He covers it perfectly. I haven't watched this anime in a very long time, Damn near 15+ years and its still burnt into my brain. The anime is an absolute masterpiece.
If nietzsche believed that in order to be a free spirit you needed to remove any attachment to any person, place, thing or concept, then that means that you also have to remove any attachment to his philosophy and his ideas, in the end what he told us is to find or create our philosophy, exactly what this anime tries to portrait with the main character
@@kenyon2598 You choose your own values. This can be things already out there that you identify with, or perhaps even something totally original if you're inventive enough. The point is that they're YOUR values, not ones handed to you.
I remember coming across this anime when I was looking for stuff to inspire my writing, I got so engrossed I forgot to take notes the first time around lol
Something I'd recommend if you liked kino's journey is Golden Kamuy (just ignore the weird bear CGI) it's got some what of a similar way of storytelling
I knew i wouldn't be disappointed, i love this story to bits yet i never realised how much the structure traps you and makes you internally wrestle with the answers to the questions it explores. I hope you will revisit this one with a different lens in the future. Believe there's more to discover. Good video I'll rewatch with what you said in mind. A new perspective.
The name "free spirit" suggests you do what you feel like you want to do. If Kino would have remained attached to her own rules, would she really be a free spirit? She did nothing wrong.
Additionally, it was the intervention of another that allowed Kino to become a free spirit in the first place. Someone has to be that catalyst for people who are trapped.
Its important to note, that a free spirit is NOT someone who detaches themselves from their desire and becomes purely rational. Nietzsche mocks those who deny their desires. He even states that reading too much is poisonous. Its a very big misinterpretation of Nietzsche. Nietzsche advocates for a kind of egotism when it comes to subjective moral ideas.
@@Brien831There are things that I mock Nietzsche for, but that one is one which I do the exact same as Nietzsche. There is a reason why buddhism, although not heavily morally bad, In find it mockable, because it tries to award and encourage self denial of what makes one human, emotions and other things. Disclaimer: I'm assuming what you said is true, I read about some of Nietzsche's philosophy and remember only a little bit about it.
I adore Kino's Journey so much. It's so beautiful, so meditative, and so... well, philosophical. Just implementing the few rules that Kino has is such a magnificent engine for exploration.
On a related note, I watched this after watching Haibane Renmei - I think Haibane may still be my favourite, but Kino's Journey was absolutely the more intellectual and more fascinating show. The idea that both a Lie and a Truth may be as valuable as each other, and the value of choosing that for yourself - knowing what is a lie and what is true. The pain of knowing how you are observed against how you yourself feel, not in the moment but over a long time. The value of understanding without fully embracing, and the futility of being completely separate from all societies - because you will always be human, and always be drawn to form connections. The value of time, of care, of focus, and even of objects well cared for. Whether things are worth doing for their own sake, or only for their utility for others? Amazing.
After watching it, now it reminds me of mushi-shi, he's also a traveler but he's a doctor or more like healer. I think you should watch couple of episodes of it to realize that it is so similar to kino's journey
Its actually the same lone journey, even Anilist recommended Kino's journey after I finished watching Mushishi, but Kino's journey so far is more Human morality delving, but I like both anime, its just hard seeing that its very underrated, I understand it was released many years ago, but its one hell of a good anime!
Thank you for this great video. Kino has always been one of my favourites. I find it quite astounding how many anime series contain complex concepts and work trough them. Two series I like very much I would like to mention. I like them for very different reasons. Haibane Renmei was quite thought-provoking for me, as it works with a quite heavy subject in an unusual way. The other one is Aria, which is my go-to series if I need real relaxation and a feel good time. It's not thoughtless at all, but it's calming and quite healing in a way. Sometime one needs something like it.
My dad had me watch this when I was very little, probably around 5-7, pretty young for all the gun violence but it was really awesome to grow up with. This was my first anime and my favorite and I wish it had so much more recognition but that’s just the way it is ig. Sorry I just really really love this show. It was so awesome.
It’s not about whether stress is better than peace, or vise versa, it is about what ratio we experience these dualistic concepts in. Same with truth vs non-truth. Individual personalities are like engines or filters that operate on these dualistic concepts, and some personalities operate at peak efficiency with one, and some with the other. Again, it’s all about ratios. Think about the ratios (or grades) of gasoline. Some cars require certain ratios of ingredients over others. Good for thought.
This anime reminded me deeply about cowboy bebop and space dandy. In the idea that travelers are exploring different cultures and different planets.And trying to make sense of it. Because they had no concepts of moral foundation other than what drifting threads that they originally had before their old lives died If at least in the case of the crew of the bebop. In the case. Of the crew of the little aloha It's more so that they all didn't like the lives that they grew up in and they were forced to have so they decided to try and seek out to find something different.And the more they travel, the more to learn different kinds of moralities and ideals and concepts that they were never.Originally exposed to in their original lives
I see myself as a free spirit, not by his moronic ideals, but by my owns. A life without attachments is not a life it is simple existing. And existence is enough for some, but not for me. If I can not leave a trace of positiveness on the world, then I see my existence as meaningless, almost like I was never here except as a leech to such resources from a world i contributed nothing towards.
The freest one can be necessarily permits the violation of one's own rules. The paradox in Nietzche's free spirit is that the free spirit is not above the conscious adoption of dogma, because the categorical rejection of dogma is itself dogmatic. The notion of thinking outside the box is itself within the box. The boundary of the box is a dogma. The free spirit expands the box so that all is within.
Thanks for the content Max, I have a game recommendation for you: Fear & Hunger and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. I am very eager to see you play Termina due to it referencing Carl Jung’s Aion. Both games take inspiration from Berserk, Silent Hill, and the Dark Souls series. They are also known to be difficult games, some would even say cruel games but don’t let that discourage you. Although these games may look like JRPG’s, they play more like a survival horror or immersive sun games. Please check it out!
In all honesty, I watched every episode of Kino's Journey... I knew I liked it, because if I didn't, I'd stop mid season or even mid episode... and as a 30+ old man, I didnt realize any of this thought provocation happening. But, at the time, and still now, I watch anime as a form of space filling entertainment, so I suppose everything outside of the mundane will likely go right over my head. Perhaps a rewatch is in order...
I’ve come across many paradoxes in my own journey. I like Breadsword’s video on paradoxes when he talked about Dr. Strangelove. I recommend it. He said something like riddles are games but paradoxes can hurt you. That’s what I got out of it at least. Your video reminded me of that when you suggested that truth isn’t always healthy for the mind. I have been challenging myself with lots of philosophical questions lately and I appreciate your insight and respect of content and their creators. This is another great video that I can use to, hopefully, better myself. Thank you.
whoever made the decision to add the deus ex ost at the background is a god give him a bonus! I saw kinos journey 10+ years ago and i remember it being very thought provoking and profound I will certainly do a rewatch at some point
Thanks for listening to my suggestion from the discord, I had no idea how you'd make a video on kino due to it's nature you still managed to do it though
@@maxderrat also if you're willing to do manga reviews and want philosophical manga read Homonculus it goes a lot into introspection and existentialism , the basic plot is a man has a hole drilled into his skull what somehow awakes psychic powers what allow him to see People homoncli IE what they focus on and there actual identity within themselves, if that sounds like something you'd be interested in check it out
I think where there is a pursuit of truth, it can only ever be a subjective truth. Which can change in an instant for any reason that changes it. So Kino isn't going against their Free Spirit ideals, as being a Free Spirit means doing what you think is best in any situation, which will always be informed by the lessons you've learned in a detached journey. There needs to be a point in which the lessons learned lead to the actions you take. Otherwise being a Free Spirit means nothing. Intellectuals and philosophers still inevitably take action.
That abrupt ending... lol, you cheeky pup. I love how deep and detailed you can get with the messages creators pour into their works. I'm definitely going to have to give Kino's Journey a watch now! If you don't mind me asking, I'd absolutely love if you could include a little game called Astlibra Revision onto your backlog for potential future content. It has a lot of powerful themes regarding fate, the value of souls (is one life worth more than another?), free will, and nihilism. You have such a talent for dissecting and discussing these ideas with passion and pride that I'd absolutely love to hear your take on the game. The creator, Keizo, spent 15+ years working on the project, and his love and care really shows throughout the entire story. Regardless, thanks for doing what you do. You have a lot of talent and passion behind your work, and it's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
In the Japanese novel Kino does not identify with any gender, always replying to questions like "Are you man/woman?" that "I am Kino". It's also a way to detach from the expectations and norms.
yeah, but if someone down her pants, for sure will be something very definitive about what she was. Because gender is not a philosophical construct, its a biology definition of organisms. Unless you are an Ameba, but in that case you do not bother at all..
Ten years ago, if I heard someone is not following the gender norm, I would think it's a bit weird, but also kind of respectable for them to not be bound by the rule of the world. Nowadays, all I can think when someone say that, is people who scream "Respect my pronoun, you bigot!!!!". In other word, attention seekers who are using their gender identity as a way to get easy clout, and are getting off of destroying other people's reputation for the slightest bit of offense. My kneejerk reaction is to immediately stop taking them seriously altogether.
Kino's Journey just suddenly went back to my mind again after watching a mountain bike redbull guy do some tricks, it played out like an adventure, that feeling of adventure, and I got chills when I considered that feeling. And how much I wanted to adore it, to take hold of that feeling and be a free soul. Sort of an epiphany? Perhaps.
Regarding the Post-work/stress country The piece of media that imho deals with that problem in the most interesting and harrowing way is „player piano“ by Kurt Vonnegut. It also depicts an almost fully automatized world with only a few select engineers and other education heavy professions forced/allowed to work. Themes in the book include loss of meaning for now obsolete workers, rearrangement of family roles, establishment of a de facto class system and many more. All of it presented with the meek acceptance distinguishing Vonneguts writing altogether. Its a depressing read of the classic „be careful what you wish for“ trope - and shows that you cannot just excise a cultural feature (meaning through creation/work) without offering an alternative.
I definitely have to check this show out! The past few years has been … challenging for me. I’ve had to uproot myself and question my personal beliefs. I think this is why fate, of all things, lead me to this channel. At one point in my life I had a someone I once held in high regard constantly tell me I’m wrong for any opinion different from their own. It wasn’t until I realized people are aloud to have different in opinions from other did I realize my own opinions were okay. As my Aunt has said “if we all acted the same and liked the same things, the world would be a dull place”
@@JesusOnHeroin odd question but fair. Not sure but I figured it would be a good addition to my library. Perhaps find a DVD or Blueray somewhere. Although we’ll looking around it does have a manga paperback version. Not sure if he mentioned that but it does come in that format
I find that all "if you wouldn't need to work to survive you would become very bored" thing to be utterly dumb take, especially when the bored people defaults to dumb office work in open space environment. There's always a ton of fun stuff to do. Learn how to play instruments or sing or paint, make a garden, read a book, carve wooden figurines, open a small cafe where you will serve only as many cups of coffee as you want and chat with local clients, get a bicyle and tent and go for year long camping trip around your country, become a race driver, assemble or join a team of your favourite sport and play against your neighbours, take care of animals, study your favourite subject, make a game etc. Basically any of this activity is something you could work on through your entire lifetime if you wanted to and yet you're gonna tell me people would choose sitting in office for 8 hours to work on excel sheets? I just don't understand it at all. If you want stress go bungee jumping every week or something.
All the things you just mentioned are all challenging things that lots and lots of effort and often stress And in some part taking away that challenge and the stress that comes along with it makes these activities meaningless. What's the point of a garden If the plants can be grown and prude for you. That's the idea that this episode is trying to reach at
I first saw this anime when I was about 20 years old, just a year or two after it came out. At that time I would have said it was my favorite anime ever or at least one of my top three. It felt very unique. I loved the music and presentation. And I loved the way the stories often ended and turned, showing one extreme and then the other. I also liked that the standalone stories were loosely connected and that there was some back story to kino herself. But even then there were several episodes that I thought "tried a little too hard." Now I wouldn't put kino's journey 2003 in my top 10. I still very much like the show, but it's weaknesses feel all the more pronounced as I've hit my mid-thirties... Too much of it just smacks of a fourteen year old who just discovered arguing and debating and keeps saying " but is it really? Is it REALLY? " For example the episode where kino finds the three stranded travelers. Fantastic music, Good premise, Great directing. The last scene where she Is being held up but manages to escape had such a weird, unreal feel to it. But I felt the last few echo-y words were cringe, "deep" and unnecessary. The episode also seemed to be implying that animal life may be worth about as much as human life, a concept I find childish and silly. I love that the show tried to be thoughtful and it Mostly worked for me on that level. It was the philosophical stuff that you're describing here that actually irritated me more. I am glad to see the show getting some attention either way.
This was very interesting, informative and insightful, I feel that much of what Nietzsche wrote about correlates to how I do things(despite never having read Beyond Good and Evil), analyze a philosophy and incorporate the things that have the most merit while "doing away" with those that aren't immediately useful, but not disregarding them entirely. I also agree that we shouldn't hold attachment on certain things, the truth is one thing I value along with honor and mercy, but I will disregard those things if they are inconvenient at the time. The same thing with my own spiritual beliefs and my morality, attachments are valuable, but not to the point of dogma in my opinion, logic is a tool, not a way of life. Nietzsche was one of my inspirations for my philosophy, a few others being Camus and Lao Tzu, and they've help me look at life through a lense different to most. If I am to become a monster for the sake of knowledge, so be it, but I will never sacrifice my humanity in the process. In this world, there are only men and monsters, and sometimes they are one and the same.
I am positively suprised that there is something called "free spirit" and actually I would largely see that myself (maybe not fully, but I don't attach myself to my 2 nationalities or the country I live in, any religious or political believe or established social norms and laws).
@maxderrat I'll definitely have to check this show out. Always love hearing your thoughts on anime, especially as an Aspie and bug anime fan myself!!! My picks/recommendations for deeply philosophical anime based on everything said here would be..... Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) - this one made me cry the first time I watched it and has continued to do so even in memory since. In some ways, I feel like the way it tackles neurodiversity and the larger implications of loneliness is something that rings amazingly true to my own experience on a metaphorical level, but also gives such a powerful perspective on how to deal with trauma almost like the Netflix show The OA does. Also just criminally underrated in general. A Tree of Palme (2001) - tackles a surprisingly rich blend of theology, existential dread, epistemology, ontology, and psychology with some of the best world-building I've ever seen in any movie period. Princess Mononoke (1997) - of all of Miyazaki's movies, this one along with 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' feel the most philosophically and morally complex, especially in terms of how we find reasons within and around us to keep living despite the bleakness of the world. The Violet Evergarden franchise also does an amazing job at showing what the struggle to learn emotions is like from a neurodiverse perspective (also made me cry cause of how it reminded me of my experiences). Colorful (2010) - another criminally underrated one that looks in such an uncompromising but moving way at how to find hope in the small details of life.
Truth is always the correct answer because knowing the truth is not the problem. The problem is what you do/ how you react to the truth. As an example, if you told me Art was pointless and that was the truth, it would not matter to me because I love art regardless of if its pointless, I would do still do it.
This anime plays such a significant role in the constitution of my psyche. My entire alter ego is a mix of kino and vino from baccano, with a side of lain. You have done it tremendous justice in your break down, it will always be my #1 anime. Thank you kind sir, one free like just for you
Saw a remake of this series a few years ago. While it did not strike me as deeply philosophical, most due to me not really looking at anime as much more than screen-filling entertainment, I can definitely see how the show implies all these subjects. When I noticed this vid in my feed I knew I would discover something I failed to spot myself.
You anime I would suggest to watch is Sunday Without God. I haven't watched it in years, but it was an anime that stuck in the back of my mind because of the how it's concepts flew over my head.
Might watch this movie this week, because the explanation earlier in the video, about society essentially living a perfect life without stress, only to find purpose, in doing meaningless tasks, as a way find meaning..... This strangely reflects my current job, it's practically perfect, the people are great, the culture is great, and whole company is great but..... The tasks are literally repetitive, and feels like it's nothing more, than just something to keep us busy, essentially give us meaning.... And sometimes, it just feels like, we're literally in a loop, with no variety of tasks, but just to keep us busy, much like what's explained in this video 😳
I may be blinded by my desire to be one, but I believe I am a free spirit. I have my own religious belief that combines elements of several religions. The idea of reincarnation from Buddhism, the idea that we are evil by nature and we must strain against that evil nature from Christianity, and I take evidence from science: we are all made of the same stuff: quarks in physical science, vibrating energy in quantum physics, etc. I call it "Living World" we are all connected through some form of energy, matter, or spirit. Indifferent to what each individual calls that energy, matter, or spirit. Much love, Max. You're one of my favorite creators on this platform. Stay awesome, stay yellow.
dropped this video as soon as your disclaimer came in, watched through all of kino's journey and picked this video back up again. This anime has been particularly.. poignant. It definitely made me ponder on the nature of ethics & philosophy and my relationship with either one. Insanely introspective work.
I can't remember if it's implied in the anime, too, or just in the books, but there is some suggestion this man comes from Kino's home country and was possibly its prototype iirc
I think bias is a necessary, fundamental part of determining good and bad. Something essential to decision-making; having a inclination towards a path, gives you the opportunity to orient yourself towards a better future.
I believe that as long as people have memories, they'll always be bias in one fashion or another. For me, what's important is learning how to better weigh the options, by utilizing my biases. I don't think it's possible to be without attachment.
I think framing the question of the value of truth and comforting lie in terms of examples where it triggers inevitable existential crisis is purposely obfuscating the actual issue. One of agency. It may break the Rail workers to know their meaning-making system is ultimately built on pointless lies, But it's not Kino's (or our) place to say what is good for other human beings. Persons and persons, full actors who deserve autonomy and agency of their own selves. To say "the lie is better for them" or "the truth is better for them" both imply that the philosopher knows better what they should want or have. Ultimately I think Autonomy/agency says you must tell them the truth, but not because truth is superior to lies, but because truth, or in this case understanding reality is the only way for people to have autonomy over their lives. The fully automated country is very stupid as a philosophical toy model, because if those people really liberated themselves from labor, the things they would do to alleviate boredom or make meaning would be things they chose via their own autonomy. The capitalist/industrial rote labor they end up doing suggests this is not the case, but rather that their liberation was incomplete, wage-labor became ingrained in their culture and has yet to be replaced by true autonomy. So the framing of stress vs. peace misunderstands the actual problem implied by their social organiztion. What they lack isn't stress, stimulation, or meaning alone. what they lack is the liberatory truth that they can make their own meaning. As a Nietzschean work of philosophy this inadequacy is to be expected. Nietzsche's Free Thinker/Ubermensch is ultimately based on a belief that some people are smarter or more capable of understanding or seeking truth than others and should lead them. We can't expect it to understand and truly contend with the absurd. However, we have access to this knowledge, and surely we don't have to kowtow to this old world Great Man nonsense anymore. To give a bit of absurdist reading to the Rail workers and/or the old man with his existential crisis you have a perfect example of contending with the absurd. The old man learns the truth that he has lived a meaningless life and falls into despair/nihilism. This is bad, but it is his choice. The answer is not to allow the rail workers to labor in ignorance, but to give them the same opportunity to contend with the absurd and perhaps embrace it.
The 2000's anime movie for Kino that has more of her backstory with her master is fantastic too! You should have included it in this video and not just the 13 ep anime!
Have a knack of irrationality? The anime title would be Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita aka Humanity has Declined. Not sure how philosophical but it is damn deep and quite disturbing if you can peel off the sugarcoat of its comedic element.
Truth and untruth. I think truth is always more valuable even when you might think it's detrimental because it gives clarity to the situation and will help you hold an answer for your problem. Untruths aren't always bad but they will always exist to misguide you and conceal a proper answer to your problem and when they do break down can be just as or even more devastating than the truth. As for free spirits I believe they are those who decided what they want to do for themselves.
I don't know there are times where untruth is useful and truth is dangerous like let's say some guy came to your home looking for your brother with a gun in his hand saying he was about to kill him would you tell the truth putting your brothers life at risk or lie to keep your brother save most people would say yes to the first option If stuck in such a condrum
@miguelatkinson The truth of that situation was still more valuable. That was the man wanting to kill your brother which is the apparent truth of the situation which is needed to come to the conclusion of an untruth to trick him. The untruth is of no use to the man and is there to misguide and conceal the answer to what he was looking for.
@@johnathansfacew8528 so your saying basically to just tell him the truth and have his brother killed you know there something called a white lie and for a reason but maybe I misinterpreted what you said so correct if I am wrong
@jobba3632 I can see the value of withholding truth and agree it can be necessary to use to protect something such as privacy but I still stand by saying the truth will always be more valuable. My counterargument is without a truth how can you make informed decisions and realise the weight of any of them? Mistruth can be useful but it only is if you know it will be such as lying to protect somebody from harm. To even use the mistruth to be something positive you needed the truth to realise it to be so. I think you misunderstood what I meant in my response to the previous question. I was saying the apparent truth, which was the mans threat by way of him coming to the house armed and telling you he wanted to kill your brother was more important than you using a mistruth to deceive him. Him coming to the house armed and telling you he wanted to kill your brother gave you a truth which was then used to come to a decision to deceive him with a mistruth, without that truth you wouldn't have come to the conclusion to trick him.
To discover that some guy predicted that I would exist is quite interesting. He must've been a very interesting person. Free Spirit, being one does not mean detaching from all and everything. It means discovering what you in your natural state desire. It means learning to understand every perspective, whether good or bad. Whether atheist or religious, it is important to understand cause and effect. We are all born free spirits, then through the tempering of life, we are bound to ideas and beliefs not of our own will. The objective is to rewind every perspective and find what deviated us from our natural state. As much as you dislike the heinous criminal, they are nothing more than the result of a series of cause and effect. What does that mean? Consider this. What country were you born in? What laws does it have? What people were around you? Mathematically, at birth, you have a specific number of paths you will be able to take. To delve further. If you were born in a frozen wasteland stranded from the rest of the world. Would anyone there possibly be capable of developing a culture and lifestyle revolving around living in a scorching desert? No. Impossible. You cannot live like you are in the desert if the concept of a desert has never and will never exist for you. To discover who you are, consider how much of you is really you.
I think the idea of the free thinker is both the idea of seeing without inherent bias while being able to see into the abyss while having the ability to neither change or be changed by it. Morality is a spectrum, and the right answer to philosophy is just as much a spectrum as life is a spectrum. To have the heart to understand while the resilience to not be swayed To have the mind to comprehend while the focus to not be lost. Our minds are great at finding what we seek, and its for that that the longer you stare at the abyss the abyss appears to stare back, its because all paths of discovery will inherit the desire to compare to ones self and if you dig hard enough you will find that which was never there. Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that trusts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing. ... We find meaning beyond truth, yet truth itself defies meaning, it is a scientist chasing an answer yet dreading to find it in fear of having nothing further to chase.
Crunchyroll has what looks like a remake of this anime, wonder where the old one is. Great video though, always love the way you put things. I am a Christian and I guess how I justify it is seeing the works God has done in my life, the people he placed there and the decisions I made. Now you can say that's all happenstance but I have seen miracles preformed, things happening that only God can do. Idk just how I see it anyway.
I would posit to you then to ask if you can be sure it is necessarily the *Christian* god that you have gnosis to have acted in your life, or if it could have been an other god, or another version of the abrahamic god from a different faith, like Islam. If you still come to the belief it is specifically the Christian god, how can you be sure it is the version of God espoused by your particular denomination of Christianity? Knowledge vs faith vs gnosis vs truth is a tricky thing
@@dappernecromancer5364 I mean I’m sure the blessing I have in my life wouldn’t come from a god I don’t technically pray to. I don’t think if a god was say mecha or something that they would bless a person who prays to Jesus even if theoretically Jesus wasn’t real. If that makes sense. I have had experiences with feeling God. At church while we pray or worship you can feel God moving through the building and effecting people around you. Plus with the evidence I have seen while researching I can’t deny that Jesus is real and he did lay his life for me.
For me and my understanding, the free spirit is more like a phase of life than an absolute state. To remain adherent to a free spirit ideal without change in turn makes it another dogma. One must be a free spirit to the systems to be able to see them. Once enough knowledge is gained then a decision is made to continue the journey or settle with the knowledge gained.
i paused this video and watched the 4.5 hrs of Kino's Journey. then came back and realized i watched the 2017 series and not the 2003 series. still good. just mostly in a different order.
I remember this anime! And the most thing i remember it was the railway parabole. Well, Max, in my opinion, you failed to grasp the deeper meaning of Truth, i know you are puting Nietzche perspective, But in my opinion, we should all remember the Myth Cave, you are bound in a chair looking shadows project by a source of light, just when you get free of the binds and past the fire and get out the cave and see the light of the sun you are truly free. The deeper meaning of this anime, at least for me, is that she is trying to see truth for peoples form of life, the value of what they DO and not what they ARE. Thats why we see things like jobs without meaning, because jobs, like other materialistic things do not determine what a living being is. They are the shadow and the illusion of life, like the men who just fed and have shelter, this is the basic of basics, but we need relationships, accoplishmentes and objectives, but they do not count, if this is just to be a material thing, that do not creat intellect, inteligence, feelings, or if you prefer, philosofical reflection of the self. Thats why Kino stays more time with the kid, its not the boundary that society, tradition, geography, national pride, costumes that form a bond to other people, its their soul value, that what we all should give value most them anything, specially in our time. The worlds is not beautiful, but it could be a bit more, if people see each other, face to face, not in a dark cave full of shadows and projections! Thanks by video, nostalgia hits on!
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Finally, someone adequately covers this. This anime deserves more recognition.
He covers it perfectly. I haven't watched this anime in a very long time, Damn near 15+ years and its still burnt into my brain. The anime is an absolute masterpiece.
If nietzsche believed that in order to be a free spirit you needed to remove any attachment to any person, place, thing or concept, then that means that you also have to remove any attachment to his philosophy and his ideas, in the end what he told us is to find or create our philosophy, exactly what this anime tries to portrait with the main character
That reminds me the plot of "Siddhartha" of Hermann Hesse.
And then, what do we base our values on? The path we were born onto, the family tree, culture, spirit, trauma, oh my!
@@kenyon2598 You choose your own values. This can be things already out there that you identify with, or perhaps even something totally original if you're inventive enough. The point is that they're YOUR values, not ones handed to you.
I think kino in 2017 is so cold,kino in 2003 is not as cold like that,just my opinion
@@ArawnOfAnnwnthat’s a bad and flawed way to view life in my opinion.
The Nietzche Philosophical Blunder
I remember coming across this anime when I was looking for stuff to inspire my writing, I got so engrossed I forgot to take notes the first time around lol
Something I'd recommend if you liked kino's journey is Golden Kamuy (just ignore the weird bear CGI) it's got some what of a similar way of storytelling
@@maxbarker8625 I'll look into it, thanks!
I dont think its the henti thing...
did get insperation for the henti type genra though....
Max it's me again and of course asking you again to watch garden of sinners 😊
@@Defender3701 never heard of that, what's it about
Kino's Journey is literally Kino
and kino is kino
I knew i wouldn't be disappointed, i love this story to bits yet i never realised how much the structure traps you and makes you internally wrestle with the answers to the questions it explores. I hope you will revisit this one with a different lens in the future. Believe there's more to discover.
Good video I'll rewatch with what you said in mind. A new perspective.
The name "free spirit" suggests you do what you feel like you want to do. If Kino would have remained attached to her own rules, would she really be a free spirit? She did nothing wrong.
Additionally, it was the intervention of another that allowed Kino to become a free spirit in the first place. Someone has to be that catalyst for people who are trapped.
Its important to note, that a free spirit is NOT someone who detaches themselves from their desire and becomes purely rational. Nietzsche mocks those who deny their desires. He even states that reading too much is poisonous. Its a very big misinterpretation of Nietzsche. Nietzsche advocates for a kind of egotism when it comes to subjective moral ideas.
I don't know, the whole thing feels self defeating.
@@AscendantStoic It isn't if the whole thing was just a vehicle for further understanding
@@Brien831There are things that I mock Nietzsche for, but that one is one which I do the exact same as Nietzsche. There is a reason why buddhism, although not heavily morally bad, In find it mockable, because it tries to award and encourage self denial of what makes one human, emotions and other things.
Disclaimer: I'm assuming what you said is true, I read about some of Nietzsche's philosophy and remember only a little bit about it.
I adore Kino's Journey so much. It's so beautiful, so meditative, and so... well, philosophical. Just implementing the few rules that Kino has is such a magnificent engine for exploration.
On a related note, I watched this after watching Haibane Renmei - I think Haibane may still be my favourite, but Kino's Journey was absolutely the more intellectual and more fascinating show. The idea that both a Lie and a Truth may be as valuable as each other, and the value of choosing that for yourself - knowing what is a lie and what is true. The pain of knowing how you are observed against how you yourself feel, not in the moment but over a long time. The value of understanding without fully embracing, and the futility of being completely separate from all societies - because you will always be human, and always be drawn to form connections. The value of time, of care, of focus, and even of objects well cared for. Whether things are worth doing for their own sake, or only for their utility for others? Amazing.
After watching it, now it reminds me of mushi-shi, he's also a traveler but he's a doctor or more like healer. I think you should watch couple of episodes of it to realize that it is so similar to kino's journey
Its actually the same lone journey, even Anilist recommended Kino's journey after I finished watching Mushishi, but Kino's journey so far is more Human morality delving, but I like both anime, its just hard seeing that its very underrated, I understand it was released many years ago, but its one hell of a good anime!
Mushi-shi is more comforting, Kino is more questioning.
powerful ending. had me checking twice + my internet connection
Thank you for this great video. Kino has always been one of my favourites. I find it quite astounding how many anime series contain complex concepts and work trough them. Two series I like very much I would like to mention. I like them for very different reasons. Haibane Renmei was quite thought-provoking for me, as it works with a quite heavy subject in an unusual way. The other one is Aria, which is my go-to series if I need real relaxation and a feel good time. It's not thoughtless at all, but it's calming and quite healing in a way. Sometime one needs something like it.
My dad had me watch this when I was very little, probably around 5-7, pretty young for all the gun violence but it was really awesome to grow up with. This was my first anime and my favorite and I wish it had so much more recognition but that’s just the way it is ig. Sorry I just really really love this show. It was so awesome.
It’s not about whether stress is better than peace, or vise versa, it is about what ratio we experience these dualistic concepts in. Same with truth vs non-truth. Individual personalities are like engines or filters that operate on these dualistic concepts, and some personalities operate at peak efficiency with one, and some with the other. Again, it’s all about ratios. Think about the ratios (or grades) of gasoline. Some cars require certain ratios of ingredients over others.
Good for thought.
This anime reminded me deeply about cowboy bebop and space dandy. In the idea that travelers are exploring different cultures and different planets.And trying to make sense of it. Because they had no concepts of moral foundation other than what drifting threads that they originally had before their old lives died If at least in the case of the crew of the bebop. In the case.
Of the crew of the little aloha It's more so that they all didn't like the lives that they grew up in and they were forced to have so they decided to try and seek out to find something different.And the more they travel, the more to learn different kinds of moralities and ideals and concepts that they were never.Originally exposed to in their original lives
there's so many philosophical discussions to be had from this novel/anime
I see myself as a free spirit, not by his moronic ideals, but by my owns. A life without attachments is not a life it is simple existing. And existence is enough for some, but not for me. If I can not leave a trace of positiveness on the world, then I see my existence as meaningless, almost like I was never here except as a leech to such resources from a world i contributed nothing towards.
The freest one can be necessarily permits the violation of one's own rules. The paradox in Nietzche's free spirit is that the free spirit is not above the conscious adoption of dogma, because the categorical rejection of dogma is itself dogmatic. The notion of thinking outside the box is itself within the box. The boundary of the box is a dogma. The free spirit expands the box so that all is within.
Ahhhhh~~! I can't keep up with how fast my watch/play list is growing because of you.
Thanks for the content Max, I have a game recommendation for you: Fear & Hunger and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. I am very eager to see you play Termina due to it referencing Carl Jung’s Aion. Both games take inspiration from Berserk, Silent Hill, and the Dark Souls series. They are also known to be difficult games, some would even say cruel games but don’t let that discourage you. Although these games may look like JRPG’s, they play more like a survival horror or immersive sun games. Please check it out!
Your first comment doesn't get enough love sir. 👍
In all honesty, I watched every episode of Kino's Journey... I knew I liked it, because if I didn't, I'd stop mid season or even mid episode... and as a 30+ old man, I didnt realize any of this thought provocation happening. But, at the time, and still now, I watch anime as a form of space filling entertainment, so I suppose everything outside of the mundane will likely go right over my head. Perhaps a rewatch is in order...
This was always one of my favorite shows.
I’ve come across many paradoxes in my own journey. I like Breadsword’s video on paradoxes when he talked about Dr. Strangelove. I recommend it. He said something like riddles are games but paradoxes can hurt you. That’s what I got out of it at least. Your video reminded me of that when you suggested that truth isn’t always healthy for the mind. I have been challenging myself with lots of philosophical questions lately and I appreciate your insight and respect of content and their creators. This is another great video that I can use to, hopefully, better myself. Thank you.
whoever made the decision to add the deus ex ost at the background is a god give him a bonus!
I saw kinos journey 10+ years ago and i remember it being very thought provoking and profound
I will certainly do a rewatch at some point
Kino is easily in my top 5 anime ever. Such an underrated masterpiece.
Thanks for listening to my suggestion from the discord, I had no idea how you'd make a video on kino due to it's nature you still managed to do it though
I try my best to listen to people's suggestions. :)
@@maxderrathell yeah! Quick dumb question. What was your favorite song from the Nier games?
@@maxderrat my other suggestion was boogiepop phantom the early 2000s version it's kinda like lain but weirder
@@maxderrat also if you're willing to do manga reviews and want philosophical manga read Homonculus it goes a lot into introspection and existentialism , the basic plot is a man has a hole drilled into his skull what somehow awakes psychic powers what allow him to see People homoncli IE what they focus on and there actual identity within themselves, if that sounds like something you'd be interested in check it out
@@maxderrat do you have any recommendations for a noob delving into Nietzsche's philosophy?
I think where there is a pursuit of truth, it can only ever be a subjective truth. Which can change in an instant for any reason that changes it. So Kino isn't going against their Free Spirit ideals, as being a Free Spirit means doing what you think is best in any situation, which will always be informed by the lessons you've learned in a detached journey. There needs to be a point in which the lessons learned lead to the actions you take. Otherwise being a Free Spirit means nothing.
Intellectuals and philosophers still inevitably take action.
That abrupt ending... lol, you cheeky pup. I love how deep and detailed you can get with the messages creators pour into their works. I'm definitely going to have to give Kino's Journey a watch now!
If you don't mind me asking, I'd absolutely love if you could include a little game called Astlibra Revision onto your backlog for potential future content. It has a lot of powerful themes regarding fate, the value of souls (is one life worth more than another?), free will, and nihilism. You have such a talent for dissecting and discussing these ideas with passion and pride that I'd absolutely love to hear your take on the game. The creator, Keizo, spent 15+ years working on the project, and his love and care really shows throughout the entire story.
Regardless, thanks for doing what you do. You have a lot of talent and passion behind your work, and it's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
In the Japanese novel Kino does not identify with any gender, always replying to questions like "Are you man/woman?" that "I am Kino". It's also a way to detach from the expectations and norms.
gay
She doesn't disclose who she is. Doesn't mean she doesn't identify with any gender.
@@fananox2057 I hope you a fulfilling life. 🌺
yeah, but if someone down her pants, for sure will be something very definitive about what she was. Because gender is not a philosophical construct, its a biology definition of organisms. Unless you are an Ameba, but in that case you do not bother at all..
Ten years ago, if I heard someone is not following the gender norm, I would think it's a bit weird, but also kind of respectable for them to not be bound by the rule of the world. Nowadays, all I can think when someone say that, is people who scream "Respect my pronoun, you bigot!!!!". In other word, attention seekers who are using their gender identity as a way to get easy clout, and are getting off of destroying other people's reputation for the slightest bit of offense. My kneejerk reaction is to immediately stop taking them seriously altogether.
Kino's Journey just suddenly went back to my mind again after watching a mountain bike redbull guy do some tricks, it played out like an adventure, that feeling of adventure, and I got chills when I considered that feeling. And how much I wanted to adore it, to take hold of that feeling and be a free soul. Sort of an epiphany? Perhaps.
What a fucking ending
What a fucking video
What a good fucking show, I wish more people watched/read it
Regarding the Post-work/stress country
The piece of media that imho deals with that problem in the most interesting and harrowing way is „player piano“ by Kurt Vonnegut.
It also depicts an almost fully automatized world with only a few select engineers and other education heavy professions forced/allowed to work. Themes in the book include loss of meaning for now obsolete workers, rearrangement of family roles, establishment of a de facto class system and many more. All of it presented with the meek acceptance distinguishing Vonneguts writing altogether. Its a depressing read of the classic „be careful what you wish for“ trope - and shows that you cannot just excise a cultural feature (meaning through creation/work) without offering an alternative.
Concepts of love and attachment are so strong they define huge parts of world religions.
The last episode is before episode 1
I'm glad you got a chance to go on this journey ^_^
I definitely have to check this show out! The past few years has been … challenging for me. I’ve had to uproot myself and question my personal beliefs. I think this is why fate, of all things, lead me to this channel. At one point in my life I had a someone I once held in high regard constantly tell me I’m wrong for any opinion different from their own. It wasn’t until I realized people are aloud to have different in opinions from other did I realize my own opinions were okay. As my Aunt has said “if we all acted the same and liked the same things, the world would be a dull place”
where are you going to watch it tho?
@@JesusOnHeroin odd question but fair. Not sure but I figured it would be a good addition to my library. Perhaps find a DVD or Blueray somewhere. Although we’ll looking around it does have a manga paperback version. Not sure if he mentioned that but it does come in that format
@@zeliardforty-two4692 😘😘
@@zeliardforty-two4692 so there is no way to watch it online? i searched everywhere, but could not find it.
@@JesusOnHeroin not that I could see. I thought he mentioned a link to somewhere but didn’t see it
Elaine the Wandering Witch, while not early as good, imo, it does strive to achieve similar goals in a very similar format to Kino's Journey
I find that all "if you wouldn't need to work to survive you would become very bored" thing to be utterly dumb take, especially when the bored people defaults to dumb office work in open space environment.
There's always a ton of fun stuff to do. Learn how to play instruments or sing or paint, make a garden, read a book, carve wooden figurines, open a small cafe where you will serve only as many cups of coffee as you want and chat with local clients, get a bicyle and tent and go for year long camping trip around your country, become a race driver, assemble or join a team of your favourite sport and play against your neighbours, take care of animals, study your favourite subject, make a game etc.
Basically any of this activity is something you could work on through your entire lifetime if you wanted to and yet you're gonna tell me people would choose sitting in office for 8 hours to work on excel sheets? I just don't understand it at all.
If you want stress go bungee jumping every week or something.
All the things you just mentioned are all challenging things that lots and lots of effort and often stress And in some part taking away that challenge and the stress that comes along with it makes these activities meaningless. What's the point of a garden If the plants can be grown and prude for you. That's the idea that this episode is trying to reach at
I first saw this anime when I was about 20 years old, just a year or two after it came out. At that time I would have said it was my favorite anime ever or at least one of my top three. It felt very unique. I loved the music and presentation. And I loved the way the stories often ended and turned, showing one extreme and then the other. I also liked that the standalone stories were loosely connected and that there was some back story to kino herself.
But even then there were several episodes that I thought "tried a little too hard."
Now I wouldn't put kino's journey 2003 in my top 10. I still very much like the show,
but it's weaknesses feel all the more pronounced as I've hit my mid-thirties... Too much of it just smacks of a fourteen year old who just discovered arguing and debating and keeps saying " but is it really? Is it REALLY? "
For example the episode where kino finds the three stranded travelers. Fantastic music, Good premise, Great directing. The last scene where she Is being held up but manages to escape had such a weird, unreal feel to it.
But I felt the last few echo-y words were cringe, "deep" and unnecessary. The episode also seemed to be implying that animal life may be worth about as much as human life, a concept I find childish and silly.
I love that the show tried to be thoughtful and it Mostly worked for me on that level. It was the philosophical stuff that you're describing here that actually irritated me more.
I am glad to see the show getting some attention either way.
This really cool, happy I stumbled on this today, very inspirational for my current VR project. Thanks for making this.
Max Derrat + kino no tabi = never clicked a video so fast
This was very interesting, informative and insightful, I feel that much of what Nietzsche wrote about correlates to how I do things(despite never having read Beyond Good and Evil), analyze a philosophy and incorporate the things that have the most merit while "doing away" with those that aren't immediately useful, but not disregarding them entirely. I also agree that we shouldn't hold attachment on certain things, the truth is one thing I value along with honor and mercy, but I will disregard those things if they are inconvenient at the time. The same thing with my own spiritual beliefs and my morality, attachments are valuable, but not to the point of dogma in my opinion, logic is a tool, not a way of life. Nietzsche was one of my inspirations for my philosophy, a few others being Camus and Lao Tzu, and they've help me look at life through a lense different to most. If I am to become a monster for the sake of knowledge, so be it, but I will never sacrifice my humanity in the process. In this world, there are only men and monsters, and sometimes they are one and the same.
Finally someone talking about this anime / series, it's so good 😭 and so interesting. I love it
May we all see the true blue sky
Oh man! So excited to watch! Getting such good coverage on my favorite anime is great!
I am positively suprised that there is something called "free spirit" and actually I would largely see that myself (maybe not fully, but I don't attach myself to my 2 nationalities or the country I live in, any religious or political believe or established social norms and laws).
oh dang, that ending scared me dude! Great video as always!
I'm so happy you're covering this
There are lots of things that can be taken from Kino's Journey. But we only take what we know and what we want.
@maxderrat I'll definitely have to check this show out. Always love hearing your thoughts on anime, especially as an Aspie and bug anime fan myself!!! My picks/recommendations for deeply philosophical anime based on everything said here would be.....
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) - this one made me cry the first time I watched it and has continued to do so even in memory since. In some ways, I feel like the way it tackles neurodiversity and the larger implications of loneliness is something that rings amazingly true to my own experience on a metaphorical level, but also gives such a powerful perspective on how to deal with trauma almost like the Netflix show The OA does. Also just criminally underrated in general.
A Tree of Palme (2001) - tackles a surprisingly rich blend of theology, existential dread, epistemology, ontology, and psychology with some of the best world-building I've ever seen in any movie period.
Princess Mononoke (1997) - of all of Miyazaki's movies, this one along with 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' feel the most philosophically and morally complex, especially in terms of how we find reasons within and around us to keep living despite the bleakness of the world.
The Violet Evergarden franchise also does an amazing job at showing what the struggle to learn emotions is like from a neurodiverse perspective (also made me cry cause of how it reminded me of my experiences).
Colorful (2010) - another criminally underrated one that looks in such an uncompromising but moving way at how to find hope in the small details of life.
I loved this anime!! I'm glad people talk about it with such passion and depth!
Truth is always the correct answer because knowing the truth is not the problem. The problem is what you do/ how you react to the truth.
As an example, if you told me Art was pointless and that was the truth, it would not matter to me because I love art regardless of if its pointless, I would do still do it.
Informative as always.
Thank you.
This anime plays such a significant role in the constitution of my psyche. My entire alter ego is a mix of kino and vino from baccano, with a side of lain. You have done it tremendous justice in your break down, it will always be my #1 anime. Thank you kind sir, one free like just for you
*says they're going to end things abruptly and does so*
Me:
"my word, twas a lil abrupt wasn't it?"
"The girl from the other side" Can you scratch the surface of soul ?
Saw a remake of this series a few years ago. While it did not strike me as deeply philosophical, most due to me not really looking at anime as much more than screen-filling entertainment, I can definitely see how the show implies all these subjects. When I noticed this vid in my feed I knew I would discover something I failed to spot myself.
You anime I would suggest to watch is Sunday Without God. I haven't watched it in years, but it was an anime that stuck in the back of my mind because of the how it's concepts flew over my head.
This is my all time favorite anime and manga it’s just so so sooo underrated that not a lot of people know that much about it.
Might watch this movie this week, because the explanation earlier in the video, about society essentially living a perfect life without stress, only to find purpose, in doing meaningless tasks, as a way find meaning..... This strangely reflects my current job, it's practically perfect, the people are great, the culture is great, and whole company is great but..... The tasks are literally repetitive, and feels like it's nothing more, than just something to keep us busy, essentially give us meaning.... And sometimes, it just feels like, we're literally in a loop, with no variety of tasks, but just to keep us busy, much like what's explained in this video 😳
I may be blinded by my desire to be one, but I believe I am a free spirit. I have my own religious belief that combines elements of several religions. The idea of reincarnation from Buddhism, the idea that we are evil by nature and we must strain against that evil nature from Christianity, and I take evidence from science: we are all made of the same stuff: quarks in physical science, vibrating energy in quantum physics, etc.
I call it "Living World" we are all connected through some form of energy, matter, or spirit. Indifferent to what each individual calls that energy, matter, or spirit.
Much love, Max. You're one of my favorite creators on this platform.
Stay awesome, stay yellow.
this anime deserves more attention
dropped this video as soon as your disclaimer came in, watched through all of kino's journey and picked this video back up again. This anime has been particularly.. poignant. It definitely made me ponder on the nature of ethics & philosophy and my relationship with either one. Insanely introspective work.
Everytime max makes a video on an anime he gets pulled further down the rabbit hole from the comment recommendations 😂
I can't remember if it's implied in the anime, too, or just in the books, but there is some suggestion this man comes from Kino's home country and was possibly its prototype iirc
at the first 3 minute you were describing twitter and social media
ofc the bike is named hermes XD , beautiful
Kind of love listening to you talk, great video loved getting a look at another anime ill never have the time to watch myself. 👍
I'll watch this series next. Great video as usual
I think bias is a necessary, fundamental part of determining good and bad. Something essential to decision-making; having a inclination towards a path, gives you the opportunity to orient yourself towards a better future.
I believe that as long as people have memories, they'll always be bias in one fashion or another. For me, what's important is learning how to better weigh the options, by utilizing my biases.
I don't think it's possible to be without attachment.
Finally appreciation for this underrated masterpiece
I think framing the question of the value of truth and comforting lie in terms of examples where it triggers inevitable existential crisis is purposely obfuscating the actual issue. One of agency. It may break the Rail workers to know their meaning-making system is ultimately built on pointless lies, But it's not Kino's (or our) place to say what is good for other human beings. Persons and persons, full actors who deserve autonomy and agency of their own selves. To say "the lie is better for them" or "the truth is better for them" both imply that the philosopher knows better what they should want or have. Ultimately I think Autonomy/agency says you must tell them the truth, but not because truth is superior to lies, but because truth, or in this case understanding reality is the only way for people to have autonomy over their lives. The fully automated country is very stupid as a philosophical toy model, because if those people really liberated themselves from labor, the things they would do to alleviate boredom or make meaning would be things they chose via their own autonomy. The capitalist/industrial rote labor they end up doing suggests this is not the case, but rather that their liberation was incomplete, wage-labor became ingrained in their culture and has yet to be replaced by true autonomy. So the framing of stress vs. peace misunderstands the actual problem implied by their social organiztion. What they lack isn't stress, stimulation, or meaning alone. what they lack is the liberatory truth that they can make their own meaning. As a Nietzschean work of philosophy this inadequacy is to be expected. Nietzsche's Free Thinker/Ubermensch is ultimately based on a belief that some people are smarter or more capable of understanding or seeking truth than others and should lead them. We can't expect it to understand and truly contend with the absurd. However, we have access to this knowledge, and surely we don't have to kowtow to this old world Great Man nonsense anymore. To give a bit of absurdist reading to the Rail workers and/or the old man with his existential crisis you have a perfect example of contending with the absurd. The old man learns the truth that he has lived a meaningless life and falls into despair/nihilism. This is bad, but it is his choice. The answer is not to allow the rail workers to labor in ignorance, but to give them the same opportunity to contend with the absurd and perhaps embrace it.
I momentarily forgot I was watching an anime analysis in the beginning.
One of my all time favorite stories
The 2000's anime movie for Kino that has more of her backstory with her master is fantastic too! You should have included it in this video and not just the 13 ep anime!
For all her travelling Kino never saw the forest for the trees.
I don't want peace! I want problems, allways!
Basically every "philosophical" anime uses Nietzsche, so it's not much of a coincidence.
I'd love to hear you talk about Shinseaki Yori some day. The novel is very wonderful as well
im sure max doesn't mentions Carl Jung in the entirety of this video
it took less than 10 seconds
Have a knack of irrationality? The anime title would be Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita aka Humanity has Declined. Not sure how philosophical but it is damn deep and quite disturbing if you can peel off the sugarcoat of its comedic element.
Truth and untruth. I think truth is always more valuable even when you might think it's detrimental because it gives clarity to the situation and will help you hold an answer for your problem. Untruths aren't always bad but they will always exist to misguide you and conceal a proper answer to your problem and when they do break down can be just as or even more devastating than the truth. As for free spirits I believe they are those who decided what they want to do for themselves.
I don't know there are times where untruth is useful and truth is dangerous like let's say some guy came to your home looking for your brother with a gun in his hand saying he was about to kill him would you tell the truth putting your brothers life at risk or lie to keep your brother save most people would say yes to the first option If stuck in such a condrum
@miguelatkinson The truth of that situation was still more valuable. That was the man wanting to kill your brother which is the apparent truth of the situation which is needed to come to the conclusion of an untruth to trick him. The untruth is of no use to the man and is there to misguide and conceal the answer to what he was looking for.
@@johnathansfacew8528 so your saying basically to just tell him the truth and have his brother killed you know there something called a white lie and for a reason but maybe I misinterpreted what you said so correct if I am wrong
@jobba3632 I can see the value of withholding truth and agree it can be necessary to use to protect something such as privacy but I still stand by saying the truth will always be more valuable. My counterargument is without a truth how can you make informed decisions and realise the weight of any of them? Mistruth can be useful but it only is if you know it will be such as lying to protect somebody from harm. To even use the mistruth to be something positive you needed the truth to realise it to be so.
I think you misunderstood what I meant in my response to the previous question. I was saying the apparent truth, which was the mans threat by way of him coming to the house armed and telling you he wanted to kill your brother was more important than you using a mistruth to deceive him. Him coming to the house armed and telling you he wanted to kill your brother gave you a truth which was then used to come to a decision to deceive him with a mistruth, without that truth you wouldn't have come to the conclusion to trick him.
Definitely going to give this a watch though
That ending came straight from the sopranos hahaha
Beautifully put together ❤
Finally some attention for my fav anime series
This is surprisingly a good anime it is kind of funny that the Creator ended up making gun gal girl absolutely enjoyed happy you enjoyed
Awesome video. If you want more philosophical anime I recommend Deccou Coil.
Love the ending of your video.
“End this video abru-“
There was a another season of this not too long ago that I watched, didn't know it had a predecessor.
The replicant ost it's deeply appreciated
HEY!
The work episode is real in Kuwait, or so I hear
I'm taking credit for this one. I know I was probably the only one who recommended this anime to him 😤😅.
To discover that some guy predicted that I would exist is quite interesting. He must've been a very interesting person.
Free Spirit, being one does not mean detaching from all and everything. It means discovering what you in your natural state desire. It means learning to understand every perspective, whether good or bad. Whether atheist or religious, it is important to understand cause and effect. We are all born free spirits, then through the tempering of life, we are bound to ideas and beliefs not of our own will. The objective is to rewind every perspective and find what deviated us from our natural state. As much as you dislike the heinous criminal, they are nothing more than the result of a series of cause and effect. What does that mean?
Consider this.
What country were you born in? What laws does it have? What people were around you? Mathematically, at birth, you have a specific number of paths you will be able to take.
To delve further. If you were born in a frozen wasteland stranded from the rest of the world. Would anyone there possibly be capable of developing a culture and lifestyle revolving around living in a scorching desert? No. Impossible. You cannot live like you are in the desert if the concept of a desert has never and will never exist for you.
To discover who you are, consider how much of you is really you.
I think the idea of the free thinker is both the idea of seeing without inherent bias while being able to see into the abyss while having the ability to neither change or be changed by it.
Morality is a spectrum, and the right answer to philosophy is just as much a spectrum as life is a spectrum.
To have the heart to understand while the resilience to not be swayed
To have the mind to comprehend while the focus to not be lost.
Our minds are great at finding what we seek, and its for that that the longer you stare at the abyss the abyss appears to stare back, its because all paths of discovery will inherit the desire to compare to ones self and if you dig hard enough you will find that which was never there.
Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that trusts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
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We find meaning beyond truth, yet truth itself defies meaning, it is a scientist chasing an answer yet dreading to find it in fear of having nothing further to chase.
Crunchyroll has what looks like a remake of this anime, wonder where the old one is. Great video though, always love the way you put things. I am a Christian and I guess how I justify it is seeing the works God has done in my life, the people he placed there and the decisions I made. Now you can say that's all happenstance but I have seen miracles preformed, things happening that only God can do. Idk just how I see it anyway.
@PseudoWounds yeah that’s what I was wondering cause I do want to watch it. Just want to watch the best version.
I would posit to you then to ask if you can be sure it is necessarily the *Christian* god that you have gnosis to have acted in your life, or if it could have been an other god, or another version of the abrahamic god from a different faith, like Islam. If you still come to the belief it is specifically the Christian god, how can you be sure it is the version of God espoused by your particular denomination of Christianity?
Knowledge vs faith vs gnosis vs truth is a tricky thing
@@dappernecromancer5364 I mean I’m sure the blessing I have in my life wouldn’t come from a god I don’t technically pray to. I don’t think if a god was say mecha or something that they would bless a person who prays to Jesus even if theoretically Jesus wasn’t real. If that makes sense. I have had experiences with feeling God. At church while we pray or worship you can feel God moving through the building and effecting people around you. Plus with the evidence I have seen while researching I can’t deny that Jesus is real and he did lay his life for me.
Interesting thoughts my friend. I share your view 🙂
I'd argue the most philosophical anime/manga is Girls' Last Tour, or Shimeji Simulation. Love Tsukumizu.
For me and my understanding, the free spirit is more like a phase of life than an absolute state. To remain adherent to a free spirit ideal without change in turn makes it another dogma.
One must be a free spirit to the systems to be able to see them. Once enough knowledge is gained then a decision is made to continue the journey or settle with the knowledge gained.
glad you got as much out of kino as i did
i paused this video and watched the 4.5 hrs of Kino's Journey. then came back and realized i watched the 2017 series and not the 2003 series. still good. just mostly in a different order.
I remember this anime! And the most thing i remember it was the railway parabole. Well, Max, in my opinion, you failed to grasp the deeper meaning of Truth, i know you are puting Nietzche perspective, But in my opinion, we should all remember the Myth Cave, you are bound in a chair looking shadows project by a source of light, just when you get free of the binds and past the fire and get out the cave and see the light of the sun you are truly free.
The deeper meaning of this anime, at least for me, is that she is trying to see truth for peoples form of life, the value of what they DO and not what they ARE. Thats why we see things like jobs without meaning, because jobs, like other materialistic things do not determine what a living being is. They are the shadow and the illusion of life, like the men who just fed and have shelter, this is the basic of basics, but we need relationships, accoplishmentes and objectives, but they do not count, if this is just to be a material thing, that do not creat intellect, inteligence, feelings, or if you prefer, philosofical reflection of the self.
Thats why Kino stays more time with the kid, its not the boundary that society, tradition, geography, national pride, costumes that form a bond to other people, its their soul value, that what we all should give value most them anything, specially in our time.
The worlds is not beautiful, but it could be a bit more, if people see each other, face to face, not in a dark cave full of shadows and projections!
Thanks by video, nostalgia hits on!
Really good video Max! I know you mentioned Ghost in the Shell but have you seen Patlabor 2?