| As title says I really don't know how to feel about Sonny Boy nor how to rate it. I always used anime and games as escape from reality and as it seems I'm sucker for happy endings and I prefer comedy over drama. (why make yourself sad when you can be happy instead) I don't know if I like the ending, I don't know if the ending is objectively good? Is it good because it made me feel so strongly about it? Or is it bad just because it's bad? I assume there was a lot of information wasted on me because of the abstract aspect which i often don't understand very well. From loving it to hating it to come to terms that I can't do 180 just because of one last episode didnt turn out how I wished. When I think about it it just makes me feel uneasy. I guess time will soften the wound since I finished it about 17 hrs ago in early morning hours. |
MiiishaDec 23, 2023 2:19 PM
danielsalt said: Sonny Boy definitely leaves an impact, and that's what I find so beautiful about it. So much happens in the finale, it was genuinely a rollercoaster ride for me, but I think it ended on a very light-hearted note which left me content. It's been half a year for me though, which has given me a lot of time to process it. Ye it might be just too fresh atm but since it's on my mind a lot I just had to make the post. :X Nitroade24h said: I think the last episode is amazing and what makes Sonny Boy great. Watch this video for similar thoughts to mine: https://youtu.be/FwXbXO7QH9c Saw a bit of it, then saw spoilers for evangelion which I have planned to watch so had to stop. |
| Why does everything need to be rated objectively. |
| Sonny boy is amazing, its impact is still doing a little damage in me, in a good way. Being myself an adolescent who is lost in life, Sonny boy pretty much shows that the life isn't either happy or sad, it just keep going, it just don't have sense, but the importance is to not lose the hope, to keep living and learning and falling, and sometimes loosing people you love that you have to keep behind. I would honestly recommend you to re watch it in like a month or so, it helped me to stablish what I really thought about the show. |
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Viadd said: I think it's a show that has to sit there on your completed list without knowing how to feel about it for a long time until you're able to process it and know how you truly feel about the show. I feel like I'll never be able to process it ^^ maybe few rewatches might help although rewatching series without combat/action is not my cup of tea. LukaPoe said: I would honestly recommend you to re watch it in like a month or so, it helped me to stablish what I really thought about the show. Planned already. |
MiiishaDec 23, 2023 2:22 PM
Miiisha said: When I rate anime I want a lil touch of objectivity even if it makes for example just 10%. It is objectively good. It is a unique story with unique story telling, amazing visual, and outstanding directing. Every chapter may seem apart from the other, but all of them connect to create the narrative it wants to tell "the problems the adolescents may have in their path to adulthood" that may vary from politics and abuse of power (first chapter), disassociation and loneliness (chapter three), to working for the bare minimum (chapter seven) or death and war (chapter eleven and ten), using the drift as a metaphor for that feeling of loss teenagers encounter when school is approximating its end. The thing people like less about sonny boy is that is absurd, the world building have no sense sometimes, but it's because is not about making sense, but using the tools it has to transmit the messages, the absurd is a quality rather than something bad, because without it wouldn't have been as good. The characters at first may seem stereotypes (The intelligent, the cheerful, the no energy main character) but as the time passes everyone of them changes or show their different aspects, Nozomi also suffer, Radjani also fears, Nagara also fights, etc... And the end is also amazing, because it is realistic, life may be unpleasant and tiring, far from perfection, but is the only one we have, the one Nozomi envision. |
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| Pretty bittersweet IMO. MC experienced life, found his purpose and “saved” Nozomi while losing all his established relationships with his classmates. I’d say it’s a good trade but both he and Mizuho will have to bear the burden (of knowing) for the rest of their lives. |
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LukaPoe said: And the end is also amazing, because it is realistic, life may be unpleasant and tiring, far from perfection, but is the only one we have, the one Nozomi envision. This hits hard :X kyou_on said: “saved” Nozomi while losing all his established relationships with his classmates Are you sure? It felt to me like he didn't have relationships with his classmates to begin with... |
Miiisha said: As title says I really don't know how to feel about Sonny Boy nor how to rate it. I always used anime and games as escape from reality and as it seems I'm sucker for happy endings and I prefer comedy over drama. (why make yourself sad when you can be happy instead) I don't know if I like the ending, I don't know if the ending is objectively good? Is it good because it made me feel so strongly about it? Or is it bad just because it's bad? I assume there was a lot of information wasted on me because of the abstract aspect which i often don't understand very well. From loving it to hating it to come to terms that I can't do 180 just because of one last episode didnt turn out how I wished. When I think about it it just makes me feel uneasy. I guess time will soften the wound since I finished it about 17 hrs ago in early morning hours. I felt similar about few top rated animes but the "painful" moments were so easily dismissed by the sheer consistent quality. I personally think that those painful moments make sonny boy a more complete experience, it's ok to not want those things in a show. but I personally think you shouldn't see it as a bad thing. the show is for sure not all happy go lucky. the very message of sonny boy is about optimistic nihilism. which is basically saying, nothing matters, and in the grand scheme of things you're meaningless, so do what you want to do. don't feel bad about your mistakes, don't waste your time of useless things, live a life that you can be happy with, your mistakes are ultimately forgotten with you. sonny boy leaves an impact, it makes you think. I say try to give it credit for that. but if you don't like it, then, just give it a rating that you're happy with, if anything you're using the lesson the show teaches you by doing that lol the ending sends the message of the show, the ending makes the character reach their goal, and the ending builds up and completes some of the themes that were addressed through out the series. i think the ending is objectively great, but again, if giving the show a lower rating because of it makes you feel better, then do it, it's mostly for yourself anyways. |
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Apolygon2 said: I personally think that those painful moments make sonny boy a more complete experience, it's ok to not want those things in a show. I'm starting to think I just wasn't ready for it... basically I didn't know what am I getting into, I started watching Sonny Boy just because besides seasonal animes I had nothing to watch, so it caught me off guard that it was so good and so different than what I usually watch Apolygon2 said: but I personally think you shouldn't see it as a bad thing. yes I'm starting to "Turn over a New Leaf" Apolygon2 said: I say try to give it credit for that. but if you don't like it, then, just give it a rating that you're happy with, if anything you're using the lesson the show teaches you by doing that lol yes I had to give it back high rating as I did at first right after finishing, in the end I needed a little bit of time to let it rest inside of me |
MiiishaMar 27, 2022 6:40 PM
| I personally was very disappointed with how Nozomi was handled and I think it is reflective of the problem I have with the ending of the series as a whole. Her arc seemed to be building up to a moment that never came. I thought she was going to have this scene where she realizes her self worth, especially after being put down by Asakaze. “You’re just dead weight to the others. You can talk a big game but that doesn't mean you can change anything.” I was like yeah ok, only a couple episodes left, any second now it'll happen, shell have her moment which inspires her and she will make a change for the better. Instead she talks a big game by chewing out Asakaze at War and then dies without really changing anything. I feel like she was given the manic pixie girl treatment. Her whole character only exists for Nagara to come out of his shell. Then she literally turns into an object that exists only to serve others and doesn’t have any purpose or development past that. She could have just been the compass the whole time and it wouldn't have affected the story one bit. Nagara and Mizuho both suffer from a similar lack of development but I found her death and final end to be particularly unsatisfying. I cant help but wonder “well what was the point of all that?” Then again I did really like Nozomi up to that point so maybe I’m just very bitter that she's gone. I do think that the ending is a tragic drop of sin in an otherwise pristine pool. Don't turn your back on the whole thing just for that. The journey we went on was still meaningful even if we didn't end up quite exactly where we wanted and I think you did a good job giving it the rating it deserved. MORDEEF said: Nitroade24h said: I think the last episode is amazing and what makes Sonny Boy great. Watch this video for similar thoughts to mine: https://youtu.be/FwXbXO7QH9c Saw a bit of it, then saw spoilers for evangelion which I have planned to watch so had to stop. I highly recommend Eva if you are looking for something to fill the void as Shinji and Nagara are very similar in a lot of ways. That show literally changed my life, though I fear you're gonna think I'm a hypocrite given all the things I just said about the ending of Sonny Boy. |
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