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Type

ONA

Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Jan 17, 2012

Avant Garde

Synopsis

Short animation by Sawako Kabuki.

1,418 Members

Worth Watching? — Global Verdict

5.0/10

Average Review Score

33%

Recommend It

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International Reviews

jumpy

Not Recommended

I went into this expecting myself to laugh at this like other pretentious workes. *cough* Dreams *cough* But this was actually a bit surprising. Don't get me wrong, I did laugh at first because that's what I expected, and all you see for the first minute is the same guy, butt-naked, having a little guy popping out of his ass. The music made it even funnier, but when it ended, I felt like a complete asshole for laughing. It felt like it was, in a way, representing life backwards. I'm not gonna spoil what happens (this is literally 2 minutes, go watch it), but the ending interestedme enough to re-watch it and make sure I didn't miss anything. I'm not even sure what to rate this. So, ignore the score, this will probably change later on. Go watch it, two minutes won't hurt.

12 found helpfulOct 2, 2015

Sidewinder51

Not Recommended

Community Discussion

I was stuck between a rate of 4 and 5 There are no vocals. I am guessing the message was about life and going back to the time of birth. As to what the message was i am not sure. I did like the beginning because the art seemed to match classical music. The work of that was in my eyes a human band. The only problem of that was it became to repetitive. Sure the plot stayed somewhat connected but it was almost like a loop was being made. I don't recall there being any color other than black and white. aside from not understanding the message i couldnot quite figure out how this came to be. Was this someone's who is that picture of? was it a dream? Too many questions. Very little in answers.

eblf2013

Recommended

If someone asked me to summarize the Avant Garde genre in one video, this would be THE video. Kabuki Sawako is one of the most underappreciated people here, I think her works are great, and I value she is not afraid of showing what she wants to do: peak bizarreness. I really did not know what to expect just from viewing the picture, what I saw is the LAST thing I've ever expected. One of the most BASED works of art to ever exist, you must see to believe because you WON'T know what to expect. Watching it was a surprise, a pleasantly weird surprise drizzledwith epic classical music. Who said you CANNOT mix that song with whatever appears on screen? THERE ARE NO LIMITS AND THIS SHORT SHOWS THAT VERY WELL. At this point I am not sure if this is a work of art or the best shitpost I have ever seen or even both. Who knows? But what I'm sure you won't be indifferent after watching this, you might feel disgust, fear, anger or even euphoria like I did, I really did laugh at this, this was a marvelous 2-minute experience.

1 found helpfulJul 24, 2023