18 September

Study of Re:CREATORS 39: Lecture 7 continued

Lecture 7 continued

But I don’t want to talk back and fight about this. But still, it hurts just a little. I feel like drawing is bad. Sota …Do you think it’s all right if I draw? Is it okay if I want to draw?

Sota replied, “IN THAT POSITION BEFORE. DON’T ASK ME.”

“There was no reply…. After a long time, I realized that I got a message from her on the website.”

Dear Sota
I had a lot of fun at that event we went to together. I hope you don’t mind me saying this … That was the best memory from my life. I was really happy. Thanks. This is my new story. As I explained before, I named her after a star. This will probably be the last one. I hope this girl will be loved. Well, then … Goodbye.

“I stopped contacting her after that. I didn’t know what to say to her. And… Her words gave me such an ominous feeling… I didn’t have the courage. But after this started, I remembered. That I do know her. I know Altair.”

https://twitter.com/mackuro3/status/1332571243413848066

Sota had a phone call from Setsuna’s mother.
“Is this Sota Mizushino?”
“Yes, that’s me.”
“I’m sorry for calling you suddenly. This is Yuna Shimazaki’s mother.”

“And then I found out … what happened to Shinazaki....From my computer, from my phone… I deleted everything related to her. Her number, her SNS address, logs… Everything. I wanted to forget. My memories, the records… I wanted to make it all disappear. I was scared of what I did, and couldn’t stand it. I ran away.”

“That sounds bad. Sota. If I was in your position, I might have done the same thing. However… What you did … I can’t say ‘don’t feel so bad about it.’ If you were the type of person that didn’t feel guilty about it at all, then I wouldn’t want to talk to you.”
“You’re right, Matsubara. What I did to Shimazaki was horrible. I think that Altair was probably created out of her despair. And now Altair is trying to make Shimazaki’s wish come true. So, I…”
Meteota asks, “Do you regret it? Are you determined to accept the responsibility?”

It has turned out that this story is deeply concerned with Sota’s own doing. Sota was not one of the bystanders. New perspective is now added centered on Sota, that brings very disconsolate atmosphere in this anime. This kind of innovative convention breaking is the characteristic of some new anime works, of which Mari Okada has achieved several influential trials as producer.
https://twitter.com/mackuro3/status/1332573959116660741

I have studied some of Mari Okada’s manipulating methods of fictionality, applying the idea of “hypernatural presentation”, taking up two works, glass lip and true tears, in the Anime Study course. Below are the lecture notes of the course.
https://www.academia.edu/32418799/2016_anime_study_true_tears_and_glass_lip_docx

“Yes.”
“I understand. More than anything else, that is what your soul needs.”
“I want to stop Altair.”
“Of course. We must stop her. She was saying that this world is “the land of the gods. Even if we face off against her using power that surpasses logic, the power of the gods would win…. There is only one way.”

Takarada, the creator of Alicetaria is kept in captivity.
“Where is this place? ... Looks like the lights turn on. I have no idea what’s going on. I can’t draw in a place like this, ...Are you stupid? Oh, I should put that in the next episode. I’ll write a note.
Alicetaria comes in and takes him away.
“Takarada. …I cannot believe I was created by such a fool. Just as Selesia’s creator demonstrated. Where is your love for the story you created?”
She asks Takarada, “Creator. Answer my questions.”
“What? What is it?”
“My world, which you created. Is my world dear to you? …Do you have any intention of saving my world? That is what I ask.”
“I’m not the one who’s supposed to save your world. That’s up to you. You’re the only one who can save your world.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re the hero.”
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