[Episode] Dusk Beyond the End of the World • Towa no Yuugure - Episode 1 discussion

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• zabadoh@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Wow, that was really good, even the “will they or won’t they” mini-arc of scenes.

  The animation and art weren’t super high quality, but writing was good.

  Oddly enough, I found that the AIs were the most interesting character(s), differentiating themselves from the stock protagonists, as a whole, even if the AIs were not as identifiable as individuals.

  I’m hoping that Dove, and maybe the smart speakers, survived the apocalypse and find out what happened to them.

  The brief interjected scenes of a POV moving down the narrow pedestrian walkways seemed oddly foreboding, and seemingly unrelated to later events.

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• zabadoh@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So looking at the title: Literally translated “towa” is eternity, “yuugure” means dusk or twilight

  Of course we now know Towasa is the name of a character, but the construction of her name means “eternity-ness”, i.e. “having the quality of eternity”

  You figure that’s going to come in sometime.

  While we’re on the subject of names, Akira means “bright,” “clear,” or “intelligent” (which he certainly is) and can also mean “wisdom,” “strength,” or “enlightenment”

  According to this

  The name’s etymology reflects core values in Japanese culture, where clarity of thought and brightness of character are highly esteemed qualities. Akira emerged from classical Japanese naming practices that often incorporated aspirational qualities parents wished for their children.

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