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3It was OK
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Dec 4, 2008 9:08 PM
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Hmm...what to think. Well firstly I didn't really understand what went on :/
No dialogue, no colour but well animated.
Jul 2, 2009 3:00 PM
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Its a surreal thing ;)

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Jul 31, 2009 4:26 PM
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Wow... I'm still trying to figure what exactly went on in that clip.

It seems to me this girl is trapped in a tiny world - her eyesight is limited, as is the colour and size of the world she is in. This 8 minutes is an exploration of the world she resides in. Despite being very detached from reality, a hand (is it hers?) points her to something with obvious lingering emotional attachments - the outburst of uncontrollable emotion feels ugly and scary, something she obviously tries to avoid. She has developed a very skewed sense of reality and to her normal feelings like these are bizarre. Her imagination and reality have overlapped... so that the watcher is unsure which is which. I think this is a very illustrative and imaginative way of examining someone with a psychological illness... perhaps she is a sufferer of (manic?) depression. The ending is very clear, suggesting that there are many people like her living in isolation, boxed off from the rest of the world. Although they all share the same space, they cannot, and do not attempt to, communicate with one another. The bar code suggests that this self-imposed isolation is a product of a society that allows this to thrive.

Having said all that, some bits were just plain surreal (such as what happened inside the book). Maybe I delve too deeply, and should take it as it is.
Aug 2, 2009 6:10 PM
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I guess it was suppose to symbolize the psychotic mind. She didn't seem to be much of an outgoing person, maybe it finally got to her after all that time? I dunno...

The part where she looked at the picture was pretty creepy.
Sep 24, 2009 5:39 PM
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soo creepy!
Nov 17, 2009 5:05 PM
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Wow. That's all I can say. This was great.
Dec 18, 2009 12:09 AM
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Creepy, interesting, and outstanding. I liked it, also because I have a thing for black & white movies/photos/etc.

watching, waiting, commiserating
Jan 18, 2010 1:38 PM
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Very atmospheric and unique. There isn't a whole lot to say about this.
Feb 9, 2010 1:46 PM
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I really liked it. I love the twist at the end. I wish I could find a higher quality version though. The only place I found it was on YouTube :/
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Feb 20, 2010 3:33 PM

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Had a very bizarre feel to it. I love it.
May 7, 2010 2:04 PM

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This was nice. Very atmospheric and a bit creepy as well.
Jun 8, 2010 9:31 PM
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5/5

Great sound to set the atmosphere and of course the surrealism. To me, it's about a girl trying to find herself. If you overly indulge in the world of escapism you become more distant from others and even yourself.

@myexodus That's a good explanation of the ending.
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Sep 23, 2010 6:47 AM

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I'm all for metaphors and surreal images, but the standout bit in this piece was the sound... it gave me shivers.
Feb 25, 2011 11:48 AM

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Atmospheric, surreal, retrospective and interesting. It’s all that comes to my mind as a description.
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Feb 25, 2012 1:33 PM

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Lovely!
I'd really like to see a complete movie with this animation style! *_*
Apr 22, 2012 1:29 AM

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Boring except for a few parts.
Jun 4, 2012 9:09 PM

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student with ADD daydreams

myexodus' interpretation makes me want to score it higher. I wasn't sure if she was vision-impaired or just not sleeping properly
Jan 26, 2013 5:28 PM

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Well... at least the animation was good
Jun 18, 2013 5:28 AM

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That girl and that thing with the tube are going to haunt my nightmares.
Dec 1, 2013 3:22 PM

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Pretentious, surrealistic waste of time


Dec 5, 2013 11:28 PM

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It's always anime like this that make me feel like I'm missing something. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who didn't really get this. But besides that I liked it. The art was great, very creepy, and real at times. I really want to rewatch this with great quality. The atmosphere was also very creepy, when she started freaking out I pulled my feet up off the ground, didn't want any monsters to get them. This dude should totally make a horror anime, he could probably do it.
Mar 6, 2014 5:45 PM

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Well, that was weird... I don't think I understood what was going on. It looked like a girl who was trapped in a cube full of books and memory and yet, she was fascinated by a light with another cube in it. Even if I write that, it doesn't seem to make more sense xD

I guess it was OK. I don't think I wasted my time though.
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Jul 12, 2014 3:15 AM

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In the words of Bubbles "somethings fucky here"
was a strange but interesting watch
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Jan 14, 2015 9:38 PM

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Well that was creepy. I'm guessing this is depicting the mind of someone with some kind of mental illness. There seem to be a whole world full of people like her, but they are all isolated and can't communicate with each other. I wonder what illness they all share.
Jun 22, 2015 4:19 PM

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Feels a bit like Marble Hornets.
Jun 14, 2016 5:12 PM

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Very mesmerizing and somehow.. melancholic?
Maybe the monsters and the different world were rooted from the many books there, so the girl may a bit obsessed with those books.
She lived a shut-in live and developed a psychological illnes, that's the reason why she hallucinated all of the supernatural stuff which was seen there.

But I'm probably overthinking, an interesting watch nonetheless.
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Sep 9, 2016 5:19 AM

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her face scared me n the music n the animation n the perspectives.
Sep 20, 2016 3:51 PM

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Honestly didnt really understand what was happening, but i think that was the point
The mood was creepy and well done
Though this is 15 years old so it obviouslly won't happen, i wouldnt mind an entire series of this as this short was incredibly intriguing
7/10
Oct 26, 2016 6:47 PM

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Pretty interesting yet dark shit! Quite the atmosphere they created with this.
Nov 3, 2017 3:07 AM
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studio rikka should do more dementia and other anime in general.
Aug 28, 2018 6:07 AM

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I've seen weirdo creepy stuff but that was far over my expectations
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Apr 18, 2019 6:41 PM

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dark and gray, but well animated though. What was up with those rooms at the end? Pretty abstract indeed.

5/10.
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Jun 24, 2019 4:19 PM

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Nov 14, 2019 11:03 AM

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I didn't like it, it's not my cup of tea. The only positive thing to me was quite interesting, surreal-themed concept.
Nov 26, 2019 11:16 AM
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felt scary more than anything..
Jul 28, 2020 11:26 PM
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I’m kinda in this weird phase where I just watch a bunch short experimental anime just to make my completed list longer lol.
Nov 19, 2020 12:50 PM
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That was pretty fucking weird
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Dec 17, 2020 1:38 PM

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That style of piano was really popular between 2001 and 2003, huh?
Jun 3, 2021 4:46 AM

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I wonder what did the robot say. Regardless, the surreal mood was nice.
Oct 14, 2021 7:30 PM
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Jul 2018
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disengaging and flat
Jul 6, 2023 6:38 PM
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Much too weird for me.
Oct 13, 2023 10:13 AM
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For me it's like a series of emotions, but at the same time only one. I'm bad with words but it's confusing and also amazing. Short but satisfactory.
Nov 9, 2023 11:47 PM

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