So, I just watched Sonny Boy in 2024

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @estebanlacrosse7847
    @estebanlacrosse7847 Год назад +315

    That anime is so good and I still listen to the soundtrack often just to get through the day

    • @estebanlacrosse7847
      @estebanlacrosse7847 Год назад +7

      Just saw the whole video this video is great I liked how u added the songs in and at the right times too I see Hugh potential in ur channel I’m a new subscriber now

    • @superflyellis27
      @superflyellis27 11 месяцев назад +1

      Same

    • @sighswoons
      @sighswoons 11 месяцев назад +3

      haha ya once I finished it I snagged it on vinyl

    • @oddacity5883
      @oddacity5883 11 месяцев назад +1

      Literally me

    • @estebanlacrosse7847
      @estebanlacrosse7847 11 месяцев назад +1

      Is there any other anime that is existential like this cause I would like to see more

  • @_desibees1876
    @_desibees1876 Год назад +132

    absolutely love that people can find a piece of media and be spurred to create something

    • @gamemaster4947
      @gamemaster4947 6 дней назад

      I wrote a 3 page essay about how much this show means to me after I watched it a second time and finally understood it. Sonny Boy does something that just makes you want to pour your heart out.

  • @shamanthbondade5183
    @shamanthbondade5183 Год назад +72

    I am shocked there are people still talking about this I mean sure i am all for it but i never thought this underrated masterpiece would ever get the light much anymore as i understand it is not for everyone and very artistic and experimental but yet it's truly such a deep psychological thought provoking unique anime man i love it so much especially the music and animation too

  • @und3rt3h1nfluence
    @und3rt3h1nfluence 10 месяцев назад +2

    Yep, I think you did a great job understanding Sonny Boy's message. And just like you, this anime made me think. A lot. So I appreciate I wasn't the only one.

  • @czajnis1970
    @czajnis1970 11 месяцев назад +21

    this anime is special to me - i watched it month before my highschool graduation - i don't know it was the worst moment or the best moment. It made me feel soo many things. I was already stressed about my future, strongly confused about everything in life. Sonny boy made me like I'm on drugs, but like in philosophical way. I was in this state for a week. Good OST, distinctive artstyle, creative worlds. I literally cried while watching this video because it reminded me of all this feelings. it's really a good watch.

  • @APolygons2
    @APolygons2 Год назад +191

    I think the core message/theme of sonny boy, along with the main character's character arc, all are made around this single line:
    "Are you a dandelion, or are you a sunflower?"

    • @Gesensor
      @Gesensor 11 месяцев назад +2

      But... What that exactly means?

    • @Pokemaster-wg9gx
      @Pokemaster-wg9gx 11 месяцев назад +39

      @@Gesensor well i would assume it means something like how Dandelions are picked and blown to scatter into the winds meanwhile Sunflowers are seen as a noble and grand flower that stands tall with its head up and doesn't scatter to the wind like a dandelion does

    • @APolygons2
      @APolygons2 11 месяцев назад +67

      ​@@Gesensor The full scene explains it in episode 1, but here's what it means:
      Sunflowers Look towards the sun, while dandelions wait for the sun to shine on them.
      It's about you going out of your way to do something, or just waiting for the life to happen right before your eyes.
      The main character was a dandelion at the start, but became a sunflower by the end, which is why the simple action of just going out of his way to talk her in the final episode was so meaningful.
      There are other themes present in the show, a lot of which are purposely vague and up for interpretation, but THIS, is the core message of the show.

    • @APolygons2
      @APolygons2 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@Pokemaster-wg9gx The full scene explains it in episode 1, but here's what it means:
      Sunflowers Look towards the sun, while dandelions wait for the sun to shine on them.
      It's about you going out of your way to do something, or just waiting for the life to happen right before your eyes.
      The main character was a dandelion at the start, but became a sunflower by the end, which is why the simple action of just going out of his way to talk her in the final episode was so meaningful.
      There are other themes present in the show, a lot of which are purposely vague and up for interpretation, but THIS, is the core message of the show.

    • @BboyReso
      @BboyReso 11 месяцев назад +10

      @@APolygons2I watched sonny boy only a few months ago, but of all the video essays and personal takes I’ve heard on this anime, this small bit of interpretation is def my favorite thus far. Your comment would seem simple and surface level, but upon reading it so many things have clicked for me. Thank you sir

  • @unordinarystudios5846
    @unordinarystudios5846 Год назад +37

    I watched this show last summer and it connected with me and stuck with me in such a way that I couldn't stop thinking about it. It has since become one of my favourite shows of all time and I'm happy people are still discovering it.

  • @anthonyzheng7004
    @anthonyzheng7004 Год назад +21

    Sonny boy is one of my favourite anime of all time. I am very happy you made this video

  • @bouncycow3010
    @bouncycow3010 11 месяцев назад +22

    Glad I've trained the RUclips algorithm to recommend me every little video about sonny boy that pops up. One of, if not my favourite show, and it was great hearing your opinion about it. "Whilst yes, life does suck, we can do little things to make it and ourselves better" is the sentence I would personally sum up the message I brought out of the show.
    Anyway super well made video, Subscribed!

  • @4Clubs
    @4Clubs 10 месяцев назад +5

    I've been watching anime for an embarrassing amount of time and Sonny Boy is one of my all time greatest experiences with the medium. It's bold, confident, has a great visual language, it isn't preachy and despite the usual Nipponese nihilism it still manages to shine through some glorious sun rays of objectivity (again, without being preachy). Stunning work, an accomplishment of a production on a modest budget.

  • @mistikalcanavarlarparlamen3265
    @mistikalcanavarlarparlamen3265 Год назад +16

    yooooooooooooooooo some people still experience this masterpiece and it makes me glad!

  • @ry_er
    @ry_er 11 месяцев назад +8

    Sonny boy to me is about being hopeful in the face of hopelessness, the whole journey begins because our main character had nothing to live for and through his journey drifting with the others he finds a will, a reason, people to live for and even when he's lost that he's changed. Even when he's back where he began, he keeps living, because now he knows that even if there isn't now, someday something will make living worthwhile, even if just for a little bit.

  • @insertnamehere1561
    @insertnamehere1561 Месяц назад

    I've watched many videos explaining, but this is seriously the most genius explanation I've watched about sonny boy 👏👏👏

  • @kai_surfs7701
    @kai_surfs7701 Год назад +12

    I watched sonny boy as it came out and it remains one of my favorite things.

  • @patchering
    @patchering Год назад +7

    nice vid, glad to see there are still people finding sonny boy

  • @samaran7h
    @samaran7h Год назад +6

    Suprisingly great video on one of my all-time fav shows out there;)
    We all might feel like we didn't undestood Sonny Boy, but... i feel in videos like this we well-understood it. It's not about connecting every single dot and understanding every single element, but about it's entire philosophy and how we internaly feel it. Keep it up with great vids!

  • @SuddenlyUpsidedown
    @SuddenlyUpsidedown 10 месяцев назад +1

    love this anime, might need to set up a rewatch soon

  • @ianchrysler2588
    @ianchrysler2588 9 месяцев назад +3

    Just saw this anime and yes it is definitely an incredible anime made me completely think about life. Definitely a beautiful anime!

  • @j27blaze
    @j27blaze 11 месяцев назад +4

    Hey cool video
    Also having run as your b roll footage is wild

  • @KurisuNo1
    @KurisuNo1 2 месяца назад +1

    If I could express Sonny Boy in one sentence.
    It made me feel something.

  • @cherrycolabliss
    @cherrycolabliss Год назад +1

    Something about this anime made my summer of 21, glad you watched it :)

  • @camerongranger6301
    @camerongranger6301 10 месяцев назад

    Loved this video & Your read felt spot on to me.
    I felt like all the parallel universes/other worlds the kids were going to brought up all thise potential futures you imagine for yourself when you’re in high school, that eternity of kind of just waiting for the rest of your life. 9/10 when you get out shit is no where near like you thought it would be. But there’s still good to be found there, reasons worth living.
    I think all the theory crafting about plot specifics is fun, but kind of can make you miss what feels like the real emotional core of the story.
    Damn I love this show, gotta watch again. Thank you for this vid!

  • @anthonynorris97
    @anthonynorris97 10 месяцев назад +2

    and and and Toe dropped a banger song at the end

  • @OrealMatos
    @OrealMatos 10 месяцев назад

    Sonny boy is my favourite anime and i loved your video, keep with the good work!

  • @frac4L
    @frac4L 11 месяцев назад +3

    saw the anime's first few episodes when it aired and then actually tried to watch it in 2023, dont regret it yall, the music is fire (i have not listened to the ost properly)
    i properly got into toe and was introduced to sunset rollercoaster due to this anime !!!

  • @cxlev01
    @cxlev01 11 месяцев назад +5

    lmao funny how your spoilers got me even more interested in watching it, i think i just might

  • @CoreRedRS
    @CoreRedRS 10 месяцев назад

    nice, glad ur finding a path for urself, gl and hf

  • @olafsomething
    @olafsomething Год назад +6

    Just wait until enough time has passed that you can start forming coherent opinions on this show, that's when the real fun begins

    • @reneguluscornes
      @reneguluscornes 11 месяцев назад +1

      Really. One of the best few weeks of my life, too bad there weren't many friends I could talk about with, well except one, but it always ends with
      "Hey I watched Sonny boy/etc!! Loved it was that that"
      Me: "Yes"
      Yeah thats how it ends, even though I could've talked bout it. So... I've come to the conclusion that I like making theories alone.

    • @olafsomething
      @olafsomething 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@reneguluscornes yeah i totally get that, this show is just such an individual experience that is unique to everyone that watches it, everyone will have different personal takeaways from it and that's what makes it so great

    • @Eragonnogare
      @Eragonnogare 7 месяцев назад

      I feel that. I have coherent opinions and beliefs on the whole thing at this point. I only have one real remaining question. Who is the blonde girl????

  • @Extrasquid0
    @Extrasquid0 6 месяцев назад

    loved the show for lots of different reasons! but what honestly made me get into it at first was how slow and how calm a lot of the moments are, mostly stayed for the same reason as most id imagine

  • @maestromarat6195
    @maestromarat6195 11 месяцев назад

    Sonny Boy is such an interesting anime, I'm really excited for 10 years from now when more and more people discover it and more and more people right video essays on it because I truly believe there are 100s of different things you can get out of Sonny Boy: I hope it gets the cowboy bepop treatment where ever frame is thoroughly disected to find tons of different interpretations of the story.

  • @nunyabiznes7446
    @nunyabiznes7446 11 месяцев назад

    One of the all-time greats. I'll never get over how it instilled a feeling in me I could not fking place until I looked up a director interview and he spelled out what he had made me feel.

  • @naderyhy1125
    @naderyhy1125 Год назад +1

    this is cool great work man keep uploading

  • @raktimamchiforthe4thtime445
    @raktimamchiforthe4thtime445 11 месяцев назад

    I am cryinggg gotta rewatch it now

  • @ellescer
    @ellescer 6 месяцев назад

    This was AOT 2021 for me. I even rewatched it last year, still just as good.

  • @thebrygi1648
    @thebrygi1648 11 месяцев назад

    Glad to see sunny boy appreciation. One of my favorite show and nagara is one of my favorite characters as well as having my favorite final episode.
    Also episode 8, laughing dog, is amazing in the sub, you should check it out. Yamabikos voice is really good in both but tsuda delivers 😌

  • @chickenchowmein6802
    @chickenchowmein6802 10 месяцев назад

    Its so fucking good bro one of my favourites

  • @Fleekie
    @Fleekie 11 месяцев назад

    great music choice in video

  • @ry_er
    @ry_er 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for throwing this shit at the wall, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

  • @Not0nce
    @Not0nce Год назад

    I enjoyed this video. I subscribed to you as i am typing this.

  • @_keygen
    @_keygen Год назад +2

    wwhy did i just start crying when this song came on 9:55 lmao

  • @GiulianoVenturo
    @GiulianoVenturo 10 месяцев назад +1

    yeah what I felt at the end was the same: Life feels meaningless, but it does because "you" are the one feeling that way. So life at least for now became a bit less "meaningless".

  • @teamoplayer1811
    @teamoplayer1811 Год назад

    I just finish it yesterday, and it was beautiful.

  • @marla0412
    @marla0412 8 месяцев назад

    9:50 this is the exact moment I end up bawling every time. Nagara returning the ball of sunshine to Rajdhani because he doesn't need it anymore and his reaction to it is just... T-T

  • @CamelliaFlingert
    @CamelliaFlingert 10 месяцев назад +1

    What i love about art is that everyone sees something different in this, and so i will say what i saw in this anime: our main character struggle to find a reason to live and the point of his existence but unlike all other people in this group (who got stuck in this place) he's the only one who is afraid of death and still wants to exist despite all his misery, but every other people in this anime just accepted their fates and refused to fight against it, which is kinda funny and ironic, how one boy, who has nothing in life wants to survive and be alive more than all these people who seems to be content with their lives (i will dare to call them a normies), he's afraid to die because he's afraid to miss something in his life, because he haven't found himself in this life unlike other people, that's why they decided to stay in this place, they found a peace for their minds and realized what they love to do and what they want from this life, but he's not, that's why he struggles and blindly searching for a way to escape from this unbearable pressure and existential dread. I'm not very good at putting my thoughts into words, but i hope that this is as close as possible to the view in my head and also understandable for others

  • @Yerofey_KhabarovsiocmpJKAShmri
    @Yerofey_KhabarovsiocmpJKAShmri 7 месяцев назад

    good video I think, it made me feel more confident.Im giggling rn becus of how glad I am that I watched this video/

  • @vincentshadetree
    @vincentshadetree 11 месяцев назад

    I'll agree with you about not knowing how I felt after watching it. Some of the angst between characters was irritating but I think that was the point. There's some thoughtful conversations that can be had after watching it. I think I'll try rewatching it again at some point, now knowing the story I can focus on the things I might not of caught in the first play through. Soundtrack was fantastic

  • @animeloverhaven
    @animeloverhaven 10 месяцев назад

    I’ve been wanting to watch Sonny boy since it first dropped this vids the perfect excuse for me to watch it

  • @albertnguyen7281
    @albertnguyen7281 11 месяцев назад

    I also just watched sonny boy for the first time and finished it a week ago such a hidden gem

  • @adrianpg4460
    @adrianpg4460 11 месяцев назад

    such an honest and genuine video, super refreshing compared to similar content

  • @MajarHagard
    @MajarHagard 11 месяцев назад +4

    I like your conclusion "life kinda suck" it's original and I didn't even think about it for a second while watching the show, for me, the drift is (in part) a kind of metaphor for adolescence, a period when you discover a billion things, everything's new, colorful and scary, so the return to the real world is a bit like mizuho and nagara leaving adolescence to enter adulthood : It's not that life sucks, at this age, we've already experienced all the new, scary and colorful things of adolescence, so we're starting to get used to a lot of things, it's just not as brightly new as it used to be. That match what Rajdhani says when he say that the accumulation of experiences makes us numb.
    Or maybe I'm just talking nonsense because I literally just finished the anime and I'm high.

  • @lrgogo1517
    @lrgogo1517 10 месяцев назад

    Impressed by the English voice acting in the few clips shown

  • @barbarabee5734
    @barbarabee5734 Год назад

    I started to watch this last year, but got frustrated with it! I've stopped the video at the appropriate time and will go back and re-watch it. I'll see how it goes~

  • @Oveveve91o
    @Oveveve91o 7 месяцев назад

    I honestly love sonny boy one of my favourites.

  • @sopyuu2281
    @sopyuu2281 Год назад

    Thank you I will now watch it

  • @BlahajE
    @BlahajE Год назад

    saw the the first minute, watched the anime, watched the rest of the video
    completely agree, nice little analysis

  • @seya_2
    @seya_2 10 месяцев назад +1

    When I finished Sonny Boy for the first time I Just felt nothing, felt lonely, felt empty I don't even know. And I won't even pretend to understand the show maybe I was able to comprehend about 60% of the show but yet I don't know why I felt this empty after finishing it.

  • @dingusgoober
    @dingusgoober Год назад

    I love this anime when I first watched it. I didn't understand the messages and it's typically not the kind of show I would enjoy. I was slow at watching the show because I *really* didn't care for it but I eventually finished it and actually felt like I was going to miss this show. It gave me the same feeling as those occasional anime backgrounds that is just a high school student alone in the middle of nowhere but usually filled with nature or some stuff like that.

  • @Kisaragi_eki
    @Kisaragi_eki 3 месяца назад

    My favourite anime!
    :)

  • @TheKnightOfZ0
    @TheKnightOfZ0 10 месяцев назад

    Dude I originally watched it like early 2023 and now im rewatching it rn on ep 7

  • @OverVeiw-Recaps-TrailerComps
    @OverVeiw-Recaps-TrailerComps 10 месяцев назад

    I did an edit on this it’s just so fun to splice

  • @oMLan1717
    @oMLan1717 10 месяцев назад +1

    "..."-🗿🍷

  • @benduku
    @benduku 11 месяцев назад

    This show is a masterpiece. The soundtrack alone transcends anime.

  • @Dell-ol6hb
    @Dell-ol6hb 10 месяцев назад

    The goat Sonny Boy

  • @louradean9293
    @louradean9293 7 месяцев назад

    Growing up and moving on........... Does that are fortunate enough to get that opportunity in life................

  • @zenbrown7144
    @zenbrown7144 Год назад +1

    I've watched this show like 5 times.

  • @yeetthebeet
    @yeetthebeet 11 месяцев назад

    lowkey in my top 10 anime

  • @adrianpg4460
    @adrianpg4460 11 месяцев назад

    LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

  • @daily_pocket_review
    @daily_pocket_review 5 месяцев назад

    It was ok, reminded me of paranoia agent. I think FLCL did it best, very abstract/metaphorical while still having a story you can follow mostly.

  • @jpickens189
    @jpickens189 11 месяцев назад

    The fact that people don't seem to immediately understand it makes me think its actually worth watching.

  • @helenakmiec492
    @helenakmiec492 8 месяцев назад

    My husband and i watched everything except the last episode we were too scared 😂

  • @ErikUden
    @ErikUden Год назад

    Such a good anime

  • @SebastianPantoja-rx1xn
    @SebastianPantoja-rx1xn 10 месяцев назад

    The best anime with 12 caps

  • @cosmos6006
    @cosmos6006 8 месяцев назад

    I watched it about a month ago and I expected something weird and I finished it in like 3 days it took me a while to figure out how I felt and it was really good but like not in the way most anime are good I don’t get it but I think that’s the point I still remember how I felt when I finished it the last 20 minutes was one of the most different felling I felt from a anime I think it had something to do with how normal life and how that’s ok and not ok at the same time a beautiful anime though a didn’t expect it to be this good I don’t give anime 10/10 vary much and I would still need time to think about it more but it’s a 10/10

  • @Eragonnogare
    @Eragonnogare 7 месяцев назад

    Love Sonny Boy getting attention, I have just one question for you - who do you think the blonde girl from the final episode is? The one that is Nagara's coworker. She shows up once or twice at his work, like two total shots there, but you do get to see her face clearly there. That alone obviously doesn't guarantee that she's important, *however*, she also shows up during the time where God is talking to Nagara, a random shot of her standing in a hallway spliced in between shots of the compass(Nozomi) while God is talking about how he can take it back with them. That setting makes her feel so important, but me and my friends have no clue.

  • @Rogie12
    @Rogie12 11 месяцев назад

    Hey, can you tell me all the songs in ur vids? anyway thank you for vids

  • @WorkLawyer
    @WorkLawyer 6 месяцев назад

    W

  • @letsreadtextbook1687
    @letsreadtextbook1687 7 месяцев назад

    Prob I'd need to watch it myself before commenting, but I'm just curious.
    If they were 2,000 years in the dimensions, does it still counts as endavour? I mean they'd live the rest of their irl for like, 50 years-ish, so by all accounts, their 'prime' was the 2,000 year-ish in those dimensions and this is just extra life, not too nihilistic by this account?
    Should we see it as real life sucks tho? I mean, the dimensions sucks too, right? So compared to those, maybe not that bad? If anything they got more tolerance to cope with boring/sucks things.

  • @StormHawksHD
    @StormHawksHD Год назад +3

    It's a trip thats for sure. Still not sure whar it was about.

    • @Ash_Wen-li
      @Ash_Wen-li Год назад +7

      It's a coming of age story. The intent by the creator is for people to have their own interpretations but the key takeaway for the Mc is to stop running away from his problems and put himself out there to improve his life rather than staying stagnant
      Basically him choosing to go home was his decision to go back to the real world instead of staying in this wonderful fantasy land and putting in the work to move forward in life.

    • @StormHawksHD
      @StormHawksHD Год назад +1

      @@Ash_Wen-li yeah, I get that, but it was a bit more than just that. It was really like a trip... shiz was crazy. I watched the whole thing when it was airing.

  • @Che1seabluesdrogba11
    @Che1seabluesdrogba11 6 месяцев назад

    Hell yes dubbed scenes. Idk why like 90% of anime RUclipsrs always use subtitled scenes/clips

  • @TangentLine
    @TangentLine 10 месяцев назад

    Liminal space the anime

  • @GrouseCox89
    @GrouseCox89 Год назад

    if you like Sonny Boy, give Drifting Home a try

  • @MillywiggZ
    @MillywiggZ 5 месяцев назад +1

    Word of advice: Skip the baseball episodes.