Anime Discussion Thread - Page 386

the space battle scene is totally absurd -- the midi version of Shostakovitch's 7th symphony, the loopy dialogue, the crews that mock their characters. But despite all that, it is still a really really good space battle scene. Or the kiss scene that subverts all stereotypical kiss scenes -- Kyon's line is totally unromantic and it's not even clear he's kissing out of love. Yet the scene is still totally epic and remarkable.

It's about a world-class violinist (#2 chair in German Phil) who caused an incident that caused him to leave the classical music world in shame. After being hammered by the media and ripped up by guilt, he returns home to start his life over, trying to fill in the gap left by 20 years of focusing solely on the violin. Having left the country after Middle School, the only people he knows is the family of an old friend, whom own a liveshop. By circumstance, he ends up picking up the electric guitar to help someone who needs bodies for a live performance, tries to learn it in a week, but is frustrated when, to no surprise, he's left behind by this bassist, and the drummer, who's the owner of the liveshop he's working at during the performance - he's only been working at it for a week, after all, and both of them are old guys who've been playing their instrument for decades. This, compounded with the shame and regrets from his failed violin life, leads him to want to crack his fist against a concrete wall, to destroy it and wipe away his regrets.



"Have you ever seriously punched concrete? You haven't, have you? You don't even know how much that hurts."

"You should try playing in a band, in seriousness."

"Maybe it wasn't a coincidence that you ended up playing the guitar."

"You've got things going on, don't you? I'm not probe and dig. I don't care."

"But right now, if you're wanting to slam into something, or don't have anywhere to go, or have some sort of frustration that's building up inside of you..."

"Right now, you should do rock."

"Don't run. Fight. Don't stop playing music."

And the story begins...

"I finally found something important to me. That our encounter wasn't just a coincidence. That something really precious started."

(She's talking about the band, sorry for the ambiguity.)



"The one thing I can say is that, a happy ending only comes to those that embrace destiny. So you shouldn't ever turn away from the destiny in front of you."