@@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa "numbers" are a form of "mesh" or "lens" through which an individual can "view" or "filter" the reality they are faced with to produce accurate results for particular patterns thereby leading to a form of consistancy through which one can begin to find predictablity in and thereby determine the best "route" for themsleves based upon where they themselves wish to "land"
@@NomimizuShinobu Numbers are incredibly useful abstractions that help us understand the world, but they are not inherent parts of reality itself. They are a mental tool we've developed to make sense of quantities and patterns.
Kamina isn’t dumb, he knew all his big talk and reckless personality was digging his own grave But he kept going, because he knew that he wasn’t gonna be the one to change everything, he knew that it’d be Simon who’d do it. Which is why he had to die to tell that to Simon.
Still dumb, he just believed whole heartly in Simon's potential, and he won the bet (not trying to insult him by saying that, I'm sure he knows it too).
Nope. Kamina didn't do it just for Simon. That came 2nd. What came first for Kamina was to believe in himself and believe that he could climb to Heaven. Let me ask you this: if Simon were never there, would Kamina still have attempted to break out of the village? Would he still have fought the gunman that came crashing down? Of course he would, because that's who Kamina is. He didn't risk his life because it would make simon a better leader. He did it because that's what HE believed was the right thing to do. His self-belief runs off on people and Simon happened to be there for Kamina's ride so it rubbed off on him.
@@Socrates526 I disagree. Simon wasn’t just there when Kamina was, Kamina’s entire motivation (motivation, not reason) for reaching the surface was because of Simon. He openly admits this when talking to yoko, saying that it was because of Simon he was able to put on a brave face. Without Simon, the Lagann would have never been found. Kamina and Nia were the only ones who saw Simon for what he truly was, except Kamina tried to tell this to Simon in such a way that got him killed and made Simon dependent. (Which Nia fixed by seeing Simon and telling him that he’s not his bro). When you look back, this is what Kamina was trying to tell Simon all along. “Believe in the you that believes in yourself”, wanting Simon to pilot the Lagann, and putting his faith in him when in a situation where only Simon could come up with a way to solve it. It’s really symbiotic in a way, Simon saw Kamina the same way Kamina saw Simon.
@VoidSpirals I see what you’re saying, and I would agree that many of the inciting incidents would not have happened if not for Simon, and that Kamina saw potential in him. But banking solely on Simon to succeed was not wisdom on his part, and drawing support from Simon - his talent, his hidden drive to succeed, even extra incentive to be successful because of his friend - did not change the fact that he had planned to go to the top to follow, and later surpass, his father. What we see in Kamina is a leader who pushed his agenda as an ideal, not a desire - allowing him to seek the benefit of others while attempting to reach his goal through sharing that ideal. The penultimate episode displayed what Kamina looked like without his ideal, and it looked was a very different man. The former was a man not afraid to die for what he stood for, the latter afraid to stand what Kamina ultimately died for. But he was still mentoring and fostering Simon - honing and using his talent. That tells you that his drive to succeed in HIS goals, that was what impassioned Kamina. And his reckless and somewhat ignorant behavior, as well as his sense of honor and trust that they could survive without him, made him believe he was replaceable if he drove his efforts too far. Simon did not betray that trust, but Kamina did not reach his goal. He is still an inspiration for those who are struggling with motivation, as Kamina is someone who lived with integrity and drive.
I watched gurren lagaan on the request of a good dear friend while I was wallowing in the depression of my wife and child dying, I felt utterly alone and had nothing to live for or any reason to live. Gurren Lagaan woke me up to a reason to keep pushing on, even in this cruel world. And honestly, I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that friend and for gurren lagaan.
I am so so sorry for your loss. I'm happy your friend was there for you and was able to help you find something that was able to help you stay here. I hope you're doing better. I know the grief and pain never goes away, but I hope you're in a place where it doesn't hurt as much as often.
TTGL is, without a doubt, the Best Anime Ever. I've been able to make some hard decisions because i kept it in mind, and it hasn't just helped me when faced with insurmountable problems. i think I'm genuinely a more patient, wiser person for having seen it. i have nothing but respect for writers like Kazuki Nakashima who embue their work with such unrelenting positivity. i recently rewatched promare with some friends, and despite how heavy handed it is i realized i missed one of the themes in the movie the first time, which is the idea that you should never lose hope of finding alternative solutions. i haven't seen many of his other works, but i wouldn't be surprised if that theme is consistent throughout his work. it's so rare to find such a hopeful message. speaking of hopeful messages, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see people like you keeping analysis videos like this alive, even if you post sporadically (i'm a uni student so i definitely understand how hard it is to have time for side stuff). this genre was really influential to me when i was in high school, and even if i haven't seen a good one in months it's still close to my heart in a way. keep turning your drill man, i can't wait to see how far down the youtube hole you can dig.
i've only seen the big stories nakashima has written with imaishi (TTGL, kill la kill, promare) but i like how all of them have that common idea of finding an alternative solution. it's always debating between 2 extremes, but by the end they find some sort of more nuanced middle path and i feel like that applies really well to many real life debates but also thanks for the kind words! media analysis is obviously pretty important to me as well and support like this keeps the drill turning
@@chryysanthI began studies into Philosophy and Politics because Gureen Lagann had such a monumental impact on my life. I fought through some of the hardest points in my life because of this silly little show. It genuinley inspired me to be a better person and transformed me into the person I am today. If it were not for this show I dont think id be where I am today, I dont think I would be *who* I am today.
You pretty much covered the reason why Gurren Lagann can always bring me out of despair and never lose sight of my goals no matter how unlikely they may seem.
I love Gurren Lagann for a lot of the same reasons. Some reviewers (Glass Reflection I believe) say you have to turn your brain off to enjoy it, but your commentary really covers why that take misses the entire point of the show. The show had so much impact on me, more than just developing an interesting theme.
I love that you say that corniness is important to have in media. Sometimes we need stuff that is just blindingly optimistic because it's so easy to get bogged down by all the problems in the world and how it feels like we don't have the power to do anything about it. Maybe if we all let ourselves be corny, be silly, be endlessly driven to improve, maybe then we can break past all the things holding us as a collective down. Maybe we as humanity need to (metaphorically but also sorta literally) come together in the same way the characters do at the end of the series, bring all our wills together and force the systems that hold us down and tell us we can't do better to change, or destroy those systems if they refuse.
How Kamina was an act he himself was breaking under fear himself and it was Simon that kept him moving forward deep down he isn’t as tough as he seems to be and the creator admitted if Kamina never died they’d ultimately meet their end he’s supposed to push the characters forward to give them the drive to move forward
Your talk on politics is really starting to have an effect on me. Right now I’m currently at the “I don’t give much of a damn about politics” phase of my life, especially after seeing the amount of arguments and the division it’s causing, but after watching your chainsaw man video and this one, I’m really starting to have some introspection regarding this matter and thinking if me staying in ignorance is only me adding to the problem of things like misinformation and controlling the masses and pitting them against each other. I think I have come across a hidden gem of a channel
i think one of the most important thing with politics for me is to just make sure you're not falling into an echo chamber. if you can continue trying to understand other perspectives and get others to understand them as well, then you can help yourself make the best possible decisions as well as save others from divisive traps. glad you liked these videos!
Love guren lagan. As an adhd kid this was something i really klicked with. The hyperactivety and over the top energy of kamina was awesome. Then he died and I had to figure out what the rest of the show was actually about. Strangly enough it had the same impact as Berserk did later in my life. Seeing despair and CHOOSING to fight it and actually find peace an joy. I think it comes down to a lot of what most lifelessons get right. We know all these messages, they are told to us again and again. What makes us really understand these messages is a moment of realisation. Art is one way that can make you realy feel and reallise what a certain concept really means. This is the real power of media. For instance, knowing that a lot of people suffer is one thing. Now really think about how many times you yourself suffer. Now really immagine your family has these same feelings. Now expand that immagination to the people in your street. Now expand that to the people in your town. Now to your state, to your country, to the rest of the world. By really engaging with this idea you begin to realize more, even though you probably knew this. This playing with scale and ideas, always pushing further, expanding your realization is what guren lagan is so great at.
That chainsaw man video you made changed my life. Whenever I feel the weight of the world, I rewatch it to inspire me. Thanks for your inspiration media analyses.
Kamina believed when no one else did! He was the spark that reignited the ability to re-acknowledge the spiral power once again. Kamina was a madman. and was viewed and treated as such, in his own mind he may have thought the same, but he stuck to his beliefs, he couldn't question himself, if he did none of this would have ever been possible....
This show proved that you do not need 60 or 100 episodes in order to be considered A Masterpiece. Every show has their own and the creators have it each to their own too. However, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tells us that as long as you Believe In Yourself, Almost Anything In Possible. This Experience helps you get out of your demotivated state and gives you The Drive to continue with whatever you want to do in life. You going back into Politics because of this show is A Prime Example of it. 👍
We have been there, i have 2 videos in my channel but i guess it still has few vews 0 likes, people say politicians and politics is like garbage, but no one wants to clean that trash bin. Glad you understood this. Few years from today, you will be the first Weeb president :^),. All the best!
I live my life by the oath sworn through courage where there is life there is hope where there is hope there is selflessness where there is selflessness there is compassion where there is compassion there is friendship where there is friendship there is faith where there is faith there is love where thre is love there is passion where there is passion there is courage where there is courage their is determination where there is determination there is will power together as one united, any person who has such courage can over come the most insurmountable of odds and make the imossible possible in thier life with their couragous fighting spirit Honor justice friend loyalty for our friends for our families for our loved ones we must never forget this oath we have sworn through our undying courage That's the closest thing i got to a prayer belief system.and moral code in my life Put more simply Do the impossible for those whom you love Thats all i need to know that spiral power exists in real life
The ending of the vid is so good. It is just so understandable and direct, yet it explains such complex concept. As always, thank you for video! Keep moving forward, heh
The one thing Gurren Lagaan taught me is that.. when i'm at my lowest I need a friend who's got my back enough to come in and belt me one, just to remind me that stagnation hurts and as hard as moving forward might be, If there's a wall in our way then we smash it down, If there isn't a path, then we carve one ourselves, a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow ,Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix! so get your drill and lets move forward
I first watched Gurren Lagaan 3 years ago, and like you, I was cynical about the show’s messages all the way until the very last episode. The show helped me evolve a bit towards the end of covid, but after a few months, I forgot about it due to my focus on my new pursuits in life. I then rewatched it 3 months ago, this time being 100% on board with its messages from day one, and that second watch is what I can say really has changed my life. The changes I’ve made since then have been harder than anything I’ve ever done in my 24 years of existence. Gurren Lagann, along with a couple other favorite shows of mine, have finally pushed me to the next level.
I hate to do this but I have to point out as well constructed as your argument is, word of god says that Kamina actually produced virtually no spiral energy, it wasn't his overconfidence that killed him it was the fact his confidence was all a facade to cover for him being insecure.
I love this video. I finished gurren lagann recently and have been thinking about it, and randomly clicked on this to see what someone else thought of it. I was gonna click off and go to bed (it’s 7 am for me), but hearing your own story connected with me-and the rest of the video was well worth it. This video framed some of TTGL’s themes, as common as they are, in a way I’ve never seen before. Thank you.
Ive known about Gurren Lagann for years but never really watched it. Recently, I fell out of a relationship with a woman I was dating for 10 years. I was a month away from popping the question. During my sorrow I decided to watch more anime. I sat down and watched G.L. and it has really helped me. To push forward, to continue on, to go against fate and to forge my own future. I wear a drill necklace now as a reminder. Sorry for the rant. Great video. Exactly how I feel. Anime is art, art motivates. G.L is art, and it has motivated me.
so glad to hear how this anime helped you out; i love hearing people share their individual experiences with it. GL is art for sure, hope you can keep pushing forward
hell yeah i hope they're enjoying it! i actually just watched the summary movies with some people last night and it's so fun seeing everyone get so hyped
TTGL was an anime I discovered quite recently. This anime gave me something my parents never did, it gave me reassurance in myself, to keep pushing myself and not let despair take a hold of me. Thank you for covering the concept of the metaphor of spiral power. Very well articulated.
thanks, glad you liked the video! and glad to hear that it helped inspire you in a similar way as it did with me. i also saw your comment on the psycho-pass video, thanks for the support! we're all gonna keep pushing forward
5 years ago, i gave up, heavily depressed, i had my taste of spiral power more then 10 years ago, but after that the fire died out. Eventually i managed to slowly with ups and downs get the fire back and now its fully back. I am now owner and co-owner of 2 social enterprises that work on local empowerment and with insane success of many other people who also have found their spiral power. Sometimes mine can overflow, but its kinda my nature xD. I work together with the local university, i work with people out of heavy poverty, i work with people that are pretty much high end elite. There is no min or max requirement of finding people with spiral power, its just that you meet the people with their hearts on fire and full on passionate feelings of wanting to develop mankind in a different way, where technology only supports us and we still decide what is good for us, where your voice matters and no matter what direction you come from you are welcome. As long as you are willing to fight for freedom.
damn youre a really underrated channel, this kind of well thought out video with plenty of background images to make it entertaining at the same time is really great! hope u keep up with these!
For me, Gurren Lagann really shines with its quotes. More than any other piece of media I have ever intaken, more than any speech or piece of advice I've ever recieved in my life, the words spoken throughout the show ring in my head. They stick, they stay, they prosper. I can barely remember any quotes from other characters, but I find it hard not to remember the lines of Kamina, Simon, Kittan, Nia, and all the other members of team Dai-Gurren. Hell, even the lyrics of the theme song hit close to home. Almost every time someone opens their mouth, I feel myself get chills hearing what they have to say. So many of the sentences in this show continue to affect me in everyday life. Nothing has ever stuck with me this long. "Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the me who believes in you!" "Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me, not in the me who believes in you. Belive in the you who believes in yourself." "If you're gonna dig, dig to breach the heavens! Even if it's my own grave im digging, I keep going! I'm not my bro, I'm me! Simon The Digger!" "Don't get distracted by the what ifs, should'ves and if onlys. The one thing you choose yourself, THAT is the truth of your universe." "How long sre you gonna keep running, Simon? Now's the time to cast off the boy you used to be." "Let's see you grit those teeth!" "If there's a wall, we'll smash it down! If there isn't a path, we'll carve one ourselves!" "Kick logic to the curb and do the impossible!" "Our seething blood will determine what will be!" "We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before. Little by little, we advance with each turn. That's how a drill works!" "My drill is the drill that creates the heavens!" "Force your way down the path YOU choose to take, and do it YOUR way! That's the team Dai-Gurren way!" "We'll break through time and space to grab hold of our own path!" *"Just who the hell do you think I am⁉️"*
Your life is your own spiral and in life we spiral together as a people. We will not always go in the same direction, but we have to walk our own path. You will feel doubt as your path intensifies and pushes you to your limit. Maybe breaks you, but you are still on your spiral and need to keep focusing as best you can. When you break you need to take a break and recover and move on. That is a lesson on your spiral. That you can break and not break yourself in your quest. Even when you achieve your goal there is always more. Make the impossible possible at your pace. Remember: life will not let you march at your own speed. You must make life allow you by doing the labor to achieve that. I believe in you.
this is the quid of the show great work i too was a cynic little brat, but growing up means we must stop hating and resenting in order to believe and love
Currently rewatching the series - it's been a few years since I actually sat down with it. Toward the end, it's observed that Spiral Power is tied to the concept of DNA - in other words, it's a power intrinsic to life itself, and which grows with our ability to adapt as species. Furthermore, if we understand the Anti-Spiral's motivation to be the spread of despair throughout the multiverse, then we must interpret the end goal of Spiral Power to be the spread of hope - that is, the very idea that we can grow, change, and adapt, and that by doing so, we may ultimately overcome any obstacle, no matter how dire or monumental. Hope doesn't just wish for a better future - hope enables us to make that future a reality, to overcome despair and embrace the best possible outcomes of the opportunities set before us. Hope takes the greatest risks, against the greatest odds, in order to win the greatest prize. As Simon said, "As long as the chance of success is greater than zero, I'll treat is as though it's a 100% chance!" That is the drill that may just pierce the heavens. 😎 #LiveWithoutFear
I love gurren lagann, i watched it in 2020 when i was feeling like shit, my lst year of primary school was in lockdown and i felt that when i tried following my dreams, i just couldnt make things work. But now im here, i keep working on becoming capable of creating videogames, and even when sometimes i feel useless, i keep going no matter what
I can never get enough of this Anime. I rewatch it every year. Truly uplifting and a great reminder that I can do the impossible simply to spite reality.
Gurren Lagann pulled me out of a depressive state and got me motivated enough to get my shit together and get the training I needed to get a better job than the one I had back then.
Dang dude really really great video, I haven't watched gurren Lagann in years but this gave me a totally new perspective on it. Commenting for the algorithm
from the first gurren lagann summary movie. they made two movies summarizing the events of the show + they added some new content. the clip there is lordgenome's backstory
_Gurren Lagann_ is an anime that, legitimately, made the kid-version of me more spiritual. I have a bit of a tangent, so please bear with me. Looking at a small candle and its flame, think of the sound it makes: like a quiet growling. As fire grows, this gets louder-rumbling growing increasingly deeper, such that furnaces create great roars through which nothing else can be heard. Now imagine what would be the sound of Sol, the Sun. The closest we've gotten to hearing such a sound, I think, is the roar of a spaceship engine-likely among the loudest noises ever created on this planet, barring either the Atom Bomb or the dinosaur extinction meteor. Such a roar-Earth-rupturing and sky-distorting-hearing it almost feels as though you've witnessed the presence of God. I highly recommend everyone to watch videos of the recent spaceship launch. The Sun is as a deity: timeless, boundless, all-consuming and directly responsible for the existence of life itself. Of all the planets in the Universe, only this one has life, and only because it both contains water *_while also_* being within close enough range of its Sun. This orb of inferno has burned for untold millennia and will continue for trillions more hereafter. What this has to do with _Gurren Lagann,_ is that Simon spends his entire childhood dreaming of this mythical sphere of light. To once finally erupt from beneath the earth to bear witness to its fire, and creates a society that works to strive ever eternally upward; rising beyond the Earth towards something even greater. And once its been reached, to keep rising beyond even that, thereafter. Onwards and upwards! Grit those teeth and make the impossible possible!
Spiral power in TTGL is very much an allegory for human willpower and pure determination but I do think there is a point where a human can become so advanced in their willpower and determination that they get the real life equivalent of spiral power. I think there is a development of sheer focus and discipline where someone has gone through enough shit where they effectively can achieve things that I've heard people say is not "genetically possible" and it's very fucking inspiring.
Well, that line keeps moving. Every bit of every thing needs to work out that tension for itself, over and over, as here and now become new again. That's how a drill works?
Please help, I'm looking for the name of the OST at the beginning of the video. I believe it is the one played when Kamina appears in the multiverse labyrinth. I just can't find that soundtrack...
I believe I used the track "Moles are Mere Moles, Right." I'll paste the link below you just might have to skip to around halfway through the song for that specific part ruclips.net/video/owT2y_QsrZ0/видео.html&ab_channel=TheWorldOfOST
People minimize the universal truths of the human spirit whenever they see it in movie or shows because they've already given up on themselves after they stumbled and tried to get back up. Seeing someone say that you could have what you want in life if you use your fighting spirit makes them upset since it invalidates all the excuses they've made for themselves. So they just minimize the message and say "it's just a movie and it has a nice message, but real life isn't really like that." They say that even though they know deep down inside that real life actually is like that
A lot of people struggled and tried way harder than you could imagine or deal with literally impossible circumstance too and illnesses, deserved to succeed harder and would still be humbler about it. There is a cemetery of braver but unrecognized warriors who still failed miserably or had no choice but to give up to find peace they earned and deserved behind every single success, never forget that or undermine their souls or think your success or others reflect something or not.
I love that many people got inspired about by TTGL. Sadly even though I enjoyed the hell out of it and immediately considered it best anime I watched so far (and now consider it best anime of all time) I wasn't inspired by it, it didn't changed my life. Barely any fiction did. :/ Only 2 titles did and one was negative and positive effect from another didn't lasted (while negative did). Maybe actually more works of fiction influenced me and their influence was negative? ._. But my watch list was quite normal, mostly typical stuff, something that would likely to inspire someone than discourage them.
Have you seen tsukimichi moonlight fantasy ? I think you’ll love it dude. Super short. 12 ep for season 1. Season 2 is coming and HOT DAMN. it challenges the isekai trope and knows it
I dont think kamina is dumb, i mean he is aware enough he needs to live what h preaches to get him message forward and convince them to empower themselves too. But yeah i mean studio trigger and stuff really hammer home their anarchism too, And while politics is frustrating and slow, and people die , really, its very much working together and yeah they even sho th problms that happen and are frustrating.and still its change and those who fight against a change for better for peoples rights ,
What age were you? When it came out, I was about 27? Maybe? And by 2010, I found myself single, seperated. So then, I focused on bettering myself both mentally and physically! *SPOILER ALERT* I didn't beat it. Life beat me. "It hit me with STICKS" (southern redneck voice- "DEM MEAN OLE STICKS! NMOMMA LOVES ME!!!!!). BUT!!!!! Gurrenn Lagann STILL inspires me to THIS DAY!!!! Literally, I played Libre Me from Hell the theme song for Gurrenn Lagann that is an amazing OPERATIC RAP SONG THAT SLAPS AND SLAPS AND INSPIRES!!! Kids from 5yrs old to 18 yrs old did NOT complain. They nodded their heads and just listened. It was aweinspiring :')
spiral power is real this is the mentality, believe in yourself with sheer will push you but if you take this to mental and physical you can reach even higher, a way i used this is by flipping off the switch j need for me to completely ragdoll imagine flipping the switch for you to evolve and with this mentality its possible just have faith in God
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Even as an adult now, even though I watched TTGL as a kid, it’s a driving force in my life, and Kamina is now and always will be my role model
Real! it's just so good
@zoomer_talk if spiral power is only metaphorical, how do you explain the fibinacci sequence🤔🤔🤔🤔
@@NomimizuShinobu numbers aren't real either
@@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa "numbers" are a form of "mesh" or "lens" through which an individual can "view" or "filter" the reality they are faced with to produce accurate results for particular patterns thereby leading to a form of consistancy through which one can begin to find predictablity in and thereby determine the best "route" for themsleves based upon where they themselves wish to "land"
@@NomimizuShinobu Numbers are incredibly useful abstractions that help us understand the world, but they are not inherent parts of reality itself. They are a mental tool we've developed to make sense of quantities and patterns.
Kamina isn’t dumb, he knew all his big talk and reckless personality was digging his own grave
But he kept going, because he knew that he wasn’t gonna be the one to change everything, he knew that it’d be Simon who’d do it.
Which is why he had to die to tell that to Simon.
"There's someone better suited to go through the tunnels i dug"
-Simon the Digger
Still dumb, he just believed whole heartly in Simon's potential, and he won the bet (not trying to insult him by saying that, I'm sure he knows it too).
Nope. Kamina didn't do it just for Simon. That came 2nd. What came first for Kamina was to believe in himself and believe that he could climb to Heaven. Let me ask you this: if Simon were never there, would Kamina still have attempted to break out of the village? Would he still have fought the gunman that came crashing down? Of course he would, because that's who Kamina is. He didn't risk his life because it would make simon a better leader. He did it because that's what HE believed was the right thing to do. His self-belief runs off on people and Simon happened to be there for Kamina's ride so it rubbed off on him.
@@Socrates526 I disagree. Simon wasn’t just there when Kamina was, Kamina’s entire motivation (motivation, not reason) for reaching the surface was because of Simon. He openly admits this when talking to yoko, saying that it was because of Simon he was able to put on a brave face. Without Simon, the Lagann would have never been found. Kamina and Nia were the only ones who saw Simon for what he truly was, except Kamina tried to tell this to Simon in such a way that got him killed and made Simon dependent. (Which Nia fixed by seeing Simon and telling him that he’s not his bro). When you look back, this is what Kamina was trying to tell Simon all along. “Believe in the you that believes in yourself”, wanting Simon to pilot the Lagann, and putting his faith in him when in a situation where only Simon could come up with a way to solve it. It’s really symbiotic in a way, Simon saw Kamina the same way Kamina saw Simon.
@VoidSpirals I see what you’re saying, and I would agree that many of the inciting incidents would not have happened if not for Simon, and that Kamina saw potential in him. But banking solely on Simon to succeed was not wisdom on his part, and drawing support from Simon - his talent, his hidden drive to succeed, even extra incentive to be successful because of his friend - did not change the fact that he had planned to go to the top to follow, and later surpass, his father.
What we see in Kamina is a leader who pushed his agenda as an ideal, not a desire - allowing him to seek the benefit of others while attempting to reach his goal through sharing that ideal. The penultimate episode displayed what Kamina looked like without his ideal, and it looked was a very different man. The former was a man not afraid to die for what he stood for, the latter afraid to stand what Kamina ultimately died for.
But he was still mentoring and fostering Simon - honing and using his talent. That tells you that his drive to succeed in HIS goals, that was what impassioned Kamina. And his reckless and somewhat ignorant behavior, as well as his sense of honor and trust that they could survive without him, made him believe he was replaceable if he drove his efforts too far. Simon did not betray that trust, but Kamina did not reach his goal.
He is still an inspiration for those who are struggling with motivation, as Kamina is someone who lived with integrity and drive.
I watched gurren lagaan on the request of a good dear friend while I was wallowing in the depression of my wife and child dying, I felt utterly alone and had nothing to live for or any reason to live. Gurren Lagaan woke me up to a reason to keep pushing on, even in this cruel world. And honestly, I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that friend and for gurren lagaan.
I am so so sorry for your loss. I'm happy your friend was there for you and was able to help you find something that was able to help you stay here. I hope you're doing better. I know the grief and pain never goes away, but I hope you're in a place where it doesn't hurt as much as often.
May they rest in peace
Wtf would he do that? Nia's ending would have driven me into worse depression.
TTGL is, without a doubt, the Best Anime Ever. I've been able to make some hard decisions because i kept it in mind, and it hasn't just helped me when faced with insurmountable problems. i think I'm genuinely a more patient, wiser person for having seen it. i have nothing but respect for writers like Kazuki Nakashima who embue their work with such unrelenting positivity. i recently rewatched promare with some friends, and despite how heavy handed it is i realized i missed one of the themes in the movie the first time, which is the idea that you should never lose hope of finding alternative solutions. i haven't seen many of his other works, but i wouldn't be surprised if that theme is consistent throughout his work. it's so rare to find such a hopeful message.
speaking of hopeful messages, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see people like you keeping analysis videos like this alive, even if you post sporadically (i'm a uni student so i definitely understand how hard it is to have time for side stuff). this genre was really influential to me when i was in high school, and even if i haven't seen a good one in months it's still close to my heart in a way. keep turning your drill man, i can't wait to see how far down the youtube hole you can dig.
i've only seen the big stories nakashima has written with imaishi (TTGL, kill la kill, promare) but i like how all of them have that common idea of finding an alternative solution. it's always debating between 2 extremes, but by the end they find some sort of more nuanced middle path and i feel like that applies really well to many real life debates
but also thanks for the kind words! media analysis is obviously pretty important to me as well and support like this keeps the drill turning
@@chryysanthI began studies into Philosophy and Politics because Gureen Lagann had such a monumental impact on my life. I fought through some of the hardest points in my life because of this silly little show. It genuinley inspired me to be a better person and transformed me into the person I am today. If it were not for this show I dont think id be where I am today, I dont think I would be *who* I am today.
I watched Gurren Lagann when I was younger and it changed my life. I am a different, better, more complete person because of it
You pretty much covered the reason why Gurren Lagann can always bring me out of despair and never lose sight of my goals no matter how unlikely they may seem.
I love Gurren Lagann for a lot of the same reasons. Some reviewers (Glass Reflection I believe) say you have to turn your brain off to enjoy it, but your commentary really covers why that take misses the entire point of the show. The show had so much impact on me, more than just developing an interesting theme.
I love that you say that corniness is important to have in media. Sometimes we need stuff that is just blindingly optimistic because it's so easy to get bogged down by all the problems in the world and how it feels like we don't have the power to do anything about it. Maybe if we all let ourselves be corny, be silly, be endlessly driven to improve, maybe then we can break past all the things holding us as a collective down.
Maybe we as humanity need to (metaphorically but also sorta literally) come together in the same way the characters do at the end of the series, bring all our wills together and force the systems that hold us down and tell us we can't do better to change, or destroy those systems if they refuse.
How Kamina was an act he himself was breaking under fear himself and it was Simon that kept him moving forward deep down he isn’t as tough as he seems to be and the creator admitted if Kamina never died they’d ultimately meet their end he’s supposed to push the characters forward to give them the drive to move forward
The Golden Ratio and our Galaxy are both spirals, it's extremely powerful and in everything
Your talk on politics is really starting to have an effect on me. Right now I’m currently at the “I don’t give much of a damn about politics” phase of my life, especially after seeing the amount of arguments and the division it’s causing, but after watching your chainsaw man video and this one, I’m really starting to have some introspection regarding this matter and thinking if me staying in ignorance is only me adding to the problem of things like misinformation and controlling the masses and pitting them against each other. I think I have come across a hidden gem of a channel
i think one of the most important thing with politics for me is to just make sure you're not falling into an echo chamber. if you can continue trying to understand other perspectives and get others to understand them as well, then you can help yourself make the best possible decisions as well as save others from divisive traps. glad you liked these videos!
Love guren lagan. As an adhd kid this was something i really klicked with. The hyperactivety and over the top energy of kamina was awesome. Then he died and I had to figure out what the rest of the show was actually about. Strangly enough it had the same impact as Berserk did later in my life. Seeing despair and CHOOSING to fight it and actually find peace an joy. I think it comes down to a lot of what most lifelessons get right. We know all these messages, they are told to us again and again. What makes us really understand these messages is a moment of realisation. Art is one way that can make you realy feel and reallise what a certain concept really means. This is the real power of media. For instance, knowing that a lot of people suffer is one thing. Now really think about how many times you yourself suffer. Now really immagine your family has these same feelings. Now expand that immagination to the people in your street. Now expand that to the people in your town. Now to your state, to your country, to the rest of the world. By really engaging with this idea you begin to realize more, even though you probably knew this. This playing with scale and ideas, always pushing further, expanding your realization is what guren lagan is so great at.
That chainsaw man video you made changed my life. Whenever I feel the weight of the world, I rewatch it to inspire me. Thanks for your inspiration media analyses.
Don't do what I did puny human
it makes me so happy to hear i can affect people like that, glad you enjoyed the video
And then you listen to "weight of the world" from the Nier Automata OST and shed a tear at the beauty
are you 12 or something?
Kamina believed when no one else did! He was the spark that reignited the ability to re-acknowledge the spiral power once again. Kamina was a madman. and was viewed and treated as such, in his own mind he may have thought the same, but he stuck to his beliefs, he couldn't question himself, if he did none of this would have ever been possible....
This show proved that you do not need 60 or 100 episodes in order to be considered A Masterpiece. Every show has their own and the creators have it each to their own too. However, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tells us that as long as you Believe In Yourself, Almost Anything In Possible. This Experience helps you get out of your demotivated state and gives you The Drive to continue with whatever you want to do in life. You going back into Politics because of this show is A Prime Example of it. 👍
Amazing video "A drive that has brought us from caves to space" gave me chills, great analysis
We have been there, i have 2 videos in my channel but i guess it still has few vews 0 likes, people say politicians and politics is like garbage, but no one wants to clean that trash bin. Glad you understood this.
Few years from today, you will be the first Weeb president :^),. All the best!
first weeb president LOL
glad you liked the video
I live my life by the oath sworn through courage
where there is life there is hope
where there is hope there is selflessness
where there is selflessness there is compassion
where there is compassion there is friendship
where there is friendship there is faith
where there is faith there is love
where thre is love there is passion
where there is passion there is courage
where there is courage their is determination
where there is determination there is will power
together as one united, any person who has such courage can over come the most insurmountable of odds and make the imossible possible in thier life with their couragous fighting spirit
Honor justice friend loyalty
for our friends
for our families
for our loved ones
we must never forget this oath we have sworn through our undying courage
That's the closest thing i got to a prayer belief system.and moral code in my life
Put more simply
Do the impossible for those whom you love
Thats all i need to know that spiral power exists in real life
real af
The ending of the vid is so good. It is just so understandable and direct, yet it explains such complex concept. As always, thank you for video! Keep moving forward, heh
glad you liked it!
The one thing Gurren Lagaan taught me is that.. when i'm at my lowest I need a friend who's got my back enough to come in and belt me one, just to remind me that stagnation hurts and as hard as moving forward might be, If there's a wall in our way then we smash it down, If there isn't a path, then we carve one ourselves, a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow ,Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix!
so get your drill and lets move forward
I first watched Gurren Lagaan 3 years ago, and like you, I was cynical about the show’s messages all the way until the very last episode. The show helped me evolve a bit towards the end of covid, but after a few months, I forgot about it due to my focus on my new pursuits in life. I then rewatched it 3 months ago, this time being 100% on board with its messages from day one, and that second watch is what I can say really has changed my life. The changes I’ve made since then have been harder than anything I’ve ever done in my 24 years of existence. Gurren Lagann, along with a couple other favorite shows of mine, have finally pushed me to the next level.
I hate to do this but I have to point out as well constructed as your argument is, word of god says that Kamina actually produced virtually no spiral energy, it wasn't his overconfidence that killed him it was the fact his confidence was all a facade to cover for him being insecure.
Says who?
I love this video. I finished gurren lagann recently and have been thinking about it, and randomly clicked on this to see what someone else thought of it. I was gonna click off and go to bed (it’s 7 am for me), but hearing your own story connected with me-and the rest of the video was well worth it. This video framed some of TTGL’s themes, as common as they are, in a way I’ve never seen before. Thank you.
very glad you could connect with my thoughts on this. thanks for the comment!
Ive known about Gurren Lagann for years but never really watched it. Recently, I fell out of a relationship with a woman I was dating for 10 years. I was a month away from popping the question. During my sorrow I decided to watch more anime. I sat down and watched G.L. and it has really helped me. To push forward, to continue on, to go against fate and to forge my own future. I wear a drill necklace now as a reminder.
Sorry for the rant. Great video. Exactly how I feel. Anime is art, art motivates. G.L is art, and it has motivated me.
so glad to hear how this anime helped you out; i love hearing people share their individual experiences with it. GL is art for sure, hope you can keep pushing forward
Amazing video brother! This is exactly why I've been showing a bunch of friends Gurren Lagann for the first time at our watch parties!
hell yeah i hope they're enjoying it! i actually just watched the summary movies with some people last night and it's so fun seeing everyone get so hyped
TTGL was an anime I discovered quite recently. This anime gave me something my parents never did, it gave me reassurance in myself, to keep pushing myself and not let despair take a hold of me. Thank you for covering the concept of the metaphor of spiral power. Very well articulated.
thanks, glad you liked the video! and glad to hear that it helped inspire you in a similar way as it did with me. i also saw your comment on the psycho-pass video, thanks for the support! we're all gonna keep pushing forward
5 years ago, i gave up, heavily depressed, i had my taste of spiral power more then 10 years ago, but after that the fire died out. Eventually i managed to slowly with ups and downs get the fire back and now its fully back. I am now owner and co-owner of 2 social enterprises that work on local empowerment and with insane success of many other people who also have found their spiral power. Sometimes mine can overflow, but its kinda my nature xD. I work together with the local university, i work with people out of heavy poverty, i work with people that are pretty much high end elite. There is no min or max requirement of finding people with spiral power, its just that you meet the people with their hearts on fire and full on passionate feelings of wanting to develop mankind in a different way, where technology only supports us and we still decide what is good for us, where your voice matters and no matter what direction you come from you are welcome. As long as you are willing to fight for freedom.
hell yes dude! so happy hearing your story, very cool how you were able to find a way to empower others as well
damn youre a really underrated channel, this kind of well thought out video with plenty of background images to make it entertaining at the same time is really great! hope u keep up with these!
thanks! glad you enjoyed
Do the impossible see the invisible, row row, fight the power! Touch the untouchable break the unbreakable bake the unbakeable take the untakeable...
For me, Gurren Lagann really shines with its quotes. More than any other piece of media I have ever intaken, more than any speech or piece of advice I've ever recieved in my life, the words spoken throughout the show ring in my head. They stick, they stay, they prosper. I can barely remember any quotes from other characters, but I find it hard not to remember the lines of Kamina, Simon, Kittan, Nia, and all the other members of team Dai-Gurren. Hell, even the lyrics of the theme song hit close to home.
Almost every time someone opens their mouth, I feel myself get chills hearing what they have to say. So many of the sentences in this show continue to affect me in everyday life. Nothing has ever stuck with me this long.
"Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the me who believes in you!"
"Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me, not in the me who believes in you. Belive in the you who believes in yourself."
"If you're gonna dig, dig to breach the heavens! Even if it's my own grave im digging, I keep going! I'm not my bro, I'm me! Simon The Digger!"
"Don't get distracted by the what ifs, should'ves and if onlys. The one thing you choose yourself, THAT is the truth of your universe."
"How long sre you gonna keep running, Simon? Now's the time to cast off the boy you used to be."
"Let's see you grit those teeth!"
"If there's a wall, we'll smash it down! If there isn't a path, we'll carve one ourselves!"
"Kick logic to the curb and do the impossible!"
"Our seething blood will determine what will be!"
"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before. Little by little, we advance with each turn. That's how a drill works!"
"My drill is the drill that creates the heavens!"
"Force your way down the path YOU choose to take, and do it YOUR way! That's the team Dai-Gurren way!"
"We'll break through time and space to grab hold of our own path!"
*"Just who the hell do you think I am⁉️"*
And i keep listening rap is the man soul when i workout. Gurren Laggan its life changing, Awesome video man.
Amazing video man I just finished gurren laggan today and it was amazing such a cool show and cool msg keep up the good work!!
I'm here because of Destiny 2. I've never seen this show before.
Wow, what a great essay. Amazing work. Liked, Commented, and Subscribed.
thanks so much! but how did you find this essay through destiny lmao
Great video man, I absolutely loved it!
Your life is your own spiral and in life we spiral together as a people. We will not always go in the same direction, but we have to walk our own path.
You will feel doubt as your path intensifies and pushes you to your limit. Maybe breaks you, but you are still on your spiral and need to keep focusing as best you can. When you break you need to take a break and recover and move on. That is a lesson on your spiral. That you can break and not break yourself in your quest.
Even when you achieve your goal there is always more. Make the impossible possible at your pace.
Remember: life will not let you march at your own speed. You must make life allow you by doing the labor to achieve that.
I believe in you.
this is the quid of the show
great work
i too was a cynic little brat, but growing up means we must stop hating and resenting in order to believe and love
You deserve way more subs keep at it
thanks!
Great video bro. It is always a pleasure to see how people keep analyzing this masterpiece.
thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Currently rewatching the series - it's been a few years since I actually sat down with it. Toward the end, it's observed that Spiral Power is tied to the concept of DNA - in other words, it's a power intrinsic to life itself, and which grows with our ability to adapt as species. Furthermore, if we understand the Anti-Spiral's motivation to be the spread of despair throughout the multiverse, then we must interpret the end goal of Spiral Power to be the spread of hope - that is, the very idea that we can grow, change, and adapt, and that by doing so, we may ultimately overcome any obstacle, no matter how dire or monumental. Hope doesn't just wish for a better future - hope enables us to make that future a reality, to overcome despair and embrace the best possible outcomes of the opportunities set before us. Hope takes the greatest risks, against the greatest odds, in order to win the greatest prize. As Simon said, "As long as the chance of success is greater than zero, I'll treat is as though it's a 100% chance!" That is the drill that may just pierce the heavens. 😎 #LiveWithoutFear
No way bro used the Gas Gas Gas vid, great content, can't wait to see your channel blow up
I love gurren lagann, i watched it in 2020 when i was feeling like shit, my lst year of primary school was in lockdown and i felt that when i tried following my dreams, i just couldnt make things work. But now im here, i keep working on becoming capable of creating videogames, and even when sometimes i feel useless, i keep going no matter what
hell yeah. keep that drill spinning, never give up
I can never get enough of this Anime. I rewatch it every year. Truly uplifting and a great reminder that I can do the impossible simply to spite reality.
Thank you for this video! It puts into words how felt about it but couldn’t find the words to describe it
Gurren Lagann pulled me out of a depressive state and got me motivated enough to get my shit together and get the training I needed to get a better job than the one I had back then.
underated
This anime pulled me out of the worst depression I've ever been through.
Leaving a comment for the RUclips algorithm to recommend this vid to more people
Seeing this came out two weeks ago, when I started rewatching GL a few days ago lets me know that things are gonna change.
I’m m watching GL with a friend who never watched it before. And I can’t wait for him to finish so I can show him this video
oh hell yeah i'm hoping he's liking the show!
"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!"
I almost can't believe that Gurren Lagann is showing in theaters soon
Dang dude really really great video, I haven't watched gurren Lagann in years but this gave me a totally new perspective on it. Commenting for the algorithm
thanks!
Good video my dude. btw what anime is at 6:18?
from the first gurren lagann summary movie. they made two movies summarizing the events of the show + they added some new content. the clip there is lordgenome's backstory
@@chryysanth Ah cool thank you for the update *thumbs up*
_Gurren Lagann_ is an anime that, legitimately, made the kid-version of me more spiritual.
I have a bit of a tangent, so please bear with me.
Looking at a small candle and its flame, think of the sound it makes: like a quiet growling.
As fire grows, this gets louder-rumbling growing increasingly deeper, such that furnaces create great roars through which nothing else can be heard.
Now imagine what would be the sound of Sol, the Sun.
The closest we've gotten to hearing such a sound, I think, is the roar of a spaceship engine-likely among the loudest noises ever created on this planet, barring either the Atom Bomb or the dinosaur extinction meteor.
Such a roar-Earth-rupturing and sky-distorting-hearing it almost feels as though you've witnessed the presence of God. I highly recommend everyone to watch videos of the recent spaceship launch.
The Sun is as a deity: timeless, boundless, all-consuming and directly responsible for the existence of life itself. Of all the planets in the Universe, only this one has life, and only because it both contains water *_while also_* being within close enough range of its Sun.
This orb of inferno has burned for untold millennia and will continue for trillions more hereafter.
What this has to do with _Gurren Lagann,_ is that Simon spends his entire childhood dreaming of this mythical sphere of light. To once finally erupt from beneath the earth to bear witness to its fire, and creates a society that works to strive ever eternally upward; rising beyond the Earth towards something even greater.
And once its been reached, to keep rising beyond even that, thereafter. Onwards and upwards! Grit those teeth and make the impossible possible!
Damn bruh you choked me up. Thank you.
See, This why I love Gurrem Lagann, Forever top 10, FOREVER GOAT 🙏🏽💯🐐
Spiral power in TTGL is very much an allegory for human willpower and pure determination but I do think there is a point where a human can become so advanced in their willpower and determination that they get the real life equivalent of spiral power. I think there is a development of sheer focus and discipline where someone has gone through enough shit where they effectively can achieve things that I've heard people say is not "genetically possible" and it's very fucking inspiring.
Thank you for this vídeo
The human heart generates a vortex at each beat. So it is real. But it makes me wonder if there are other levels.
Well, that line keeps moving. Every bit of every thing needs to work out that tension for itself, over and over, as here and now become new again. That's how a drill works?
Great vid
Banger
wait, this guy's a genius
even tho i watch this 2 years later, you did a great job and sir you gain 1 subscriber even tho it's not much form me
MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!
good video
Spiral power = Will Power
Kamina wasn't dumb, he was pure.
6:41 Well Said.
Thanks, I needed that
Little by little. We advance a bit further.
Please help, I'm looking for the name of the OST at the beginning of the video. I believe it is the one played when Kamina appears in the multiverse labyrinth. I just can't find that soundtrack...
I believe I used the track "Moles are Mere Moles, Right." I'll paste the link below you just might have to skip to around halfway through the song for that specific part
ruclips.net/video/owT2y_QsrZ0/видео.html&ab_channel=TheWorldOfOST
Yes! Now I understand why I couldn't find the song. It starts very differently. Thank you man, great video!
@@mino99m14 glad you liked it!
People minimize the universal truths of the human spirit whenever they see it in movie or shows because they've already given up on themselves after they stumbled and tried to get back up. Seeing someone say that you could have what you want in life if you use your fighting spirit makes them upset since it invalidates all the excuses they've made for themselves. So they just minimize the message and say "it's just a movie and it has a nice message, but real life isn't really like that." They say that even though they know deep down inside that real life actually is like that
A lot of people struggled and tried way harder than you could imagine or deal with literally impossible circumstance too and illnesses, deserved to succeed harder and would still be humbler about it. There is a cemetery of braver but unrecognized warriors who still failed miserably or had no choice but to give up to find peace they earned and deserved behind every single success, never forget that or undermine their souls or think your success or others reflect something or not.
Mfw the Cold and indifferent universe thinks that it can hold back the drill of the Indomitable Human Spirit
Just believe in yourself, and if you don't just believe in Me. The Me who believes in You
hope your close to a city showing the movies in january!
omg yeah i really want to go see it
@@chryysanth im going to both showings in Minneapolis if your near that city in minnesota, but if not i hope you make it to one
@@douglaschristensen3008 glad you're getting a chance to see them! i'll have to be looking for theaters in atlanta probably
I love that many people got inspired about by TTGL. Sadly even though I enjoyed the hell out of it and immediately considered it best anime I watched so far (and now consider it best anime of all time) I wasn't inspired by it, it didn't changed my life. Barely any fiction did. :/ Only 2 titles did and one was negative and positive effect from another didn't lasted (while negative did). Maybe actually more works of fiction influenced me and their influence was negative? ._. But my watch list was quite normal, mostly typical stuff, something that would likely to inspire someone than discourage them.
Have you seen tsukimichi moonlight fantasy ? I think you’ll love it dude. Super short. 12 ep for season 1. Season 2 is coming and HOT DAMN. it challenges the isekai trope and knows it
I dont think kamina is dumb, i mean he is aware enough he needs to live what h preaches to get him message forward and convince them to empower themselves too.
But yeah i mean studio trigger and stuff really hammer home their anarchism too, And while politics is frustrating and slow, and people die , really, its very much working together and yeah they even sho th problms that happen and are frustrating.and still its change and those who fight against a change for better for peoples rights ,
Don’t believe in yourself! Believe in your cat, who believes in you!
true!!
It's basically reference to golden ratio.
this show made me a more positive person
I love the essay, but the repeated mech stomping sound in the background for the first two minutes was distracting.
thanks man 🥺
Amazing video you have a new sub
ayy thanks glad you liked it
Everything I do is in memory of kamina
bro this video is so underrated
damn bro, i got the same reflexion like 3 month before seeing your'e video.
great minds think alike 😎
Beautiful
Keep going. Spiral out!
My drill will pierce the heavens?
No, my friend. MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT WILL CREATE THE HEAVENS!
What age were you? When it came out, I was about 27? Maybe? And by 2010, I found myself single, seperated. So then, I focused on bettering myself both mentally and physically! *SPOILER ALERT* I didn't beat it. Life beat me. "It hit me with STICKS" (southern redneck voice- "DEM MEAN OLE STICKS! NMOMMA LOVES ME!!!!!). BUT!!!!! Gurrenn Lagann STILL inspires me to THIS DAY!!!! Literally, I played Libre Me from Hell the theme song for Gurrenn Lagann that is an amazing OPERATIC RAP SONG THAT SLAPS AND SLAPS AND INSPIRES!!! Kids from 5yrs old to 18 yrs old did NOT complain. They nodded their heads and just listened. It was aweinspiring :')
It may be corny. but remember corn is good for you!
Wait if spiral power Is real could you create gurren lagann if it's possible I'm building it because I want to have a core drill
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!
@@chryysanth TELL ME HOW TO UNLOCK IT PLEASEEEEE
You see things that the herd can't , I'm subscribing to you 👍
spiral power is real this is the mentality, believe in yourself with sheer will push you but if you take this to mental and physical you can reach even higher, a way i used this is by flipping off the switch j need for me to completely ragdoll imagine flipping the switch for you to evolve and with this mentality its possible just have faith in God
Spiral being are reaching out. All over the galaxy.
Spiral power is real
Crazy how two men’s stories born apart can evolve into the same hope and power this world needs.
Keep spinning, you’re an inspiration bro
holy crap your the alternate history guy i used to watch that
thanks... really
Yes.
Can you do Vinland saga essay