Some years ago I watched an anime recommended by a friend, liked it pretty much.
Then he told me that there was a deeper meaning in it
Something that only those who know can relate to.
I was not part of the targeted people, because of my lack of culture in the genre. And with his help I came to realize what an iceberg I was missing out.
The shows doesn't tell you anything, it whispers only to those who are worthy and I genuinely appreciated the result of me questionning my own "knowing".
But this time, while playing NieR Automata, a game released 5 years ago, I came to relate everything the story tells, I feel related to the work, to the story, to the characters, minor as they were, all while being under the spell of the magnificent achievement of Keiichi Okabe's beautiful music that was quietly telling a story (this game doesn't stop at being itself, I only played NieR Automata but I felt the echoes of Yoko Taro teasing me through the game to enter in his world).
This, the deeper meaning, the thing.
I loved it, I was finally part of THE community.
It was as if this game was here for me to play it at this exact time and this time only. A consecration of my past experience in all of the media that I witnessed.
It may sound ludicrous, I may come back to my word later. But as it is now, I seriously had my fun playing NieR Automata !
Then he told me that there was a deeper meaning in it
Something that only those who know can relate to.
I was not part of the targeted people, because of my lack of culture in the genre. And with his help I came to realize what an iceberg I was missing out.
The shows doesn't tell you anything, it whispers only to those who are worthy and I genuinely appreciated the result of me questionning my own "knowing".
But this time, while playing NieR Automata, a game released 5 years ago, I came to relate everything the story tells, I feel related to the work, to the story, to the characters, minor as they were, all while being under the spell of the magnificent achievement of Keiichi Okabe's beautiful music that was quietly telling a story (this game doesn't stop at being itself, I only played NieR Automata but I felt the echoes of Yoko Taro teasing me through the game to enter in his world).
This, the deeper meaning, the thing.
I loved it, I was finally part of THE community.
It was as if this game was here for me to play it at this exact time and this time only. A consecration of my past experience in all of the media that I witnessed.
It may sound ludicrous, I may come back to my word later. But as it is now, I seriously had my fun playing NieR Automata !