cossette EP1 rewatch
chills immediately lol
iconic visual and marina inoue timbre delivery
dem akiyuki shinbo closeups and editing XD
"EEEEHHHH?"
the level of iconic @ main theme far too much
also gotta say I love the rain visuals
whatchugotthereEiri
why did I think of Helena's flashback from Fena just now? lol
maaaan, this show is so my jam still - the atmosphere, the editing, the mystery
lolol @ the psychic miko's dad ghost
oh wow, I forgot Mamiko Noto was here too
OH OH OH creepy glass is creepy~
missing a "few days earlier" titlecard, lul
maaaan the extended "float" hits just right, too
"don't go"
(why did I get a donnie darko feeling now lol)
floating glass
by the power of extended piano section of "unhollowed" - a vision
drama, murder, blood :(
I love these visuals & music so much
wait why are you here mamiko-san (teh deception!)
lol the ending of this ritual scene is such a commercial break moment, but this isn't a TV show lol
I wish I knew what the constant guy-in-glasses closeup is supposed to symbolize
man, I'd like to have these sketches
iconic. iconic. iconic. shot.
aaaand yukari tamura. i forgot about you being here too, lol.
rip.
dat grain.
I. love. this. show. so. much.
not so silent "silent ceremony". XD
low rez CG time!
iconic
the visuals. the music. the acting. the drama of it all. the pacing. love.
I still believe this show is the reason I didn't care for Madoka TV much. (Yes, the TV series specifically - Rebellion made up for it.)
ep2
these sketches are so nice
story time with Cossette~
... Eiri... I think you saw what kind of a man he was in that ep1 flashback...
Actually, let me go back - did he even see it? Or was it just for us? Hmmm... to be honest, I don't know...
damn are you popular with the ladies or what
don't remember doing the signature huh? dun dun dun...
wait, so you do know everything.
atmospheric music video time~ yas plz
cossette flipping the mood switch and doing a ghost in the shell backflip lol
yap, dood friend is correctamundo, it be a girl. a 18th century girl.
and another music video~
Eiri not doing great and friends be worried. :(
Puppy~
Cossette sure is flipping back n forth in attitudes, huh? ;)
I've seen this show so many times and I'm still confused. XD
I wonder if someone made some timeline guide for the first 2 episodes... lol.
ghost lore dump
This subplot with the psychic miko is kind of unnecessary. I guess it's to imply the old objects really do have it out for Marcelo/Eiri, but it feels so confused and not that well intergrated. Even in an artsy fartsy anime.
rip
not creepy at all. XD
I'll do ep3 tomorrow I think...
ep3
Kay, so I didn't blog 'cause I was into it. XD
Love the visuals, although this one was not necessarily as tight as ep1 or even 2. The pacing felt a little more laidback for the most part, there wasn't much crazy editing or inspired shot composition really - not that it was bad, just not as tight as it maybe was at the start. I do have one general complaint though and it's that there was a tad bit too much strobing and brightness flickering in this episode.
Music was wonderful, boldly driving a lot of the narrative and visual storytelling as in previous episodes. The unreleased Hoseki and fake jewel arranges will hopefully see the light of day on some release.
Story-wise this was a twist of an episode with little to no real Cossette's soul but the titular portrait of petite Cossette instead. But being the artist in love that he is, Eiri can cut through the BS! The story development works for me although it maybe does feel like a cop-out from the revenge story of the previous episodes a little bit. Mildly curious if the last shot is supposed to be taken literally and which Cossette it's supposed to be really, lol.
Some part of me wants to immediately rewatch the show and try to put scenes from the first two episodes in chronological order but I imagine there's not necessarily a way to do that with 100% certainty... and I kind of like being in this state of confusion that the show puts me in. XD
To me this show to this day is a magical piece of work that oozes atmosphere. Can't wait to rewatch it again in a couple of years.
