its story when I first played it about two months ago. Everything about this facility feels wrong and even immmoral, as empty rooms filled with monitors watch your every step, while you try to ignore the empty, soulless voice on the background. The more you discover about this place, the more it becomes unconfortable, now seeing the old and rusty behind-the-scenes as the creepy robot starts to feel scared of what you might do. After many hours inside this horrible place, you are able to catch a glimpse of the natural world you haven't seen for a long time, only for an unknown being to push you back to the white slabs and metal doors. Awesome video!
I was 11 when 9/11 happened. It was a wild time, I remember them airing Bin Landen’s threats to the American people over the radio stations every so often during commercial breaks.
Today has been the most coincidential day for me. Today is also 9/11/2024. I just finished watching Serial Experiments Lain only just hours ago and went on to process what I just saw. Afterwards I went thru RU-vid to watch any analysis or breakdowns of Lain to see what other people may have thought in comparison to what I got out of experiencing the show.... only to stumble upon this video. I had to do a double take before I started the video as I always thought Lain was a '98 anime and expected this to either cover a hoax or a possible reairing in Japan that addresses possible American residents? Looks like I was half right. Although I never expected Lain to have aired in the US during the early 2000's, especially in San Jose's PBS station. I'm from Socal so I'm a bit envious that Norcal got an anime block way back, though I would've been too young to watch Lain or the other shows. Thanks for the informative upload! I'll be sure to share this video around and look forward to future videos after witnessing this crazy fateful experience.
I really like the premise of watching him die again and again, I don't like how the characters are basically stagnant. As if they reset their memories every time they react. Really made the reading experience trash for me.
Well, Re:Zero in many ways feels very similar to the When They Cry Visual Novels in terms of both the abyss it takes you to, as well as the optimism it conveys (Aside from having literally the same major theme as Higurashi: When They Cry in regards to not isolating oneself and suffering alone but relying on and trusting the people around you). Hell with season two, the Witches with meta knowledge and the imagery of golden butterflies, you can't convince me that it doesn't take major inspiration from the works of Ryukishi07. So as a major fan of that franchise, and in absence of When They Cry adaptaions that aren't either a huge departure from its original tone and feel (Higurashi) or complete d*gshit (Umineko), Re:Zero currently holds the title as my favorite Anime of all time by sheer virtue of giving me the same kind of well executed, reflective experience as these novels in animated form.
One of the main reasons why Re:Zero feels so different than other isekai anime is their main protagonist, Natsuki Subaru. Unlike other isekai anime, he’s already been established that he will never have the opportunity to be the strongest character in the show but that’s ok! You don’t have to be the best to make an impact or be the strongest person to be the hero. It’s about having the courage to overcome one’s fears do the best you can, despite having certain limitations and disadvantages that life unfairly hands out. Life isn’t fair nor is it equal to everyone, but don’t allow those disadvantages be a hindrance to your goals or let your limitations define you capabilities!
Your wish at the end of characters wanting to see what Subaru experienced goes both ways. We see in season 2 that the timelines he died in still carry on. He would be seeing what happened in timelines he had an untimely end. Especially the suicides where he traumatized others.
You have to keep in mind that arc 3 (the “cringe Subaru arc” that made the show so polarising) was specifically written to build up to the line “I hate myself” (spoken by Subaru, of course). You’re supposed to see the worst of him and understand that he is very aware of his own flaws. As a pathetic loser in his own world, he got swept up in the idea that it was the world’s fault, and that in this new world he would be the bold hero he was always meant to be. But he is forced to recognise that he really is just a loser, he is not allowed to escape his own pathetic nature by taking advantage of living in a fantasy world.
Took me a while to get around to this one. And I thought it’d go in a different direction but since it didn’t, here’s some food for thought or maybe a future video essay if you’re up to it! 😉 Recently when barbenheimer happened, Japanese twitter users took offense to the juxtaposition of Barbie next to a mushroom cloud. Then they proceeded to do the same with 9/11 in response but most Americans find it equally as funny. This made me think a lot about what 9/11 did to American identity. My grandma, who remembers the day WWII ended vividly, didn’t learn about what an atomic bomb was nor the gravity of its destruction until later on during the Cold War. Japan has been making depressing, destructive, and post apocalyptic media to this day. Post-9/11, we only tripled down on militarism and nationalism and our media reflected that. On a different note, I think a lot about Gerard Way’s fascination with apocalyptic media (especially anime). He saw the plane’s crash while interning at Cartoon Network in New York City. That’s what functionally motivated My Chemical Romance. To see him reference Eva and Akira so heavily in his work shows exactly how universal the trauma of mass destruction is.
what a strange feeling watching this video, and just can't help but draw the comparison to lain stumbling upon the deep world of the wired in the show as you talk about uncovering the lost past of media in the 2000s, uncovering something that's new and familiar at the same time while feeling a heavy sense of nostalgia.
