Comments on: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 07 – YUUKI CANNOT DIE

By: usagijen

usagijen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:27:39 +0000

the said author already ate her words wayyyy before the series ended, as she has also written in her later posts, which you obviously did not read [yet].

By: chromal

chromal — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:50:43 +0000

I guess this article’s author was eating his words by the end of the series.

By: THAT Animeblog » End of Summer Season ’09 – 5 Paragraphs About 5 Series

THAT Animeblog » End of Summer Season ’09 – 5 Paragraphs About 5 Series — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:32:02 +0000

[...] things: great premise, great OP song/animation, Cult of St. [...]

By: moritheil

moritheil — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:24:20 +0000

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.

By: usagijen

usagijen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:20:23 +0000

@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?

By: The Deathseeker » Blog Archive » Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 07 - A Twist of Duties

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:30:04 +0000

[...] else, a point I can agree with as you can see in my episodic. usagijen also almost has the same thoughts as me, but differs in that she believes Yuuki will not [...]

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:17:34 +0000

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.

By: moritheil

moritheil — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:50:54 +0000

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.

By: bluemist

bluemist — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:03:45 +0000

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.

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:47:13 +0000

@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.