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as seen previously (https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01JBMWA61RQ4DJK69K2DGVNFGJ) i had already been thinking rewatching mawaru penguindrum after seven years might be fun, but a mutual just decided to hop on it, so let's gooo

oh right. unmei. this show loves the word 「運命」 so much, i remember that. turns out it's even in the opening line!

i've listened to this OP too many times i'm very fond of it

生存戦略‼︎

rock. rock. rock over japan

this is going to shock you but i really like the ED, perhaps most of all

now having rewatched the first episode of penguindrum, i feel…

• not sure if i “get” it more than last time
• man the specific sweet flavour of this and the Other weird ikuhara show themed around a historical tragedy is still a bit sickly to me, not sure if i can swallow it

that's not a metaphor, sickly sweet is simply how this show and yurikuma arashi both taste. i dropped the latter previously. it's nothing to do with the tragedy aspect even, there's just. Something

or like somewhat rancid honey if that's even a flavour that exists

episode 2 time and yay it's unmei⭐️girl i love unmei⭐️girl

this tweet may very well be the penguindrum

they're uh. they're very uh

anyone wanna eat curry with me

心配しなくても大丈夫。全ては運命の通りに進んでいる。

this show is great actually i just had a lingering distate for yurikuma arashi that was transferring onto this, it's washed away now

is he, you know, a fellow bird lover?

i swear i've seen the idealised courtship of a european prince far more times in anime now than ever in western media

that plus “fabulous max” makes this feel so goddamn PriPara

i've rewatched a sixth of this show now

need to hop back on the penguindrum train gonna do that now

loading screen fact

Gosh, I must crush her soon.

I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE ffucKGING paintball gun oh my god

get rekt ringo

oh my god this is madoka magica now

i keep somehow forgetting that DEAR FUTURE is the ED of this show and then it hits me like i've never heard it before it's so good i love this so much

these backdrops are making me yearn for mirror's edge again aaa

Gosh, I must crush him soon.

i just love this kind of backdrop okay

oh man the flashback scene in episode 6 where tabuki is talking to ringo…

holy shit i didn't remember anything about this

i wonder if whoever fansubbed this episode was swedish. there's constant verb–subject number agreement mistakes

how many stories have i read/watched/played with this particular trauma plotline…

運命の軌道は私たちの手の内にある。

HOLY SHIT THERE'S A TAKARAZUKA REVUE SEGMENT, I WOULD NEVER HAVE PICKED UP ON THAT 2017, IT HAS A PARODY OF THEIR SONGWRITING STYLE AND EVERYTHING

wait this is probably even a parody of Elisabeth specifically dhdkjhfsdkjfhsdfkjhbsdf oh my god (i mean i think it's the revue's most popular production so that's not so strange, but still!)

the way they use the bubbles to give an unreal tint to imagined scenes is really fantastic

Gosh, I must crush him soon.

i vaguely remembered that there was a scene that i found distressing 8 years ago. i thought it might be in episode 8. it's not. i'm really enjoying the ride this time round, i think. i'll try my best to forget that i had previous impressions because i'm not the same person now

episode 8! episode 8! episode 8!!!

ELEVATOR MOMENT

oh hell yeah we;re into the good shit now, whatever this is

the girl called hikari is the most hikari of the three…

this show is very shaft-y [posts one of the least shaft-y images in the entire episode]

episode 9 is when penguindrum gets all ikuhara huh

get rekt kanba

it's cool backdrops time again

there's a lot of backdrops far cooler than this in this show, but they feel like spoilers in one way or another, or aren't sufficiently empty, or so much is going on i don't want to pause, so i just show you the quiet stuff

Even Cooler backdrops time

how the fuck did i rate this as a 6/10 once upon a time man

this is a hell of a way to represent an emotional burden

episode 10 ends with a shiny synthy rearrangement of dear future…

man, this departure scene… (mawaru penguindrum episode 11)

ringo :(

yeah

運命の至る場所

i've seen half of mawaru penguindrum now

this series is great

痺れるだね

“She rejected me, the only person who could see the same scenery.”

“There's a meaning, no matter how sad or painful it may be.”

todokanai omoi
hikisakareteku kizuna
nani mo nakatta you ni kumo wa nagarete iku sa
haiiro no suiyoubi yo

saa omodoidashite kagayaiteita koro wo
nani mo kamo mabushikute koi ni ochiteta koro wo
saa omodoidashite aishiatteta koro wo
shinken na manazashi de mitsumeatteta koro wo
saa omodoidashite kagayaiteita koro wo
yume ni ikiteta koro wo
aishiatteta koro wo

oh the takarazuka stuff in penguindrum goes even deeper, amazing

oh, she has the delusion

oh my fucking god this reveal ahahahahaha

wait oh my god.

episode 14 huh

this series is incredible

i feel almost bad for not seeing that coming, i think i really start to feel why the series has 回る in its name

‪i'm kind of mad at my past self for not being able to tolerate this show it's really great‬

wow i had forgotten mawaru penguindrum had a second OP despite having listened to this many times before. that chromatic percussion riff and the brass after it are hard to forget… 🎶 shounen shoujo wa ni natte

oh my god

this backdrop from episode 15 makes me yearn a little for [place i visited a few months ago]

i'm kinda like oginome momoka

was i not paying attention last time i watched this* or something, how is my recall this bad

* this is highly likely actually, alas

how many times have i seen the helicopter passing overhead shot now. i think it's mostly registered only subconsciously. how many times does it occur in this show

“I hate you for badmouthing [other person]”

wait, is this an anime trope? it's making me think of madoka, but i mean, it's not like people wouldn't do that in the real world…

this is the gag shot of all time

this series really loves its repeated lines

i've now watched two thirds of mawaru penguindrum

i want PENGUIN'S COFFEE

人間の世界では真実は必ずしも本当のことじゃない

In the human world, truth and reality aren't always one and the same

man episode 17 goes Extremely ikuhara this rules

yooooooooooooooooo

this show is going places

i love the intricacies of this series so much

slept only 4 hours last night, 7 episodes of penguindrum remaining… what do we think chat, can we finish this in one evening? let's fuckin goooooo

oh shit music trauma :(

koko wa kodomo broiler da yo

we will be crushing you into pieces now. there is nothing to fear. you will just become indistinguishable from one another. you will just become invisible entities.

we will be burning away the lifeline now.

this is so beautiful

episode 18. man, the show could end here and i'd be happy

i think this is the first time it's made me cry (…well, something close to crying)

saa, omoidashite ;_;

the way the rain hitting the window casts a shadow on the table in this scene from episode 19 is something i've never seen animated before, fantastic atmosphere-enhancing decision

TAKAKURA SHOUMA WOULD BE THE CUTEST GIRL

when you realise how you really feel, something precious to you will crumble — that's what you think

this show just keeps getting better and better holy shit this is actually peak (i just saw episode 19)

hey man have you heard of this hot new idol group they're called double h they're really into les pauls

…probably

kan-chan is going to join mygo

penguindrum

fuck

i've finished penguindrum now, and just in time

what a ride. what an immaculate series

penguindrum is one of those series that, if you've only seen half of it, you've barely seen it at all

one long meditation on fate with incredible ikuhara theatrics, especially, Especially in the latter half

it's something like madoka magica, though it's no Eternal Perfect Myth

i resisted the urge to take screenshots constantly, and always wanted to avoid spoilers, and so the tiny selection in this thread so far are really among the series' most tame visuals! in the last third of the show it goes real hard and i've shown you almost none of that

@hikari btw i got to watch a random ep of my-go recently and it didnt grab me much (some nice character development but i'm with bocchi on that one)

but the other day i watched the 1st ep of penguindrum and it was wild! instant favorite, opening theme is somewhere in my top 1-3.

plus, i've finally found where this is from! behold:

@hikari yo I LOVE meeting with people to cook curry together