the collision of life

Life is a downright insane thing. Filled with both wonderful and awful moments, one of the few things we all share is the fact that we live. So, what happens when two lives collide, and how easy can it be to change everything?

The desire for change is one of the most human feelings. In other video essays, we looked at ideas like the manic pixie dream girl, it's reality, and how wishing for change like that could only hurt us. But, is that something which actually exists around us at all times, only we simply fail to notice it? Humans are social creatures, surrounded all the time by others. We can look at our closest friends and see how simply we met, and how much it changed our lives. Are those moments happening every day, and we ignore them? This is something we see in many stories as well, with anime as no exception. Durarara is a prime example, as the entire premise is everyday life, and how both mundane, and amazing it can be, as Mikado, Anri, Kida, Celty, and more collide. Erased is an anime that looks at how we miss these important moments, and what it would be like to fix them as Satoru gets another try with Kayo. Anohana presents us with the end of lives together, and how easily we can fall apart from the relationships that defined us. And Violet Evergarden shows that maybe such things ending isn't always bad. This anime video essay will look at all of these, and show how quickly life can change life.

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0:00 Introduction
2:20 Durarara!!
7:37 ERASED
11:58 Anohana
16:28 Violet Evergarden
21:12 Collision of Life