Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 07 – YUUKI CANNOT DIE
August 29th, 2009
Is Yuuki Dead?!!
“Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated, geez”
I was also among the people who went “NOOOOO YUUUKKIIIII!!!” as the ending credits rolled, but one quick search on the synopsis of the upcoming episodes is enough to dispel me of this fear, hah! >:]
So calm down people, rest assured that Yuuki is going to be alright~ He’ll just be taken to the hospital, undergo some operation (I’m thinking he has appendicitis, given the indigestion-like symptoms), alive and genki not before long, and homeward bound they go~
Episodic Ramblings
From the time the new character Kento-kun appeared, I actually thought Mirai found her love interest, but then he had to leave as soon as the episode ended. Darn. Back to our regular Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 programming.
Would’ve loved it if this scene turned out something like this instead:
Kento: that was close.
Mirai: no, this one’s closer. * blush *
* cheeezyyyy *
* cough *
were the ones behind this show trying to make a pun out of ‘kaeru’, I wonder? kaeru is the japanese for frog, which could also mean ‘change’ (different kanji — can’t write in Nihongo dammit -_-)
Mirai sure has grown up. From being a selfish little brat who constantly grumbles, she has now learned to be grateful — grateful for her parents for the things they have done for her, grateful for the people around her, and grateful just to be alive.
Her perspective of the world has certainly changed through the course of this earthquake incident. After realizing there’s more to this life than “what people can/should do for me” or “what’s miserable about my life”, that there’s something she can do for them instead, suddenly the world becomes a much better place, a world of endless possibilities and not of problems. And in the end, she chooses to delight in the world than be disgusted by it. [credits goes to our pastor for the aforementioned alliteration]
Gotta admire her honesty (and humility) for admitting to envying Kento, who, despite being her age, has already found what he wants to do in his life. Mirai had none of such dreams, at least not yet. Despite having realized her own faults and what she ought to do to live a more fulfilling life, Mirai has yet to discover what her passion is.
I can relate with Mirai in this sense. I might be passionate about anime/manga/Nihongo, but career-wise… =/ Talk about some mid-mid-life crisis where I find myself asking whether I’d stick to being a geeky computer programmer / software designer, or do some Takemoto-ish soul-searching to find what I really want, change my career path or whatnot. Will Solanin be relevant to my interests given this premise? –or wait, that’s like a rhetorical question.
Similarly, I feel envious of people who have found exactly what they want in life, people who know exactly what they want — decisive people who have clear goals in mind. I have yet to find that sweet spot to gaining happiness in my career in the long run, it seems.
Not knowing what you want to do with your life at present is even worse than being uncertain about the future.
How exactly does one get to discover what he/she wants to do in life? Perhaps it takes one momentous event like what happened to Kento, or simply by spending time with people, as Marigold Ran says.
Perhaps along the way, you’d get to meet people who would serve as your role-models — the Kamina(s) of your life, your source of Spiral Energy. Perhaps you won’t even have to find it yourself, it’ll just happen when you least expect it — the turning points in our lives, little things that change our lives forever (Cross Game comes into mind with this, particularly Akaishi and how he got into baseball thanks to a little encounter with Wakaba, as bateszi also mentioned)
Mirai might still be a little lost at this point, but at least we know that her life is now headed to the right direction. She may not know exactly what she wants just yet, but I’m positive she will be able to, for as long as she keeps moving her hands, learn about life and herself in every possible circumstance, accomplishing little goals along the way, one step at a time, until she eventually finds what her heart so desires.
Here’s to hoping I’ll find mine too 
Oh and did I mention I love the whole conversation between Mirai and Yuuki in this episode? It was filled with ‘kaeru’, literally and figuratively, and definitely lots of love. Such a warm little picture amidst the chaos.
Likewise, I love how this series brims with optimism and hopefulness. It’s soothing to the soul desu~
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