Gurren Lagann

[regasssa]

OMFGYOUGUYS. If you haven't seen this series, or you've picked up the beginning of it and gone "Oh hell, this is totally not something I can get into" like I did (hahah, but I kept watching because I am bored stiff cool like that), then for heaven's sake go and watch it. And I mean stick out all of the tomfoolery at the beginning, because the set up is half of what makes the rest of the series so poignant and beautiful. Shit. I can't say more without spoilering, and if you have watched it, you'll understand all of my glee much better than I can ever explain it. God.

GO AND WATCH IT NOW DAMN IT. YOU WON'T REGRET IT. OKAY, SO YOU MIGHT FOR LIKE FOUR EPISODES, IF YOU DON'T ADAPT WELL TO WEIRD MINI-MECHA...BUT IF YOU DON'T STICK IT OUT, I WILL BE MISERABLE IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION.

Spoilers under the cut (for Bleach and for TTGL, and actually, for Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen too.)

So I should be asleep, but I just finished Tengen Topper Gurren Lagann and I have to say something to someone about it before I explode. And also OMG the anime made me cry and I haven't cried at anime...ah...since I watched the last episode of Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen. (I think, tbh, that I will cry during Ulquiorra's final scene. Because it looks like it's going to be one of those kind of things...) Oh but...shit. Wow.

Okay, so I can't really fluently explain what I adore about this series. I tried to tell my sister earlier, but she just kept taking the piss out of the fact that there was a mecha called Rasengan, and that they were called Rasenjin, and I just wanted to throw something at her by the end of the conversation, which is not a productive argument. It certainly doesn't help me win.

But...episode eight really set all of the rest of it up so absolutely beautifully, don't you think? Kamina and Simon and Viral... The end, even in as much as I didn't like Nia, and everyone joining together and Boota. I can't even begin to explain it, you know. Also, I swear there have never been so many main characters killed within so few minutes of each other. Real tears. It was heartfelt and lovely and the political vibes were there, and humanity's survivalism and OMGVIRALANDHISALTERNATEDIMENSIONFAMILY. Do I need to say more?

I need slashy fic of this now -- Y!Gallery did not have anywhere near as much Viral art as I needed, and he is gorgeous. The whole of the ending leaves plenty to be explored and gah -- can has Death Row Sex, please? PRETTY PLEASE?! And quite possibly some smut with Viral/Simon or Kamina/Simon and him wearing that fucking collar over the open shirt because jkfjdkjhfjkdjhfhjsgfl! Doesn't anyone love me enough to do that?!

I think I'm done now... Thoughts of slashiness have erased my tears. *smirk*

Comments

[regasssa.livejournal.com]

I've read that a lot of people stopped watching after Kamina died, or that they've heard he's going to so they're not going to bother, and that really makes me sad because his character is so damned important to the rest of the series because of his death. It's the driving force behind the growth of the other characters -- and of course there's a timeskip at around episode 13, so you get to see how the characters grow up, and how that is still with them; how they've never forgotten, how Simon's relationship with him has helped him to become the person he is now, etc. And then finally it comes full circle, and the end is just so beautiful. I would encourage you to keep watching, because if anything the second half of the series sold me on it. I was so impressed by the whole thing.

[misumisu84.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info. I guess for me, is that I loved his character so much that I was crushed, and it made it hard for me. Once I've caught up on a couple of series, I'll give it another go.

[regasssa.livejournal.com]

You're meant to love his character that much, heh - that's why he's written that way at the beginning of the series. You're supposed to be mourning him a little bit with them, too, and so when things are really getting tough you're going 'Come on Simon, get it together, or what the hell did he die for, anyway?!' and then when he does you're kind of proud of him. My favourite moment is still going to be when Viral finds out... *zips lips closed*

[misumisu84.livejournal.com]

... *curious now*