2024/02/24
Watched fully with japanese subtitle and instant yomitan lookup when I want to understand the word.
Even though I didn't understand the subtitle 100%, I can understand the plot. And oh boy, this anime is another masterpiece. I fully enjoyed watching this. The ending is insane, "it's all coming together".
I'm certainly going to rewatch this again after I got better at japanese. I'm going to understand the details. Like the yakuza boss details, I know that he is good and saved odokawa in some kind of way, but I can't really decipher the details. Especially when odokawa met him at the sauna in the ending, what were they talking about? What was that key that odokawa give?
What the hell man, my mind can only say this anime is so good repeatedly.
Every single character is well written and likeable, nothing is wasted. The writing oooh boy, it kept me hooked, HOOKED, mind you as I wrote earlier about jp sub, I watched this to learn japanese. That's a great feat.
And the ending man, police chase that ends with flying taxi that referenced odokawa's past, the reveal of his illness, that subsequently makes this anime have a real life lesson (awareness about trauma?), the real killer of yuki. God, the only villain is her, her appearance is short tho, she is neither likeable or unlikeable. npc #99 type shit.
The other "villains", dobu, yano, sekiguchi, boss, are just as likeable as the other characters, they are reasonable villain. I don't know how to explain this.
I'm really proud of myself for recognizing their names by pure listening and occasional lookup. odokawa, shirakawa, sensei (odokoawa's friend, doctor, forgot the name), imai, dobu, yano, sekiguchi, kakihana, mama, nikaido rui (nikaido after dorohedoro huh, what a coincidence), yamamoto/yamato (I forgot), daimon (ani), daimon ototo, baba, baba's friend (didn't catch the name), that neet skull mask gacha addict guy.
okay maybe that's enough, at this point I don't mention the name.
This journey is off to a great start.
Context: 2nd day jp 3rd attempt (1st attempt the initial, 2nd short lived didn't left any impression), other context see obsidian entry