http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20090214/kara-no-kyoukai-movie-5-paradox-spiral-impressions-and-analysis/ An insight into the minds of the staff of The Nihon Review Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20090214/kara-no-kyoukai-movie-5-paradox-spiral-impressions-and-analysis/#comment-7091 progenitor Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:25:44 +0000 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/?p=436#comment-7091 Wow, very indepth analysis. However, I do disagree with your analysis of Araya and his motivation. I think the author's state of mind for Araya is that Araya suffering from cognitive dissonance caused by the inherent nature of individual vs group, which you can obviously see from the world around us (right to own guns vs safety for everyone, income disparity and what not) exacerbated by the one of the theoretical self actualization of people: Logotherapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_to_meaning). This dissonance forced Araya to see the ugliness of the world and try to correct it in his very unique way applicable only to Nasuverse (which also incidentally will destroy the world). Given this view point, it is easy to see how the ugliness of humanity drives him to his goal of seeking meaning; the ugliness shown to him increases his internal dissonance and make him see the pointlessness of it all, thus reinforces his search for meaning because he seeks to correct this meaninglessness. Its the same reason some people seek god and the people who seek god are mostly powerless, ie. powerful people don't have time for god while powerless people seek god for an answer to the fate dealt to them. That is why, to me the conversation at the end is especially relevant because it vindicates araya's motivation. He seeks true wisdom (meaning/logotherapy), he seeks it within himself because he realizes the futility of seeking the ONE TRUE TRUTH (either that or he is crazy enough to think his truth is the one true truth) so his only desire is to calm his inner cognitive dissonance, and his means is to destroy this world (which ironically enough may be a vindication of meaninglessness of everything and a step backwards). Thus, with this view, we can perfectly understand what kind of person Araya is and what kind of person Toukou is. Araya is someone who does not accept the contradictions of the world and will do anything to correct it, even if it means destruction of the world while Toukou is someone who accepts the world and its imperfections, and thus naturally tries to prevent Araya from succeeding. (PS. This is how I would rate the characters: Araya - nihilist, Toukou,Tomoe- existentialist (tomoe found his meaning before his death). Wow, very indepth analysis. However, I do disagree with your analysis of Araya and his motivation. I think the author’s state of mind for Araya is that Araya suffering from cognitive dissonance caused by the inherent nature of individual vs group, which you can obviously see from the world around us (right to own guns vs safety for everyone, income disparity and what not) exacerbated by the one of the theoretical self actualization of people: Logotherapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_to_meaning). This dissonance forced Araya to see the ugliness of the world and try to correct it in his very unique way applicable only to Nasuverse (which also incidentally will destroy the world). Given this view point, it is easy to see how the ugliness of humanity drives him to his goal of seeking meaning; the ugliness shown to him increases his internal dissonance and make him see the pointlessness of it all, thus reinforces his search for meaning because he seeks to correct this meaninglessness. Its the same reason some people seek god and the people who seek god are mostly powerless, ie. powerful people don’t have time for god while powerless people seek god for an answer to the fate dealt to them. That is why, to me the conversation at the end is especially relevant because it vindicates araya’s motivation. He seeks true wisdom (meaning/logotherapy), he seeks it within himself because he realizes the futility of seeking the ONE TRUE TRUTH (either that or he is crazy enough to think his truth is the one true truth) so his only desire is to calm his inner cognitive dissonance, and his means is to destroy this world (which ironically enough may be a vindication of meaninglessness of everything and a step backwards). Thus, with this view, we can perfectly understand what kind of person Araya is and what kind of person Toukou is. Araya is someone who does not accept the contradictions of the world and will do anything to correct it, even if it means destruction of the world while Toukou is someone who accepts the world and its imperfections, and thus naturally tries to prevent Araya from succeeding. (PS. This is how I would rate the characters: Araya – nihilist, Toukou,Tomoe- existentialist (tomoe found his meaning before his death).

]]> http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20090214/kara-no-kyoukai-movie-5-paradox-spiral-impressions-and-analysis/#comment-2892 Angel's_Destiny Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:11:12 +0000 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/?p=436#comment-2892 This is a really interesting review! And i agree with "ndqanh_vn" about how this was the longest movie...and also EPIC!! BUT i don't agree with what you said about, Shiki being a male in the cafe scene near the end...the red Kimono could mean something totally different...i think that it just showed how they are so much alike (as referred to in the movie)...also it was kinda like he was there to see her again to say "goodbye" for the last time, because he loves Shiki! ....well something like that ^_~ so yea i don't <em>entirely</em> agree there, but overall, nice review! ^_^ This is a really interesting review! And i agree with “ndqanh_vn” about how this was the longest movie…and also EPIC!! BUT i don’t agree with what you said about, Shiki being a male in the cafe scene near the end…the red Kimono could mean something totally different…i think that it just showed how they are so much alike (as referred to in the movie)…also it was kinda like he was there to see her again to say “goodbye” for the last time, because he loves Shiki! ….well something like that ^_~ so yea i don’t entirely agree there, but overall, nice review! ^_^

]]> http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20090214/kara-no-kyoukai-movie-5-paradox-spiral-impressions-and-analysis/#comment-2795 ndqanh_vn Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:39:14 +0000 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/?p=436#comment-2795 This is the longest one, and maybe the most exciting and deep in 6 movies released so far. Thank you for such a deep review This is the longest one, and maybe the most exciting and deep in 6 movies released so far. Thank you for such a deep review

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