Review of A Place Further Than The Universe
In the Manga/Anime media, it is known the existence of lots of shows that can be considered trash. They are produced systematically, and as a watcher, you can notice the used and copied plots, the empty characters, the boring world and the same history of ever. I do not say that to discreditable the Manga/Anime or something like that. I am saying this to put that message clear. There are lots of trash shows and people that have constantly watched them. It is a reality. But some shows try to do something different and send something different to their watchers. And today I am hereto talk you about one of these special shows that touch me souls and from many others too. It is “The place further than the universe: A Story That Leads to the Antarctica”.
The place further than the universe or like its name in Japanese “Sora yori mo Tooi Basho”, shows the story of four girls that want to carry out their dream of going to Antarctica. Everyone for different reasons but only one aim, to reach that land forgotten for humanity. If you only read synopsis or summaries, you would think this show is “A Cute girls doing cute things” and it seems like that, but in reality, it is a story of self-discovering and even a meta-conversation to ourselves to ask what are we doing with our lives.
Some points that make this serie special is its forms of treat the characters in an organic and realistic way, the sobriety of the plots talks about the friendship. And my favorite one, talk about following our dreams. In this travel, we have the opportunity of being in this adventure and ask ourselves what are we doing. I mean, in the series, one of the protagonists wants to go to Antarctica because she discovers she has not been doing anything she wants to do. She starts crying and lame herself. But the real intention of the serie is that we watched this scene and ask ourselves “What am I doing with my life, Am I comfortable with my answers?”. The serie continue asking some questions to their characters and so to us. When I finish this serie, I was happy because I learn more to myself and can see a new perspective of the friendship, but also, I was sad because I saw that I wasn’t doing things that I enjoy in my life.
Changing a bit the topic, I always want to write criticism and analysis about animes, mangas, videogames, but I left it a time ago because I felt with few encouragements because I felt nobody wants to read what I write and that I will not reach any of my plans. But after watching the serie, I think that I cannot give up so easily. I want to continue with my dream, even if I do not reach anything because everything begins with one step.