I feel as if a spell has been broken over me, for the things I found interesting in the first episode suddenly annoy me. If I had to guess I would say that having seen what the show has to offer I have come to find it lacking and now the philosophical aspect comes across as deeply pretentious. In reality this episode wasn’t even necessary as it didn’t really tie up anything. Briefly it looked like Magata had given herself up the authorities but as it turns out she tricked Souhei into thinking so for, dramatic reasons I suppose? I mean I doubt Souhei would call the cops on her but if he was the type then chances are he would at least check to see whether the news would show her arrested. Even then by the time the cops arrive, Magata would be far out of their hands. Meanwhile Souhei and Moe’s relationship has not changed in the slightest. All that was resolved was a misunderstanding that Moe could have easily resolved by asking questions instead of coming to her own conclusions.
Magata visits Souhei again and as if to try and counter my previous claim by explaining her motives. But sadly she only confirms everything I thought. Magata is indeed an idiot. A particular conclusion of hers that I just shake my head at is her deduction that if death didn’t have suffering then it wouldn’t be feared. Oh you silly child, suffering is only part of why death is feared. True, none wish for a painful death but when taking into account why people fear it, it is not the primary reason. What truly makes people fear it is uncertainty. There are no guarantees that there is a form of afterlife, or reincarnation. No matter how much you believe in heaven, there is always a question of it’s existence. What people fear about death is the distinct possibility that beyond it, lies nothing. We always avoid thinking about it but if you consider that everything that makes you what you are just disappears with nothing left behind, that is scary. Between eternal damnation and Oblivion, Oblivion is far more terrifying. And I am sure that if your child had killed you and you lay in a pool of your own blood, you would come to know the same fear. So as for her main reason behind all of this, she simply wanted to die but was too proud to do herself in. Well Magata there are plenty of ways to get that, pop onto the internet. I am sure you won’t have trouble finding someone who is willing. You likely won’t even have to pay them. Just get them to sit down and listen to your childish drivel for an hour or two and I am sure they would be ready to shut you up.
The end of the episode has her doing the very same to her child and the greatest folly to her logic is that she is attempting to explain human behavior by narrowing it down to a single factor. This is the same logic as when people break things into two categories even when something can not fall easily into either category. Such as in the way a anime can sometimes be neither bad nor good, just mediocre.There are a number of biological, subconscious and conscious reasons as to why humans can be kind. Taking this into account, you logic becomes broken.If humans know everything then they would attempt nothing? Wrong, for knowing something and attempting something are two different experiences. You yourself have broken this in this episode. For you know the effects of smoking and all it entails, yet you still attempted smoking did you not? With this being the end I must say that Subete is not a visually impressive show and nothing speaks that clearer than it’s final minutes. There is a certain desperation in how the animators just want to shove something on screen regardless of how it makes the scene look. For example, Moe and Souhei had a conversation and during that conversation they switched locations numerous times.The only way to really look at this is that while these two were talking, they would both stop, move to a new location and then resume talking again. There positions don’t make sense either as they went to a church and for some reason Souhei sat on one row with Moe sitting on a row on the other side of the room. If you were talking to someone then why would you sit as far away as possible?
When you want to call someone out on their intelligence, whether they be a fictitious character or real, you might want to proofread your writing beforehand.
I didn’t hate this show as much as you did, but I can’t deny the nonsense and gobbledygook. This episode was the most ridiculous. I only needed about half of it. Moe and Souhei babbling did nothing for me.
Saying that the show is not visually impressive? I’m sorry, but that’s one step I cannot take with you. You could say it doesn’t impress you, despite its efforts, but it does make quite an effort.
I could blame rushing to get these posts written before the next season starts but well it is my typical curse at work. I can at least edit the post to fix it.
There are some nice effects but the majority I found to be rather bland. It may not show but I actually had a lot of difficulty finding screenshots for these posts on this series. I often had to look though and episode several times for something that stood out and had to settle for these shots which I am not too happy with. I don’t think the art is bad but the content is presented very, shall we say, predictably bland?
Well that’s just my say on things and of course I am not trying to convince you it’s absolute fact.
I didn’t get why they were moving from scene to scene for that conversation (maybe symbolism or whatever), but it’s interesting to have two people talking to each other, and they shift settings with each half of the conversation.
Also, ostriches.
It’s a drama, so not that much in the way of action. It’s also a realistic drama, so other genres automatically have it beat. I did think the character animation (facial animation, for instance) was really good.