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So many good shots in this episode:
I think I like this one the best @[email protected]
That’s definitely QJ that Memmln’s minions are putting back together, but what for? And why is Memmln helping defend the town if she wants to summon the Ultimate Void?
Unio is such a scene stealer…
I did like Natsuko coming to the idea that Luke saved her as a fangirl and budding animator, i.e. that she is in debt to him for being her husbando.
I did like that part about portraying modern anime fandom, with the merch, and just going with what we can afford, because there’s always more to spend on: e.g. she gets the much cheaper printed acrylic stand of Luke instead of the expensive figurine, and she also has a Luke plush bag charm.
Note: Those 3 envelopes she’s holding outside the store selling the Luke figurine are “Otoshidama” envelopes that adults give children for New Years. https://japanupclose.web-japan.org/techculture/c20221223_1.html
Pretty much the same thing as Chinese/Vietnamese red envelopes at Lunar New Year.
Done!
Pshew.
To its credit, this is all starting to come together. It’s just that what it’s coming together into is very dark.
There was an interesting bit in there. While Natsuko was going through that sort of hallucinatory flashback, with what appeared to be actual memories mixed up with people with their hair over their faces haranguing her, there was one scene where she was on a sidewalk as people walked by, talking about how awful her movie was and what a bomb it was and how overrated she is and so on.
I don’t think those were her memories. They were the director’s.
Good idea! We’ll have to see if you’re right of course.
I’m not sure those are supposed to be her memories, but rather that they represent her fears about her own future. Natsuko has writer’s block because she doesn’t think she can pull off a first love story, and thinks all of her ideas are crap and unrealistic because she has never been in love with anyone herself. Natsuko is the one wears her hair over her face, so it looks like she is projecting her doubts on her fans and coworkers, waiting for them all to blame her when her latest film flops and it turns out she isn’t the genius she is supposed to be. I think in her little Perishing dream world, she has been getting the perspective she needs to fill in her gaps as a writer. Definitely lots to speculate on how that front has been shaping up, so it should be interesting to see how it wraps up!
