To Your Eternity: Fumetsu no Anata e

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It, a mysterious immortal being, is sent to the Earth with no emotions nor identity. However, It is able to take the shape of those around that have a strong impetus.

At first, It is a sphere. Then, It imitates the form of a rock. As the temperature drops and snow falls atop the moss, It inherits the moss. When an injured, lone wolf comes limping by and lays down to die, It takes on the form of the animal. Finally, It gains consciousness and begins to traverse the empty tundra until It meets a boy.

The boy lives alone in a ghost town, which the adults abandoned long ago in search of the paradise said to exist far beyond the endless sea of white tundra. However, their efforts were for naught, and now the boy is in a critical state.

Acquiring the form of the boy, It sets off on a never-ending journey, in search of new experiences, places, and people.

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episode 2:

I was unsure after episode 1, but the second episode continues to be great, so here's a thread. This is totally something to cry for, permant tragedy looming over everyone. :( I feel so bad for Marchi. It's so easy to imagine what must be going through her head .... on one hand, she doesn't want to die. On the other, she doesn't want her little sister and best friend to die, either. Ugh. These people are cowards. "Oniguma" is, I assume from the name, the bear we saw at the beginning of the episode. They should toughen up and hunt it down, the end. Not an easy task, but infinitely better than sending children to death.

The main character is one big oddity. Even when he eventually will learn to speak (I'm guessing here), will he talk from his own perspective or will his thinking also be mimicking the things he made contact with? So far he has learn to heal wounds, stay warm and eat.

Anyway, interesting story for sure.

Episode 3:

And with this episode, this anime is a masterpiece. Easily anime of the season for me so far, despite quite some competition. Considering nobody has posted in this thread yet, I urge all of you to give this anime a chance and watch at least the first 2 episodes.

This is turning into a bonafide non-episodic adventure story like I haven't seen one since ... I don't know. I get Kemono no Souja Erin-vibes, except this one has much better animation and a more mysterious story so far. If this story leads somewhere meaningful and can keep up its quality through to the end .... damn. <3

I'm sure this is wonderful, in fact I have no doubt, but I'm not really interested in the near term at being wistfully depressed by the bittersweet agony.

Also, I just re-read all of A Silent Voice like two weeks ago, so I'm topped up on Ōima Yoshitoki works for the immediate moment.

Maybe later though.

Oh ffs, I just thought the thread got deleted for bs reasons, search didnt show anything when I entered "fumatsu", either. Can we please not use those shitty English titles? We're all weebs enough to use the, much better, original titles :/

Episode 4:

Still going strong, although a little slower pacing this week than the previous episodes. From the preview it looks like it'll actually succeed, but the prison break out plan seemed awfully simple. Didn't have confidence in that succeeding lol.

Oniguma was still alive?! That was weird. He looked very dead ever since his defeat by Fushi. Oh well. I guess he really was some kind of god. would at least contextualize his ridiculous size.

This continues to be my favorite anime of the season, if animation had a higher budget, it'd be a Ghibli-movie.

Episode 5:

FFS

I cried for like 5 minutes ... when she died. And then when Fuji mimicked her face when stopping Parona from committing suicide. Fuck ...

Definitely didn't expect that, because we'd seen Marchi's adult form in terms of visions/opening before. If anything, I expected Marchi to be saved and Parona go on adventure with Fu-chan.

This anime has been so good and it still is. What a surprise out of nowhere. And fuck, I was SO happy when that bitch got hit by Fu-chan's Oniguma-form, but then she was still alive, ugh. But from the look on her face, she's quite a broken existence at that point. Good.

The preview for next week looked great, too. Really can't tell where this series is going, and whether it's even possible to end it in a satisfying way. But this ... man, this anime is like Mushishi, except with an ongoing plot and less boring.


PS: It needs to be said: Parona has an amazingly erotic body shape. Wow. It's all the more conspicuous here because this isn't your run-off-the-mill ecchi moe anime, lol. But her body is just perfect. Slightly bigger boobs maybe, but nah, proportions are what matters. That slender back ... hngg.

Just out of curiosity: Am I really the only one watching this? Ryll has explained why he's not watching it currently, but the rest of you?

It's weird, because it feels as if I were the only one watching the final season of Attack on Titan. That's how essential this anime is imo. Sorry if anyone feels attacked, but I had to ask. :>

I watch anime with my wife, and she can't handle sad stories, so we haven't continued this after the first episode.

It's not that unusual. Kraco and I were the only people posting about ARIA basically forever, and that was over a decade ago when the forums were more active. Shinta eventually watched it as well.

Hm, I just feel like this one's really universally appealing. Good artstyle, good adventure story, the full package. Oh well. Probably just me being sad that this anime doesn't get much reaction here ;>

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Originally Posted by shinta|hikari

I watch anime with my wife, and she can't handle sad stories, so we haven't continued this after the first episode.

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Well, good call then xD

You should watch it without her then at some point though, really great anime.

I'm stalling at each episode, sadness/melancholy and violence are not things I need in my life.

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Originally Posted by David75

I'm stalling at each episode, sadness/melancholy and violence are not things I need in my life.

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This anime is indeed a masterpiece. It has been awhile since an anime has been so efficient at evoking such a wide range of emotions. I'm scared to watch every episode due to the brutality of the realness inside a fantasy setting. I was balling my eyes out in ep5, shit aint fair I say!

Low key mad at the recommendations but yall weren't wrong.

episode 6:

Phew, not a sad episode for once - but an unexpectedly action-heavy one! That fight against the "entity" was nicely animated, I especially loved how Fushi ran around as Marchi.

Also, I didn't expect Fushi's origin/existence to become part of the ongoing plot that early. I assumed he'd experience all sorts of adventures and in the last episode we find out where it all lead to. but nah, there is his creator :o This should make the story much more involved than I expected, very nice surprise.

episode 7:

The range (emotion, settings, characters) of this anime is amazing. After a sad beginning, an action-heavy middle, now we get this more cheerful episode (with a tragic flashback, admittedly).

Also, how smoothly every episode flows into the next one really makes this a great adventure journey. There aren't any hardcuts, every episode ends in a way that sets up the next one. Nowadays the vast majority of anime are strictly episodic, with each episode being about one specific plot point. Not so Fumatsu, where the plot is one overarching element and each episode simply shows us as much as 20 minutes can.

I wonder how the boy's face really looks like. Honestly, he probably should have been dead after that tree trunk falling on his head. The other thing I'm wondering about is whether Fushi will eventually learn the ability to heal others. He can insta-heal himself, but healing others would be really useful, especially if the boy''s face is truly hideous. It might make for a tragic realization though, finding out that he could have saved Marchi. Hm.

Episode 8:

I really hope we get to see Gugu's face, because it's hard to imagine how it could scare people so much. Then again: The old guy adding an alcohol-producing organ into him ... wtf.

For now, I just want to see a path to happiness for Gugu. It's hard to watch someone who's working so hard and remains positive even after so much misery receiver unfair treatment again and again. However, this isn't unrealistic. It mirrors our real society where outward appearance counts more than the character of a person.

Only thing I was disappointed: That Fushi only went after Gugu because of his desire to learn. I had hoped he'd learn what a friend is and say "because Gugu is my friend". But ... maybe that's still happening in the future. :>

episode 9:

omg, showing almost the entire battle thats about to happen in next episode, thats even worse than a cliffhanger xD

I still hope we get to see what Gugu looks like. It's easy for Rean to claim she doesnt care about his appearance, but sad fact is: some people *do* look so hideous that it's hard to stomach, especially when that person desires a romantic relationship.

episode 10:

Omg, the tears just kept coming - tears of joy >_<

When Fushi returned and thanked Gugu for saving him ... had my eyes bawling, that so so feelgood. Gugu in his entirety is such an awesome character. In any other anime, he'd be the protagonist.

The time skip is nice, too, seeing Gugu all grown up and buff, haha. Meanwhile Rean just ... got a bit taller, rofl.

"Then see it through to the end" the godly guy told Fushi ... yeah, if Gugu dies, I'm gonna be devastated :/ Pls don't do this, anime.

Man, I can't get over how cool it was that Gugu actively joined the fight against that otherworldly monster. Gave me BERSERK-vibes, like, normal humans aren't supposed to stand a chance against such monsters, heh. Cool little guy. Cool big guy, sorry, Gugu.

OMFG! Don't you dare die, Gugu!

And here I thought the episode would end with a peaceful, uplifting revelation ... than the floor literally cracks. lol

I'm kinda mad about Rean. Yeah, Gugu could be more proactive, but there clearly is a class system in action and Gugu knows that. It's up to Rean to decline that random marriage candidate and tell her parents that she loves Gugu.

What's absolutely necessary, however, is that Rean sees Gugu's face before they marry. If I were Gugu, I wouldn't be able to live in constant fear of losing my wife in the event she ever saw me without mask. So accepting his appearance is key. I wonder if the anime will undo at least some of Gugu's ugliness. Maybe he grew out of the misshaped face when he got older and it looks kinda okay now? Or Fushi can heal him, after all. Actually, maybe Gugu is severely injured from the fall and when Fushi learns to heal Gugu when he tries to save his life, he accidentially also heals Gugu's face. Maa ....

Gotta be honest though: At first I thought the big brother returned only to be revealed being the marriage candidate of Rean's. Now that would have been a mindfuck.

Episode 12:

Fuck :(

I didn't understand the Rean-scene with Fushi at the end, though. Why didn't Fushi tell her? This only fucks her up double: First time, crying for Fushi, second time, crying for Gugu. But then in the last scene when she's lying in the flower bed, she spoke as if she knew Gugu wasn't coming back. A bit weird, but maybe I missed a detail?

Anyway ... fuck. Can't ever give us a little happy end, eh :/ I know, I know, it's probably all a metaphor for how life/living means meeting new people and losing them eventually. But ... I don't like this whether it's irl or in fiction >_< Ffs, Gugu ... it was so awesome to see a mere human fighting alongside Fushi against such a monster.

episode 13:

wow, i fucking hate that girl. acting like she did nothing wrong. pls transform into the bear and eat her whole, Fushi ;>

Well, at least looks like we're in for some action-heavy episodes.

Gotta admit, though: Fushi finally realizing that he's losing precious memories when the Nokker take from him made me tear up again. Get that Marchi back, Fushi!

Episode 14:

Nice, more Parona <3<3<3

I still hate the teenagers that flock to Fushi. They surely have some tragic, horrible past, but that doesn't excuse trapping him and the old lady on a slave ship towards a slave island. Especially their attitude irks me wrong, constantly smirking and laughing. At least Fushi himself criticized that, too.

I'm not sure I like that abilities are now locked to memories. He should be able to do Parona's moves even with his inuit boy-body. At least somewhat. But I won't complain if it means more Parona <3

Looking forward to find out who that mysterious, weird girl is. Another immortal? A higher tier-Nokker? Hm ...

Episode 15:

Man, I really hate Tonari. If we'Re supposed to like her, I hope her flashback next episode will do some heavy lifting, ugh.

Nice to see that the woman from earlier in the series returns, didn't make that connection last episode. Bad, however: Parona is dead. WTF. I didn't realize that last week. After all, Fushi can only mimic bodies of dead beings. :/ I assume the evil woman killed her. Hoping for some serious outrage from Fushi.

episode 16:

I really hope they explain why she's got these superhuman abilities, because if that's just "how a skilled fighter works" in that world, it's bs.

Episode 17:

Yeah, I still hate her. It just doesn't make sense that she's this strong.

I guess she ... wants Fushi's baby?! If Fushi's imitation ability is as perfect as thought, not sure her baby would have any special abilities, it'd be just the baby of the first guy that Fushi met.

Unfortunately, those prison island episodes have been kinda dragging, especially compared to the fantastic pacing before that. I hope the last couple episodes can return to that, otherwise my initial 9/10 will probably go down to 8/10.

Finally caught up.

Agreed with all points, especially the crazy bitch and how the prison island arc is dragging.

I guess Tonari is the next form he will take.

episode 19:

Finally this arc is over. Am I the only one who didn't feel anything when the kids got killed? I just never liked them. Unlike all the people Fushi met before, they were just ... eh.

Unfortunately, I have to say that this anime is now an 8/10 at best, and only if the remaining episodes return to the greatness before the island arc.

Fushi not killing people is the worst contrivance in this story. Basically anything that drives the plot forward is always about Fushi's cowardice.

Episode 20:

And there the anime made me cry again right at the end :(
This felt really close to home. It's what keeps me up often at night. The thought of loved ones that are older than me, dying some day :(
I still don't know how I'll be able to cope with that should it ever happen, as of now I think I'll just completely shut down and stop living.

Fantastic final episode and it's a return to pre-island goodness.

On an even better news: Season 2 was announced today!

https://twitter.com/nhk_animeworld/s...46122119487493

Hopefully, all of you will catch up with season 1 until then. really a special anime

Season 2 - Episode 1:

Alright episode. Not too emotional, but I'm just generally invested in the unknown nature of Fushi' adventure.

Also: Wow, a 50something years old woman who isn't looking like a frog in my anime?! nice :D

Season 2 - Episode 2:

WTF, I really am not okay with the poison girl dying only because the shitty little girl refused to have the OBVIOUS parasite removed off her left arm :/

Anyway, Fumetsu is cancelled hereby, lol. "Omg, an underage girl wants Fushi's baby!!1" :D What I didn't quite understand: All those successors are NOT Fushi's children, right? So I guess it will take some time before Fushi fulfills the promise he gave Hisame.

It's crazy how much time goes by though. This world doesn't see much technological progress, huh.

Season 2 - Episode 3:

What a ... fun episode?! :D

The prince is just my type of character, instantly reminds of ReZero's Betegeuse, although a nice version of him.

The guard falling in love with Fushi's girl transformation was fantastic, lol. I just fear that this would end in tragedy. Either Fushi would lose a baby the moment he transforms, or he wouldn't be able to transform for 9 months, also being open for enemy attacks and losing the baby. So I kinda hope they don't go that direction. THe horny part in me ofc thought about whether Fushi is actually male, but ... he isn't. He cam as a neutral ball, first transformed into a wolf, then a boy, then a girl, then another girl. So having sex with female Fushi wouldn't really be "gay" ;>

Also something hilarious in this episode: How the prince (and maybe everyone from his kingdom) seems to a total Fushi-fanatic. Fushi transforms into mole -> instantly caught. Fushi transforms into owl -> instantly caught. LOL. This was great.

Not sure where this going now, but after a somewhat lame start with episode 1, episode 3 is now making the first strides towards a great 2nd season.

Season 2 - Episode 4:

Ok, I love the implications. So other people can see the ghosts of the dead, too? Meaning that they're actual ghosts and not just memories of Fushi's! Also implying that an afterlife exists.

I wonder why Bon has this special ability and who that woman was that visited him 15 years ago.

Also we find out about Fushi's big goal: Gathering "everything" to achieve freedom. Whatever that means.

Season 2 - Episode 5:

This is getting SO interesting, wow.

I love how Bon is actually "conversing" with the shadow guy, makes everything feel more real and less construed.

Also lol, "I guess there are people like that in the world, I just don't want you to be one of them" ROFL

And then the big plot twist: Fushi can revive dead people! Wow. Chilling moment.

Dat cliffhanger, though.

Season 2 - Episode 6:

And that's why being immortal, but not being almighty, sucks. Wow. That pain should actually drive Fushi insane, even if he ultimately survives. If this were real life, his mind would need to have regenerative powers, too.

Season 2 - Episode 7:

omfg, what is it with these insane cliffhangers this season?! :D

Great episode and Bonji-sama is a great clown all to his end.

Bummer we didn't see Todo again. While not enough time should have gone by, she probably lost tons of weight and looks way better now.

Fushi having learnt to manipulate iron is cool. Hopefully it leads to him learning how to manipulate the human body itself to heal people.

Season 2 - Episode 8:

Ok, things are getting interesting now. Kinda frustrated that Bonji still didn't tell Fuji about his reviving skills, though.

The Nokkers' plan is actually super exciting. It's a dilemma that pertains to reality, too: IF there is an afterlife, then why continue living instead of going to the better place? Ofc, Christianity forbids suicide, but other than that? It's a question I, amid my severe depression, have asked myself many times. My answer was: If there is an afterlife, then life is just about having as much fun as possible until I go back to not-living, just as it was before my birth.

If the afterlife in the world of this anime is a happy place, then the Nokkers might actually be doing good. Heck, it could be argued that life itself is a state brought about by a villain (the black one?) and that flesh bodies are truly prisons and nothing else.

Season 2 - Episode 9:

Somewhat unfocused episode. Not sure how making bigger things will make a change for fights against Nokkers as we've seen in this episode. Fushi's inherent fighting skills need to grow imo.

Also, Bon has become one of my favorite characters ever. I like how he's still on top of things but without his annoying attitude from before.

Season 2 - Episode 10:

And things are getting super interesting now. On one hand we have Fushi who reached another higher understanding of his powers. On the other hand we have Bon travelling the world to protect people from Nokkers.

Ofc, the scenes with the girl and her dying brother made me cry again >_> Fushi REALLY must learn how to revive people quickly! Hope he won't hate Bon when he reveals it at long last.

Wondering whether Twitter is outraged over the girl though, lol. I was super surprised when Fushi washed her and she went from a black girl the whitest girl with blonde hair even, LOL.

Season 2 - Episode 11:

Fushi really is on his way to become a god. Being able to create entire buildings now in a moment, wow.

I love how they're finally making use of Fushi's "remembering"-ability by getting him in contact with 3 capable fighters. If only Bon just told him that he can resurrect people he got in contact with.

Season 2 - Episode 13:

They're building up to some big, epic moment, but I can't help but feel that they're not filling these episodes with meaningful content. The last three episodes have been very "wayne", only the end of this episode showed some meaningful development.

Also, it's ridiculous how it took forever for people to become suspicious of an old man who built several houses a day, LOL.

I'm still enjoying this anime, but season 1 is far superior so far and there's not that many episodes left to turn this season around.

Season 2 - Episode 14:

Ok, I was about to say "it's dragging on", but then that final scene came. Instant teary eyes, dat emotions >___> Can't wait for next episode!

Season 2 - Episode 15:

FFS. It was ALMOST a good episode. But they're really dragging out the meeting with Marchi, huh? :/ I always keep tearing up when I see her, but then this anime just won't give me what I wanna see :D

Fushi's exhaustion is a bit weird, because at some time he says he's almost exhausted, then the next scene he immediately builds and entire wall side within seconds. Could have done a bit better.

The biggest issue rn maybe is that the anime gives us NO indication how far along the Nokker-attack is. Could be almost over, could have barely started. That makes it feel like a strictly plot-controlled attack, as in: The moment Fushi has his "moment", victory will be had. I guess we'll find out.

Season 2 - Episode 16:

Really stretching out meeting Maachi until the end of the season, eh.

Season 2 - Episode 17:

So many episodes build up and now they're wasting Maachi's meet up with such a rushed entrance? Oh man. The sudden attack by the left arm was super creepy though, haha.

Honestly, it feels like the producers of this anime wanted to feel the audience similar to when Haruhi's Endless Eight aired, except ... that's not a good idea, lol.

Well, starting next episode, it should get more exciting.

Season 2 - Episode 18:

WTF

Here I thought "yay, finally Fushi comes back" and then it takes a turn for the super creepy and evil. Omg.

Bon-chan continues to be one of my favorite characters ever, willing to die for what's right.

Also fuck you to the girl and guy at the end. "We'll live life in his memory" or something, yeah, cannot let the fat guy have a cute gf, eh? ;/

While it sucks the animation and presentation couldn't reach season 1, this anime continues to be one of the most fascinating stories out there. Life and Death don't even really matter right now because of what we know, and I have no idea how it's all gonna end.

Season 2 - Episode 19:

Good episode, although the emotional payoff wasn't done well enough compared to how loooooong we had to wait for everyone to return:

What I'm left with asking though: Is death now defeated per se? Like, people can just go to Fushi when they died and ask him to revive them lol.

Also: If paradise exists after death, why are people even choosing to stay? It makes no sense to return, paradise is ... paradise, it's a good thing.

I hope we'll get answers to that, either in next week's last episode or another season if there is enough material left.

Season 2 - Episode 20:

Wow, dat end. Didn't expect the time jump.

Getting to know what happened to everyone was great. I just wonder what sort of conflict remains for season 3, now that there's world peace and death is established to be paradise.

Way weaker season than season 1, but good moments and still overall a fresh concept for a story.