In-Reply-To: References: <8D1FBEB9429142429946B1C2BE555A42@replicantPC> From: Joe Petrow Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:26:15 +0900 Message-ID: To: "seiyuu@usagi.org" Subject: [seiyuu:27640] Re: Monogatari Second Season 2 - Episode 20 (Onimonogatari End) Reply-To: seiyuu@ml.usagi.org ML-Count: 27640 Precedence: bulk On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Bear "replicant" Powell wrote: > |From: Joe Petrow > |Just wondering, have you ever seen Grave of the Fireflies? > > Yes, I got to see it around 91 or so at a college theater with > my anime club then. The story was very tragic, but it didn't > have much impact on me. I suppose the characters never > connected with me so I lacked that empathy needed to give > me a stronger response. Interesting. Even though I thought both of the kids were kind of brats that I couldn't really empathize with, the whole package was so overwhelming that I never could watch it again. Probably the last thing that got to me was watching the ending of Dog of Flanders when it aired again last year. Can't count how many times my wife has cried during Naruto Shippuden, but that does nothing for me. - Joe