r/SparksOfTomorrow

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So I only made this post to kinda just talk about these scenes(i have no one to talk about this anime T-T) (also the ideas/impressions i got might be like extremely obvious to everybody else but I'll still say them)

So firstly what i thought was that Inako kind of functioned as Kihachis muse. You know like when artists create something really good only because they have a specific person that inspires them? I think that is the case for inako and Kihachi.

I firmly believe that if Kihachi hadn't met Inako, he would not have had the courage to create the stuff that he did. I think he would have continued to think that he would never be as good or as talented as his brother, and just generally wouldn't be courageous enough to pull of some of the crazy electrical works he did(like for example the electrical plane or when he and Inako flew together).

But now to get to the main reason why I posted this:

I just LOVE the scenes in which he gets sudden flashes of inspiration after creating something. It was so so so so so well done I still think about it regularly. I just think that they portrayed his visions of a future with electricity so extremely well i can't even explain it really well.

Just firstly the way the artstyle changed in those scenes. I thought that it was genius because it gave the viewer a clear message like "hey this is what he envisions right now" and also showed like how the people looked looked kind of like people but a bit different(like their faces a bit exaggerated and also the speaking a bit exaggerated) which in my opinion kind of portrayed how the idea just excited kihachi which in turn made the people in his vision excited too, also in the way they were moving fast all around him.

The second point i loved about it was how all his visions were something that already existed in the future but just kind of different. I dont know why but I kind of loved that because it showed that yes, he has these brilliant visions and if he would start working to make them a reality they would definitely become a part of the modern society, but also that they aren't quite as refined yet. Like the vision with his electrical moon where he envisioned everyone walking with an umbrella of light over their head. It clearly meant to portray people not having to fear the darkness anymore, and being able to walk outside at night because every street is engulfed in light. But this vision of his isn't perfect yet, because it's still just a faint idea. It wouldn't make sense for everyone to walk with an umbrella of light over their heads, and it would be way better to just have streetlights. But he would only find that out when he would actually start working on it. So I thought it kind of brilliantly showed that yes, inspiration, ideas and all that are extremely important for new innovations, but you also need the knowledge that comes with creating it to actually make them a reality.

I kind of just really wanted to get these thoughts out because, as I said, I just loooveeed those scenes so so so much