Fiction doesn't have to be real to be impactful. Reality is stranger, crueller than fiction. Fujimoto’s blurring the lines of the two tells us to treat both like the other, to jovially accept the bullshittery in real life as if we are living in a play. But also experiencing the dramatic tragedy in fiction as if they were real. Therefore we learn, experience and live life in both worlds, but face the horrors of life with absurdist acceptance.
Similar to Fujimoto's last one shot, Look Back. This work is once again, a love letter to the creatives out there. Fujimoto lays out his genuine, personal concerns
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Feb 22, 2017
Shimoneta is, indeed, like dirty jokes. It initially have you convulsing in the waves of orgasm-ic humour. As it gets old, you are left with a sensation of post ejaculation emptiness... I will see myself out.
-Majestic entry, disappointing development- The first episode is really memorable, we are first greeted by an interesting premise, a host of potentially interesting characters, and most important, a story that could go anywhere. The first five episodes that forms the first arc are nothing to scoff at either, the humour is still fresh, and there is some manner of subtle foreshadowing suggesting an interesting character development tucked in each "terrorism of the ... |
