Shigofumi: the difference between thinking and feeling
Shigofumi is a bitter pill. Mindful of the pitfalls that accompany basing your views on others’ opinions, I was still surprised at how it left me cold. It highlights the difference I didn’t realise existed until recently: namely that of appreciating a show and enjoying it.
This was never a problem when I merely watched anime purely as something to unwind to after a long day at work but now I watch it, think about it and discuss it at length I feel the need to prepare a justification as to why something is good/bad, an experience different from finding it fun to watch. I sometimes find certain titles to be difficult to write about, even though I enjoyed watching them. Shigofu is the opposite: while I can find plenty to say about it in a blog post, I’m hard-pressed to say it was entertaining in the conventional sense. My opinion on this particular show is best explained by a quote from Ray Kurzweil so please bear with me on this one.
