Audience reviews
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MooBouBies
The ability to explore taboo love is one of animes greatest strengths as a medium, and this short uses experimental music and environmental themes to do that in a way that feels like a punch in the gut.
The quote at the beginning is a proverb that translates to "the eye is blind if the mind is silent". Try to be present and enjoy what you have before it's gone. There are elements of this short that I could joke about, but doing so would rob it of the wonderful emotional weight that it manages to build up in such a short time.
So.... just... watch.... iittttt!!!!!!!
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If I were rating solely based on the animation, I'd give this a bit higher. It has some roughness in a manner characteristic of independent net animation, but the character motions, the rain, etc., are depicted in a very pleasing manner, and any amount of rawness just makes it feel more... soulful; it's certainly better than stiff, poorly animated TV series. No serious complaints there. The deity's sparkler scene and hopping through the water are especially nice in terms of movement and camera, as well as the bike/rain scene.
The character art is kind of generic, but works fine to generate motion. The deity looks like some kind of loli pokemon with green skin and pink dimples; I'm not sure if the main stumbled upon her at random, or if she was playing Pokemon Go in the rain. Backdrops ar…
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I like my shorts, I really do, but I was unable to like Kanamewo as much as I would have hoped to.
The fundamentals here change with shorts and what we are given is a time-efficient emotional punch to engage with. It's fun. Now, however, I stumble across reasons as to why shorts can falter sometimes.
I like artistic works; that is what Kanamewo is exactly, and I mean *exactly*. It is just an artistic message. So what's wrong with that? Nothing, other than the fact that there isn't much unique inherent value. Such a story could easily be replicated across different forms of storytelling, maybe even visuals too. I like ideas, but an idea in itself is just an idea. Someone can tell you something deep, but I could very much do the same thing. Some backbone into why X quote is something to co…
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The Emotion that is being shown in every scenes are as they meant to be,
If you want a quick yet heavy film this was for you.
it might be quite hard to understand the whole scenario but one you watch it again I guess you Will might get the point.
but The problem that I'm Concerned about is the tree goddess, For me the Age of the tree should be related to the age and the looks of the Goddess, cuz im my perspective I see the goddess as a loli that is influenced by smoking and some stuff that the unnamed girl is doing to her.
but overall I love the art style , the music is quite eerie yet it suits the mood of the story that's being portrayed by the animation and the author itself.
I hope this helps
Read at the sourceVires55
It's almost like this 5 minute silent animation managed to say more than most mediocre shows I've seen.
Not much else to say really, for such quality given how few people were involved it really is a miracle of passion. I recommend being slightly intoxicated in some way and leaning back while you take in the brilliant music, intensely emotional animation and a story that will have you coming back to piece it together.
For me at least nothing can beat the concise nature of it, unlike most other works that have you sit threw time-wasting bull, which i can appreciate if i need to kill time, Kanamewo is a short and sweet roller-coaster that every weeb should see at least once.
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After watching Kanamewo two times, its nihilistic theme is rather banal compared to the likes of NGE, Texhnolyze, Berserk, or even Kiki's Delivery Service. I understand that people feel lost in the Age of Reason due to the 'Death' of God. But the impact would have resonated with greater effect, if say, the main girl had an aspiration to affirm her "Denial of Death." A failing/failed 'immortality project' would have destroyed the symbolic belief structure she used to 'transcend' reality, bringing her back to earth and giving justification for her indifference towards life. This would, eventually, raise the dilemma of why humans are 'cursed' with consciousness when it fosters an 'unsolvable' dilemma and constant anxiety.
Unfortunately, the viewer is left believing that environmental destruc…
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TL;DR: In just five minutes of runtime the love story of a woman and a female tree-deity is told with great emotional power and excellent craftmanship. Forget plastic emotions like in Shelter, this is the gold standard for storytelling in anime shorts. If I had to pick one short to convince a normie friend of the power of anime, it would be this one.
Story: A working class woman on her way home finds a suffering supernatural woman near a construction site. She takes her to her home, treats her condition, and the two become a couple. Won't spoil the end. What matters is the masterful storytelling, which is achieved visually by a well paced sequence of well picked scenes in fairly up-tempo cuts. Each short scene creates as much emotion as complete episodes in lesser anime would do. Visual…
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Linchpin (n.)
1. A pin placed transversely through an axle to keep a wheel in position.
2. A person or thing regarded as an essential or coordinating element.
While I absolutely despise the pretentious practice of putting definitions at the front of written works, I feel understanding these two definitions is pivotal to grasping the genius behind Kanamewo (AKA “A Linchpin”). Utilizing every last second, rapparu is able to create a passionate and impactful work that speaks on the human condition without shoving its ideas down your throat. I absolutely adore this short and hope that this rambling review can help provide some insight on why I hold it in such high regard. This will mostly be in written in metaphor, so hopefully this will make some sort of sense in the end. Inherently, there…
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Oh, my GOD. This was 5 minutes of extreme emotional intensity.
I enjoyed the visuals and story a ton, but what I really came here to rave about was the music and sound design in collaboration with the visuals. The choice of music was so strong, so visceral, and unsettling in a way that perfectly suited the story. I felt my heart pumping, and for a story consisting of no dialogue and only five minutes to do that to me is deeply impressive.
Basically, it's very short and worth committing five minutes of your time to experiencing. And you truly do experience it, rather than watch it.
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I really really enjoyed this short and the animation wasn't very bad like I had been reading people say, I actually liked the animation style.
The music fits, but it gets a bit screechy at the end. Besides that it is really nice.
The story was sad and this film really shows a lot in 5 minutes, you can tell that the main character and the tree spirit bond over a spread out period of time and the feeling in this film is very deep for such a short amount of time as well.
The ending is really sad and I didn't expect it but it actually made me cry, also I swear this film goes by in the blink of an eye. It felt like 1 minute
I would recommend this to anyone looking for a sweet and emotional story and really think everyone should watch it! It is only 5 minutes and is really an amazing film. Give…
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If you enjoy eye-opening art, then this just might be an ONA for you.
I personally appreciated the anime's message as it is something that I believe we all forget about in our busy lives. The play between the characters and the underlying metaphors force the viewer to question the world after the short is over.
The music fit the bill. Its mood matched the storyline quite well.
The art was different, but it held its own within the world of the anime and its message.
I highly recommend this small pleasure. While it isn't perfect, I believe any imperfections you seek out only make the message stronger.
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While most people will glance at this and move along, I recommended you stop reading this and spend five minutes with the short before even bothering to read this. It's a little more serious than a lot of people might be expecting; there are some pretty powerful scenes contained within the short.
I quite enjoyed this due to the feeling of brevity it instilled into what happened, though I'm sure a lot of time passed for them, it felt like it happened in a blink of the eye. It felt like I was a being outside the world, seeing a glimpse of something amazing. This is given to us no only by the fact that there's a lot of jumps from situation to situation, but by the sudden emotional jerks it hits us with. Perhaps not everyone will feel as strongly connected to it as I did, but the bitter swee…
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