Deep Blue 75https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1108878794422493234/1108880409242120263/Untitled4720220630180507.png 2 years later and I genuinely have no idea why I wrote this Usually my reviews are a bit longer and a bit more structured but since this is a short music video Im going to do more of a my thoughts than a proper review. Usually Im reviewing an anime or manga with hours of material artwork animation and world building and this is a single song almost short enough that I could hold my breath for the entirety of it. Why you may ask am I still reviewing this? Two reasons one: I felt like it. Two: it is still art even if its short. The song starts off melancholy almost nostalgic and then starts to get more upbeat and the percussion subtly picks up. At this point you can clearly hear the raw emotion in the singers voice but to me at least I was unsure exactly what that emotion was kind of like when youre smiling but also crying only this was more intense. There was a lot of focus on the camera in the first half and looking through it I can guess hes seeing memories of his dad through the lens of the camera a camera which I assume represents memories and moments. I dont know Im not an English teacher. The part that really struck me and brought the whole thing together was when hes falling reaching up at the surface he sees his younger self and chokes him like hes trying to kill the memory of his past. The bottle he finds on the shore he puts a picture in as if its all his memories of his father and prepares to throw it but suddenly hes embraced from behind by his younger self. The man stops and sinks to his knees letting out his emotions through tears. Can someone find it Crying you are in front of you My voice does not reach Even though you are so much These were the only lyrics repeated in the song. Together with the rest of the lyrics it seems like it means I wish I couldve said goodbye. All of these things symbolize both wanting to let go of the past and yet not throwing it away entirely. It may hurt but thats what makes it so precious. Its almost like an out of order five stages of grief. But honestly its a four and a half minute long animated song theres not much to analyze lets get real here. The music itself is pretty good as is the directing. Both the music and animation incite strong emotions the music a bit hopeful sounding with sad lyrics and the animation nostalgic and also sad. I think music works better than anything else in really getting people to feel something and usually it supports the animation but in this case the animation supported the music which worked way better. Im not very good at rating music but Id say the vocals complimented the rest of the song and brought out the feelings of the video. I feel like itd make a good outro in an anime.