A Comedy Laced With Tragedy | Kotaro Lives Alone
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2022
- The best way for me to describe Kotaro lives alone is a comedy laced in tragedy. This anime can make you cry and most people focus on how dark or sad it is but I also think there is so much in this anime that is happy and heart warming. I think I cried almost as much from happiness as I did from sadness. This is our review and reaction to Kotaro Lives Alone.
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Anyone notice that he gave tissues as a present first episode. And neighbors usually bring a meal... Kotaro used to eat his tissues so he thought he was bringing a meal... So sad...
Fuuuuuuuuck. Didn't think about it that way.
Have you noticed when Kotaro feels happy the black column in his eyes shows a white circle? His usual state is eyes with black columns devoid of any white. I think its to indicate emotions because Kotaro is not a very facial expressive character like the rest, he is more stoic, we see his emotions through his words, actions and eye column but not much by face.
Yes we did notice that. We just didn’t mention it in the video because we already talked about his eyes for a while in this video.
Yep, like when the woman who worked in the grocery shop said that babies come from their parents' love, the white circles in his eyes slowly disappeared- I cried at that scene
he also lightly smiles when he feels really happy
The sense most shocked me and caught me off guard is where they reveal why Kotaro didn’t want people to take photos of himself.
Yea my biggest shocked scene besides the last episode was when he was forcing himself to eat so he didn’t waste food
the glovessss😭
Mine was regarding the tissue boxes, since it was first shown on epi1 it seemed to innocent until i found why he buys those 😭
mine was when him and his friend came back to his place after running away. his friend realizes kotaro has no one and goes home
@@theproutbrothers1055 well that is true, you should never waste food. When you consider how long it took for the ingredients to grow, how they were made, how long it took to get delivered to the cook, and how long it took them to cook it, it’s hard to not appreciate food.
Im adult but when i watch this every episode i had tears in my eyes
Same I cried every episode 😭
No other show has activated my maternal instinct so severely.
Also, one of the best depictions of child development and the effects of child abuse in any show I've seen. Really made me reflect on not only my own experiences, but on other people around me. You never really know what someone's been through.
Right? Makes you want to just go out and start adopting or fostering kids.
I get mad when some don’t see a show and say they don’t like it cause the style like you haven’t seen it yet
Yea I understand for the most part because shows are meant to be enjoyed so if you don’t enjoy the art style they don’t watch but some stories are just so good it’s worth overlooking an art preference.
Well, it's their loss. It's such a gem.
Used to be one of those people until I began watching the first few episodes
Mizuki was my favorite character. It broke my heart to see her leave.
Yea I can see that. Hopefully she’ll be back in season 2
I was sad to see her go, too. I liked her very much. This might become a recurring phenomenon with characters making a deep impression and then disappearing... like the fashion designer in a later episode, or my real life neighbors.
Kotaro lives alone: the heartwarming comedy that gives you depression
As an artist I know about Shape Theory. The lines break the circles that make up his eyes. Did you know that circles represent innocence and children? Which makes you wonder what a line slashed through them does to that psychology.
I don't think Kotaro knows his mother is dead, but he knows she left him and probably won't come back home.
INSTANTLY BOUGHT A PHONE CASE AFTER WATCHING THE FIRST EPISODE AND I HAVE ZERO REGRETS I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS ANIME
Oh shoot LES GO! Which character was on the phone case?
Where can you find phone cases too?
My heart was broken and my eyes full of tears with every episode. Few anime have effected me in that way to that degree
Same
Each episode is a gem... Reminds us of the importance of even small acts of kindness, that many of us take for granted. This series is a gem. GREAT REVIEW!
Thanks for watching!
Wow, I felt exactly like you when I watched it. Even wrote to my brother that he HAD to watch it. Beautifully explained!
Thank you! Yea this is an anime that I will never forget. I really hope that they continue adapting it
I too highly recommended this to my sibs.
This anime definitely made it on my favorite list.
This was an adorably dark anime. I felt bad for the poor little guy and his past but I'm glad he's got good neighbors to watch over him and genuinely care for him.
Honestly, my dream always was to to eventually become a parent. This show can tell you what wrongdoings a parent can do, like ignoring your kid or yelling at them. And it makes me sad because I just remembered my awful childhood full of yelling and ignoring. Bringing this topic to the table is amazing because you don't see shows showing child abuse as well as this show. This was personally my favorite show of this year☺️🥺
It’s going to be hard to top this show this year.
@@theproutbrothers1055 definitely
I don’t watch much anime but this anime along with ranking of kings are my favourite. I watched the entire season in a single day on Netflix today.
Now I want to rewatch it in English.
English kotaro is superb
No matter who you are you will be able to relate to this kid. Something will touch you on such a deep level. Not one of my friends have watched it. No matter how I try to convince them. I am happy to see I was not the only one crying and laughing and left my mouth open at times. It is about betrayal from his good friend and judgment because the guy in the leopard suit was judged for looking and dressing out of the norm.
I think he chose to dress that way on purpose because he felt that if he was his authentic self he would get taken advantage of again just like his ex did. This show is heart wrenching man 😩😩
It's not because he dresses out of the norm. The guy dresses like a yakuza stereotype. That's why people avoid him and stay cautious.
I don't think Kotaro knows that his mother is dead because his gives the lawyers a file every week that depicts everything that he has done that week and even puts down his current height on the file as well which implies he knows the money must be coming from his mom but doesn't know that it's a life insurance.
...yeah...it's exactly like this. now i mist away.
I have been saying I must away for the past 2 weeks 😂
Lmao 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 I feel attacked!
The amount of times Chris has told me to watch this. Especially this past week.
You are being attacked Salena Gomez
Perfectly explained
Thank you
Watched this anime as soon as it came out
I didnt know about it until a few days after it came out. I am really glad multiple people on TikTok told me to watch it
Samee
KLA is such a funny, tender, and wholesome anime. It's these type of stories that make me love anime so much. Glad ya'll are highlighting this show!
I started watching this show. It's funny but involves a bit of tragedy and sadness in it. I feel bad for Kotaro for not having parents but he has his me found friends
i literally let out a gasp at the tissue talk because wow i knew we were going dark, but I had no clue how dark we were going. I seriously cried so hard
This anime filled me with fury, I just wanted someone to take that little boy home and give all the love a child deserves. I wanted to cry. Haven’t finished it.
Edit: I finished it and...I think I'm angrier than I was initially. It's unbelievable how much this show infuriates me. I think it's because it reminded me that there are actual children who suffer just like Kotaro and sometimes much worse🥲
Same Kotaro deserves everything 😭 hopefully you enjoy the rest of the anime
The worse part is, they don't even have the option to run away like Kotaro, so it's happier in comparison to real life :(
I came looking for comedy after Kotaro is fighting the uncle. Not depression. There’s a lot of trauma, darkness and depression intermingled. The comments towards the mangaka character Karino in the series is a similar criticism to the series overall. Also from what I have heard, he may not necessarily be as young as we think he is. He may allegedly be older than we think he is.
Also what are your thoughts on the ending of ranking of kings?
dang we didnt know that about the mangaka! That is a piece of information I wish i knew before finishing the video. lol
We are making a ranking of kings video now so both of our thoughts about the ending will be in that video.
@@theproutbrothers1055 I mean not actually about the mangaka but it seems like you could make the observation at a glance about his work lol. That’s just what I think the author did and maybe as a joke. Not actually known but seems like it would have been legit criticism lol in my opinion if you think about it
Please let him be four; for us.
@@joannpelas5101 he probably is and just traumatized and mature
Jesus Christ! This show made me cry every episode, but I couldn't stop watching. Great stuff.
it really is worth the watch its funny and tragic
I will subscribe purely because of your theory on the eyes, I thought that was very deep and makes perfect sense.
bro I saw this a few weeks ago and when I finished I almost cried 😭
You never cried the whole time you watched it?
@@theproutbrothers1055 i almost cried multiple times but then somethig funny happens soon after and i forget to cry
This anime made me feel like a parent! I never felt that before. As hard as it may be, I WANTED to be a parent and do anything for Kotaru just like everyone else. Made me feel this unconditional love and a responsibility for someone else that I’ve never felt. Crazy.
I'm probably not going to watch it (since I'm more of a fantasy and action kinda person) but it does seem like a cool anime! I love how much detail you put into this video
Fair enough
Please watch it. You won't regret it.
Absolute masterpiece in storytelling, had me in tears almost every episodes
I do too love this anime. Hopefully, there will be a season 2. .great video
8:28 is my favorite episode
I agree with you this is the first in a looong time that an anime made me feel like this it’s been years on years since I’ve cried but the last episode I couldn’t hold it in anymore
Great Job👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥 bravo and fire. Such a fine story telling. prout brothers Yuko & Taiyuuji. Such an Amazing combination talent.🥰🥰🥰 keep up the above and beyond work knowledge.🥰
My condolences from someone whom has also struggled to share anime on times
Broooo you are si talented !!!!! Keep it up 👍🏼
4:10 ish- putting other peoples emotions over your own is actually a psychological tactic to show you care and to lessen yourself being a burden so that people surround you more. its also becomes part of your character.
I love this show so much. I honestly think it’s my new favorite.
I made Kotaro my Home screen so he'll always have a home
I frickin love this show. Manages to be hilarious, sad and profound at the same time. I hope many seasons will follow!
Exactly. I completely agree.
KOTARO IS SO PRECIOUS 🫧🤍✨🥺
I watched it back back twice. It was so good.
I really hope this gets a season 2, it's so good.
Very emotional show. Put it right behind March Comes in like a Lion for shows I watch to have horribly great time.
Watching this anime as a young adult makes me feel like a kid and I loved the impact it had on me ❤
It had the same effect on us
Barry studied a lot of cinema Barry even was in cinema Barry tells you this Kotaro Lives Alone is a MasterPiece truly underrate
Everyone I’ve shown this show to they have become HOOKED!
Show was so good, one of my favourite ‘non-hero’ type anime 👏🏾
Yeeaah, I’m kinda with you there
This anime is currently on the top of my recommendations for ppl (especially seasoned anime watchers) lol
And w reference 15:30
Thank you
@@theproutbrothers1055 no doubt ✊🏿🙏🏾
Alright I'm sold imma go watch this right now
Just thinking about kotaro makes me tear up….especially when he made the speech about them not being trash. I just can’t 😢
yea kotaro is filled with moments like that I love the gravestone moment and the time where he gets fat in school. Always makes me emotional lol
This is one of the best anime I’ve ever seen period..I watched the first episode when it dropped on Netflix ..and I was instantly hooked..it makes you care from the word go and the gut punching is top notch
12:30 it´s actually worse then that since Karino ensured Kotaro at the start of the episode that he would never lie to him
Just finished it was great
We must spread the word my king
I have watched this anime 5x now. I have forced my grandmother who can barely understand English watch it. She is now obsessed.
(Okay I didn't actually force her. She wanted to watch something cause she was bored and forced me to show her what I was watching. I didn't mind. I was watching it my 3rd time at that point)
Fucking brilliant anime and I wish more people watch and experience it
I realy like this anime. I am looking out for season 2
feelin' really connected to Kotaro since im also dont live with my parents , my mom also abused me slightly when i was around ... 4 or 5 years old . And then my dad left me , he visited me sometimes but only when he is ill and need help , pretty sure he is death by now . My mom left me when i was 7 , and she gave birth to my little sister who is a decay younger than me ( i am fine with it tho since i was the one asked her to give me a sister ). Life is good but not always , i live with my grandparents and lets just say they are the typical Asia parents type , school wasnt that good but atleast i have friends. I do have a little hobby to relax : writting . BLs and fantasy stories , just kinda let my emotions gets to those sentences .
Those pupils... they don't resemble snakes' eyes which look to me like diamond shaped slivers. I thought maybe they're like sheep's or goats' eyes but that is wrong, too; the vertical length would lie horizontally. They seemed creepy to me initially, but now I kind of like them. I bet decades from now, anime/ manga characters with rectangular pupils will be a tired old trope... I love this show.
just binged this short 10 episode series and ive been crying my eyes out the entire afternoon
So your theory is kotaro has a thousand yard stare because of his trauma.
Have you watched Natsume Yuujinchou or Natsume’s Book of Friends? I highly recommend that.
W take watched it yea loved it
I prefer the Sub because the sub gives off a more child like voice and his feudal -lord way of talking makes more sense in japanese
Same. I watched it subbed to.
All I can say is. Hell yeah bro.
I WATCHED THE LIVE ACTION ONE DIDINT KNOW THAT THEY MADE AN ANIME ADAPTATION LOL
for context: The anime was based off the live action one but seeing the success of the Live action one they decided to produce an anime
Both the live action and the anime are based off the manga.
I'm in love with KOMI-SAN 😭😭
Here i am waiting for season 2
Welcome. This is where we wait for season 2.
Watch Suisei no Gargantia, and let me know if it ranks up there. Yu Yu and Gurren are on my top favs, so I think you might enjoy it. Also, check out Wolf's Rain and try not to get emotionally rekt. It's not possible to watch that unscathed.
The way they use background music is key
About how the show looks... I had been initially put off by the character designs in Demon Slayer. The tears just looked so odd. But i stuck to the series and loved it in spite of my issues with character design.
So i apply the same practise to all shows. That's how I came across gems like Ranking of Kings and this one.
I also found and still find the art style very,, unique
But the story and characters grew on me and in the end even if I still think the style is not my thing, kotaro still ended up being very cute
If your sister doesn't like animated kotaro's eyes maybe she can watch the live action(also on Netflix)...i think its equally good 🙂
I had the same theory about the eyes!!
Omg I wrote that before evens finishing the video but I had to say that I interpreted the exact same thing on why he lied to Kotaro.
Does anybody know if the butterfly looking mark on walls in episode 7 had a meaning?
It was inside the closet near the floor. How well do you know the walls inside your closet. moreso to the point of memorizing a random defect in the paint.
Thank goodness this kid isn’t I’m the dangonronpa (most likely spelled wrong) universe, ultimate therapist
Yea you spelled “in” wrong
@@theproutbrothers1055 sorry, auto correct is odd
Good show.
Where can I get a Tonosaman doll? Lol
Idk but let me know if you find one! Lol
We can make one arts and crafts
If you want to be blown away by another anime and experience child like experiences in your adulthood, I recommend Sangatsu no Lion.
edit: grammar
Honestly, I hadn't felt this deeply about anime characters since Violet Evergarden.
I love violet evergardens characters for sure!
LoV the shoW can’t wait 4 season 2
I might be way off here but are you the same Steven blake I worked with in the Air Force?
Just a imaginative idea: what if this is jokers backstory
Would love to see fanfics stories on this
Imagine 😳
Who chopping onions? 😭😭😭
😭
Do you guys now that another anime is like this name babysitters
The babysitter club. I cried in the 1st ep
Gakuen babysitters? But thats really wholesome
If you liked this show for it‘s combination of comedy and drama, might I suggest „Fruits Basket“? That show is great with that too. (I’d suggest watching the 2019 anime, not the 2001 one as that one isn’t very accurate to the manga).
I have seen it and read it. I did in fact enjoy fruits basket.
@@theproutbrothers1055 glad to hear!
what anime is at 0:43
It is actually from a video game. Persona 5
@@theproutbrothers1055 ty u legend
YESS I AM A RULE BREAKER MWUAHAHA
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i just wish it was animated by a cuter studio. these netflix animated shows w horrid animation are just so sad because even if they're good they're hard to watch just because they're ugly
I see what you mean that it would be better if someone like Kyoto animation did it but I still think it’s better than never having the story. I don’t think it’s “ugly” enough to not enjoy the story.
@@theproutbrothers1055 well yeah of course, but it'll make most people ignore it outright i know i did at first, and just look what they did w the way of the househusband which is such a beloved manga like??? and it's not like the story would never be had because the manga is there (i haven't seen it but i assume it's easier on the eyes, i cld be wrong though) it's just sad to see it like this.
i guess it's like netflix's slice of life studio because the more serious anime are always better animated though i thiiink those aren't produced by them just distributed
Okay, first of all I'm 53 year of age and not a fan of anime. However as a grandparent of a 3 year old I was curious as to why a small boy was living alone. But what I thought you might cover was the memory of Kotaro being referred to as a girl. Did you catch that? I won't say which episode.
Hmm no I can’t say that I saw anything that referred to kotaro as a girl. Can you elaborate?
Young child in Japan used to be referred to as gender less. Not sure if that's what it is.
still better than komi
Dewprism music?? DEWPRISM MUSIC?
Yea it's my favorite PS1 game 😁
@@theproutbrothers1055 Finally, someone with taste
sub > dub lmao
i love that series... i wanted to be kotaros neighboor and be toto saman for him....