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86: Where Paradise resides

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And so, we have come to the end of 86. I must say, what a journey this has been for me. Not just the show itself, but I have grown as a person watching it. I know that sounds cheesy as hell, but the truth is, I am so used to being a passive consumer, almost to a point of being an avid addict in my teenage years, mindlessly consuming Youtube and livestreams even till the point where I sometimes feel anxiety. And I still am doing so, but these past three months of watching 86 has changed me. I have vigorously enveloped myself around this show, analyzing every single detail it offers, writing essays that I am proud of and even learning a new skill with my recent video essay. I don't even feel bad for watching its episodes over and over again, an action that I would usually berate myself for wasting precious time. This is because with every re-watch, I dissect, I learn, I create -- I vent. Being a massive introvert, I have never had many friends in which I can share my excitement of an

86: Staging depression since 2021

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  Aiyo, it's your boi again. I have a confession to make. Since the end of episode 10, I have been fangirling and been trying to cook up the ultimate essay. This essay will be so meaty that I was planning to sleep like 10 hours before this Sunday, so that when the last episode of 86 drops, I will power through all the way to next morning to finish and publish it. But I ran into a problem. There was actually so many things I want to talk about in each episode, that if I crammed it all into a single post, this will probably be twice the length of my last one. So 86 has forced my hand. The show is literally so good that I can't praise it enough. So there you have it: This essay is the literal build up to the final theme I am exploring this coming Sunday. This essay will be more technique based, similar to my first essay on dramatic irony and will focus only on episode 7 and 8 of the series. P.S: The following points I will make is not directly relevant, but is still loosely build