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@lanodan it's weird because it wants to tell a story that can only be told that way.

it uses so many metaphors and such an odd art style and setting because it wants you to relate to the characters and feel true sympathy. to see beyond their bodies. to make no assumptions about them. to recognize how they're all living, feeling beings who can't take their lives for granted. they grow on you, more than in most other anime, even if they're simplistic and often have big flaws.

they grow on you and you care about them the way you might care about a pet. it hurts to see them suffer and die.

it shows you your own empathy; how precious every life and every person around you can be to you. and then it treats them like we humans treat each other every day because we forget how to see the irreplaceable soul in each and every one of us.

cc @vivi bc we briefly talked about ghibli movies yesterday and this show has a message and way of conveying it that reminds me of them