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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 07 – YUUKI CANNOT DIE
Is Yuuki Dead?!!
“Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated, geez”
I was also among the people who went “NOOOOO YUUUKKIIIII!!!” as the ending credits rolled, but one quick search on the synopsis of the upcoming episodes is enough to dispel me of this fear, hah! >:]
So calm down people, rest assured that Yuuki is going to be alright~ He’ll just be taken to the hospital, undergo some operation (I’m thinking he has appendicitis, given the indigestion-like symptoms), alive and genki not before long, and homeward bound they go~
Episodic Ramblings
From the time the new character Kento-kun appeared, I actually thought Mirai found her love interest, but then he had to leave as soon as the episode ended. Darn. Back to our regular Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 programming.
Would’ve loved it if this scene turned out something like this instead:
Kento: that was close.
Mirai: no, this one’s closer. * blush *
* cheeezyyyy *
* cough *
were the ones behind this show trying to make a pun out of ‘kaeru’, I wonder? kaeru is the japanese for frog, which could also mean ‘change’ (different kanji — can’t write in Nihongo dammit -_-)
Mirai sure has grown up. From being a selfish little brat who constantly grumbles, she has now learned to be grateful — grateful for her parents for the things they have done for her, grateful for the people around her, and grateful just to be alive.
Her perspective of the world has certainly changed through the course of this earthquake incident. After realizing there’s more to this life than “what people can/should do for me” or “what’s miserable about my life”, that there’s something she can do for them instead, suddenly the world becomes a much better place, a world of endless possibilities and not of problems. And in the end, she chooses to delight in the world than be disgusted by it. [credits goes to our pastor for the aforementioned alliteration]
Gotta admire her honesty (and humility) for admitting to envying Kento, who, despite being her age, has already found what he wants to do in his life. Mirai had none of such dreams, at least not yet. Despite having realized her own faults and what she ought to do to live a more fulfilling life, Mirai has yet to discover what her passion is.
I can relate with Mirai in this sense. I might be passionate about anime/manga/Nihongo, but career-wise… =/ Talk about some mid-mid-life crisis where I find myself asking whether I’d stick to being a geeky computer programmer / software designer, or do some Takemoto-ish soul-searching to find what I really want, change my career path or whatnot. Will Solanin be relevant to my interests given this premise? –or wait, that’s like a rhetorical question.
Similarly, I feel envious of people who have found exactly what they want in life, people who know exactly what they want — decisive people who have clear goals in mind. I have yet to find that sweet spot to gaining happiness in my career in the long run, it seems.
Not knowing what you want to do with your life at present is even worse than being uncertain about the future.
How exactly does one get to discover what he/she wants to do in life? Perhaps it takes one momentous event like what happened to Kento, or simply by spending time with people, as Marigold Ran says.
Perhaps along the way, you’d get to meet people who would serve as your role-models — the Kamina(s) of your life, your source of Spiral Energy. Perhaps you won’t even have to find it yourself, it’ll just happen when you least expect it — the turning points in our lives, little things that change our lives forever (Cross Game comes into mind with this, particularly Akaishi and how he got into baseball thanks to a little encounter with Wakaba, as bateszi also mentioned)
Mirai might still be a little lost at this point, but at least we know that her life is now headed to the right direction. She may not know exactly what she wants just yet, but I’m positive she will be able to, for as long as she keeps moving her hands, learn about life and herself in every possible circumstance, accomplishing little goals along the way, one step at a time, until she eventually finds what her heart so desires.
Here’s to hoping I’ll find mine too 
Oh and did I mention I love the whole conversation between Mirai and Yuuki in this episode? It was filled with ‘kaeru’, literally and figuratively, and definitely lots of love. Such a warm little picture amidst the chaos.
Likewise, I love how this series brims with optimism and hopefulness. It’s soothing to the soul desu~
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All this rhetoric re hope makes me want to take a shower. Hope is a delusion Mari! There is noooo hoooope.
Moving your hands gets things done, but more than anything it takes your mind away from useless daydreams of hope that produce nothing.
I think courage without hope is the real deal GAR. Don’t hope, just do.: XO:
lol if you think Yuuki is going to be alright, take a real good look at episode 8. on a side note Yuuki T_T
Episode synopsis of episodes makes it seem like he’s alright? Where are these episode summaries?
Because the next episode REALLY does not make it seem that way. And the episode titles sound like that to me too….=(
I really hope you’re right, because the signs from this week’s ep aren’t encouraging (to say the least). That bit in Ep 5 with the grandparents was enough of a downer for me; one more I can do without. Especially where our little hero is concerned.
In any case, whatever happens, I’d be quite content to see Mirai become a better person because of it.
ghostlightning: “I think courage without hope is the real deal GAR.”
Well there’s daydream hope, and then there’s trusting hope. (Amdir and estel, to borrow Tolkien’s fine Sindarin vocabulary for the two kinds.) If we’re talking about the baseless, fleeting, illusory hope of the first kind then I agree with you – toss it straight out the window and get your hands dirty trying to make things happen. But lose the second kind and any act of courage becomes empty, innately futile; indeed why bother doing anything at all when there is not the slightest possibility that the outcome will be better than the present circumstances?
@Diego
Hmmm, rather than Sindarin, let’s work with some english ^_^
Let us distinguish hoping (wishing), from acknowledging possibility and probability. It’s the latter that I highlight.
For example, I do not hope that I’ll change your opinion about this, but that doesn’t stop me from sharing this distinction.
The likely behavior when a person ‘loses’ hope is resignation. Why do it anyway? There’s no point! No use.
Well, there has never been a point, nor will there be any… in absolute terms. Anything I work for, say, discussing this matter with you, is foppery and whim of arbitrary value between us and whoever who chooses to read it. So yeah, hope is a useless activity upon reflection.
Why does so many people want to kill Yuuki that easily? They watch episode 8 and blurt all their conspiracy theories as if they’re irrefutable. Come on people.
Also, go read Solanin. Certainly helps to have a fictional viewpoint about my RL career.
It’s not about hope, and it’s not about despair.
“There is no try.” That’s rehashed Japanese philosophy, but still, it has a certain Zen quality to it. Ultimately things are done, or not done – the rest is in your mind, not reality.
as the ending credits rolled … the tone of the ED is somewhat pretty happy no? O.o
NEway, omg, I loved that scene by candlelight in the umbrella+frog house; something good about that scene, really good.
@ghostlightning: reminds me of the time I thought that people who simply submit to ‘fate’ (and hope) are cowards, and that those who decide to JUST DO IT are the real deal GAR. But then there are times when the outcome of circumstances is not entirely in your hands, time in which you’d hold onto a faint bit of ‘hope’, while doing what you can as well. Don’t just hope.
@Kode-Dekka: D: D: D: D: I SEE EET
@Theowne: now I wonder if those episode summaries were trolling me…
@bluemist: I blame the dream for blurring all reality here! in any case, yes, Solanin!
@moritheil: I think you just lost me there, pal
@Ryan: m/elody~~~ after the YUUKIIII! yeah o.O
oh, and Mirai and Yuuki’s sibling quality time there was definitely <33 here’s to hoping we’d see more of that, we can… right? right?
Zen is in the doing – emotions like despair or hope don’t enter into it.
This is a famous story:
By saving very hard, a farmer bought his son a horse. “How wonderful!” people said.
A wandering monk looked dubious. “I’m not so sure,” he said.
Neighbors came over to offer him their sympathy after his horse ran away. The monk saw them. “Isn’t it terrible?” they asked.
“I’m not so sure”, he said.
Later, the horse was found. “Good luck!” They said.
“I’m not so sure,” the monk replied.
The farmer’s son broke his leg riding the horse, and the neighbors went to offer condolences, telling the monk the news. “Such bad luck! If it’s like this, it would have been better for the horse to not be found.”
“I’m not so sure”, said the monk again.
The next day, the army came through, gathering up young men and forcing them into service. They passed over the farmer’s son, since he had a broken leg.