Forum - View topic

EP. REVIEW: To Your Eternity

First, the orb is a rock, then it is a wolf, and eventually it takes the form of a lonely boy.

“Girl Meets Adorable Dog Lovecraftian Abomination Masquerading in a Human Flesh-Suit”

Quote:

First, the orb is a rock, then it is a wolf, and eventually it takes the form of a lonely boy.

To be "that guy",as of episode 2, the order is: orb -> rock -> moss -> wolf -> human.

t has assumed the shape of the boy, but it has not inherited any of the boy's memories or personality traits; in fact, it seems to have regressed a little bit, given that one of his deaths comes from forgetting about how it needs to eat and drink.

I have to quibble with Kenjiro Tsuda as the narrator. Lord knows I love him to death and he's one of my faves, but he makes whatever observing being that's infodumping for us sound kinda evil, which I don't think is the intent. I would've preferred a mellower voice.

I have to quibble with Kenjiro Tsuda as the narrator. Lord knows I love him to death and he's one of my faves, but he makes whatever observing being that's infodumping for us sound kinda evil, which I don't think is the intent. I would've preferred a mellower voice.

Here's a controversial take: World-building is an often-overrated aspect of fantasy and science-fiction writing, and a lot of anime especially have a bad habit of going buck wild with it, seemingly more concerned with filling out their own personal wikis than with spinning a good yarn.

I disagree, or rather I'd say "Bad World-building is an often-overrated aspect of fantasy". Good world building is seamless and happen alongside other scenes. There should never be a scene which sole purpose is world building, instead every scene should have its own narrative purpose and because it happens in the world then it's also world building.

Here's a controversial take: World-building is an often-overrated aspect of fantasy and science-fiction writing, and a lot of anime especially have a bad habit of going buck wild with it, seemingly more concerned with filling out their own personal wikis than with spinning a good yarn.

I

Otherwise, no complaints. It's interesting to me that The Thing can heal not only itself but its clothing, and yet it always has the unhealed, wounded leg. It's as if it considered the injury to be a natural part of the boy's body it copied, just like his clothing, and not a thing that needed fixing like new injuries do. I just hope someone will soon relieve it of the ropes it's been dragging around all this time (and which likely tripped it up to its death more than once).

The rope leash is of course just a rope leash,but for the most part "clothing" is part & parcel of "The Thing"(Fushi).

If others didn't just lie to Parona at the training scene, her bow skills may be ok with training bows, but she might just be too weak for their big hunting bows. I wonder if that's some metaphor where even if you got skills, if you're too weak you still have it uphill?