LOOK BACK is beautiful and devastating (MOVIE REACTION)

[@AlanaMisako]

cinema is BACK but no fr, this was SO beautiful. what an incredible adaption

[@kreysi5745]

Still asking for Spy x family movie code white and Suzume movie reaction. Hehe

[@jp_pro5007]

The world isn't ready for a goodbye-eri adaptation if one ever comes out

[@bendover7841]

Explosion

[@StarGoodman]

That's never happened

[@adoomkd9515]

@@StarGoodmanit might, heard rumors

[@StarGoodman]

@@adoomkd9515 it's not especially from Look Back Studio, Studio Durian. The founder and director, Kiyotaka Oshiyama said he doesn't want to make Goodbye Eri because his vision doesn't match/fit with Goodbye Eri theme and story so he refuses

[@omnomnomnomm]

the first time i read it is because someone said "check out Fujimoto's other work" and at first i was like "lmao this one shot is funny" i spent an hour sitting in my room to digest what i just read 😅. what a damn beautiful story and imo it's Fujimoto's best work so far

[@ElNebuler]

As an artist that went to art school in France and gave up art because I kept seeing younger artist being leagues better than me even though I've been drawing my entire life (I was that awkward kid drawing in class all the time) this movie hits so hard for me. I love art and drawing, but being so competitive killed my motivation and made me hate my art for not being good enough even after trying so hard, learning anatomy etc. This movie did a lot for me, made me want to draw again. Great movie

[@-who-]

Read Blue Period

[@ElNebuler]

@ Never heard of it I will

[@NidhCthon]

Fujimoto also went to art school in france!

[@ElNebuler]

@@NidhCthon Damn i actually didn't know that, i'm french so its makes sense for me. It somehow makes me feels even more ashamed I gave up. He flew all the way from japan probably didn't even had a good understanding of french and english at the time and still made it. His technique might not be great, his art style is amazing, I wish I felt the same about my art back then.

[@NidhCthon]

@@ElNebuler Fujimoto has family in france and spent time growing up there, so I think he had it much easier than a transfer student! Don't be so hard on yourself, it's about finding a reason to continue, and if you don't, find another reason to live!

[@hazardEXE27]

The references in this movie: 1) FUJIno + kyoMOTO = Fujimoto 2) This Village and City is in Nikaho, Akita Prefecture which is fujimoto's Home City. 3) Shark Kick Manga is direct reference to Chainsaw Man Manga but here main character is Beam Aka Ths Shark Fiend 4) The Art University that Kyomoto went is the same University that Fujimoto went for his degree 5)Kyomoto Incident is similar to Kyoto Animation Studio( KyoAni) Arson Incident where many lives were lost and this Story is the tribute to the victims by Fujimoto 6) Here The Editor of Fujino and Kyomoto is the real Editor of Fujimoto 7) Lastly Fujino and Kyomoto was talking about buying Whipped Cream which is Infact Fujimoto's Fav Food . He also made a song on it which is there in youtube .

[@Twoseconds001]

The manga broke me to pieces in the end and when I saw the anime when it first aired in Japan it was more than I expected, they kept Fujimoto art style, the music score, cinematography Everthing was done do perfectly and to think this is the studio first work!! All I can say is that I cried so much

[@適当-x1c]

In fact, 36 animators died in the Kyoto Animation arson attack. The culprit said his idea was stolen. The incident that appears in the story is said to be a requiem for this incident. RIP.

[@Camcrazy50]

I am so glad you reacted to this. Saw it twice in theaters and was a blubbering mess both times. Fujimoto just can’t miss

[@Eliotxshadowfrost21]

you are stronger than i am. one time in the cinema and I wouldnt be able to watch it again without repairing myself and healing myself a bit first.

[@felipeaquitral]

ok so i've just finished watching and this is why i love your reactions, Alana. both your reaction and analysis at the end were great. thank you so much

[@nihonbasy]

23:40 As one of the Japanese manga-ka, I want you all to know how happy I am to hear a single word of feedback from readers, how it feeds my life, and how it encourages me. No matter how hard things get, this smile from Kyomoto is enough for Fujino to draw manga for the rest of her life. It is very telling. 漫画家のひとりとして、読者からのたった一言の感想がどれだけ嬉しいか、人生の糧になっているか、勇気づけられているか、みんなに知ってほしいと思った。どんなに辛いことがあっても、この京本の笑顔だけで、藤野は一生マンガを描ける。とても分かる。

[@msj3888]

Oshiyama absolutely nailed the Fujino rain panel, the way he drew and animated that whole sequence was unreal! Still 1 of my favorite manga panels ever.

[@M00N_MYST]

There's no confirmed source for the inspiration (besides his own life experience) but people most often attribute the Kyoto Animation arson attack as a point of reference. This movie is so unbelievably beautiful and I'm so happy I got a chance to see it in theatres. Fujino being able to move forward because of the art that Kyomoto creates (and gets sent back to her?) is so powerful. Absolute cinema.

[@Calared]

The arson attack happened on July 18th 2019 and Look Back was released on July 19th 2021, so it's definitely a reference to this incident.

[@フルーツぶどう-h8q]

日本人のアニメファンの中では、京都アニメーションは、ジブリに並ぶくらいのアニメスタジオです。

[@Sebanisu]

I guess the manga released on the 2 year anniversary of the attack, at least very close to it. Kyoto Animation arson attack was on 18 July 2019. Look Back was published on 19 July 2021. I remember the coverage of the horrible arson attack. So I thought of it when I saw the news coverage scene in the movie.

[@dandurkin5438]

@@Sebanisu For some reason wikipedia and many sources say look back came out on 19 July, but it definitely came out on the Kyoani arson attack anniversary. Might be a timezone thing.

[@フルーツぶどう-h8q]

@@Sebanisu 私はあの大虐殺テロは、一個人の犯行とは思えませんでした。日本の回りは中国韓国、リベラルレイシストなどが日本のコンテンツ崩壊か乗っ取りをかける様な妬ましい反日国家で、今現在もです。

[@marinauder]

I'm so happy to see you react to it! I feel like it's getting less attention than I expected tbh

[@burezu9190]

This was just too beautiful. I really liked how that silly little manga strip at the beginning about loving eachother even when reincarnated, happened to those two too. Even if they never met eachother when they were supposed to, even when they didn't change eachother's lifes completely, they still met eachother and connected over their passions. I have a friend that recently got an art degree and is kind of burned out of drawing since it was connected heavily to being stressed out. I really hope I can get her to watch this and maybe get her to draw again, since like Kyomoto, I really really liked seeing everything she did.

[@ydhdhev2490]

Studio Durian is a very small studio founded by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. The movie is so good because he directed, storyboarded, designed, wrote the script, and animated half of the movie by himself, while 5 other freelancers animated the remaining half. I guess at this point it would be misleading to mention the studio for the movie, it’s a one-man army

[@yoru4374]

The freelancers ain't also no small names, Toshiyuki Inoue did animate 1st-quarter of the movie while the rest is Kiyotaka Oshiyama and others Geshi did animate the axe guy scene and there was also few scenes animated by Takuya Niinuma

[@crackracing7900]

Sorry for the long comment, I just wanna talk about how much this stuff means to me! So, this story, alongside Goodbye Eri and Just Listen to the Song, were written by Fujimoto during his time off from starting the second, anticipated part of Chainsaw Man. And you can tell that pressure really inspired all the introspection he does here, about his love for creating manga. There's a reason why the two girls are just his name, FUJIno, and KyoMOTO, divvied up between them, and why one of them, the starry-eyed, idolizing part of himself, the one who dedicated her entire life to be as technically impressive as possible, dies in the face of the harshness of the real art world. A real bittersweet feeling permeates this whole work. On the one hand, he's clearly grappling with the realization that something inside of him that inspired him to get into this profession simply isn't there anymore, and no amount of success with his series will ever bring it back. The parallels to the arson attack on KyoAni,in which one man took the lives of many innocent creatives, are just a grim reminder of what the terrible things the art he so loves are capable of creating. And yet, this is such an hopeful work of perseverance. All of his works are, from CSM to Fire Punch. Just as much as he'll never be truly the same, innocent kid he used to be, those people with whom he shared his passions will always be the reason why he picks up his drawing pen when he wakes up. Art is as much a reminder of the love we were given as anything else. And we need it desperately to hold onto the world. That's where the beauty of drawing stems from. To remember and share that love. I just wanna add a really profound comment that Fujimoto wrote in a collection of his short stories, related to Look Back: "At seventeen I enrolled myself at the Academy of Fine Arts of Yamagata. It was the period right after the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, so I imagine everyone was wondering how you could draw in a situation like that. I felt like drawing was meaningless,and wanted to try to do something worthwile,so I went to Ishinomaki to join the rescue teams as a volunteer, for the reconstruction. Once there, I went to work to remove the debris that had filled the ditches of the residential district. We spent the day filling up bags of dirt and putting them on trucks, but we weren't able to clean them up completely. I felt a sense of powerlessness: even after a whole day's worth of work, we didn't even come close to the goal. Everyone on the bus ride back was silent. A physical education student with whom I worked with said that our presence there didn't matter one bit. I went to help the rescue teams only once, then I decided to stop.I did oil painting,but it was expensive, so I drew manga all the time. SInce seventeen, that sense of powerless never left. And everytime a terrible incident occurred, that feeling of not wanting to do anything useful became more intense and heavy. I recently drew a manga called Look Back, because I wanted to finally bring out all those sensations. While I was working on those sets of panels, I think I was miraculously able to sort out my emotions. All these stories bring back many memories to mind: not only that sense of powerless oppressing me while I was making it, but also that insatiable hunger always following me, and the fact that I always used to practice with my friends. Now I'm happy not only about having drawn Look Back, but that I also made this collection, which made resurface memories so sweet, that I'm starting to question why I only remembered the gloomiest parts of that period of my life"

[@Idk-ro9nt]

I watched this is theaters. The whole room was crying by the end. It was an incredible experience

[@bloodlover1987]

the scene of her in the dark hallway was haunting ..no music or sound and my theater was packed but you could hear a pin drop

[@davidiobrando]

Fun fact: Nikaho city, Akita prefecture is where Fujimoto grew up and many of the locations in the movie are actually real. If I remember correctly, the director Oshiyama travelled to Nikaho to recreate the locations in the movie. He even asked Fujimoto things like how Fujimoto sits when he draws or what pencil he uses to make this movie as real to Fujimoto's life as possible. Also, the guy with the glasses who took Fujino and Kyomoto's first draft of Metal Parade is actually Shihei Lin, Fujimoto's editor.

[@andrewli6606]

Shihei is his editor, not his assistant.

[@davidiobrando]

@andrewli6606 Yes, you're right, sorry. My mistake.

[@ucchi3952]

この作品の凄いところは、「なぜ漫画を描いてるのか」という問いの答えを絵だけで表現しているところ。 僕も漫画を描いてた時期があるのですが、セリフに頼らず絵だけで伝えるのはものすごく勇気がいります。 うまく伝われば強烈な印象を与えますが、少しでも表現が至らないと見る人にはなにも伝わらない。 だけどもし藤野に「京本のために漫画を描いてたんだ」なんて直接言わせてしまっていたら、ここまで大きな感動は生まれなかったでしょう。 一切の妥協を許さない、藤本先生の渾身の作品だと思います。

[@honeytlbadger4365]

There are a lot of interpretations on the "parallel timelines" at the end, some people take it more realistically in the sense that it's basically just Fujino imagining it as a form of closure, but I like to take it more literally in the sense that the fantasticism is more in line with Fujimoto's style. I think it is extremely beautiful that the universe granted Fujino's wish and Kyomoto "lived on" in a sense in a different reality, and also made that Kyomoto give Fujino closure so that she can move on.

[@carlabecer5431]

Its hits hard when the panels from "Why do you draw Fujino?" starts showing up. Because you know, Fujino do all this because Kyomoto believes in her, even if the others forget about it, even if she has given up on herself. And I have left with an empty sad feeling when she sits and starts drawing again. The feeling of grief comes back to me again, like you're sad but there's nothing you can do about it but let your life go on like it used to and it hurts because it won't be the same again. (And also the fact that their departure was arguing about what Kyomoto will choose, and they never got the time to reconcile it.)

[@tigerwoods3729]

the fact that their last interaction with each other was so abrupt and without closure is brutally realistic, when you lose somebody unexpectedly you spend a lot of time thinking about what you could have done differently, but as the title suggests i think "dont look back in anger" is the best advice

[@7731maru]

Two weeks ago, I went on a pilgrimage to the holy land of Look Back. The bookstore where I bought a book for practicing drawing, the convenience store, and the farm road where Fujino ran happily. Nikaho City in Akita Prefecture.

[@inkdrawingsart]

Fujimoto is a genius, just like when I read the manga, the animation conveyed all kinds of emotions to me

[@SageVallant]

10:10 This is a great depiction of what validation feels like.

[@Xelo8]

I read this like 5 times before movie came out and cried every single time. I cried watching the movie and just cried watching your reaction. Fujimoto’s work might seem crazy and pointless sometimes (like in CSM and all the Denji’s objective thing) but it’s always ALWAYS about human relationships, how you grew with or without them and how all the things you live with the one’s you love can change your life. Fujimoto is the goat

[@phothewin6019]

As for real life inspiration, the attack at Kyomoto’s art school is a reference to the 2019 Kyoto Animation studios arson attack. The Look Back manga was released on July 18, 2021, which is the 2 year anniversary of the arson attack. The attacker in Look Back said that the artists at the school copied his art, which is similar to what the Kyoto Animation arsonist claimed (that the studio copied his work). Considering how personal Look Back feels, it makes you wonder if Tatsuki Fujimoto had a friend that passed way in the 2019 arson attack.

[@phothewin6019]

ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🙌 So happy that you enjoyed both the film and the manga! Such a beautiful and sad story that really resonated with me. One of my absolute favorite manga/films.

[@BtFML1]

oh shit a peak reaction, we will be watching

[@Martin-rz2yp]

I read comments that Fujimoto dedicated this one shot to the victims of the Kyoto Animation arson attack. Writing "Look Back" as a coping mechanism for himself but also to honor their memory, hence the title. "Don't look back in anger", but instead cherish those memories that you had with Kyomoto, with Kyoani, and allow yourself to get inspired by them and move forward. And like Fujino in the end, like Fujimoto, continuing to draw and to share bonds with other people through art, or whatever you choose to do with your time.

[@ekayuda3434]

at the last page of the book "17-21 before the chainsawman" you can see the "reason" Fujimoto wrote look back at that time. he was a 17 years old art student not long after the japanese 2011 earthquake occured, in a effort to make any kind of way he and the other students volunteered to help clean up the following disaster, he and the other worked so hard yet haven't made a dent at all and one of the sport school student who worked with him remarked that there'd been no point to us showing up then he felt powerlessness and trying to showing up help for once again but then he stopped it because he was doing oil painting which is expensive and he had to draw manga in order to pay it, in a following tragedy after and after the feeling of powerlessness grew bigger in him then in attempt to vent those feelings he wrote look back, i think this is the self relfection of him he wanted to find the meaning in art he made and as well as the reason for creating it, when the unexpected tragedy happened is it always right for us to felt worthless, losing ourselves in the process, we put blame to us for things happened? fujimoto trying to fight back those feelings in "look back" at those scene in a series of flashbacks, fujimoto includes several instances of kyomoto reacting to something fujino drew, showcasing that while her art may not be able to prevent tragedy, it can still put a smile on someone's face.

[@tobioren3122]

I’m so glad you reacted to this beautiful film 🥹

[@douglasaccat]

This was so good and so powerful. Hit me quite hard but I enjoyed every minute of it. Got teary-eyed again just watching your reaction.

[@aerithenjoyer]

So my interpretation is basically that this is a pseudo auto-biographic work, about Fujimoto' and the "death" of his passionate side.FUJIno an kyoMOTO represent the sides that's in it for the validation & success and just the passion for the art itself. By pursuing the career of a mangaka, somewhere along the artistic part got left behind and all that is left is the one that feels obligation for the ones helping him to get so far and for the fans of the work. I think the most telling piece is when Fujino enters Kyomoto's room at the end and sees multiple copies of Shark Kick Volume 11. You have to remember, this One-Shot got published during the 2 year break of CSM, at which time the final volume was Vol. 11. Upon seeing that, Fujino felt the expectations of her fans sybolised by Kyomoto and got back to working on the series.

[@Pikwii]

So glad you reacted to this! Beautiful adaptation

[@たろッス]

観てくれてありがとうございます！ 本当に感動しますよね。そして何かを作るということのパワーを最大限に感じる物語です。 この作品が世界中に拡がることを祈っています！

[@KravenVanDrakken]

I remember the 1st time I read it I was in denial so much that somehow I thought she had changed the past and it was a good ending... Read it again a few weeks later and then finally accepted nothing had changed, but she was able to move on knowing Kyomoto had a good live doing what she loved. She then realized she loved telling stories that people will love, so she kept on going for Kyomoto and anyone that might have a change because of it. If I'm not wrong, the author wrote the story when he was in a bad place in his life and he wasn't sure how to keep moving forward.

[@JohntheSpyCrab]

It was so beautiful, fujimoto why must you hurt us so good

[@GrimonprezB]

Was an awesome tribute to the Kyoto-animation sad events.

[@KrisMachina]

The Yonkonkoma Fujino put on the window was actually the comic that Other world Kyomoto drew that slipped under the door. The most emotional part for me was definitely Fujino's "Why" for why she continues to draw despite how unglamorous, and labor intensive it is, because even if she blamed herself for Kyomoto's death because of her art, her art also taught Kyomoto how to break out of her shell and live. Although I'm not an artist, There are times where we do receive a push back from the passions we pursue, but knowing that passion helps serves and impacts others is the "why" that keeps us going.

[@Sketchy.Slime.]

Being as this was written by the author of CSM I should have known it was gonna hurt, but I let my guard down because it seemed so unassuming.

[@ameyuki9583]

This is a requiem for Kyoto animation. Some of victims’ parents said they should have not allowed them to become a n animator. A woman victim was over 40, parents regretted she had not married, no child, devoted her all life to the animation. However so many people who were from the whole world for mourning, parents had noticed what she had done, she worked what for. Please don’t forget Kyoto Animation.

[@felipeaquitral]

OMG ALANA THIS IS SO UNEXPECTED I LOVE THAT YOU'RE ARE REACTING TO THIS 💙 THANKYOUSOMUCH the manga is soooo good and the movie so precious we all need a Fujino and a Kyomoto in our lives. i'm gonna watch this while i eat, see ya later

[@nolynoly]

This show is done so beautifully.

[@TheFreckelz]

This was an incredible adaption. Loved seeing your reaction and insight.

[@diggingexpedition]

The title “Look back” also carries the meaning of Oasis’s song “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” When you read the manga, you’ll understand that the words “don’t” and “in anger” are hidden in the first and last panels.

[@msj3888]

The movie has this too

[@adoomkd9515]

Is there more meaning in this reference or is it just the name? By more meaning I mean like is it message to Fujino or Kyoto to not look back in anger

[@thelneffableus3236]

@@adoomkd9515the song was written after a terrorist event for people to move on

[@adoomkd9515]

@@thelneffableus3236 did some t event happen in 1996?

[@omnomnomnomm]

"Then why do you draw, Fujino?" *shows Kiyomoto smiling everytime she read her work being the reason why* i think i cried harder during that sequence than when i got dumped by my exes. what a beatiful story ❤

[@animfreak75]

I don’t think it’s just any blank strip. My take is that It’s the one she took from Kyomoto’s room when she saved her from the attacker. To me, that strip holds more meaning than the jacket. She put it on the window as a reminder and motivation to keep creating Shark Kick.

[@nyanko7788]

Studio Durian adapted it soooo well. They do the manga justice.

[@8ooty0]

Oshiyama* bro is the founder but name the goat lol

[@oh_ok9140]

Beautiful anime movie. The story in this movie can hit harder for everyone who passionate about something imo.

[@akamegakill8903]

What's crazy is that this move popped up while I was scrolling through Prime. Clicked it on then decided to immediately exit and say I'll watch it later idk why loll open KZbin fist thing I saw was this video. Currently looking at the wacth again button on my television

[@TheRealPandaMan10]

Fujino + Kyomoto = Fujimoto

[@isdere]

I watched the movie in theaters when it came out on a Monday night...did not expect to cry that much on weekday night

[@OutOfPocket-h9e]

Fujino and Kyomoto represents the two halves of the author, they're names combined make "Fujimoto", Fujino is right handed and draws characters while Kyomoto is left handed and draws backgrounds. Obviously I don't know Fujimoto in real life but I wonder if their personalities also represents that of the author, the competitive and stubborn side of Fujino and the shy and quirky side of Kyomoto.

[@slidermyths4463]

I hope Goodbye Eri gets an anime adaption too! But if you want more Fujimoto and haven't read Fire Punch, I highly recommend you give it a read. It's 8 volumes long, and you can see where chainsaw man originated from. I loved watching your reactions. I cried a lot while reading the manga and watching the film in theaters. Much love!

[@ckowkay]

When i watched this in theaters a few weeks ago, (or was it months? time is broken) when we got to the end and that song, the whole theater was silent. Even after the movie ended, no one got up, no one left, no one even said anything, it was like the movie had created such a powerful feeling that no one wanted to break the moment. (there was a post credit director interview, but I still usually expect at least a few people to get up and leave)

[@alvarel16]

I think if you have an "artist" soul, this movie hits you harder, I'm glad it was released overseas and that we had the oportunity to see it on cinemas

[@gavinyeet0322]

Cool fact about this movie the director Kiyotaka Oshiyama animated over half of the movie himself while also being the character designer, animation director,screen play and doing all of the storyboards.

[@crackracing7900]

Gotta say, I find it REALLY funny that the manga volume that Fujino opens before seeing the little comic she drew making fun of Kyomoto, is JUST the contents of Chainsaw Man volume 5, like panel per panel. In a way, you're getting a little preview (or spoilers, depending on how you look at it) of what you'll be seeing when the CSM movie that Mappa announced is gonna release. It'll be really funny rewatching this movie afterwards, and seeing what those bits are in reference to once you get the context of them! Also, I've always found the fact that Kyomoto starts painting the CSM door (the one that Denji keeps seeing in those foreboding dreams) such an amazing way to build up dread if you're familiar with him. I remember reading this for the first time and going "OH NO" when I saw it, fearing what would come. Real ones know that it's never a good sign when Fujimoto draws attention to a door.

[@gavinyeet0322]

12:22 in the bottom right of the theater is toshiyuki inoue who animated a large chunk of this movie so it’s cool that he drew himself into this movie

[@SenseofNoneYT]

One of the GOATs of the past era of anime. Master of background animation and consistent character animation. Even today, it's still hard to contest those old masters. Some of the cuts in this film are just... ridiculous. It's insane. I had the thought of "okay, now you're just flexing" multiple times throughout the film. Lo and behold, "Toshiyuki Inoue" pops up first in the credited key animators.

[@raflyarieflaksmana6659]

you and your dream, and then you "look back"

[@jeffreyhoungbadji]

Loved your reaction Alana

[@vj7248]

a clear inspiration point was the tragic fire bomb attack on the KyoAni studio. (Kyomoto, KyoAni) however my interpretation of the Kyomoto character relates to Fujimoto's assistants. Spy x Family, Hell's Paradise... and DanDaDan. all mangakas that helped Fujimoto at some point. specifically the DanDaDan mangaka be.... a complete savant. he does extremely highly detailed artwork for a shounen manga that releases WEEKLY. contrast that with Fujimoto's artwork that is very loose & sketchy. and currently doesnt even have a weekly release schedule. this is an actual recent controversy. where people claim Fujimoto was carried by the DanDaDan mangaka.... however, it's clear from Look Back here that Fujimoto obviously greatly appreciates his assistants. and that both Fujino & Kyomoto's art styles both have their own value in different ways. human expression & storytelling be the value that art brings us ♥️

[@Masamatt90]

was able to see this in theaters and they had a short interview with the director and voice actors you should check out. i hope they do an adaptation for Goodbye Eri

[@JoseLuisGarcia9540]

Thanks for sharing your reaction to Look Back, Alana!! I can't believe how well adapted is the manga, but still the movie is its own masterpiece, with the artstyle, the OST and the VAs. Probably you are aware, but besides Goodbye Eri there's a collection of short stories by Fujimoto (two volumes called 17-21 and 22-26), and the last one shot is like the origin of Look Back.

[@mrmayhem9426]

The voice actors are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@leowankenobi6582]

I cried watching this reaction

[@oerwhat]

Fujimoto must've been going through it man...

[@magicfist482]

tears in my eyes that's my mangaka

[@TucoBenedicto]

What a weird coincidence. I just watched this yesterday before going to bed (so more or less concurrent to when this was being uploaded).

[@JoJoestar]

If Goodbye Eri gets similar adaptation I will be a mess the entire year it's released lol especially if it is the same quality of Look Back, gosh I feel so lucky to have eyes

[@maizeman90]

I don't think I can handle a Goodbye, Eri adaptation lol

[@user-lg2vb2mi5n]

あの最悪の事件を間接的に世界に伝える方法として漫画、アニメをうまく活用する最高の漫画家だよ

[@maattthhhh]

Love the added scenes and references to his other works. Also, part of me wonders, and I don't mean to blame Fujino at all, but I wonder if she had been supportive of Kyomoto's desire study in college, would things have been different.

[@フルーツぶどう-h8q]

それが人間、それがあの時のLOOK　BACKです。

[@arcturionblade1077]

I inferred that Fujino and Kyomoto's last interaction really was when their friendship broke apart, with Fujino being clingy and toxic and doubting Kyomoto's talent by trying to gaslight her into staying together as a pair to work on their serialized manga. It didn't work, of course, and Kyomoto left for art college anyway. In real life, people don't always get closure, saying cruel things they don't mean and having lifelong regrets because of it. But the bittersweet message of Look Back's ending is that Kyomoto always looked up to Fujino for inspiration, and this inspires Fujino to keep going and keep drawing. Life goes on.

[@フルーツぶどう-h8q]

@@arcturionblade1077 貴方の藤本は粘着質とか有害と言う意見は強過ぎます。引きこもりの京本の生きがいは藤本の四コマ漫画でた。京本が何度でも言って居る、自分を部屋から出してくれたのは藤本先生と。子供の時に良く有る、自分達の世界が全てで二人はお互いに共依存だったのですが、漫画界で成長するに連れて京本は、もっと美術背景画の勉強をしたいから、二人の共依存のバランスが崩れ始めた。あくまでも京本は、藤野と同じ次元で、藤本と漫画を作って行きたいと言う、成長の過程でした。

[@zqasadioz]

Fujino and kymoto do make fujimoto on purpose. They are the 2 sides of fujimoto and the massacre is based on a real life event. This story is basically for all those artists who lost their lives.

[@Backwooddevil]

Fujino is an author stand in for Fujimoto. I feel like I read somewhere he's always been self conscious about his art compared to this contemporaries and this story was about himself. I could also be wrong lol

[@yagoo3223]

I just stumbled on this anime a couple of days ago. Watched it cuz it's a story by the person who did Chainsaw Man. Surprisingly good. Didn't know the ending would be like that tho. 😢

[@arcturionblade1077]

There's a reason why it's called Painsaw Man by fans.

[@Chaoskoch]

The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed 36 people, injured an additional 34 (including the suspect), and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the end of World War II, the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire, and the first massacre ever to have occurred at a studio associated with an entertainment company, and the animation industry. Fujimoto was clearly impacted by this event, as was most of japanese society, and he often talked about his love for KyoAni in particular as an animation studio.

[@もつなつ]

I hope you find “ Don't look back in anger” in this movie :)

[@fake6168]

this was the first movie i ever wanted to watch in cinema for a second time but they only did one screening sadge

[@faieziabubakar207]

Melancholy fujimoto style

[@siddharthbhardwaj9757]

guys if you look carefully, tatsuki used a reference of goodbye eri in it, if u see they both go for theatre (fujino, kyomoto). the theatre was showing goodbye eri endings references if ykyk

[@LOVER_LINK]

i read the manga while on a flight. i was sobbing when i finished reading it

[@unordinary8932]

my favorite movie of 2024 hands down.

[@Volgcito]

Kyomoto's death in the story is a direct reference to the KyoAni arson incident in Japan where a mentally deranged guy killed several Kyoto studio staff members. Fujimoto getting little criticism from japanese audience due to the reference but it's such a vital commentary on overzealous fanbases & plagiarism in general note: the KyoAni arson instigator finally got served justice this year

[@freedomkme]

Some people were commenting that apparently Fujimoto had a friend that was killed there then.

[@HhhMmm-f8g]

did you notice the chainsaw man door?

[@We_see_all]

I can't believe I'm traumatized by a door and its symbolism lmao.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Painsaw Man trauma door.

[@sourav_c]

I am a professional artist, I too have social anxiety disorder and I am no longer in touch with my bestfriend. It hurt for so many different reasons but absolutely gorgeous movie. Would watch again.

[@niksolu]

I think the empty comic at the end and put on her window is actually the comic she got "back" from kyomoto. She was imagining this story about her saving kyomoto to cope. But it's actually empty

[@JoJoestar]

I got to see this in the theater and I cried so much lmao

[@MrDeath5300]

So there's a couple of parallels between Fujino and Kyomoto and Fujimoto, it is set in his hometown, and like Fujino, he has said in interviews he doesn't really like drawing, which you can notice by the inconsistency his drawings in late chainsawman chapters, where only his backgrounds retain that early csm quality, he also said he plans to stop drawing, he wants write stories for other artists to draw, like Aka Akasaka did after Love is War (with Oshi No Ko), the tragedy must be inspired by the Kyoto Animation arson attack... So there *might* be some real life inspiration from Fujimoto's life, we can't know, we know too little about him other than he seems a lil crazy.... like, he actually tried to levitate on a yt video, he swallowed his dead pet fish as an act of love bc he felt flushing it down the toilet or burying it was inappropriate... He is... A very unique guy... I hope he has had a pleasant life and is alright, and his (usually) unhinged stories come from a good place and not a grim one

[@フルーツぶどう-h8q]

藤本氏が描いている京本は、一狂人の理不尽テロにより33人以上の輝かしいアニメーターの夢をむしり取った京都アニメーションでの惨状を藤本氏は犯人への怒りとともに、京アニメに憧れ（日本では京都アニメーションはジブリに並ぶ評価のアニメスタジオです）と希望をもって入社出来た才能あるアニメーターの方々えの鎮魂歌でもあります。

[@TheUlf]

A 110% perfect adaptation

[@kkkkyon8402]

I'm still recovering from Fire Punch so I haven't watched look back yet. Glad to see people are enjoying it though.

[@maizeman90]

Fujimoto is the GOAT

[@marinauder]

I feel like the ending was too abrupt for me to feel too emotional, but it was still touching and motivated me to draw a little more, amazing movie 😭

[@mastaovdafist3551]

My favorite 2 manga of all time are FMA, and I Am A Hero! My favorite mangaka of all time is Naoki Urasawa But i gotta be honest, with how amazing Fujimoto continues to be, he's now my second favorite mangaka of all time!!! He's a pure genius! I'd love to hear everyone elses favorite manga(s) and mangaka(s) as well!^-^

[@Isaias3271]

Muito bom!

[@janderleyvilaca3331]

I didn't know you would react to this movie 🥺 When will we have the reactions to the second season of Arcane?

[@dimsrandom]

This is a flashback of Tatsuki Fujimoto when he became a famous mangaka The name of the main character Fujino itself is a pun on Tatsuki Fujimoto

[@IVAN-jg3cy]

Oyasumi punpun is a great coming of age manga, you should read it 😃👍🏻

[@Eliotxshadowfrost21]

So i really just gotta say this here, I browsed my theatres listings and found this was coming out and knew literally nothing about it, read the synopsis and thought I like its art style and asked my sister and brother in law if they would be interested in seeing it in theatres when it came out and they agreed theyd like to see it. The whole ride of the movie was so good but HOLY SHIT neither of us 3 expected the ending we got and man it was so good but it messed me up! Ive never fought back tears so hard in my life! I honestly would have bawled my eyes out had it not been for a young brother and his sister who sat immediately to my left that absolutely broke down sobbing! Thankfully with it still being allergy season I kept a packet of tissues in my pocket and I offered her a few. But man, this movie was such a ride and I really wanted to re watch it but I have to give myself time to recover before I can feel those feels again. Im glad you did a reaction to this so i can semi experience it again without the total experience!

[@corentingaillard8094]

You should try Tunnel to Summer too