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FLCL - Episode 5
Tue, 19 Nov 2024, @913 .beats
A recurring theme in this episode is abandonment. Mamimi leaves Naoto behind when he gets cocky and starts to act by himself, and she can no longer control his impulses. Eyebrows gets abandoned (and got abandoned, in the past) by Haruko because he was useless to him (symbolised by her throwing the guitar away). And Haruko also shows signs of leaving Naoto behind when she gets close to waht she wants, being Atomsk aka red Canti. This reocurring theme is interesting, because it follows a pattern of someone no longer being controllable and thus being left behind.
Another seen I thought was significant this episode was the one where Naoto sees his 3 schoolmate working. This scene feels like him suddenly feeling left behind as everyone rushes to grow up. It shows that, even if he is dissatisfied with this world, he's still a child. He's constantly told to stop acting like a child and to grow up during the show, and this moment feels significative in regards to that. It's him noticing that yes, he should grow up. At the same time, his mates still haven't quite reached adulthood, as seen by them being paid in toys. It's also interesting how in this scene, Naoto suddenly realizes that his actions have an impact on this world. He suddenly notices that when he swung the bat, even if he didn't swing it to change the world, it did regardless.
Lastly, theres the scene with him and Mamimi talking about drinks. Mamimi notices that he likes the same kind of drinks as Haruko. The same thing happened in the past to Eyebrows, who acts as if he likes spicy food and sour stuff, but can't tolerate spiciness and wants the sweetest sweet.
FLCL - Episode 4
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Before everything, I just want to comment on a throwaway line on of the baseball player says. "Nothing happened since that fatory happened." What's interesting is that Naoto said something that contradicts this in the intro of episode 1, when he says that this was a nothing town, and that people were happy when the factory opened up bc itd mean jobs. I'll go on a limb and say that the twelve year old kid probably does not remember properly something taht happened a few years ago. I also say this because of the signification of the factory. It was put into this city and its role happaned, that role being of course to remove all wrinkles from the world, aka to make it flat and boring. Isn't flat and boringa good way to describe Mabase ? I don't have much to say about this episode, at least stuff that isn't obvious.
Actually I should talk about Kamon bc I said i'd do it when relevant, and now is the relevant !! So why does Kamon's head not work for the gate ? Well, there are multiple people who have been tested for the gate. Naoto, Ninamori, and Kamon. Ninamori didn't work because she was lying to herself that she was satisfied. Naoto works because he's dissatisfied with the world, and is starting to want something (as symbolized by the swing, which is him starting to want), but Kamon ? Well, Kamon is satisfied with where he stands in this world. He's a character who banters a lot about nothing. He understands the world he lives in isn't perfect, but he's fine with that. This is why his head didn't work. Important to say also : Ninamori's head worked partially. She's dissatisfied with the world, but is lying herself to not be, which is why it didn't work. The lie became reality, eventually.
FLCL - Episode 3
Sun, 17 Nov 2024
Ninamori is interesting. She's exactly like her description of puss in boots, but instead of doing it for the princess, she's doing it to lie to herself. And I think that's interesting, because it opens up the question of why she does it. My main read on it is that she does it because it's all she knows. She's the daughter of a politician, and so her being in an environment where everyone hides their emotions all the time led to her doing it. It's also interesting that she very obviously isn't happy with it. She's desperately waiting for the moment where the lie becomes reality. This episode also starts to flesh out Kamon, Naoto's father, but I'll have more to say about that at a later date. So sit tight !
FLCL - Episode 2
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
A thing I didn't really catch the first time I watched FLCL was that not just Canti, but all of the robots are from Medicine Mechanica. Canti was, just as Haruka says in this episode, tamed, rendered docile. This is interesting andd significant, but I can't really say in what way. My interpretation of Canti "eating" Naoto and transforming is that it symbolizes Naoto's rage towards the world. It's his unbridled desire for change, for something new, its his desperate reach for what he feels is missing. Yet, at the same time, when it happens is when he tries to save Mamimi, a character whose company he doesn't particularly appreciate. In regards to Mamimi, it's also interesting how when she learns that Naoto's brother has a girlfriend, she kind of distances herself from him and finds a new plaything. I know the name Takkun is one she gives to beings she sees as her possession. The reason she stayed with Naoto and was so close to him was that she was using him as a gateway to his brother, in a way. But now that she knows his brother is no longer hers to keep, she finds something else to make into her thing.
FLCL - Episode 1
Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Right, so I watched this show with my partner a few weeks ago but 1. it was the unsubtitled dub (hard to follow for me) 2. on a tv far away (hard to follow the action for me) 3. we were often talking over it. So i'm rewatching it now, with subtitles ! And also to better understand it. Because it warrants it, I feel. So anyway, this episode sets things well. There's a ton of details here, such as the mention of Haruko liking spicy foods. I also like the Tomino reference, it makes sense in this context. This is an episode that essentially shows the status quo of Naoto's life and the city he lives in, and then immediately breaks it. This show is about growing up. This is very clear since the very first episode. It's about growing up and the pains that can come from it, but also the change in outcome. Right now, Naoto is very dissatisfied with his life. He wants more, he wants things to change, he doesn't want to be in this still and calm city, but funnily enough, when Haruko comes, he's dissatisfied with her also and wants nothing to do with her. So... does he really just want change ? I don't believe so. He wants something, he feels like something is missing from his life but... He doesn't know what.
Wonder Egg Priority
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 @827 .beats
Will post things I watch here. Might as well use this ! I usually watch shows by limiting myself to one episode a day. Today I finished Wonder Egg Priority again. It's a very lame show. It feels a lot like if you let Shounen creators make a Shoujou. Over the top animation, shallow visual references, shallow story, overexplanation of the plot... Yet at the same time, it's full of promise. The start of it is incredibly interesting. It just falls flat. It presents a lot of young girls in terrible situations, many of them killing themselves (most of them, in fact), but never once does it try to address the societal problem, instead resorting to a made up story about the temptation of death. Ah yes, the temptation of death is what pushed this young girl to kill herself after she was sexually assaulted, and not the constant belittling and the fact that no one believes her or wants to trust her. Makes sense. Though, that said, that last episode was very good. Having Ai save herself, twice, and twiceways, is very satisfying. It also has some of the most beautiful and well constructed shots. Not enough to change how this show is, but I don't think anything can. See you tomorrow-ish for FLCL !
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Sun, 23 Jun 2024 @514 .beats
breakfast done. cleaned the kitchen a bit, took out the trash. room is freshly aerated, laundry still a bit damp. when i take it down i'll put on some incense.
hormones ?
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 @374 .beats
in a bit i have an appointment with an endocrinologist. im kind of stressed... i guess itll be allright. im trying to start hrt, though i doubt theyll just.. give me hormones like that. im also using the pretext to check my thyroid, since my sister has problems with hers. we'll see i guess.
sodium lights
Mon, 03 Jun 2024 @630 .beats
You know what... I need... I need a sodium light. The really yellow ones. I think about them and I feel my heart flutter. Aughh... sodium lights... save me sodium lights...
main site redesign...
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 @877 .beats
aughh..... im tired as fuck..... i decided to redesign the index of my main site https://kpwu.observer always be shilling and it didn't take too long but god im tired now. since you're here, i've been rewatching stella recently ! the 2005 comedy central sitcom. it's really good, and it's kind of relaxing.
small anim
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 @581 .beats
just a little animation :)
HELLO !
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 @414 .beats
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