At the end of the day, I want to discover and feel the full gamut of emotions and animation allows for such feelings to be transmitted in ways other mediums can't. To disgust, to anger, to excite, to sadden, the ability to make your audience and your viewer feel these emotions must be a powerful prospect for the directors, creators, writers and artists. Like magicians they manipulate the way we in which feel through imagery and sound and as a viewer the ability to feel such emotions is exciting albeit while under a safety net. It's why I watch films and listen to music and watch anime. To see a series where you feel powerless, where you witness things that make you feel uncomfortable is exciting in a world where everything is played safe. To restrict yourself as a viewer and as a creator is to not challenge yourself I feel. Its not for everybody and not everybody will be as welcoming to such experiences and that's fine. You don't have to like Aku no Hana, however Aku no Hana is a honest show that doesn't try to sugar coat its intentions and I appreciate that a lot. If the quote that which does not kill us makes us stronger is true, and such pain reminds us that we're alive I guess in a sense feeling such things as comfortableness in movies and shows can also achieve the same, especially when you live such a monotonous life.
