Painfully Beautiful! | Look Back Reaction

[@YaBoyRoshi]

sadness was on the menu

[@lync1650]

Got a side of depression with this order

[@senorx6544]

yo , stop watching this zzz and react caps arcane , *lash* *lash*

[@ataldr4802]

And we eating good tonight 😊

[@Antionicann]

When yall reacting to cobra Kai S6

[@paulwilson2628]

Should've been also inspired by A24

[@sebastiankalkman1007]

In the beginning of the movie you can see the word "Don't", at the end of the movie you can see a manga volume with the words "in Anger", making the full title of the movie "Don't look back in anger"

[@SirWarlow]

So dont look back in angerr i heard you sayy

[@KongFuzii]

an Oasis song

[@Leoza246]

@@KongFuziiyep, Fujimoto is a big fan of Oasis

[@LaCheeserie]

@@Leoza246 what an ironic title for a song from that group. Obviously not a unique statement

[@dudewithdoggopic7726]

You can see it better in the actual one shot

[@sammed473]

I watched this in a theater. When the music cut, the silence was deafening. Everyone holding their breaths and someone choking back a sob.

[@thewheelsman29]

Yeah, they had interviews afterward and it felt like that was there so that people could stop crying before they left the theater. I could hear multiple people full on sobbing during the credits.

[@GriseWeisshark]

Oh boy, people are gonna have it worse when Fujimoto's other one-shot (Goodbye Eri) gets an adaptation too.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@GriseWeisshark I don't think Goodbye, Eri is nearly as sad. Especially with the way the ending plays out. I actually like it better overall, but I don't think you'll have audiences in absolute pieces from the ending like Look Back does.

[@madmanawesome]

@@JackgarPrime when the author looked back and saw the jacket, I practically broke. Losing a friend and seeing their memorabilia is the hardest thing to get through when accepting loss.

[@honkingantelope557]

Fujino + kyomoto = fujimoto

[@GriseWeisshark]

Yeah for those who didn't notice, the story is kinda an artistic way of telling the author's backstory with him starting in one-shots then went into that exact art school then created Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man.

[@ellusiv5121]

@@GriseWeisshark yep, that's why it hits so hard. the best art is always rooted from experience, not something ai can generate. also why this is the series that made me fav fujimoto despite his other crazy stuff

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Lupa went almost silent at the mid-point of the reaction he was feeling it

[@jmzzuzi6544]

😭💔✌️

[@smirg2975]

Lupa is a very soft guy I love him so much

[@sammalla5238]

Yeah, usually he gets out few jokes even after something sad but it was interesting seeing him stfu and just watch

[@seya_2]

You know something going on when Lupa goes silent

[@jewelabyss]

This just proves what a genius Fujimoto is. I hope we get Goodbye, Eri, too😭

[@metalface_villain]

i feel like goodbye eri is better as a manga. a manga that looks like someone filming on a camera won't translate as well as an anime imo. what they gotta do is animate fire punch, although that seems too risky for anime studios :D

[@randomyoutuber2633]

​@@metalface_villain I think Mappa said they would animate it.

[@Seeeelhoom]

@@metalface_villain Have to disagree. Goodbye, Eri, would be perfect and unique as a film. It would be a massive hit if the right team handles it.

[@metalface_villain]

@@Seeeelhoom i guess it depends on how they handle it, they can make it good enough as an anime movie cuz the story is great but i doubt they will be able to capture what was unique about the manga. as i explained before, having a movie in the form of manga is unique, having a movie in the form of a movie, not so much.

[@otakukaiju6045]

Who fujimoto?

[@SenseofNoneYT]

No, you're right Roshi. Her drawing Kyomoto as a skeleton years ago was part of her existential crisis. It's like life's cruel joke. And Fujino's like "why the f*ck did I even draw this?" Also, I think Fujino didn't really mean the "bad things" she was saying. She just didn't want Kyomoto to leave her. But she couldn't be direct with her feelings. She hasn't been direct with it ever since they first met. So it's sad that Kyomoto never knew that she was the one that inspired Fujino to start drawing again. She's the reason Fujino draws and why she got this far. But it's also why she feels she has to continue drawing the manga Kyomoto followed religiously.

[@andrewli6606]

It is refreshing to see a character flaw the mc has that they never get over.

[@sakanamichan3714]

They actually had some trouble getting this into US theaters because it’s too short to be considered movie length, so the theatrical release had additional interview footage. The director is an awesome guy.

[@Revealingstorm.]

The interview by the director and actresses was great at the end

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

​@@Revealingstorm.Almost nobody left when the interview happened in my theater and I was so happy

[@13e09]

every artist can relate this movie

[@Graylord12]

Fr bro. The hunger to learn and push even when you're not good enough😂

[@Yoshigoofy123]

This is so true

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

Until you see some "artists" were discouraged from drawing after seeing Pewdiepie's drawing videos, some people just don't want to improve

[@thatweirdodaniel]

as soon as i saw fujino drawing at the beginning of the movie the tears started

[@lub1ta692]

I can even relate to the separation of a character drawing and a background drawing

[@alisfy6891]

The amount of chainsaw man easter eggs in this movie is insane

[@CraigMiller-p3t]

@@alisfy6891 yeah all the covers of the mangas being csm characters and the door painting lol

[@alan_7390]

Plus the goodbye Eri reference and the whole Reeze being spoiled a little bit, the director is crazy.

[@SoLunick]

@@alan_7390 where was the Reze part? I missed that on my watch through

[@alan_7390]

@SoLunick Look at the pages she turns when looking at the weekly jump outside Fujino's room, it's a whole lot of redrawn pages of the Reeze arc but recoloring the characters (Dennis has black hair, for example).

[@INCOGNITO-iq4qy]

Not really an easter egg but Fujino also looks insanely similar to *minor spoiler* . . . . . Denji's love interest Asa Mitaka.

[@kikikim4589]

It's inspired by the 2019's Kyoto Animation arson attack 36 people, injured an additional 34 ( they did a silent voice and violet evergarden, some of them last work was Violet evergarden movie )

[@charliecederblad8900]

Not based on, inspired by

[@kikikim4589]

@charliecederblad8900 oh okay thank you for correcting me

[@alan_7390]

And if i'm not mistaken Fujimoto had friends there...

[@j.p.8808]

@@alan_7390 For real?? Damn that really sucks...

[@floopieee]

the second the news was in the background, this was all i could think about….. man… :,(

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

Look Back, Penguin Ep.8, Dandadan Ep.7, Arcane Ep.6. AT THE SAME WEEK. PEAK DEPRESSION!

[@joesoq]

les go and get depressseeeeddddd

[@joesoq]

i actually watched dandadan ep7 and look back in the same day. not recommended. (would do again)

[@OutOfPocket-h9e]

I'm building up a list of movies and shows scenes that made me cry and I'm planning to rewatch them at the end of the year

[@abura2980]

​@@OutOfPocket-h9e imma copy that idea😂sounds like alot of fun

[@rahulelanchezhian580]

and CSM chapter 183

[@tyrant4687]

I wonder if Fujimoto had a friend who died in the KyoAni fire, or if the fire was inspiration for the story. Because Look Back came out in 2021 and the arson attack was in 2019.

[@longstachkaido240]

Yeah it felt like he knew someone it felt a little personal after the thing happened there was a small part that felt off a little

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Yes the Kyoani arson attack was the explicit source of inspiration for this story, but I'm not sure if he personally knew anybody involved in the attack

[@ThatsABean]

Fujimoto was a huge fan of KyoAni with him saying that Haruhi's VA (who happens to be Makima in the Chainsaw Man stage play) were the reasons him and his friends became otaku. I think it just makes sense to feel a huge sense of loss at the people who inspired you being gone in such a tragedy. I didn't even have a huge connection to KyoAni's works but as an artist I was so stunned that I skipped work that day

[@shivamchatterjee2714]

Fuji-no and kyo-moto take the first part of the former and second part of the latter and you get Fuji-moto

[@alexakuto]

I've seen ppl jokingly associate him with anything KyoAni like how Makima's design resembles Miss Kobayashi and Asa Mitaka resembles Tamako... Ppl even speculate that he's a big KyoAni fan cuz of that

[@0les_dn]

For as much as Fujimoto is imo at his very best in this story, the animation and approach to the adaptation is almost entirely thanks to director Kiyotaka Oshiyama. He served as script writer and character designer, and ***practically animated half the film himself***. As others have said, he’s basically a one-man army at his Studio Durian, but he took to preserving the original lines of other participating animators as well, to keep a feeling of raw expression. - This is the perfect approach that a story like this deserves. It’s been quite an important film for many aspiring animators such as myself, and I’m certain I’ll be coming back to it more and more as time passes.

[@plushiepenguin]

"One shots are like 45-60 pages" Meanwhile Fujimoto writing 2 full volume (150-180 pages) one-shots while prepping for Chainsaw Man part 2. Including one that gets adapted to a movie a few years later. Its wild that Look Back and Goodbye Eri are only side projects while Fujimoto was tossing around ideas for CSM Part 2. Dudes a real goated Mangaka.

[@MinniMaster]

Fujimoto’s one of the modern greats man, all of his work is gold

[@NegativKreep]

I’ve heard some people call him the Quentin Tarantino of Manga

[@rahulelanchezhian580]

@@NegativKreep kinda accurate

[@Toeas39]

Fujimoto is so goated. his assistants have made spy x family, dandadan and other pretty popular mangas as well.

[@zoom7331]

I believe that if we were to give the honors, we would give them to Shihei Lin, the editor of these mangas. He was the one who brought together the "dream team" of mangakas and Fujimoto was very lucky to have a very experienced team of assistants. Of course, this doesn't take away from its merit, but the work was more mutual than unilateral. And that's exactly what Look Back is all about, everyone is better at something, whether drawing scenarios or building the narrative, the combination of everything makes the magic

[@darkblaziken6894]

they made centuria (a goated manga) dandadan spy x family and hells paradise so yeah

[@NotInfiniteAmmo]

Hell’s Paradise too!

[@ebonyblack8109]

What's the other one? The night beyond the tri-cornered window or something?

[@ssjbargainsale]

@@ebonyblack8109 Someone mentioned already, but Centuria and Hell's Paradise. Both amazing. I think the weaker of the 4 is Spy x Family. Also important to remember that they were his assistants, but they already had experience and some were older than Fujomoto, so they also acted as mentors in a way

[@We_see_all]

"This is not that kinda show" caught off gaurd 😂

[@Doom_Guy__]

I saw the title and immediately knew they were cooked 😂. Let the tear bending commence.

[@Lari_A]

as an artist, this was so fantastic to watch. so many moments, experiences, behaviors, feelings that are familiar. if you get it, you get it!

[@alphabetparadox]

Knowing that Lupa saw the running scene on Twitter and was hyped to see this. Oh boy I’m ready to see them glasses get yeeted away.

[@alfanscholz8663]

We're not ready for a Goodbye Eri anime adaptation.

[@donq4483]

At long last, was waiting to see your thoughts on this one! This movie made me finally understand the Tatsuki Fujimoto "He's Cooking KILL HIM" meme

[@Nick-ib3hw]

Sometimes it's not even a timeline😂 it's just how it is "Fujimoto is cooking again 👹"

[@bondbond5397]

You know it's good when Lupa's silent at the end

[@J.IGGY4248]

Loved the small but subtle detail of how kyomoto was always the one working on the background and it panned out to show fujino sticking her manga out on the window to the view of her city as the manga sat itself in the background

[@uzukiz3870]

The crazed man attacking the art school is based on the kyoto animation studio attack in which a man thought the studio stole his work and decided to burn the building killing 36 people. The work he claims to have been stolen is the most basic cliche thing found in many works, he was basically delusional.

[@Pikwii]

I think this is actually my favorite reaction from you guys. Encapsulates the entire channel well. Jokes, predictions (true and false ones lol), and depression. Thank you guys ❤

[@Graylord12]

This movie was really awesome and displayed the casual passion for art really well. Easily in my top 5 anime movies

[@Okkotsu86275]

Painfully beautiful is the best description of this gorgeous film.

[@MFGeedorah47]

I just barely watched this two days ago and noticed not much people have gave it a go, glad to see you guys did because it’s fantastic

[@marcusbeasley3212]

I swear anything penned by Fujimoto is like a 5 course meal in suffering 🤣

[@mangodxwns]

this anime looks like its gonna crush my fucking soul but whatever lets check it out :D

[@anonisnoone6125]

It's a movie. And for some reason, Japan loves to make a lot of anime movies sad af. In this case tho, it's a sad adaptation.

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

@@anonisnoone6125 it's a sad country that's why. just look at them. they're about to go extinct

[@We_see_all]

​@@Dave_of_Mordor😐

[@OutOfPocket-h9e]

​@@Dave_of_Mordor OK Johnny Somali 🤡🤡🤡

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

@@OutOfPocket-h9e I wasn't saying it to disrespect. It has a high suicide rate, extremely overworked, a strict hierarchical culture that causes unnecessary stress, and many of the younger generations are wishing they can leave

[@NeoSpokenWorld]

I read the manga for this one a few months ago while waiting for the movie to come out and was left in tears, this past halloween it got released in theaters in my country so I went in to watch it that same day, and was left in tears once again... Painfully beautiful has to be the most accurate description for this one shot and movie, it's just so good that I just hope more people give it a chance because it deserves it (it was kinda sad to see that only 3 other people were in the room when I went to see it) I can definitely see a lot of artists from any medium out there deeply relating to this one (as one who had dabbled in the world of music making a bit I could relate here too even if it was an entirely different medium)

[@rrbcraftergames3361]

After seeing their reaction to Dandadan this movie is like an extended version of that feeling

[@INBCPC1994]

Fujimoto said in an interview that his family was worry about him because he hept drawing, they thought he would be a NEET with zero social skills; He then says that he's happy that he can make a living by drawing.

[@zir0nyx]

i knew when i heard lupa mention look back i knew we were going to get a reaction! so glad y'all are experiencing this too

[@geekhero7841]

I like the reze tease on the shark kick manga panels

[@yiddzin7318]

Awesome reaction. Keep that up y'all. No hard expectations over here cause you all got yourself a fan here because of how genuine y'all be. Much love

[@DamienOnTheWeb]

hell ya! So happy yall gave this a watch!

[@Kev.NTheLich]

Tatsuki fujimoto just knows how to express so much emotion through his work no matter what he's writing.

[@Graylord12]

18:14 The pochita door from chainsaw man lol. Nice detail

[@Zrs3820]

*Don't open the door Denji* 💀

[@PPinho2711]

I am so glad I was able to catch this in theaters, it was such an insane experience. This isn’t my favorite of Fujimoto’s one-shots but it’s still such a powerful and amazing read and watch.

[@raziengamer937]

Finally!! Was waiting for this reaction

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

The music was what did it for me, took it to another level

[@albinoDlN0]

Yall need to watch Maquia: when the promised flower blooms. Its such a good movie and yall would totally enjoy it. Put me right in the feels. Also, now that yall are parents I feel like you guys would appreciate it even more. Sad movies are so goated WATCH MORE!

[@Zrs3820]

YES! This movie is as sad as 'A Silent Voice'. The ending of this movie was just..... it's beautiful and sad.

[@kon.1896]

Watched this alone on theatre release in my country. I was holding back tears so hard my throat hurt. Look Back reminded me of so many art friends I had, we shared so many great moments just like Kyomoto and Fujino. It's kind of sad that we've all drifted apart as we progressed in life.

[@sirhawk705]

I can already sense the tears

[@Atomsk0192]

7:20 Editor, why are you like this? 🤣

[@spulshuuzan]

The legendary Joey Diaz

[@Kiwibowl792]

Ain't no way they animated this. I remember reading this and chainsaw man when they came out

[@Killhill93]

Yes I’m now just watching I’m happy yall reacted to this ❤

[@billlee3851]

7:00 Sheera casually predicting stuff again 💀

[@jonathanhamlet1942]

Love this movie it never fails to make me cry😭

[@forgeryyy]

"Keep your eyes on my back" Look Back

[@BillyJayGaming]

Just finished watching the film myself, from the story telling to the art style it was phenomenal! Can’t wait to see all of your reactions watching now!

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Within about a week of each other, I watched Look Back, Dandadan Episode 7, and Arcane Season 2 Act 2. 😭😭😭

[@tee-p6f]

if you are confused i think theres some context to be made that hasn't been really confirmed but hinted at by fujimoto in interviews and the way chainsaw man is currently downgraded in terms of art so when making chainsaw man fujimoto had alot of assistants to help him with backgrounds and one of those was tatsu, a background artist and assistant, who later went on to pursue own work known as dandadan. once tatsu left fans started noticing a decline in fujimotos art and no one exactly knows why, but it is speculated that he felt no urge to draw anymore and wanted to focus on writing per interview just out of boredom, because tatsu left to pursue dandadan, or both. i think it's likely both since you can point out tatsus art in chainsaw man before he left and fujimotos art style has changed to accustom to being burnt out. and at the end of chainsaw man part 1 (there are 2 parts of the manga currently), fujimoto took almost a two year break and made this one shot look back which is around the time tatsu left or likely even before. fujimoto has said before how he appreciated tatsu and his art so much and the two girls in this movie are i believe fujimoto and tatsu's friendship and what fujimoto thought of him.

[@caliotamegane6392]

duuude what a coincidence i just saw this last night as well, had me crying my ass off at 1am lmaoo

[@hemanthkumarjalluri6551]

Yooo that's me in the comment mention 🕺🕺🕺

[@yiddzin7318]

🔥honourable asf

[@hemanthkumarjalluri6551]

@@yiddzin7318 throughout the comment section i alone am the honoured one..

[@drakewilson638]

It's a great story. A favorite

[@lukastace3154]

Holy shit Lupa at the slice of life/non shounen reactions Just shows, what a solid movie

[@kreysi5745]

Beautiful Sadness.

[@meimeisabs6019]

Watching it theaters hits. As soon as Kyomoto ran out that door, oh boy was i breathing heavily. The scene where she took her outside to go fo stuff. When they're running through the crowd holdinh hands. Fujino leading and Kyomoto getting happily dragged along. Her smile😢. Damnnnnnnnnn you Fujimoto Kyomoto you adorable gremlin. Both VA's were top fucking notch

[@cthulhu_coffee8818]

*Me holding back SO MANY tears* Thanks for watching this!!

[@foxsotired3038]

I remember reading this a year ago and thinking about how it would make such a great adaptation.

[@Kev.NTheLich]

They said they were planning on animating fujimotos other works so maybe well get goodbye eri or fire punch

[@HN-fb6md]

Saw this in Theaters, a heartfelt story. Fujimoto is an incredible story teller. I reccomend Ghost Cat Anzu, its in theaters now but you can wait for it to hit stream.

[@Sayhitomimi]

I went to see this in the theatre and now watching your reaction, it gets me emotional every time. Fujimoto is crazy.

[@BIGJ0EC0BBLER]

Lets gooo! Goated movie. Fujimoto is the king.

[@oh_ok9140]

Glad you watch this painful but in a beautiful way movie. Look Back is definitely become my favorite anime movie of the year

[@dimisart]

I'm a digital landscape artist on tiktok and Boi I needed this anime cause after blue period I needed something to scratch that artist in me and this one shot was amazing

[@Nkanyiso_K]

Brutal ending, insane animation

[@MinYoonGi_Suga_AgustD_Bts]

yesssss

[@abura2980]

7:07 funny cuz Murata the illustrator for OPM loved the CSM part 1 manga when it was serializing weekly

[@xavienjimenez]

Now please universe. Give us Goodbye Eri 🙏

[@vbenchv]

Late to watching the reaction but so glad they watched this, I was able to watch this in theaters and gotta say one of the best movies this year 🙏

[@daddyporkchopz6259]

This movie is so beautiful glad i saw it in theaters

[@floopieee]

im glad i didn’t lmao. i needed to take a break especially after seeing that recent news segment of school shooting victims rooms and them be in the same condition as the kids left them.

[@geekhero7841]

I'm jealous 😭

[@ironicgaming1347]

Bro I couldn't watch a show with Sheera cause her intuition be spoiling the ENTIRE PLOT 😭

[@thejawajedi87]

It hit me a bit after i watched it, then I bawled my eyes out

[@crackers5422]

Was waiting for this one

[@HemantDuttaHD]

The new intro track is goated

[@JoJoestar]

This made me ugly cry in a theater and I'm so glad I left my room to see it

[@BaraahaMalatov-t8p]

Looking forward for the next one!

[@plumlum]

dont look back in anger, i heard you say

[@Yendyy455]

Cobra Kai new season is out we need the reaction asap it’s crazy

[@Guya13]

lets goooo

[@monoball8967]

Fujino, Kyomoto Tatsuki FUJIMOTO

[@ThomasWoodhouse-y8l]

First time I ever cried in the cinema

[@ShafAl-ye6rc]

16:57 foreshadowing frfr

[@sunsmono4763]

I’m so happy this go animated we don’t see a lot of female centric friendship stories

[@kiggerst]

in the end scene shark kick said to be continued in vol. 12. Vol. 12 of chainsaw man (which is a part 2 of the series) starting a new protagonist who is basically a combination of fujino and kyomoto.

[@overdramaticgoddess9696]

Me still waiting for the Cobra Kai Pt2 update

[@LooKingG00d]

Awesome thanks for the recomendation! Oh.. I remember the good old days when all anime were 12-24ep self-contained stories... 😬

[@mani3001]

I’m so happy you watched this There are some great Fujimoto easter eggs in this Really hope they will pick up Goodbye, Eri as well

[@dontmindme3103]

Thank you

[@galleryallaboutme]

can you please do smile 2

[@kvn00000]

very sad movie man i remember reading this alone at like 10 pm with mac demarco playing i was not ok lmao. also yall need to watch I Want To Eat Your Pancreas

[@jabbawookeez01]

😭 this movie made me cry watching it. i watched it on the train.

[@charlesbaxter3536]

like the new lead in music

[@SidianTheGreat]

Going into this knowing Fujimoto wrote it had me lowkey stressed the entire time. Loved it. Hurt my soul a bit.

[@NamelessOden]

I read the manga so knew what was coming but still cried my eyes out in the cinema! lmao, I love animation so much.