This made me cry for the first time in over a decade

EkayYT said:
Just needed to vent, but I whole heartedly put this as a personal perfect anime. Not really based on quality or anything critics would like even though the whole series has great humor and quality.

I have had a rough go in life, and I've never been allowed to be in a romantic relationship until I lost my opportunities so romance became my favorite genre pretty quick. I saw so much of myself in the president during this specific season/film (the site I watched had it listed as a movie but in 4 episodes) that I broke down and cried. Hopefully this emotional release helps with my severe mental health issues that have been getting worse the past few years.

EkayYT said:
Just needed to vent, but I whole heartedly put this as a personal perfect anime. Not really based on quality or anything critics would like even though the whole series has great humor and quality.

I have had a rough go in life, and I've never been allowed to be in a romantic relationship until I lost my opportunities so romance became my favorite genre pretty quick. I saw so much of myself in the president during this specific season/film (the site I watched had it listed as a movie but in 4 episodes) that I broke down and cried. Hopefully this emotional release helps with my severe mental health issues that have been getting worse the past few years.

bezardo said:

good for you ! it's a normal thing i too got emotional while watching tsuki ga kirei , golden time

EkayYT said:
Just needed to vent, but I whole heartedly put this as a personal perfect anime. Not really based on quality or anything critics would like even though the whole series has great humor and quality.

I have had a rough go in life, and I've never been allowed to be in a romantic relationship until I lost my opportunities so romance became my favorite genre pretty quick. I saw so much of myself in the president during this specific season/film (the site I watched had it listed as a movie but in 4 episodes) that I broke down and cried. Hopefully this emotional release helps with my severe mental health issues that have been getting worse the past few years.

Piromysl said:
They perfectly portrayed Kaguya's inner struggle and turmoil. Hands down.
Shirogane is a perfect partner for her and that toy and handkerchief was a perfect gift, because it conveys, that with him she can act totally casually, relaxed and overall be free from the burden of aristocracy.

Though I still heavily dislike the movie format. It kinda threw off the pacing.

GMER said:
Sorry to hear about what you’ve been going through and your past experiences :(
Personally, I found the movie to be alright but I’m glad to hear that you deeply resonated with it. I often read/watch romance too just to feel something ‘cause I’ve lacked that sort of affection for a good majority of my life. I’m sure we’re not the only ones either, so it’s completely fine to find solace in it. My rule of thumb is if it’s what I enjoy, then I might as well enjoy it to the fullest, even if that requires crying my balls out at the slightest bit of emotion in whichever medium.

With that aside, I hope things get better with your personal life, and that all hope ain’t lost at all. Trust me, you still got a whole life ahead of you regardless of your age with plenty of more opportunities. I won’t necessarily say it’ll just come to you one day or that it’s “destined to happen.” I’m sure you’ve heard that plenty of times now, but the reality is that some things you’ll have to work harder towards, especially if it’s out of reach but you still really want it. I’m just now getting my life in order and getting to do the stuff that I wish I had done and experienced 5-6 years ago. Just comes to show that everyone’s timing and experience is different, and you can still turn your life around whenever, as long as you learn to forgive yourself and focus on what you can do in the present. Don’t hesitate to reach out for help from others when needed, and the rest is up to you. Take care man, wishing for the best.

Bijou146 said:

Rom Com to a rollercoaster here real quick since Season 2 and 3

EkayYT said:
Just needed to vent, but I whole heartedly put this as a personal perfect anime. Not really based on quality or anything critics would like even though the whole series has great humor and quality.

I have had a rough go in life, and I've never been allowed to be in a romantic relationship until I lost my opportunities so romance became my favorite genre pretty quick. I saw so much of myself in the president during this specific season/film (the site I watched had it listed as a movie but in 4 episodes) that I broke down and cried. Hopefully this emotional release helps with my severe mental health issues that have been getting worse the past few years.

EkayYT said:
Personally I think season 2 was the weakest, but the excessive comedy more than made up for that! Although if season 3 and the movie weren't as serious I don't think I'd have the same opinion.

direstatus said:

So I know this is an anime forum and all but I couldn't ignore this. I feel for you as someone who struggles with depression, and I hope my perspective may help somehow. I don't have anything else to offer, and it's not even something original. I got it from a therapist, but it was the only thing one has said that's actually been of benefit to me, so maybe it'll be the same for you. I didn't think of it until they told me about it, after all.

It's true, life is short, and we all die in the end. That thought is terrifying in itself. I often imagine what a future, more older and much more rickety me might look back and think of my present self, and I find that perspective is the only thing that grounds me in life. I'm sure it sounds ridiculous, but the terror of death by itself is not worse than the terror of realizing you've wasted the one and only shot at life you will ever get, and there's no going back. Death is easier to face when you have a lifetime of hardfought experience to guide you, and you know you've already done all that you can.

When I'm him, sitting there with a bony white finger tapping me on the shoulder like I'm late for something, I just can't bring myself to give a damn about most of present me's fears and concerns. I often find myself thinking along opposite lines, that since it all gets taken away in the end, what's the point in anything? Why bother falling in love, if all I have to look forward to is one of us saying goodbye to the other? I've lost so many people already. Those kinds of thoughts used to eat me up before I found this mechanism for fighting them. That's such a stupid thought, that's what the older version of myself says. He says he'd rather have been happy for the last 40 years and sad for just the end, than have been sad and alone the entire time. So if the opportunity comes, latch onto it. A better job, a better house, a wife, kids, what have you. Stop worrying so freaking much. Just live, dammit. Just go with the flow, you young idiot. Take that body that can still move and go do something interesting. Go do something I'll remember when my brain's filled with nothing else but cobwebs. That's what he says to me when I start thinking stupid, self-defeating thoughts. 

That's kind of all there is to it. I hope this can help in some way. Take it as a given that I'm sorry to have taken up so much space to express such a simple concept, but I'm not that gifted of a writer.

By the way. Totally agree about Miyuki. He might be the most relatable character I've ever come across. Sometimes it was even painful, but I spent most of the time laughing so it balances out. Feels like they wrapped up as much as they could before switching off the lights with this little movie thing. It's very rare for a romcom series to feel like it's actually over, and I appreciate that this one feels like it is. I guess you could say I'm glad the studio didn't chicken out.