I had to watch it twice because western filmmakers have conditioned me to assume every story has a villain and will have things go horribly, so I was very confused the first time.
what is this even trying to say?
that people who kayak or canoe have illusions of grandeur? understood.
even stating that childhood dreams are crushed by capitalism is trite.
i wanted to be a beautiful woman who was a covergirl on an issue of sassy magazine and look where that got me. i'm just another 40 year old man who wears pink dresses when they're shitposting on lemmy because they got banned from reddit for telling someone on their local board that they were 'a delusional gentrifying yuppie.'
I think the guy who enters the water in the second panel and the old man on the canoe are different people i.e. the reflection is actually the glasses guy who became very large
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Well, that's horrifying. Imagine looking down and seeing an absolutely massive face in the water like that?
Is that his dad in the rowboat coming to visit him?
"Oh boy, oh boy! I'm excited to see my boy! I sure hope nothing mistakes me for prey!"
I feel like there's a game with that but I cannot remember what it is
Sunless sea.
In Xanadu
I'm not sure about game, but it definitely has some Attack on Titan vibes.
For some reason this gave me strong studio Ghibli vibes.
Pretty understandable reasons
What? Which story is this? I thought I had seen all the Ghibli stories including their "obscure" On Your Mark.
Ponyo
Probably not that obscure compared to something like Ocean Waves
Oh yea. I was scarred by that movie. Literal "boy meets
girlfish " story.I had to watch it twice because western filmmakers have conditioned me to assume every story has a villain and will have things go horribly, so I was very confused the first time.
Just out of curiosity, what did you do about Totoro and Kiki, then?
I think I'd figured it out by then. Besides, Kiki is basically her own antagonist, lol.
I knew it!!
My first thought exactly.
For me it's Evangelion, but I can't place why. Maybe giant smiling Rei?
Who is giving him his haircuts? Who is filling his prescription for glasses?? This is great!
The ocean provides.
How's the ocean health insurance's deductible?
He's part of a tight knit community of Lovecraftian Horrors.
That's so beetlemoses. Makes me feel something and also what on earth
Ok I think this is the explanation I was looking for.
For anyone curious to know how this story ended. Check the season 2 ep.8 of "Love, Death & Robots".
I've never seen someone put the episode before the season. I feel uncomfortable.
For when you want to watch episode 1 of every show sequentially
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Wasn't there a movie where a girl found a turtle with a scar and, much later, it got HUGE?
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This is somehow feel beautiful
This truly is the best place online
Dandân vibes
Wait guys, I know how to deal with this one. There's usually some kinda royal living inside a vase nearby...
Hell yeah I'd hang that in my bathroom
rei
Unironically yes
Haruuuuum. Is it das Limpet?
what is this even trying to say? that people who kayak or canoe have illusions of grandeur? understood. even stating that childhood dreams are crushed by capitalism is trite.
i wanted to be a beautiful woman who was a covergirl on an issue of sassy magazine and look where that got me. i'm just another 40 year old man who wears pink dresses when they're shitposting on lemmy because they got banned from reddit for telling someone on their local board that they were 'a delusional gentrifying yuppie.'
join the fucking club on being disillusioned.
I think it's a beautiful and surreal statement on how wonderful it can be to follow your dreams and become even what people tell you is impossible.
I think the guy who enters the water in the second panel and the old man on the canoe are different people i.e. the reflection is actually the glasses guy who became very large
I think the guy in the boat is his father from the previous panel
I don't think that's a reflection. I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be him underwater, having realized his dream, looking up.
Yeah, I mean the character had glasses the whole way through for continuity.
As for OP, I think it is just a beautiful rendition of completely following through on the childhood dream, and parents supporting it.