I will live, but those I want to see by my side won't.
Have you ever thought about immortality? How daunting it may be, despite feeling nice at first? Sure, a lot of media has already explored the existential crises that follow this condition, but there are some that portray it differently and much more tangibly than others.
We've got a list of five anime shows that are centered on the main characters dealing with the inability to die. If you want to think about how that impacts the individual — try these out.
The hit of this season, the story of an elven adventurer whose adventure has already ended, and whose party has already died. The adventurer, Frieren, can live for thousands of years and won't die from natural causes, but those who surrounded her, those who aided her their power, wilted. The pacing of the show is deliberately slow, the style is astonishingly smooth, and the vibe is bittersweetly somber. Thankfully, we're getting a long 28-episode season that will be able to tell us a good story.
This show offers a very interesting take on immortality, and the fact that it's on this list is already a spoiler. But it deals with immortality from the point of alchemy and time travel. This alone makes Baccano! worth your attention. Add to that a very special aesthetic of jazzy 1930s Chicago and beautifully jumbled storytelling that makes sense in the end, and you'll get a solid story that deals with immortality alongside period-relevant gangster-related events.
To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e)
The story follows an immortal and even non-humanoid being coming in contact with humanity and exploring the world. It's pretty dramatic, coming from Yoshitoki Ooima, the author of A Silent Voice (Koe No Katachi). The immortal being capable of transforming into anything and everything finds themself a companion, a human boy, and travels with him, and as their journey continues, they become more and more human. And the way the story is animated just elevates the surreal aspect of this world.
The questions and troubles of an immortal being that comes into contact with those who can actually die become much more prominent later in the story that you can read in the manga (which will end soon), but the anime adaptation still offers the viewers a glimpse into the life of a power-hungry but miserable god who wants nothing but recognition but ends up surrounded by a bunch of humans that he doesn't want to lose. But he'll have to, because, unlike him, they are mortal. And their mortality is a curse to him.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou)
This two-hour-long movie is focused on the life of Maquia, a member of a race of beings that can live for hundreds of years. She's all alone, as she's been orphaned, and dreams of the outside world — but her race distances itself from mankind. Yet mankind comes knocking, as the kingdom of Mezarte invades Maquia's homeland. In her attempt to escape the bloodbath, she finds a human child and decides to raise him as her own. The story is emotionally heavy, as Maquia has to live with the being that gets older rapidly than she is, but it's beautiful, its pace is careful, and the somber drama elevates the character development.
I will live, but those I want to see by my side won't.
Have you ever thought about immortality? How daunting it may be, despite feeling nice at first? Sure, a lot of media has already explored the existential crises that follow this condition, but there are some that portray it differently and much more tangibly than others.
We've got a list of five anime shows that are centered on the main characters dealing with the inability to die. If you want to think about how that impacts the individual — try these out.
The hit of this season, the story of an elven adventurer whose adventure has already ended, and whose party has already died. The adventurer, Frieren, can live for thousands of years and won't die from natural causes, but those who surrounded her, those who aided her their power, wilted. The pacing of the show is deliberately slow, the style is astonishingly smooth, and the vibe is bittersweetly somber. Thankfully, we're getting a long 28-episode season that will be able to tell us a good story.
This show offers a very interesting take on immortality, and the fact that it's on this list is already a spoiler. But it deals with immortality from the point of alchemy and time travel. This alone makes Baccano! worth your attention. Add to that a very special aesthetic of jazzy 1930s Chicago and beautifully jumbled storytelling that makes sense in the end, and you'll get a solid story that deals with immortality alongside period-relevant gangster-related events.
To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e)
The story follows an immortal and even non-humanoid being coming in contact with humanity and exploring the world. It's pretty dramatic, coming from Yoshitoki Ooima, the author of A Silent Voice (Koe No Katachi). The immortal being capable of transforming into anything and everything finds themself a companion, a human boy, and travels with him, and as their journey continues, they become more and more human. And the way the story is animated just elevates the surreal aspect of this world.
The questions and troubles of an immortal being that comes into contact with those who can actually die become much more prominent later in the story that you can read in the manga (which will end soon), but the anime adaptation still offers the viewers a glimpse into the life of a power-hungry but miserable god who wants nothing but recognition but ends up surrounded by a bunch of humans that he doesn't want to lose. But he'll have to, because, unlike him, they are mortal. And their mortality is a curse to him.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou)
This two-hour-long movie is focused on the life of Maquia, a member of a race of beings that can live for hundreds of years. She's all alone, as she's been orphaned, and dreams of the outside world — but her race distances itself from mankind. Yet mankind comes knocking, as the kingdom of Mezarte invades Maquia's homeland. In her attempt to escape the bloodbath, she finds a human child and decides to raise him as her own. The story is emotionally heavy, as Maquia has to live with the being that gets older rapidly than she is, but it's beautiful, its pace is careful, and the somber drama elevates the character development.
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