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What are you watching? Other Toku Series Edition
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09-20-2020, 04:55 PM
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Fish Sandwich
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Finished pounding my way through
Daimajin Kanon
. I'm glad I finally gave this show a chance after knowing about it for so long, and I'm also glad I took so long to give it that chance. It's a series I honestly don't think I would've really appreciated even a few years ago. Which feels strange to think about, because I also don't look at myself a lot and consciously think that I've changed all that much. But I guess we all
do
, right? It's a part of life, and it's what Daimajin Kanon is about above all else.
Of course, it's about a great many things. It's a series about having a piece of art that means a lot to you stolen away and bastardized into something you don't recognize – and it's produced by someone who maybe knows that feeling particularly well – but it's far from just being the Hibiki retool pity party. That's just the launching pad for a story that explores the struggle of a young woman trying to reconcile her own kind nature with the cruel indifference displayed by the world around her. It's an emotionally intimate tale that touches on that clash between doubt and faith largely by just showing us
people
, and all their facets. The plots of the episodes themselves can revolve around any number of things – Naruhisa Arakawa even found some room in there to further explore his vendetta against the education system at one point – but it always comes back to watching those connections play out, and how they affect Kanon's (quite radical) growth over the course of the series.
What it seems to revolve a lot less around, at a glance, is the supernatural struggle of the Onbake and their goofy hats against the wraiths known as the Ipadada. If you're familiar with the two Rider shows Shigenori Takatera was producer on, that shouldn't be too shocking. Daimajin Kanon is much more interested in its grounded drama than dazzling you with amazing action every episode. Make no mistake though, when the fights are there, they can be really well done, and all the weirdness is a crucial part of the story. It's not that the show doesn't value its fantasy elements — it just wants to leverage them to make a point.
I've written all these words about what Daimajin Kanon "is", but I don't think I can put it any more succinctly than the show's own opening narration does. It's a 21st century fable. A story that uses its extraordinary events and characters to parallel reality in an effort to impart something to whoever it's being told to. While the connection between the two sides of the show seems rather tenuous at first, it becomes obvious after a point how Kanon's own life relates thematically to the battles of spirits born from acts of compassion and kindness seeking to awaken their greatest warrior, who fell into a long slumber after having his faith in humanity shattered.
I don't think Daimajin Kanon is necessarily a show for everyone, but it's a work that feels utterly sincere in the things it's saying, made with care and precision to get those points across as best as possible. I'm not sure if it's the kind of story that's going to really stick with me on a personal level, but I absolutely saw something of myself in there, and I'd imagine most people would too. It was an extremely interesting, very
human
show I'm happy to say I gave the time of day to. It absolutely comes recommended to anyone who thinks it sounds interesting.
Oh, and Kanon's big brother certainly turned out to be a pretty cool guy, huh?
...Now I just gotta finally give Ultraman Max the time of day too, and Switchblade can be
really
happy
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