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It dawned on me how strange it was to see our Fushi involved in a contemporary murder scandal. Sure, the sphere has been surrounded by death and despair for millennia, but having Fushi sniffing bloody knives and eviscerated corpses in a modern Japanese apartment feels entirely different. If nothing else, the settings changes in Part 2 To your eternity A fascinating recontextualization of familiar beats and tropes from the story.
Last week, a frantic and terrified Mizuha begged Fuji for his friendship, unaware that she was recreating eerie echoes of ancient history in the process. Classic Tay In fashion, watching Fushi and Mizuha quietly hang out together, chatting about bubble tea and the wonders of modern food ingredients while reporting that Mizuha just murdered her own mother, is both heartwarming and sad and unsettling. Fauci may have learned a lot about humanity and empathy since he first came to this plane centuries ago, but he still has a fundamentally inhuman relationship with life and death. It’s very interesting to try to read Fushi’s expressions when Mizuha discusses what she did and doesn’t remember the murder, or Fushi’s relationship to Mizuha’s ancestors. He is the oldest living creature on earth, but is still very innocent and childlike in his opinion. When he says he believes Mizuha is the only girl suffering in this “originally peaceful world,” he means it.
Of course, in this new world, conflict still exists, as does pain, anger, and all the other negative experiences that affect the human condition. Even though this is a comedy, we see a perfect example of the messy drama Messar’s penchant for gambling and partying brings to Fauci’s family. Our poor Orb even has to face the stupid cruelty of this gender-arbitrary world because he’s embarrassed about wanting to look cute like a girl. Is there no end to suffering? To your eternity?
Admittedly, Mizuha’s situation was definitely worse than most. Not only did she murder her mother, but her mother also fully came to life, walking around the house and doing all the breathing and talking, which is sure to make Mizuha even crazier than she already is. It’s not completely outside the realm of possibility for viewers to handle, since we live in a world with immortal orbs and Nokkers and the like, but it’s a lot to bear on this girl. when we see ghost Mizuha’s mother is at the end of the episode, which means there’s something amazing going on really In progress.
When the series first started, I didn’t know if I would put “Bon gets Fushi and Co. IDs so they can go to school and get real jobs” on my list To your eternity Bingo card, but I think I like the direction this story is taking. Going to high school even though it’s not really universal The experience, at least a rite of passage, contains many of the hallmarks of growing up and discovering yourself that Fushi has yet to experience personally. Also, I doubt the show will fall into any typical schoolday anime patterns for long. Just four episodes into the season, it’s impossible for Fauci and his friends to live a truly “normal” life.
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