We’re back to recommending our favourites to one another - this time we’re discussing one of Enzo’s all-timers: Spirit Circle by Satoshi Mizukami, the story of a middle school boy (Fuuta) whose ordinary life is disrupted when a transfer student (Kouko) reveals that their fates are in fact tied between in the past, present, and future in ways that changes everything between them and the life Fuuta thought he lived up until now.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
6:34 Samu’s general impressions
7:47 Enzo’s feelings on Mizukami Satoshi and his history as a mangaka
12:56 Spirit Circle is the matured distillation of Mizukami’s previous ideas
14:45 Why did it take so long for a Mizukami manga to get an anime adaptation?
16:41 Samu’s differing opinion on Mizukami and Spirit Circle
18:53 Spoiler discussion begins
18:59 Spirit Circle main theme of reincarnation and how it’s handled
23:56 The historical settings vs the futuristic/sci-fi ideas
27:20 Other themes: Fate vs free will, burdens on young people
30:39 Our disagreement on the ideas being juvenile vs irreverent
34:41 Samu’s general dislike for end of the world scenarios
29:56 Touma’s coming out moment and the aftermath
31:33 The bedroom conversation scene - effective or overly theatrical?
34:25 The ending - the love triangle, the timeskip epilogue, divisive opinions on the resolution
37:31 Enzo’s Recommendation: Lonely Alien by Maiko Ogawa
39:41 Samu’s Recommendation: Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei
41:51 Overview and final scores
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