Fun fact: knockers are a real thing from Cornish mythology. They aren't the weird parasite things depicted in the show, they're more like goblins or imps, but they are a thing from a real culture. Having read the manga, I know that's not what the author was going for, but still, it's an interesting coincidence.
Hey Shadow! I wanted to stop by and say thanks. My anime adventures over 10 years ago started with some of your videos. Some of my first anime were Yumekui Merry, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Kanon all because of stumbling across your channel and it's so awesome to hear your voice again and see you were still recently posting. To your eternity is a favourite of mine and it's oddly nostalgic to see you did a review on it. Thanks for all the years of work! I wouldn't start my adventure any other way
An excellent recommendation! Probably my favorite part of your videos is getting to learn about new anime.( and hearing your opinions on the ones I’e already watch.)
@@hexcodeff6624 also adding from the other points, it not being talked about anymore has nothing to do with any of the other points you brought. People barely talk about violet evergarden as well.
@@lampad4549 "Irrelevant" doesn't mean no one talks about it, definitely not what I was referring to. Also, Violet Evergarden is over 3 years older. How many people talk about that show vs how many talk about this is barely comparable, If one was to compare the too, which isn't myself.
A newer anime I think you’d enjoy is The Case Study of Vanitas. Set in an alternate universe version of 1889 Paris , the series is a mix of Action, romance, comedy, drama and horror. The show is about Vanitas, a human with a magic book whose a self styled “ Vampire Doctor “ and Noe, a superhumanly strong Vampire. Together they work to protect Vampire kind from a curse spreading like wildfire. The reason I think YOU in particular will enjoy this is because there is a lot of romance , actually good romance. The most focused on pairing is basically a healthier version of Spike and Buffy Summers, the other two revive less focus but they are excellent. This series focuses on how people think with their EMOTIONS on important decisions and make assumptions that we assume are absolutely true when the other person feels differently.( a major factor in the second half.) something I find intriguing about the show is that like Code Geass and FMA all of the recurring characters are interesting and multi layered.( sometimes they are really annoying , but they are three dimensional.) Speaking of your favorite anime, The creator of Vanitas , JUN MOCHIZUKI, cites Fullmetal Alchemist as her greatest inspiration and that’s most obvious in this work. I honestly think that this anime and manga could be the NEXT Fullmetal Alchemist. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not flawless, while the music is spectacular, they sometimes pick weird songs for the situation. And while the pacing is good and the author bends over backwards to make things work like an intricate puzzle, there are some decisions that make you wonder what the hell everyone is doing.( most noticeable when you really think about how Vanitas and Noe meet and how some of the characters are just so focused on honesty they make Eddard Stark look full of guile.) And no good series can make it without villains and so far this series has FOUR big bad’s! And they are ALL terrifying in different ways. But debatably the most impactful is a young man named Astolfo, he’s a minor antagonist but he has one of the three most traumatic backstory in the series full of traumatic backstories and his final appearance so far just stabs you in the heart.
I dropped it 5-6 episodes in. It has great action, animation and soundtracks. So if that's enough for you to enjoy it, then it's decent enough. The thing that made me drop it was the characters. The plot is pretty basic and the characters you've already seen a hundred times before. If you're like me and need good characters, then i wouldn't recommend it.
Outside the animation looking like it was made in 2004 (and yes this anime was made last year but that just me nitpicking and at same time it is visually pleasing) I really love to your eternity and it was easily one of my top 5 favorite anime from 2021!
Good thing season 2 is not that long to wait. One of the series able to tug my heartstrings and rip my heart out. As expected from the mangaka of A Silent Voice.
@@tayojones9460 Yes. After episode 1, the series just devolves into this formulaic - not that I am against all formula tv - cry-bait bullshit where they introduce a child character every arc with some overall pointless motivation that never matters in the following story and only serves to make you connect with them over their struggle so you get sad once they get killed of as an expected addition the main characters power system, which makes these deaths incredibly cheap and meaningless.
@@beastvicious8672 It follows an emotionally numb formula. Characters, like March and Gugu just loose their character motivation once it isn't required for the emotional part of the story and then just get killed of to get that emotion. The death of those characters is hard-baked into the story progression (because they give the Orb a new power every time). making all those deaths incredibly predictable and overall meaningless. Much of the plot and characters is also pretty dumb. Gugu's Fire breath is hilarious, He and March just forget their core Motivation at the exact moment they don't serve any emotional purpose anymore (Getting wealthy and growing up as an adult) and the main antagonist represent nothing at all other than a threat to the main character and are a very transparent plot device to bring tension where the author didn't deem themselves capable to introduce it in a fitting and natural way. There really isn't that much good to say about this series.
@@hexcodeff6624 March and Gugu never lost their motivation. Where'd that happen? "making all those deaths incredibly predictable and overall meaningless." They weren't meaningless. Their deaths still has an impact long after they died. They're brought up many times, after their passing. I do agree that their deaths were predictable. Though i didn't think Gugu lived to become older. Also i thought Tonari would die, so the show wasn't as formulaic later on. Only March and Gugu was predictable. "He and March just forget their core Motivation at the exact moment they don't serve any emotional purpose anymore (Getting wealthy and growing up as an adult)" Gugu's dream wasn't getting wealthy, it was his brothers. Gugu only wanted that to make his brother happy. When Gugu applied for jobs it ws just in order to get food on the table. His motivation was to have a family, which he protected till the end. March wanted to be a mother. The entire time she was with Fushi, she acted like a parent to him. Idk what more you'd want from her? "the main antagonist represent nothing at all other than a threat to the main character" There's 2 antagonists. The knockers and Hayase. We don't have much information on the knockers yet, it's only season 1. Can't expect the author to give us all the answers right at the beginning. Hayase is also still alive and will likely remain a villain throughout the story. "plot device to bring tension where the author didn't deem themselves capable to introduce it in a fitting and natural way." I don't see any issue. It's similar to Fushi, while also representing the opposite of him. How'd you change it if you were the author?
@@hexcodeff6624 im a anime fan but the only show ill watch in Japanese gotta be brand brand new, Or one piece with a lot of episodes cus i binge watch tf outta anime
@@hexcodeff6624 english voices are easier for me to remember the storyline- the anime i seen subbed I usually remember fights but not important plot points
If you read this: Don't watch this anime. It is pretty stupid and overall pointless. Characters don't exist to have their own story and purpose, they are meant to die so you can cry about them after you got attached to them and their, at that moment completely irrelevant, motivation. (Gugu forgets to become wealthy very quickly and March never cared to become an adult once it wasn't opposed by her role as a sacrifice anymore) 6:05 Fushi doesn't reflect humanity, the show never confirms that. It only begins to replicate specifically human behavior and do the Pinocchio because the writers didn't have a more creative story to explore with a being created to absorb all information it can. Why doesn't Fushi become a tree or a wild animal? Why does EVERY story involve humans when it itself has no species? No, it has to reflect humanity, because that is what the Plot has to revolve around. The Knockers are completely irrelevant to any narrative the show might have ever have wanted to build. They only exist because you can't fear for an immortal character unless there exists a baked in mechanic to harm it. Here, it loses memories of his friends and the ability to transform into them. There is no other reason for the Knockers to be part of that story. If you want a great show with similar themes and structure that actually has a point and isn't out to get your crying for no good reason, watch Violet Evergarden.
I will respond to all your points eventually. But on the first point you are objectively wrong about the characters not having their own story. Each arc is centered around those characters and those arcs are their story just because they don't get involved in future arcs of the story doesn't mean they are pointless that's ridiculous. Look at stories like cowboy bebop, mushishi that has that similar element in its structure. Where you have an overarching story but sub stories in that. It only replicates humans cause they are the most dominant and interesting species that have all these conflicting emotions tied into them. A tree cannot do that nor can any other wild animal. Fushi is too conscience to be just a wild animal, that type of story would be unbelievable. And sure there could have been more creative ways to go about it but that is lowest hanging fruit you can have when criticizing a story. As for the knockers yeah their main purpose is to be antagonistic to fushi but so what, that's what it means to be an antagonist, would you say the same thing about the ring of sauron?
@@lampad4549 "Each arc is centered around those characters and those arcs are their story just because they don't get involved in future arcs of the story doesn't mean they are pointless that's ridiculous" Every character ever has their own story in some way. My point is that the story of these characters is completely irrelevant to the author and get thrown out the window once they aren't needed to make you emotional anymore. March wants to be an adult, until the conflict of her as a sacrifice is resolved, then that motivation of hers is contradicted and forgotten about. Contradicted because at one point, she needs a reminder that her role model for adulthood, her parents, even exist, which would happen to no child ever, especially not this one whose whole personality is so invested in her parents. Gugu wants to be rich, but that gets never mentioned again after his brother betrays this shared dream of theirs. Later on he gets a golden ring and doesn't think about achieving his goals with it even once. Those stories don't exist to have a message, explore the character or deepen the narrative. They exist so you can begin to get emotionally attached to the character, because what happens to them is just unfair, made more so because of that one-off motivation of theirs, so that once they die, you feel more of it. And every character dies. Because it is hard-baked into the structure of the story. Fushi CANNOT its powers if it doesn't have a friend that dies at the end of the arc, which makes it all the more transparent that these stories are only put together to make you cry or feel emotional "It only replicates humans cause they are the most dominant and interesting species that have all these conflicting emotions tied into them" That doesn't follow the rules the story laid out, which the story itself doesn't as well. Fushi exists to collect information. If it was to collect as much information as possible, it wouldn't stick with humans becaus the biologic information would be very repetitive. A being like that would definitely be a tree or another plant for some time at least. You can only create these post-hoc justifications for the story because the writers really didn't care about the concept and only used it as a springboard for the classic "Learning Empathy" story. The Knockers aren't just antagonistic, their only purpose in the world is to be a threat to Fushi by taking his transformations and memories away, that's it. It's a very clear way of the author telling us: I have no idea how to build long lasting tension with an immortal character, so here you have a random predatory creature whose ability of taking transformations away would have no applications whatsoever if the main character didn't exist. Like so many over things in this story, the cheap purpose is extremely transparent.
@@hexcodeff6624 "Characters don't exist to have their own story and purpose, they are meant to die so you can cry about them after you got attached to them" Like Iraish said. Each new character introduced has an arc centered around them. Just becouse some of them die, it doesn't mean they didn't have an arc or a purpose within the story. The people Fushi turns into are present long after they've died, showing their impact will always be relevant throughout the story. If you need an example, just watch the episode where Fushi loses his memories of March. And how it affects him. "Gugu forgets to become wealthy very quickly" Idk why this is even relevant. It was mainly Gugu's brother who wanted to get rich. After he betrayed Gugu, that was no longer something Gugu wanted. Think the show made that pretty clear. Idk how you could watch a whole episode of Gugu and think this was what he was about. Gugu just wanted a family and to be together with Rean. "March never cared to become an adult once it wasn't opposed by her role as a sacrifice anymore" When does she ever say that she doesn't want to become an adult? Now you're just making up random things that never occurred. March took care of Fushi the entire time, acting as if she was his mother. That was kind of the point of her and Fushi's relationship. You just choose to ignore all that or what? Did you hit your head before writing these comments? I'm genuinely concerned for your inability to put basic things together. "Fushi doesn't reflect humanity, the show never confirms that" He reflects someone who's learning to become human and the different emotions that it entails. Learning and growing from his experiences. "the writers didn't have a more creative story to explore with a being created to absorb all information it can." How's it not creative? How'd you do it? "Why doesn't Fushi become a tree or a wild animal?" He becomes several animals. I'm really starting to doubt you even watched this show. How'd you miss something like this? Also why'd he need to be a tree? He might as well just turn into a rock then. What good would that do? "Why does EVERY story involve humans when it itself has no species?" Couse humans are the most intelligent. He needs to get smart in order to learn. "No, it has to reflect humanity, because that is what the Plot has to revolve around." And the problem is? "The Knockers are completely irrelevant to any narrative the show might have ever have wanted to build" No, they played a big role in the story. They were very relevant to the plot and the characters. "They only exist because you can't fear for an immortal character unless there exists a baked in mechanic to harm it." There you go, that's the point. Fushi was also created in order to defeat them as well. "it loses memories of his friends and the ability to transform into them. There is no other reason for the Knockers to be part of that story." Yeah it takes Fushi's memories and abilities. While trying to kill him and others. You don't know the purpose of the knockers, it's not been revealed yet. It has already been confirmed there's gonna be a season 2 and the manga is still ongoing. Do you expect to get all the revelations within the first season? What story does that? Seems like a silly thing to complain about. What'd be left for the rest of the seasons, if you give all the answers in the beginning? If the series was finished, you'd have a point. "My point is that the story of these characters is completely irrelevant to the author and get thrown out the window once they aren't needed to make you emotional anymore." So we just ignore all the times they were mentioned in the story or how Fushi is able to transform into them? There's so many call backs to previous characters within the story. They're never just written out and never mentioned again. Again, you're making a case where there is none. "she needs a reminder that her role model for adulthood, her parents, even exist, which would happen to no child ever" Yes it would. Do you think about your parents 24/7? She only briefly forgot about them becouse she was having fun for a brief moment. Pretty normal. March was also taking care of Fushi the entire time. When did she forget wanting to be an adult? "Gugu wants to be rich" Once again, no he doesn't. Once his brother betrayed him, he only wanted money in order to survive. Couse you need money in order to eat. Gugu wanted a family. "that gets never mentioned again after his brother betrays this shared dream of theirs." Right, there you have it. Becouse it was his brother who wanted that. Gugu was in on it becouse it was his big brother. He wanted his brother/family to be happy. "Later on he gets a golden ring and doesn't think about achieving his goals with it even once." Yeah it's not his goal. It spells it out to you right here. Are you sure you weren't dropped as a child? "Those stories don't exist to have a message, explore the character or deepen the narrative" That's exctly what they do. The message is to cherish those around you and how to deal with grief. Which we see explored through Fushi. "And every character dies." Wrong again. Rean, the old man, Tonari and Hayase didn't die. The Tonari arc showed that Fushi was able to prevent people from dying, becouse of his past experiences. Also there's gonna be future seasons. Pretty safe to assume a bigger cast of characters, now that Fushi is fully grown. Though we'll just have to wait and see, it's only been 1 season. Too soon to say "everybody dies". There's many we haven't met yet. "Fushi exists to collect information." In order to defeat his enemies and prevent a catastrophe. He learns from other people. One of the main messages is to learn from others. "If it was to collect as much information as possible, it wouldn't stick with humans becaus the biologic information would be very repetitive." Already said this but i'll repeat. He needs intelligence in order to defeat his enemies. The way he learns to deal with them, is by using his head and what he has learned from others. Why'd he need to turn into a tree? That makes no sense. "the writers really didn't care about the concept" What concept specifically? "only used it as a springboard for the classic "Learning Empathy" story." True, that's what the story is about. If you don't like that kind of story don't watch it. It'd be the same if i watched a story about karate, then complain that there's karate in it. That'd be stupid. Just watch something else if that isn't your thing. "The Knockers aren't just antagonistic, their only purpose in the world is to be a threat to Fushi by taking his transformations and memories away, that's it." That has never been stated. Again, how many times do i have to say that this is just season 1? It hasn't been revealed to us yet, what they are or what their purpose is. None of us know yet. "I have no idea how to build long lasting tension with an immortal character, so here you have a random predatory creature" Considering how many characters has been killed, there's definitely tension in it. They make it so that he isn't immortal. It was also shown being fused with Hayase at the end, leading up to more of her in the future.
Fun fact: knockers are a real thing from Cornish mythology. They aren't the weird parasite things depicted in the show, they're more like goblins or imps, but they are a thing from a real culture. Having read the manga, I know that's not what the author was going for, but still, it's an interesting coincidence.
i was going to say that as well.
Hey Shadow! I wanted to stop by and say thanks. My anime adventures over 10 years ago started with some of your videos. Some of my first anime were Yumekui Merry, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Kanon all because of stumbling across your channel and it's so awesome to hear your voice again and see you were still recently posting. To your eternity is a favourite of mine and it's oddly nostalgic to see you did a review on it. Thanks for all the years of work! I wouldn't start my adventure any other way
I read the manga after the 2nd episode came out then finished the anime and it's one of the best adaptations personally. Amazing video!
Holy shit Shadow you still make reviews? I remember seeing your reviews well over a decade ago god damn, glad to see you're still going strong
any word on "DarknessDragoonRose" still miss him
Are you going to review Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss? I mean it’s not like you haven’t done non-anime reviews before.
An excellent recommendation! Probably my favorite part of your videos is getting to learn about new anime.( and hearing your opinions on the ones I’e already watch.)
If there’s a movie/show has a scene that almost gets you to cry, it’s doing something right because I’m not the weepy kind either
One of the best anime to come out last year. Not surprised that it faded from the popular anime discourse as soon as it finished airing
Me neither, it is in itself completely irrelevant, everything from the narrative to the characters.
@@hexcodeff6624 also adding from the other points, it not being talked about anymore has nothing to do with any of the other points you brought. People barely talk about violet evergarden as well.
@@lampad4549 "Irrelevant" doesn't mean no one talks about it, definitely not what I was referring to.
Also, Violet Evergarden is over 3 years older. How many people talk about that show vs how many talk about this is barely comparable, If one was to compare the too, which isn't myself.
A newer anime I think you’d enjoy is The Case Study of Vanitas. Set in an alternate universe version of 1889 Paris , the series is a mix of Action, romance, comedy, drama and horror. The show is about Vanitas, a human with a magic book whose a self styled “ Vampire Doctor “ and Noe, a superhumanly strong Vampire. Together they work to protect Vampire kind from a curse spreading like wildfire. The reason I think YOU in particular will enjoy this is because there is a lot of romance , actually good romance. The most focused on pairing is basically a healthier version of Spike and Buffy Summers, the other two revive less focus but they are excellent. This series focuses on how people think with their EMOTIONS on important decisions and make assumptions that we assume are absolutely true when the other person feels differently.( a major factor in the second half.) something I find intriguing about the show is that like Code Geass and FMA all of the recurring characters are interesting and multi layered.( sometimes they are really annoying , but they are three dimensional.) Speaking of your favorite anime, The creator of Vanitas , JUN MOCHIZUKI, cites Fullmetal Alchemist as her greatest inspiration and that’s most obvious in this work. I honestly think that this anime and manga could be the NEXT Fullmetal Alchemist. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not flawless, while the music is spectacular, they sometimes pick weird songs for the situation. And while the pacing is good and the author bends over backwards to make things work like an intricate puzzle, there are some decisions that make you wonder what the hell everyone is doing.( most noticeable when you really think about how Vanitas and Noe meet and how some of the characters are just so focused on honesty they make Eddard Stark look full of guile.) And no good series can make it without villains and so far this series has FOUR big bad’s! And they are ALL terrifying in different ways. But debatably the most impactful is a young man named Astolfo, he’s a minor antagonist but he has one of the three most traumatic backstory in the series full of traumatic backstories and his final appearance so far just stabs you in the heart.
The first episode is heart-breaking!
Hey Shadowacs. Could you please review “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress”? I’m planning on watching it and I want to know if it’s good or not.
I dropped it 5-6 episodes in. It has great action, animation and soundtracks. So if that's enough for you to enjoy it, then it's decent enough. The thing that made me drop it was the characters. The plot is pretty basic and the characters you've already seen a hundred times before. If you're like me and need good characters, then i wouldn't recommend it.
Outside the animation looking like it was made in 2004 (and yes this anime was made last year but that just me nitpicking and at same time it is visually pleasing) I really love to your eternity and it was easily one of my top 5 favorite anime from 2021!
It has a 2004 like character design, with modern animation. Say, like early part 1 Naruto. It really makes it standout imo.
@@awsomeboy360 true it is pretty good when it comes to the action scenes.
Good thing season 2 is not that long to wait. One of the series able to tug my heartstrings and rip my heart out. As expected from the mangaka of A Silent Voice.
A Silent voice (the movie) was so much better.
I can't believe this series became such a trash heap so quickly.
@@hexcodeff6624Was it that bad?
@@tayojones9460 Yes. After episode 1, the series just devolves into this formulaic - not that I am against all formula tv - cry-bait bullshit where they introduce a child character every arc with some overall pointless motivation that never matters in the following story and only serves to make you connect with them over their struggle so you get sad once they get killed of as an expected addition the main characters power system, which makes these deaths incredibly cheap and meaningless.
Thanks for showing me this bro. I been looking for something new to get into
There is so much great stuff to watch, to your eternity is far from being one of it.
@@hexcodeff6624 its not something good, but it’s something to watch i really like fighting stuff lol
@@hexcodeff6624 It's one of the best in a long time. Why's it not great?
@@beastvicious8672 It follows an emotionally numb formula. Characters, like March and Gugu just loose their character motivation once it isn't required for the emotional part of the story and then just get killed of to get that emotion.
The death of those characters is hard-baked into the story progression (because they give the Orb a new power every time). making all those deaths incredibly predictable and overall meaningless.
Much of the plot and characters is also pretty dumb. Gugu's Fire breath is hilarious, He and March just forget their core Motivation at the exact moment they don't serve any emotional purpose anymore (Getting wealthy and growing up as an adult) and the main antagonist represent nothing at all other than a threat to the main character and are a very transparent plot device to bring tension where the author didn't deem themselves capable to introduce it in a fitting and natural way.
There really isn't that much good to say about this series.
@@hexcodeff6624 March and Gugu never lost their motivation. Where'd that happen?
"making all those deaths incredibly predictable and overall meaningless."
They weren't meaningless. Their deaths still has an impact long after they died. They're brought up many times, after their passing. I do agree that their deaths were predictable. Though i didn't think Gugu lived to become older. Also i thought Tonari would die, so the show wasn't as formulaic later on. Only March and Gugu was predictable.
"He and March just forget their core Motivation at the exact moment they don't serve any emotional purpose anymore (Getting wealthy and growing up as an adult)"
Gugu's dream wasn't getting wealthy, it was his brothers. Gugu only wanted that to make his brother happy. When Gugu applied for jobs it ws just in order to get food on the table. His motivation was to have a family, which he protected till the end.
March wanted to be a mother. The entire time she was with Fushi, she acted like a parent to him. Idk what more you'd want from her?
"the main antagonist represent nothing at all other than a threat to the main character"
There's 2 antagonists. The knockers and Hayase. We don't have much information on the knockers yet, it's only season 1. Can't expect the author to give us all the answers right at the beginning. Hayase is also still alive and will likely remain a villain throughout the story.
"plot device to bring tension where the author didn't deem themselves capable to introduce it in a fitting and natural way."
I don't see any issue. It's similar to Fushi, while also representing the opposite of him. How'd you change it if you were the author?
Can you cover Sekko Boys, Odd Taxi, BNA: Brand New Animal, and/or Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
ODD Taxi and BNA truly needs more attention and viewers
@@BL00DC0MMANDER I agree on Odd Taxi, BNA kinda just lost itself by trying to be everything at once. Michiru is very cute though.
@@hexcodeff6624 Tanuki girl very cute
I would love for him to review forest of pianos or kuroko's basketball
Hey ShadowACS. I don't know if you take requests. But if you still try retro anime from time to time, try giving Bokurano a shot.
Still waiting for Log Horizon =D
Hey long time no see!
Very nice
Bruh midway in the video this literally can be described as a dororo anime with a god instead of a demon.
You should watch Jujutsu Kaisen, it's one of the best of the new gen
So basically this a clone of DORORO
I hope DORORO is actually good, haven't seen it yet.
@@hexcodeff6624 its not bad i watched the first 2 eps and dropped it only because theres no dub
@@JEMA333 oh, ok. So you are not an anime fan, I get it.
@@hexcodeff6624 im a anime fan but the only show ill watch in Japanese gotta be brand brand new, Or one piece with a lot of episodes cus i binge watch tf outta anime
@@hexcodeff6624 english voices are easier for me to remember the storyline- the anime i seen subbed I usually remember fights but not important plot points
Gugu!!!
If you read this: Don't watch this anime.
It is pretty stupid and overall pointless.
Characters don't exist to have their own story and purpose, they are meant to die so you can cry about them after you got attached to them and their, at that moment completely irrelevant, motivation. (Gugu forgets to become wealthy very quickly and March never cared to become an adult once it wasn't opposed by her role as a sacrifice anymore)
6:05 Fushi doesn't reflect humanity, the show never confirms that. It only begins to replicate specifically human behavior and do the Pinocchio because the writers didn't have a more creative story to explore with a being created to absorb all information it can. Why doesn't Fushi become a tree or a wild animal? Why does EVERY story involve humans when it itself has no species? No, it has to reflect humanity, because that is what the Plot has to revolve around.
The Knockers are completely irrelevant to any narrative the show might have ever have wanted to build. They only exist because you can't fear for an immortal character unless there exists a baked in mechanic to harm it. Here, it loses memories of his friends and the ability to transform into them. There is no other reason for the Knockers to be part of that story.
If you want a great show with similar themes and structure that actually has a point and isn't out to get your crying for no good reason, watch Violet Evergarden.
I will respond to all your points eventually. But on the first point you are objectively wrong about the characters not having their own story. Each arc is centered around those characters and those arcs are their story just because they don't get involved in future arcs of the story doesn't mean they are pointless that's ridiculous. Look at stories like cowboy bebop, mushishi that has that similar element in its structure. Where you have an overarching story but sub stories in that.
It only replicates humans cause they are the most dominant and interesting species that have all these conflicting emotions tied into them. A tree cannot do that nor can any other wild animal. Fushi is too conscience to be just a wild animal, that type of story would be unbelievable. And sure there could have been more creative ways to go about it but that is lowest hanging fruit you can have when criticizing a story.
As for the knockers yeah their main purpose is to be antagonistic to fushi but so what, that's what it means to be an antagonist, would you say the same thing about the ring of sauron?
@@lampad4549 "Each arc is centered around those characters and those arcs are their story just because they don't get involved in future arcs of the story doesn't mean they are pointless that's ridiculous"
Every character ever has their own story in some way. My point is that the story of these characters is completely irrelevant to the author and get thrown out the window once they aren't needed to make you emotional anymore.
March wants to be an adult, until the conflict of her as a sacrifice is resolved, then that motivation of hers is contradicted and forgotten about. Contradicted because at one point, she needs a reminder that her role model for adulthood, her parents, even exist, which would happen to no child ever, especially not this one whose whole personality is so invested in her parents.
Gugu wants to be rich, but that gets never mentioned again after his brother betrays this shared dream of theirs. Later on he gets a golden ring and doesn't think about achieving his goals with it even once.
Those stories don't exist to have a message, explore the character or deepen the narrative. They exist so you can begin to get emotionally attached to the character, because what happens to them is just unfair, made more so because of that one-off motivation of theirs, so that once they die, you feel more of it.
And every character dies. Because it is hard-baked into the structure of the story. Fushi CANNOT its powers if it doesn't have a friend that dies at the end of the arc, which makes it all the more transparent that these stories are only put together to make you cry or feel emotional
"It only replicates humans cause they are the most dominant and interesting species that have all these conflicting emotions tied into them" That doesn't follow the rules the story laid out, which the story itself doesn't as well.
Fushi exists to collect information. If it was to collect as much information as possible, it wouldn't stick with humans becaus the biologic information would be very repetitive. A being like that would definitely be a tree or another plant for some time at least.
You can only create these post-hoc justifications for the story because the writers really didn't care about the concept and only used it as a springboard for the classic "Learning Empathy" story.
The Knockers aren't just antagonistic, their only purpose in the world is to be a threat to Fushi by taking his transformations and memories away, that's it. It's a very clear way of the author telling us: I have no idea how to build long lasting tension with an immortal character, so here you have a random predatory creature whose ability of taking transformations away would have no applications whatsoever if the main character didn't exist.
Like so many over things in this story, the cheap purpose is extremely transparent.
@@hexcodeff6624 "Characters don't exist to have their own story and purpose, they are meant to die so you can cry about them after you got attached to them"
Like Iraish said. Each new character introduced has an arc centered around them. Just becouse some of them die, it doesn't mean they didn't have an arc or a purpose within the story. The people Fushi turns into are present long after they've died, showing their impact will always be relevant throughout the story. If you need an example, just watch the episode where Fushi loses his memories of March. And how it affects him.
"Gugu forgets to become wealthy very quickly"
Idk why this is even relevant. It was mainly Gugu's brother who wanted to get rich. After he betrayed Gugu, that was no longer something Gugu wanted. Think the show made that pretty clear. Idk how you could watch a whole episode of Gugu and think this was what he was about. Gugu just wanted a family and to be together with Rean.
"March never cared to become an adult once it wasn't opposed by her role as a sacrifice anymore"
When does she ever say that she doesn't want to become an adult? Now you're just making up random things that never occurred. March took care of Fushi the entire time, acting as if she was his mother. That was kind of the point of her and Fushi's relationship. You just choose to ignore all that or what? Did you hit your head before writing these comments? I'm genuinely concerned for your inability to put basic things together.
"Fushi doesn't reflect humanity, the show never confirms that"
He reflects someone who's learning to become human and the different emotions that it entails. Learning and growing from his experiences.
"the writers didn't have a more creative story to explore with a being created to absorb all information it can."
How's it not creative? How'd you do it?
"Why doesn't Fushi become a tree or a wild animal?"
He becomes several animals. I'm really starting to doubt you even watched this show. How'd you miss something like this? Also why'd he need to be a tree? He might as well just turn into a rock then. What good would that do?
"Why does EVERY story involve humans when it itself has no species?"
Couse humans are the most intelligent. He needs to get smart in order to learn.
"No, it has to reflect humanity, because that is what the Plot has to revolve around."
And the problem is?
"The Knockers are completely irrelevant to any narrative the show might have ever have wanted to build"
No, they played a big role in the story. They were very relevant to the plot and the characters.
"They only exist because you can't fear for an immortal character unless there exists a baked in mechanic to harm it."
There you go, that's the point. Fushi was also created in order to defeat them as well.
"it loses memories of his friends and the ability to transform into them. There is no other reason for the Knockers to be part of that story."
Yeah it takes Fushi's memories and abilities. While trying to kill him and others. You don't know the purpose of the knockers, it's not been revealed yet. It has already been confirmed there's gonna be a season 2 and the manga is still ongoing. Do you expect to get all the revelations within the first season? What story does that? Seems like a silly thing to complain about. What'd be left for the rest of the seasons, if you give all the answers in the beginning? If the series was finished, you'd have a point.
"My point is that the story of these characters is completely irrelevant to the author and get thrown out the window once they aren't needed to make you emotional anymore."
So we just ignore all the times they were mentioned in the story or how Fushi is able to transform into them? There's so many call backs to previous characters within the story. They're never just written out and never mentioned again. Again, you're making a case where there is none.
"she needs a reminder that her role model for adulthood, her parents, even exist, which would happen to no child ever"
Yes it would. Do you think about your parents 24/7? She only briefly forgot about them becouse she was having fun for a brief moment. Pretty normal. March was also taking care of Fushi the entire time. When did she forget wanting to be an adult?
"Gugu wants to be rich"
Once again, no he doesn't. Once his brother betrayed him, he only wanted money in order to survive. Couse you need money in order to eat. Gugu wanted a family.
"that gets never mentioned again after his brother betrays this shared dream of theirs."
Right, there you have it. Becouse it was his brother who wanted that. Gugu was in on it becouse it was his big brother. He wanted his brother/family to be happy.
"Later on he gets a golden ring and doesn't think about achieving his goals with it even once."
Yeah it's not his goal. It spells it out to you right here. Are you sure you weren't dropped as a child?
"Those stories don't exist to have a message, explore the character or deepen the narrative"
That's exctly what they do. The message is to cherish those around you and how to deal with grief. Which we see explored through Fushi.
"And every character dies."
Wrong again. Rean, the old man, Tonari and Hayase didn't die. The Tonari arc showed that Fushi was able to prevent people from dying, becouse of his past experiences. Also there's gonna be future seasons. Pretty safe to assume a bigger cast of characters, now that Fushi is fully grown. Though we'll just have to wait and see, it's only been 1 season. Too soon to say "everybody dies". There's many we haven't met yet.
"Fushi exists to collect information."
In order to defeat his enemies and prevent a catastrophe. He learns from other people. One of the main messages is to learn from others.
"If it was to collect as much information as possible, it wouldn't stick with humans becaus the biologic information would be very repetitive."
Already said this but i'll repeat. He needs intelligence in order to defeat his enemies. The way he learns to deal with them, is by using his head and what he has learned from others. Why'd he need to turn into a tree? That makes no sense.
"the writers really didn't care about the concept"
What concept specifically?
"only used it as a springboard for the classic "Learning Empathy" story."
True, that's what the story is about. If you don't like that kind of story don't watch it. It'd be the same if i watched a story about karate, then complain that there's karate in it. That'd be stupid. Just watch something else if that isn't your thing.
"The Knockers aren't just antagonistic, their only purpose in the world is to be a threat to Fushi by taking his transformations and memories away, that's it."
That has never been stated. Again, how many times do i have to say that this is just season 1? It hasn't been revealed to us yet, what they are or what their purpose is. None of us know yet.
"I have no idea how to build long lasting tension with an immortal character, so here you have a random predatory creature"
Considering how many characters has been killed, there's definitely tension in it. They make it so that he isn't immortal. It was also shown being fused with Hayase at the end, leading up to more of her in the future.