I LOVE Fushi, they were my favorite character from To Your Eternity, what a sweet little guy. It’s so nice to see him learn and grow as a person as the story progresses.

I also think their design is excellent, both in the regular boy form and in every other form they take throughout the show. I’m really looking forward to season 2 to see more of his development, hopefully they can be happy for like more than 5 seconds pls

(also I have written a WYSW post for To Your Eternity if anyone hasn’t seen the show yet)

Thank you!

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WYSW: To Your Eternity

**spoiler-free!**

To Your Eternity released this Spring season, and is another animated work originally written by Yoshitoki Oima, the author who created A Silent Voice. Both of these works are excellent, but they’re vastly different. A Silent Voice takes place in the real, modern world; meanwhile, To Your Eternity takes place in a fantasy universe and is filled with much more action and adventure. One thing they have in common, though, is that they both will absolutely destroy you emotionally.

Here’s a short summary: To Your Eternity is about a magical orb created by a mysterious god-like figure released into the world in order to learn about the planet. This orb has the ability to change its form into any object, creature, or person it touches (with some caveats, of course). Eventually gaining sentience and the name Fushi, this orb sets off on a heartbreaking journey to learn the meaning of life and death.

It is difficult to discuss this kind of anime without spoiling it, but I will say this show is full of really heartbreaking and emotional scenes, fun characters, and frightening villains. Fushi is an incredible protagonist. It is so fun to see them learn and grow, and they develop into a really sweet and lovable character.

Fair warning, there is a significant amount of gore and violence in this show, although I wouldn’t say it’s gratuitous or hard to watch. The most difficult part is definitely the emotional hits. If you’re mentally prepared for a really heartbreaking story, I would highly recommend To Your Eternity! A second season has already been announced, but if you’re impatient, there’s always the manga.

Thanks for reading!

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First Impressions: To Your Eternity

**spoilers for episodes 1-12**

To Your Eternity is the only show this season that I’m actually keeping up with, and it was also the only one that caught my eye before it even started airing. I’m a huge fan of Yoshitoki Oima, author of the well known series A Silent Voice, so I figured I would enjoy anything else she wrote as well, and so far I’m not disappointed.

If you were expecting something like A Silent Voice from To Your Eternity, though, you’re definitely going to be a little thrown off. I didn’t know what to expect going into this show, but it wasn’t this.

A Silent Voice is certainly sad, but it’s sad in a raw, realistic, relatable way. To Your Eternity is sad in a completely different way, although I’m not sure if I know how to articulate it. It’s like, existentially sad?

Now that this first arc has concluded, I’m starting to come to terms with the fact that the rest of the show will just be Fushi meeting new people and loving them until they die. Which I know is kind of the whole point, but I am a little concerned about growing numb to the same routine of characters dying over and over again. And boy, do these characters die. Not just in a ‘oh, they died, how sad, but it was peaceful and pleasant’ way, these characters die in a Grave of the Fireflies, horrible, rip-your-heart-out way.

But I understand that this is the nature of the show. The first episode was so emotional and well done it could practically stand alone, and I was thoroughly moved by both March and Gugu’s stories. But man, am I sad!

One of the best parts of the show is definitely Fushi as a character. I think his Japanese voice actor is amazing, and the way he is eager to learn and make friends is just so adorable. Also, the past couple episodes that introduced Fushi’s ‘creator’ as a character are establishing a darker main storyline that I’m looking forward to discovering more about.

Overall, I do really like it so far, and I hope the series continues to keep the audience’s attention. A bunch of new characters are going to be introduced in the upcoming episodes, and hopefully they prove to be just as interesting as Fushi’s past companions.

Let me know if you have any further thoughts on this new show. Thanks for reading!

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