Good explanation. I think many people miss out the point of Shinji. Too many people assume that protagonists are always people that you should aspire to be, but Shinji's messed up self and traumatic past is something that still resonates with many youth today.
There are a lot of cues that happen in the game and you just kind of respond to that. I mostly play roaming supports so my brain is wired to go straight to mid after recall then look around the map to see where my presence is useful. The most obvious cues are the junglers.
Anyway, it's kind of like flash cards. When you memorize things with flash cards, at some point you don't really think anymore. There's a default answer to every situation. But sometimes you get it wrong though. If you get it wrong too often, then those are bad habits.
It's not just anime but every non-American film industry and culture is under-represented in the Academy Awards. There's a lot of good movies put out by other regions but because the Academy Awards has a small segment called "Foreign Films", naturally you'll have so many countries competing for a spot there.
Because of this, I wouldn't rely on the Academy Awards to decide what movies are "best". I also wouldn't say that "film is dead" even if anime (or any other non-American film industry) doesn't get a nomination. Saying something like that is absurd because it implies that film is defined by Oscar nominations somehow.
I actually liked how it follows most of the original Evangelion but less tragic. It gave some important moments to the each of the cast members but the changes aren't nearly as drastic as Evangelion Rebuild I think.
Between all the Evangelion endings, I still like The End of Evangelion the most. After reading the manga, somehow I kind of appreciate the tragedy in EoE more. I can't imagine anyone walked out of the theater with a happy face during the original run lol
I've seen I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. Kimisui (the short title, because it's so long lol) kind of feels like getting stabbed in the chest then it's over. Like what @wjs018@ani.social said, Look Back wasn't top tier emotional, at least in the same sense as Kimisui.
Kimisui banks on the audience's anticipation on when Yamauchi dies because it's pre-established that she does die (movie opens with her funeral). The twist takes a different form. There's also the reveal of the main character's name. After Yamauchi dies and the MC goes through a cathartic moment, life goes on for him.
In Look Back, I kept thinking to myself "oh it's not over yet?" There are several moments after the "twist" when I thought the movie was going to end already but it kept going (for good reasons) so the emotion you feel is a bit different. Perhaps a bit dull. Maybe you can say Look Back doesn't have a "climax" in the same way Kimisui does.
Also, Kimisui is grounded completely on reality while Look Back has a segment where two timelines converge. So maybe the realism in Kimisui makes it more emotional.
My friend's been bugging me to read the manga years ago so now I can say that I "read" it. It was kind of depressing to watch though.
I'm guessing Fujino and Kyoumoto are two parts of the author (Fujimoto) and it's essentially his response to how a mangaka keeps on going. The manga was released during the Chainsawman hiatus and I'm guessing there are other references to his other past works.
Despite that, I'm still figuring out what Kyoumoto means to him. It's a silly thing to think about but assuming he's both Fujino and Kyoumoto, and he uses Fujino to represent the mangaka we know, then "who" is Kyoumoto?
And if anyone hasn't, definitely read Fujimoto's other one shot "Goodbye Eri".
A bit late but happy birthday /c/anime! Honestly, I owe @wjs018@ani.social a lot for revitilizing this community and for making it into what it is today. They've been our biggest financial contributor and have also made me aware of some significant issues with the instance in the past. Thank you for your hard work! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
I'm dead.
But this smile brought me back to life.