Where does humanity end and when does it begin? This anime is one of the most deeply psychological and heart wrenching anime I have ever seen. The horror of how the human village killed off the shiki was so real, it made me shudder. Absolute masterpiece. It showed the meaning of war, and how no one *no one* ever wins.
saying this anime is one of the most deeply psychological anime that you've ever seen must be quite a relieve for you because there are lots of anime that are way more deeply psychological and heart wrenching than Shiki.
It's a very deep anime. You can't just pick sides, since they both have good reasons. Shiki didn't want the fate, they simply just have to live. Humans don't want to die either. It's like like how wolves eat sheep. In the end, since we both have our reasons, humans and shiki both think they're right. So in the end, it's war. It's a perfectly executed anime, with good art, story and meaning.
Good art my ass wtf was that anyway like their hair was like defying gravity and shit. Story was good though but I chose to be on humans' side ( I mean like if a vampire come to eat you would you just stay on their side or don't know what to do?! This is BS
The horror. Not with shocks - sudden shots - bloody scenes or terrifying monsters, It is the fear of dying or being killed or losing someone dear to your heart or one of the most terrifying things when you have no choice but to kill or be killed, This is the real horror and what we are afraid of in reality, "Realistic horror" This is the difference between Shiki and the rest, with its emotion and epic ending..... "Shiki has become the best horror anime in anime history".
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As a famous man once said, "Even your most sworn enemy who you see as pure evil is seen as a hero to his own people, just like you."
Don't understand why so many people say that "it is complicated to choose a side in the anime"... The thing is, there are no sides in the story (we use to create a "choosing sides" ideology, merely because of our human and emotional reasoning), it is quite simple if you watch it from a biological perspective. Shiki, in the moment they die, they just become a different specie, a specie that follows natural, basic instincts. They are human predators, that's it. And humans are no monsters either, they just found out that a new predator is in town, and if they want to survive, they have to eradicate the uprising plague. The anime is not about a war between two emotional factions, and it doesn't try to portrait humanity's evilness... It is just a representation of biological clash between predators and preys, but also, how knowledge and unity can transform prey into hunter.
hi im shana in terms of Darkness I can only see it rivaling the Berserk Manga be slightly darker. I'm terms of sadness this anime is probably up there with Grave of the Fire flies and Clannad after story.
(Spoiler Alert) Yeah every time I hear this song I think of the scene where all of the Shiki from the pipeline are burning and Mr.Hasegawa goes and stabs all of them. I feel so bad for Nao though... At first I didn't like her, but once you find out her reasonings and stuff you feel so bad.
When I heard this theme, I immediately went back and watched that part. I think every anime that has a repeating theme in it has a moment that is the definitive moment that you associate with the song.
Dumb bitch killed her mother, her family, everyone she ever loved. She deserved being left alone, with no one rising from their graves to join her. They are either at peace or stopped existing altogether. And it was all her fault. She deserved no.mercy at the end.
I always remember Sunako talking to god when i hear this song. With the church burning down all around her and her asking god why he had forsaken her, why everything happened to her the way it did, why she and the shiki have to live like they do and apologizing about becoming his enemy when it wasnt ever her choice or her fault. With the only response she got was the big guy breaking down the door, covered in blood, coming to get her with hammer.... God, this show is all about the feels man...
Jacob Woods Not many know God, They nitpick a few scriptures from the Bible without reading even a book or the whole thing and Judge him immediately. If many knew God then there wouldn't be such wanton reckless hatred in the world today.
I am still not over that Nurse's death. It was heartbreaking knowing even after turning into a Shiki she didn't kill anyone but still was killed so cruelly
Used to get annoyed that TH-cam shows you videos you've already watched, but now I'm thankful, since I got to rediscover this masterpiece. Wow, I still get chills. It's so powerful and soulful. I remember crying to this show, during the part where they're dragging the vampires kicking and screaming out of the tunnels so that they'll die in the sunlight. Powerful piece of media. It's been almost 15 years. I'm a whole adult now. Wow.
From the bottom of my heart, i thank Yasuharu Takanashi for giving us this and "Eau de Vie". I mean really, thank you very much, these wonderful pieces connect with my soul.
The monk is the worst kind of Judas there is. To have him escape after idly watching and enabling so much slaughter of the living for a kindred spirit.
Cap'n Marty At fist I took a liking to the monk but during the middle of the story I absolutely hated him I can’t believe he didn’t feel any sympathy for the villagers. He’s extremely selfish and disgusting.
@@nelzelpher7158 Might wanna give Gankutsou a try. it gives some similar beats and is similarly fantastic and criminally underrated. And if you haven't already the 03 adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist can scratch some of those similar itches.
In my opinion shiki is neither about monsters nor about vampires. It's about the concepts of freedom, responsibility, guilt and punishment / revenge. I think it was Buddha who said "There are just actions but no one who acts" and I also remember Sunako saying "There is no murder without intent. And if there is intent, then there is a reason." In my view this is the real message of Shiki: Every crime that is committed and every suffering that is caused by someone's actions is terrible and regrettable. But punishment and revenge, which are based on the belief in responsibility and guilt, are also one of these actions because they lead to suffering (instead of improvement) themselves. Good and bad things just happen. If someone did something wrong, then try to help him _and_ the victims, so this kind of crime gets prevented. People who do something wrong have their reasons. *They are no demons, but people* - like the shiki are too. (Sorry for mistakes I might have made. English isn't my mother tongue)
A failure to act with only lead to more suffering even if you must make another suffer for the sake of a preventative action. Mercy and sympathy are detrimental in such serious matters but empathy and understanding are useful to properly understand the opponent and thus better act against them. If anything this show was useful in its showing of the extent to which people are willing to abide suffering and injustice if it's resolution requires even a portion responsibility for the same to be allotted to them. I think a large part is that the crimes of the vampires are insidious were as the human response is outwardly violent and brutal no matter that the vampires killed more and less discriminately and that they inducted new brethren through a tactic of communal guilt, in much the same way as particularly reprehensible criminal gangs do. It's a fairly common problem in developed nations for horrific actions to be enabled by a public in denial, a pitiful police, complacent politicians and a craven legal system, everything is swept under the rugs for the sake of their weak stomachs. Japan is ironically one of the nation's least affected by it, but in my nation it leads to absurdist denials of reality like classifying 9 year olds as totally legit prostitutes to justify inaction (on top of public apathy, poor press coverage, political cover ups and those actually making it to court getting joke sentences, often in secret trials these days as they are more afraid of discontent from victim communities and vigilantism than serving justice or enacting preventative measures).
Most tragic anime I've ever seen, sometimes I had to stop watching because it was too harsh, but the meaning is very deep and only for a mature public. This is a real piece of art in every term. Megumi's death will forever be stuck in my head.
Even though I've heard this track a lot, I finished all 24 episodes a few minutes ago, after picking up from episode 6, the series is absolutely perfect in story execution as well as making you feel uneasy, it shows how true vampires are supposed to be, none of this twilight sparkling shit. GO WATCH IT!!
Agree r u for the shiki or against. Most of the shiki I feel sorry for because they didn't want to become monsters but they were made to hunt or they will attack their families. Also if u were in their shoes would u want to go through hell once again or want to live because u r scared. But all the time u shoulder the burden of having to kill.
sage’s swords It's a 50/50 deal for me, on one hand the shiki are fighting for survival, but they are killing others too, and the mortals are murdering them but are fighting for themselves, in the end, neither of them win and it'll only continue
Been listening to this for years and just now realized the female whispers that start around 6:15 will actually alternate which ear they play in if you listen with head phones, they only play one side at a time until towards the end and it really sells the illusion that someone is actually whispering in your ear. Such a small detail but it's all the little things like that which really add up to make this masterpiece of music.
Ono Fuyumi's Shiki. This manga is like a secret treasure, hidden between others because of how underrated it is. It has a very strong plot, definitely needs more attention.
One unnoticed part about Shiki is that everyone has a different favorite(and least favorite) character. Every character has a different personality, even side characters like the nurses or other family members. It's so amazing I bet even the grandma is somebody's favorite character.
Most underrated anime of all time, but I do understand why, this anime is seriously deep on a very high psychological level, the problematic of this work is groundbreaking, not everyone can comprehend such things, not everyone can get into deep stuff. People claim "HunterxHunter is deep" but they haven't seen this, the story will keep you thinking for years and years after you finish it, and the more you understand things and develop them more and more the better the story gets. The woman who wrote this is a genius. Humans vs Supernatural Beings who consume humans, this is not like Tokyo Ghoul (not that I hate it), where the story constantly tries to deem one side good and one evil, this one is quite grayish and it's up to the viewer to find out which side is darker and which is lighter by a bit, but that's the most epic point, it questions the viewer and the viewer himself has to question things, if the entire point got to the viewer it's really hard to point out whose actions were more justified.
***** Yeah there are actually hundreds of people with literally pure hearts, and there are hundreds of those who'd massacre children, but most of the people are gray, they aren't legitimately good nor evil, even your casual culprits have their stories.
+Epsilon I agree.There's people who say that angle beats,one piece,naruto,and many other overrated anime's are deep,but when I watch anime or other tv shows the only deep ones are the ones with a lot of gore and torture.This is just what I think.
+Mohammad Malik Lots of anime can be deep if you try hard. One Piece contains ALOT of greek philosophy and allegories of death. The show doesn't claim or need to be that deep hence most people doesn't see or care about it. Shiki is probably one the best psychological and philosophical tale in anime along with Death Note and Steins;Gate because it want to be this way. Most underrated animes are on the same track. Wanting to be deep is not winner unfortunately.
***** I am sorry, but I think you don't really understand the meaning of the word "allegory", also I highly doubt One Piece has anything like Greek Philosophy.
I watched this when I was 15 and it scarred me for life, and completely changed my perspective of the world. Mind you I've seen other darker anime before this but nothing so morally and psychologically compelling and twisting. I felt empty after watching this, and nothing before nor after has ever made me fill this way to such an extent.
@@everlastingchaos3558 I'm sure many of us feel like this whenever we listen to this piece but I wanted to express it into my own terms: This music touches your soul. It's as if we are so familiar with the sounds but we can't put them into words. It's as if it tries to reach our hearts. It's like we are put into a trance and we know every detail. They are far away yet close. You have a feeling of genuine belonging and good old memories of past occurrences become once again present.. I don't know what else to say or how to put these words differently to making sense of it.. That's roughly it. I'm just so fascinated by this masterpiece.. This has nothing to do with the topic here but I know I'll always stay lonely unless I listen to this..
@@tufftuffson It's greatt hat you like this so much but this kind of feels off to me "I'll always stay lonely unless I listen to this" You shouldn't be like this. Be optimistic and try to enjoy your life. ANd well, try to explore it. Make new friends, have fun, and just enjoy. and well, I don't really know what to say. :)
"We gathered here, for the mourning of a heart. Hoping that this one will have a peaceful depart." Yet another one gone, taken away with the rest. The priest kisses the coffin, leaving behind a scent that is blessed. I adjust my skirt, and start darting my eyes. Those tears on there faces goes well with there lies. They all started standing, a woman started bawling in the back. And suddenly I felt it, my heart started to crack. Something started to burn, but I felt like I was drowning. I recounted the memories of him, my lips formed each in counting. They all started to file out, his grave leading the way. But I couldn't follow the deceased, so I chose to stay. My face was now wet, And I felt like I was seeing stars. His smile that was so near, now felt so far. This was the end, and I was to naive to notice it. Maybe I should join him, Maybe I should quit. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I could swear it was him. But it was just my sister, with her smile looking grim. I stood up and sighed, just like the day before. I should've been with him, this life is a chore. I followed her out, clasping my hands behind my back. And I whispered a parting. And I said goodbye to the church colored in black.
The best part of this anime was the dilemma it put you through. No one was in the fault in my opinion and i believe the anime tried to explain that too. But in end it depends on the morals of each person. I personally would want to survive thus suck the blood of someone. But also on the other hand I'd kill such creature if it was for my own survival. This anime presented humanity's true nature. In the end even when no one is at fault we will strive for our survival, even if it means to kill.
the closest the story has to a guilty antagonist are the kirishiki family, especially Sunako and Tatsumi, who where deliberately targeting sotoba and its inhabitants strategically, trying to getting rid of the ones aware of their plans, the rest of the shiki were mere servants(the jinrou girl), unwilling underlings(tohru) or conflicted individuals(nao).
This series was absolutely magical for me. The only show I have ever seen where the music fits perfectly with every scene that has it, and where every time I hear a certain song, it immediately brings me back to the exact scene I heard and feel the same emotions as the characters. This entire soundtrack can almost tell the entire story of the show just in the songs alone. Seriously. Try it. Yasuharu Takanashi is an absolute genius with all of his music. But THIS... this is a novel in pure song
An anime so powerful that makes you question your Existence and makes you realize that all that is right or wrong, good and bad are just mere perceptions of your inner mind.
dont know which arc is sadder to watch: Nao`s inability to return to her family, Tohru and Ritsu being able to hold hands until the very end of their lives, or kaori slow descent into madness after her family is taken away one by one.
This was one of my first real anime. when I was younger and watched it for the first time, I supported Ozaki fully and was on the humans side. When I got older and re watched the anime, I found myself growing very attached to Muroi. He, in spite of everything he had ever learned, sided with the child who had been forsaken by God. Truly a beautiful saga.
Music is not my entertainment, music is my invisible friend, helps me when I need help, inspire me when need help, gives me strength when I am down. I wanna personally thank to the person who has composer such emotional soundtrack, I admire your creativity and trust me your talent is god gift , coz I believe your music can heal people and thanks for sharing.
I was absolutely terrified of this show. Watched it at night, first anime to ever do that to me. Brilliant show though, so heart wrenching. Made vampires seem indestructible and complete monsters. Takes a turn and humanizes them while turning humans into the monsters. And a wonderful soundtrack to boot. A tragically underrated show.
this anime gave me more feels than any other....the soundtrack made it complete...WORTH GETTING AND EVERY MINUTE. The slower paced anime takes time but the character development and climax area are extremely powerful. Never has an anime brought me to tears...seriously... wow
my mother thinks i look at anime for the plot. which is true, but there are many reasons why i choose anime; this video being one of them - this song has such an unbelievable amount of the pure gift of composing....wonderfully and perfectly done.
zalfight Like Axel said, Shiki, I ABSOLUTELY recommend it. Possibly the most likely anime to force you to make a hard decision, do you want to side with one or the other, i'll leave it at that ;)
Oh my... so nostalgic. Shiki was my favourite vampire like anime, and at first didn't realize it was about vampires but ghosts. It was the first manga i read till the end. And the anime didn't dissapoint. Plus, it gave us this masterpiece.
This was one of the saddest animes I've watched so far. It makes you think about all the wars that have happened and that in reality nobody wins in them - each side has lost something sentimental and there's no way of getting it back. And it brings the question - who is worse? The monsters or the humans? This anime made me think about my whole existence and the world in general...
Something really deep about this is the fact that Sunako never gave up on talking to God, even after more than a century of being a Shiki. She had so much fate in something that had essentially “forsaken” her.
If your a bibicat stay clear of this one, it's creepy, cruel and sad. No laughs during Shiki. HOWEVER do yourself a favor and watch the last episode, promise, from the moment this music kicks in. You will not often see such a perfect harmony and match between storyline, characters and sound(track). Its as close to perfection as it gets!
"Is there any man that needs a reason to protect his own children?" -Adam "At the words of their Father, upon hearing such heartfelt compassion, Adam's children felt a shiver run through them. And without any instruction all of humanity began to pray. In all the ways they knew how. There were no divisions of race, gender, nationality or creed. The statesmen and the criminals. The rich and poor. The good and evil. For the first time in history, humanity stood as ONE. They all wished for one thing. ADAMS VICTORY!!!!!!! In this moment, humanity is....UNITED."
Shiki has one of the most beautiful OSTs I've ever heard. Ethereal and haunting. Yasuharu Takanashi really created something magnificent. I miss this anime. I wish I could see it for the first time again.
28-3-2020 It has been what atleast 8 years since i've seen the anime. I still wish till this day that I could relive that story. Feel the emotions again like it was the first time. This story hit me as one of the deepest and I will never forget this. This track sums up what the story was like.
Wow this is Yasuharu Takanashi? For his work from Naruto and Fairy Tail he was already on the top of my favorite anime compossers together with Yuki Kajiura but now I know he also composed Shiki he's definitely my number 1.
Aye-Tee Slapsyou Ahhh now it all makes sense. When I first heard this, I kept thinking this sounds soooo similar to an ost in Naruto called 'Decision', or official name 'Mother and Father'. The female vocal bits anyway, and especially how it rises up. Haha.
I just finished this damn Anime, I've never been divided in my thoughts like this anime have made me. This anime, legitimately made me think with a horrific imaginations of the implications and scenariosit produced... Hollywood has yet to produce something like this that swayed my thinking by division, ever since.
I love this anime. Especially how at first it's presented as the few main characters are Toshio, Megumi, Natsuno and maybe Seishin. And at first they're all linked together and it seems that the vampires are going to be the cliche bad guys. But then all of the 'main' characters diverge and you start to see that the shiki have their reasons for acting like they do, they just don't want to die. It's really an anime that makes you think about what it is to be human. Is it really just a beating heart?
I've never watched an anime that kept me thinking about it for so long. Everything else I tried to watch I just couldn't because it wasn't as good. This show is truly a masterpiece
From all the anime I have seen, this one portrays reality the best. This is how stuff is sometimes. NO one is wrong, but you have to survive. And in my opinion, that's the beauty of life.
If you can say your heart doesn't change Then that is strength. Those are the lines I will always think of when I think about Natsuno and his position on the Shiki. He is one of the strongest characters in the series, closely followed by Ritsuko (nurse).
Man, it's been over a year and I still can't get over this anime. I thought I was going to go in, choose a side, and watch as, as I thought, inevitably humans won. Nope. Nopenopenopeity-fucking-nope. Holy crap. I rarely ever get emotional, like seriously emotional over anime, but this one really had me thinking and rethinking and just questioning everything. This is a rare type of media where you can see how thin the line between survival and greed is and it's done so beautifully. I'll be honest and say that the artsyle is what really got me. It looked very pretty and romantic and nothing like I would expect a show with this kind of plot and message to have, which definitely heightened it. I think the only reason why I'd give it a thumbs down is because my fragile heart was not prepared for the psychological and emotional input it was bombarded with. Gods, this was a lovely and refreshing anime to watch and I wish it would get more recognition and not just be written off because people are expecting another cliche vampire love story.
Such profound sadness and beauty. A stir of melancholia under which lies a yearning hope. I have no idea what anime this is, but I have the immense desire to watch it!
this anime really made my heart wrench painfully. Its philosophies are so deep and intense that I had to take time to lie down and sort out my thoughts and ideologies. I even held off other psychological anime because my brain and heart simply reached its emotional capacity. The graphic scenes are not as heartbreaking as the reason the shiki were culled. They just wanted to live, unfortunately at the expense of humans, who want to live too. Both sides can't understand each other and ultimately can't coexist. The soundtrack really struck a cord in me - it's like Naruto's soundtrack except it's sad and emotional all the time. I hope people take the time out of their lives to watch this anime. In here, it's an unceasing debate between survival and morality, and sometimes the people were more monsters than the shiki.
1:04-2:00 This part sounds like the main summarizing of the eternal relationship between life and death... The singing voices resemble life in its most realistic and touching way, while the organ resembles death. Beautiful.
tohru's and natsuno's deaths are the most unfair thing happened in the whole fucking anime world.and ace's from op.these deaths make me still depressed like i was there,like i knew them.
I remember I gave up on watching this anime in the first episode because I found it boring. But I decided to give it another chance and moved on to the next episodes. It was one of the best decisions of my life.
Men of war have long known that warriors must often abandon those verities they defend. Peace, human kindness, love… for they hold no meaning to the enemy. And so, to win, do we become what we despise… and despise what we become?
"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich W. Nietzsche
This score basically covers the feelings of the entire town, but I think Natsuno's character fits it best. He couldn't care less about saving the town, but I think Tohru, Kaori, and Akira were the first real friends he ever had. He did what he did because the Shiki took his life away from him.
It's impossible to choose sides... as I sit here writing this, I get chills from the philosophical deepness of this anime. You can't simply choose a side, Shiki or human. Both simply want to survive, but in order to do so, one must die. The anime is truly chilling to the bone, with sacrifice, death and blood. Human weakness is really tested. I think it proves that in the end, most humans are either traitorous or selfish and only save themselves in a matter of life or death. A true tragedy.
That’s false, Shikis can’t survive without humans and that’s why at the end humans deserve to live. Even philosophically speaking the shikis’ position is wrong, they violate the existence of a village only to create a society for them. Humans THEN became monsters killing as they were the beasts and they are not justified for this. The good ending would have been if Sunako and the other Shikis declared their nature and humans helped them creating a sort of blood donation routine. The shiki’s transformation would have been an interesting way to give an extra-time on earth to people who are going to die and want more time to greet the world.
I think to this day Shiki is the best anime I've seen so far. Unmatched in 10 years at least! The soundtrack is phenomenal, really adding to the atmopshere & mood of so many scenes. Character designs are unique, the story is brilliant. The manga is fantastic too, although I've never had the chance to read the original novels. I was never really on either side during the series, just interested to see how everything played out. Yeah, it might not be perfect to some but for me it's 10/10 & I'm convinced nothing will ever top it for me. :)
But the story is never finished. You never know what becomes of the town or the girl. Kind of bittersweet if you ask me. Good story, but I can’t fathom anyone enjoying a cliffhanger that is indefinite. Because you’ll always wonder what was going to happen next
She wasn't exactly selfish. I'm sure she acted impulsively at first, killing others only to keep herself alive, but soon she became friends with those she killed and ended up rising. At one point, it changes from keeping yourself alive but also to create a community that can thrive, that can live on forever! Now if you could create a family that you could love and be with without having to ever part ways with them, would you take the opportunity?
I am drawn to Yasuharu Takanashi's music without knowing omg! Watched the anime, loved the song, searched on TH-cam and found out it is Yasuharu Takanashi again!
Actually, in the other ost's I couldn't really notice. But when I heard this one, especially at 3:50, I had a feeling that this was Yasuharu Takanashi's work.
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Where does humanity end and when does it begin? This anime is one of the most deeply psychological and heart wrenching anime I have ever seen. The horror of how the human village killed off the shiki was so real, it made me shudder. Absolute masterpiece. It showed the meaning of war, and how no one *no one* ever wins.
Tru dat
I couldn't agree with you more. It's a slow start, beautiful anime that more people should watch.
saying this anime is one of the most deeply psychological anime that you've ever seen must be quite a relieve for you because there are lots of anime that are way more deeply psychological and heart wrenching than Shiki.
what's this anime your are talking about ? " shiki " ?
Yan Sterckx Why not name some so that we can watch them....? :P
It's a very deep anime.
You can't just pick sides, since they both have good reasons.
Shiki didn't want the fate, they simply just have to live.
Humans don't want to die either.
It's like like how wolves eat sheep.
In the end, since we both have our reasons, humans and shiki both think they're right.
So in the end, it's war.
It's a perfectly executed anime, with good art, story and meaning.
Chiyami Shiaka
both Shiki and Humans were monsters just seen from different angles
Ali Elfanidi LOL
John Will Agreed ^-^
+Chiyami Shiaka The ending sucks tho. Just saying.
Good art my ass wtf was that anyway like their hair was like defying gravity and shit. Story was good though but I chose to be on humans' side ( I mean like if a vampire come to eat you would you just stay on their side or don't know what to do?! This is BS
The horror.
Not with shocks - sudden shots - bloody scenes or terrifying monsters,
It is the fear of dying or being killed or losing someone dear to your heart or one of the most terrifying things when you have no choice but to kill or be killed,
This is the real horror and what we are afraid of in reality,
"Realistic horror"
This is the difference between Shiki and the rest, with its emotion and epic ending.....
"Shiki has become the best horror anime in anime history".
As a famous man once said, "Even your most sworn enemy who you see as pure evil is seen as a hero to his own people, just like you."
The worst part of watching Shiki is that you can't watch it for the first time again..
Very true, but the good thing is introducing this anime to my sister for the first time and watching it with her. :D
what's the title of the anime? :)
+lianne bulawin Shiki
While playing the song with earphones pumped I read your comment and it gives me shudders, so beautiful masterpiece~
ahmed sultani exactly 😰😰😰😰😰😰😭😭😭😭 I've cried so much
I never understand why soundtracks are generally underrated. People only care about the "openings" because they are easy to comprehend.
I have the same opinion!! ☺️
@@ritinhaparacana Listening to music is an exercise that requires practice and consistency, just like reading or learning a new language.
@@anak_kucing101 yes!!! ☺️
yes
I don't think this is true though.
Don't understand why so many people say that "it is complicated to choose a side in the anime"...
The thing is, there are no sides in the story (we use to create a "choosing sides" ideology, merely because of our human and emotional reasoning), it is quite simple if you watch it from a biological perspective.
Shiki, in the moment they die, they just become a different specie, a specie that follows natural, basic instincts. They are human predators, that's it.
And humans are no monsters either, they just found out that a new predator is in town, and if they want to survive, they have to eradicate the uprising plague.
The anime is not about a war between two emotional factions, and it doesn't try to portrait humanity's evilness... It is just a representation of biological clash between predators and preys, but also, how knowledge and unity can transform prey into hunter.
Beautiful anime.
One of the deepest and darkest anime I've ever seen.
Both anime have a emotional soundtrack
hi im shana I feel sorry for the little girl I mean like she is in a body of an 8 year old but thousands of years old
hi im shana in terms of Darkness I can only see it rivaling the Berserk Manga be slightly darker. I'm terms of sadness this anime is probably up there with Grave of the Fire flies and Clannad after story.
It means she is legal.
@@linked2dio377 guts has to have had he worst life of any fictional character ever. i havent watched shiki but i am now
Every time I listen this beautiful yet sad OST I hear Nao screaming and begging for mercy and forgiveness. Gives me chills every time.
(Spoiler Alert)
Yeah every time I hear this song I think of the scene where all of the Shiki from the pipeline are burning and Mr.Hasegawa goes and stabs all of them. I feel so bad for Nao though... At first I didn't like her, but once you find out her reasonings and stuff you feel so bad.
Same here... That episode is so sad and cruel... You feel so bad for everyone you just wish they could stop their mutual slaughter.
When I heard this theme, I immediately went back and watched that part. I think every anime that has a repeating theme in it has a moment that is the definitive moment that you associate with the song.
Same! Every time I imagine a sad scene in Shiki, I see the scene where Nao is about to be pulled from the tunnel and killed.
Dumb bitch killed her mother, her family, everyone she ever loved. She deserved being left alone, with no one rising from their graves to join her. They are either at peace or stopped existing altogether. And it was all her fault. She deserved no.mercy at the end.
I always remember Sunako talking to god when i hear this song. With the church burning down all around her and her asking god why he had forsaken her, why everything happened to her the way it did, why she and the shiki have to live like they do and apologizing about becoming his enemy when it wasnt ever her choice or her fault. With the only response she got was the big guy breaking down the door, covered in blood, coming to get her with hammer.... God, this show is all about the feels man...
Yea :(, good thing God isn't unjust.
+Saul Skywalker I'm no atheist but many people would beg to differ
Jacob Woods Not many know God, They nitpick a few scriptures from the Bible without reading even a book or the whole thing and Judge him immediately.
If many knew God then there wouldn't be such wanton reckless hatred in the world today.
+Saul Skywalker That's why people should learn. If one is to generalize such things as this, they miss the simple truth.
+eddieguererro46 IK it' really fucked up how you become an enemy of god even though it isn't your fault.
I am still not over that Nurse's death. It was heartbreaking knowing even after turning into a Shiki she didn't kill anyone but still was killed so cruelly
dont spoil bro
I cried! Not gonna lie.
Was heartbreaking.
You should put a spoiler for newcomers.
@@MomoKanjaki the anime is pretty old though. It's hardly spoilers at this point. 😅
@@guyinabluetanktop1943 lol True. Just being fair for newcomers is all. xD
Used to get annoyed that TH-cam shows you videos you've already watched, but now I'm thankful, since I got to rediscover this masterpiece. Wow, I still get chills. It's so powerful and soulful. I remember crying to this show, during the part where they're dragging the vampires kicking and screaming out of the tunnels so that they'll die in the sunlight. Powerful piece of media.
It's been almost 15 years. I'm a whole adult now. Wow.
Yasuharu Takanashi composed the soundtracks for Naruto, Fairytail, Shiki and Hell girl.
Genius.
For Naruto Shippuden only. For Naruto, it was another legend "Toshiro Masuda".
That's the whole reason i started this anime
@@DragBoi69 Same, and I think his work on Shiki is by far my favorite of his
Ost Ragnarok
From the bottom of my heart, i thank Yasuharu Takanashi for giving us this and "Eau de Vie". I mean really, thank you very much, these wonderful pieces connect with my soul.
For giving us the whole soundtrack collection* ;)
+Ae Ri Shin ur right
I just finished the anime. I strongly recommend it to the people who haven't watched it yet. The docter was a badass.
The doctor and the priest are two of the most beautifully written characters I've seen.
@@meandmetoo8436 whats the name of the anime plz
@@iamnoone4676 it's shiki
The monk is the worst kind of Judas there is. To have him escape after idly watching and enabling so much slaughter of the living for a kindred spirit.
Cap'n Marty At fist I took a liking to the monk but during the middle of the story I absolutely hated him I can’t believe he didn’t feel any sympathy for the villagers. He’s extremely selfish and disgusting.
Shiki has to be one of the best Anime that I have ever watched.
Seen anything better after 8 years old friend?
@@nelzelpher7158 Might wanna give Gankutsou a try. it gives some similar beats and is similarly fantastic and criminally underrated. And if you haven't already the 03 adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist can scratch some of those similar itches.
@@nelzelpher7158 How about 10?
There is no any other anime like Shiki.
The closest would be Shin Sekai Yori or maybe Gankutsou.
Fact
Yumi Salalaa death parade!!!!!
@@helenaliebe2815 death parade isn't...no you are kinda right
Devil's line? Tokyo Ghoul? Parasite?
In my opinion shiki is neither about monsters nor about vampires. It's about the concepts of freedom, responsibility, guilt and punishment / revenge.
I think it was Buddha who said "There are just actions but no one who acts" and I also remember Sunako saying "There is no murder without intent. And if there is intent, then there is a reason."
In my view this is the real message of Shiki: Every crime that is committed and every suffering that is caused by someone's actions is terrible and regrettable. But punishment and revenge, which are based on the belief in responsibility and guilt, are also one of these actions because they lead to suffering (instead of improvement) themselves.
Good and bad things just happen. If someone did something wrong, then try to help him _and_ the victims, so this kind of crime gets prevented.
People who do something wrong have their reasons. *They are no demons, but people* - like the shiki are too.
(Sorry for mistakes I might have made. English isn't my mother tongue)
Your words are beautiful thank you :)
@@kimberlyalvarez3039 And thank you for your appreciation :)
Appreciate it.
A failure to act with only lead to more suffering even if you must make another suffer for the sake of a preventative action. Mercy and sympathy are detrimental in such serious matters but empathy and understanding are useful to properly understand the opponent and thus better act against them. If anything this show was useful in its showing of the extent to which people are willing to abide suffering and injustice if it's resolution requires even a portion responsibility for the same to be allotted to them. I think a large part is that the crimes of the vampires are insidious were as the human response is outwardly violent and brutal no matter that the vampires killed more and less discriminately and that they inducted new brethren through a tactic of communal guilt, in much the same way as particularly reprehensible criminal gangs do. It's a fairly common problem in developed nations for horrific actions to be enabled by a public in denial, a pitiful police, complacent politicians and a craven legal system, everything is swept under the rugs for the sake of their weak stomachs. Japan is ironically one of the nation's least affected by it, but in my nation it leads to absurdist denials of reality like classifying 9 year olds as totally legit prostitutes to justify inaction (on top of public apathy, poor press coverage, political cover ups and those actually making it to court getting joke sentences, often in secret trials these days as they are more afraid of discontent from victim communities and vigilantism than serving justice or enacting preventative measures).
"Bats come out at night because the monsters walk in the day."
-Nature
Thanks to this soundtrack I decided to watch the anime and I have to admit... It was worth it.
Ssssaaaammmmeee
same
It really was so good💘 this song directly touche your soul.
Yup
Same
This anime was truly one of the most beautiful anime ever.
Hands down one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard...
Most tragic anime I've ever seen, sometimes I had to stop watching because it was too harsh, but the meaning is very deep and only for a mature public. This is a real piece of art in every term. Megumi's death will forever be stuck in my head.
Which one?
what one?
Megumi's first death as a human, or her final death as a Shiki.
Then again... it could be both.
as a shiki :) it was very hard to watch
She just want a new life out of village ,a contry girl who wanna be shine in city town but she couldn't.....poor girl
I have watched over 200 anime and shiki is the only one I scored 10/10. Truly masterpiece
This anime is probably the best psychological thriller of all time honestly. It makes you think and feel so much for just being 24 episodes.
I will never forget this anime :'(
:3
Even though I've heard this track a lot, I finished all 24 episodes a few minutes ago, after picking up from episode 6, the series is absolutely perfect in story execution as well as making you feel uneasy, it shows how true vampires are supposed to be, none of this twilight sparkling shit. GO WATCH IT!!
I couldn't agree more
Agree r u for the shiki or against. Most of the shiki I feel sorry for because they didn't want to become monsters but they were made to hunt or they will attack their families. Also if u were in their shoes would u want to go through hell once again or want to live because u r scared. But all the time u shoulder the burden of having to kill.
sage’s swords It's a 50/50 deal for me, on one hand the shiki are fighting for survival, but they are killing others too, and the mortals are murdering them but are fighting for themselves, in the end, neither of them win and it'll only continue
Hmm good answer u spelled shiki wrong damn u spell checker!!!!!!!
sage’s swords Fixed it, and yes, fuck autocorrect
3:44 This has such a cinematic feeling. Wow, I'm lost for words..
Been listening to this for years and just now realized the female whispers that start around 6:15 will actually alternate which ear they play in if you listen with head phones, they only play one side at a time until towards the end and it really sells the illusion that someone is actually whispering in your ear. Such a small detail but it's all the little things like that which really add up to make this masterpiece of music.
where can you watch this anime?
Shiki always will have a special place in my heart , a such tragic story , i still remember nights watching it and seeing that animes can teach a lot.
Shi-ki soundtrack was so good, have been listening to this like a decade whenever feeling melancholic, love this track so much
Ono Fuyumi's Shiki. This manga is like a secret treasure, hidden between others because of how underrated it is.
It has a very strong plot, definitely needs more attention.
One unnoticed part about Shiki is that everyone has a different favorite(and least favorite) character. Every character has a different personality, even side characters like the nurses or other family members. It's so amazing I bet even the grandma is somebody's favorite character.
@MaiRi love Good for you she's one of the few characters that survived :')
@MaiRi love yes she is your favorite character to the point where you spread fake information about her lmao
Most underrated anime of all time, but I do understand why, this anime is seriously deep on a very high psychological level, the problematic of this work is groundbreaking, not everyone can comprehend such things, not everyone can get into deep stuff. People claim "HunterxHunter is deep" but they haven't seen this, the story will keep you thinking for years and years after you finish it, and the more you understand things and develop them more and more the better the story gets. The woman who wrote this is a genius. Humans vs Supernatural Beings who consume humans, this is not like Tokyo Ghoul (not that I hate it), where the story constantly tries to deem one side good and one evil, this one is quite grayish and it's up to the viewer to find out which side is darker and which is lighter by a bit, but that's the most epic point, it questions the viewer and the viewer himself has to question things, if the entire point got to the viewer it's really hard to point out whose
actions were more justified.
***** Yeah there are actually hundreds of people with literally pure hearts, and there are hundreds of those who'd massacre children, but most of the people are gray, they aren't legitimately good nor evil, even your casual culprits have their stories.
+Salamander108 So what? You'd call yourself a perfectly good person with not even the slightest traits of evil?
+Epsilon I agree.There's people who say that angle beats,one piece,naruto,and many other overrated anime's are deep,but when I watch anime or other tv shows the only deep ones are the ones with a lot of gore and torture.This is just what I think.
+Mohammad Malik Lots of anime can be deep if you try hard. One Piece contains ALOT of greek philosophy and allegories of death. The show doesn't claim or need to be that deep hence most people doesn't see or care about it. Shiki is probably one the best psychological and philosophical tale in anime along with Death Note and Steins;Gate because it want to be this way. Most underrated animes are on the same track. Wanting to be deep is not winner unfortunately.
***** I am sorry, but I think you don't really understand the meaning of the word "allegory", also I highly doubt One Piece has anything like Greek Philosophy.
I watched this when I was 15 and it scarred me for life, and completely changed my perspective of the world. Mind you I've seen other darker anime before this but nothing so morally and psychologically compelling and twisting. I felt empty after watching this, and nothing before nor after has ever made me fill this way to such an extent.
same for me but it changed me for better. and I was not scared. Thats when I noticed that I am different.
i watched this when i was 15 too it affected me so much
@@everlastingchaos3558 I'm sure many of us feel like this whenever we listen to this piece but I wanted to express it into my own terms: This music touches your soul. It's as if we are so familiar with the sounds but we can't put them into words. It's as if it tries to reach our hearts. It's like we are put into a trance and we know every detail. They are far away yet close. You have a feeling of genuine belonging and good old memories of past occurrences become once again present.. I don't know what else to say or how to put these words differently to making sense of it.. That's roughly it. I'm just so fascinated by this masterpiece.. This has nothing to do with the topic here but I know I'll always stay lonely unless I listen to this..
@@tufftuffson It's greatt hat you like this so much but this kind of feels off to me
"I'll always stay lonely unless I listen to this"
You shouldn't be like this. Be optimistic and try to enjoy your life. ANd well, try to explore it. Make new friends, have fun, and just enjoy. and well, I don't really know what to say. :)
Watch 'From The New World'.
"We gathered here, for the mourning of a heart.
Hoping that this one will have a peaceful depart."
Yet another one gone, taken away with the rest.
The priest kisses the coffin, leaving behind a scent that is blessed.
I adjust my skirt, and start darting my eyes.
Those tears on there faces goes well with there lies.
They all started standing, a woman started bawling in the back.
And suddenly I felt it, my heart started to crack.
Something started to burn, but I felt like I was drowning.
I recounted the memories of him, my lips formed each in counting.
They all started to file out, his grave leading the way.
But I couldn't follow the deceased, so I chose to stay.
My face was now wet, And I felt like I was seeing stars.
His smile that was so near, now felt so far.
This was the end, and I was to naive to notice it.
Maybe I should join him, Maybe I should quit.
Then I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I could swear it was him.
But it was just my sister, with her smile looking grim.
I stood up and sighed, just like the day before.
I should've been with him, this life is a chore.
I followed her out, clasping my hands behind my back.
And I whispered a parting.
And I said goodbye to the church colored in black.
***** I made it.
its so sad but so good
this made me tear up... its beautiful :')
Makota Anigawa well made! Good job!
Very, very nice. Would you mind pm'ing me your email?.
This song makes me remember everyone who died in the village of Sotoba :(
I know right.This anime made me question my humanity .
Same for me >_
Dead ?? i remember Killed , Transformed and Head-Smashed ...
*Cries*
I still feel bad for the Shiki, they just wanted to live...
The best part of this anime was the dilemma it put you through. No one was in the fault in my opinion and i believe the anime tried to explain that too. But in end it depends on the morals of each person. I personally would want to survive thus suck the blood of someone. But also on the other hand I'd kill such creature if it was for my own survival. This anime presented humanity's true nature. In the end even when no one is at fault we will strive for our survival, even if it means to kill.
KertiOn Noobless well spoken
the closest the story has to a guilty antagonist are the kirishiki family, especially Sunako and Tatsumi, who where deliberately targeting sotoba and its inhabitants strategically, trying to getting rid of the ones aware of their plans, the rest of the shiki were mere servants(the jinrou girl), unwilling underlings(tohru) or conflicted individuals(nao).
KertiOn Noobless very true we all want to survive
This series was absolutely magical for me. The only show I have ever seen where the music fits perfectly with every scene that has it, and where every time I hear a certain song, it immediately brings me back to the exact scene I heard and feel the same emotions as the characters.
This entire soundtrack can almost tell the entire story of the show just in the songs alone. Seriously. Try it. Yasuharu Takanashi is an absolute genius with all of his music. But THIS... this is a novel in pure song
An anime so powerful that makes you question your Existence and makes you realize that all that is right or wrong, good and bad are just mere perceptions of your inner mind.
This track always makes me remember the last Nao's scenes, which are according to me the most moving... Made me cry so much !
dont know which arc is sadder to watch: Nao`s inability to return to her family, Tohru and Ritsu being able to hold hands until the very end of their lives, or kaori slow descent into madness after her family is taken away one by one.
This was one of my first real anime. when I was younger and watched it for the first time, I supported Ozaki fully and was on the humans side. When I got older and re watched the anime, I found myself growing very attached to Muroi. He, in spite of everything he had ever learned, sided with the child who had been forsaken by God. Truly a beautiful saga.
Music is not my entertainment, music is my invisible friend, helps me when I need help, inspire me when need help, gives me strength when I am down. I wanna personally thank to the person who has composer such emotional soundtrack, I admire your creativity and trust me your talent is god gift , coz I believe your music can heal people and thanks for sharing.
I came back every year to listen this masterpiece.
Shiki and Steins Gate are 2 of the best shows ever made.
I was absolutely terrified of this show. Watched it at night, first anime to ever do that to me. Brilliant show though, so heart wrenching. Made vampires seem indestructible and complete monsters. Takes a turn and humanizes them while turning humans into the monsters. And a wonderful soundtrack to boot. A tragically underrated show.
Agreed. I thought they were indestructible but they were so fragile at the same time..
Indeed, very true
this anime gave me more feels than any other....the soundtrack made it complete...WORTH GETTING AND EVERY MINUTE. The slower paced anime takes time but the character development and climax area are extremely powerful. Never has an anime brought me to tears...seriously... wow
my mother thinks i look at anime for the plot. which is true, but there are many reasons why i choose anime; this video being one of them - this song has such an unbelievable amount of the pure gift of composing....wonderfully and perfectly done.
Loved the anime loved the OST :)
what show?
zalfight Like Axel said, Shiki, I ABSOLUTELY recommend it. Possibly the most likely anime to force you to make a hard decision, do you want to side with one or the other, i'll leave it at that ;)
I watched this anime after reading your comment, and I came back to say that I loved the ost much more than the anime :)
sora kun I completely agree
sora kun can i have the link to watch this anime :) thanks
This sound track is always good to come back to . So tragic and yet so beautiful.😊😭
Deepest messages ever!!! A masterpiece like none other
Oh my... so nostalgic. Shiki was my favourite vampire like anime, and at first didn't realize it was about vampires but ghosts. It was the first manga i read till the end. And the anime didn't dissapoint. Plus, it gave us this masterpiece.
I feel empty now. I just watched Shiki because I heard this track first.. Watched all episodes in one sitting...
One of the most legit and realistic show, not just anime, about vampires.
Sublime.
Re del sud, che piacere trovarla qui
Non avrei saputo trovare parole migliori @Mortebianca
Queste ost competono con quelle di Naruto e qualitativamente sono migliori, ma Naruto resta superiore per la quantità di colonne sonore
Parere personale
shiki grabs it's viewers in it's own way, with the creepiness and all and I love it! especially with the OST
This was one of the saddest animes I've watched so far. It makes you think about all the wars that have happened and that in reality nobody wins in them - each side has lost something sentimental and there's no way of getting it back. And it brings the question - who is worse? The monsters or the humans? This anime made me think about my whole existence and the world in general...
This anime along with its OST's are art...10//10 MUST WATCH for anime fans. Nuff said
+Zayne My thoughts exactly
Something really deep about this is the fact that Sunako never gave up on talking to God, even after more than a century of being a Shiki. She had so much fate in something that had essentially “forsaken” her.
If your a bibicat stay clear of this one, it's creepy, cruel and sad. No laughs during Shiki. HOWEVER do yourself a favor and watch the last episode, promise, from the moment this music kicks in. You will not often see such a perfect harmony and match between storyline, characters and sound(track). Its as close to perfection as it gets!
Agreed with that last part :P
What's a "bibicat"?
Ellany Bonic I interpreted it as someone who lives by the bible or something like that. Cant really say honestly XD
Oh! Alright. ^^ Thank you.
lol a bibicat is a person who gets scared easy, hence cant look at scary movies. So dont watch the show if you are one.
"You guys attack people whenever you see fit, and assume when they rise up they _want_ to be one of you."
-Natsuno Koide
"Is there any man that needs a reason to protect his own children?" -Adam
"At the words of their Father, upon hearing such heartfelt compassion, Adam's children felt a shiver run through them. And without any instruction all of humanity began to pray. In all the ways they knew how. There were no divisions of race, gender, nationality or creed. The statesmen and the criminals. The rich and poor. The good and evil. For the first time in history, humanity stood as ONE. They all wished for one thing. ADAMS VICTORY!!!!!!! In this moment, humanity is....UNITED."
Love how this track is present in almost every other episode
Shiki has one of the most beautiful OSTs I've ever heard. Ethereal and haunting. Yasuharu Takanashi really created something magnificent.
I miss this anime. I wish I could see it for the first time again.
28-3-2020
It has been what atleast 8 years since i've seen the anime. I still wish till this day that I could relive that story. Feel the emotions again like it was the first time. This story hit me as one of the deepest and I will never forget this.
This track sums up what the story was like.
Wow this is Yasuharu Takanashi? For his work from Naruto and Fairy Tail he was already on the top of my favorite anime compossers together with Yuki Kajiura but now I know he also composed Shiki he's definitely my number 1.
Aye-Tee Slapsyou Ahhh now it all makes sense. When I first heard this, I kept thinking this sounds soooo similar to an ost in Naruto called 'Decision', or official name 'Mother and Father'. The female vocal bits anyway, and especially how it rises up. Haha.
Aye-Tee Slapsyou I also love Yuki Kaijuro too! High fives ! 👌
I just finished this damn Anime, I've never been divided in my thoughts like this anime have made me.
This anime, legitimately made me think with a horrific imaginations of the implications and scenariosit produced...
Hollywood has yet to produce something like this that swayed my thinking by division, ever since.
Nopes, Hollywood too busy with other dramas... It can only be Anime.
What anime??
preet sameer Shi-Ki or just Shiki. Browse it. It's kinda horror base, so beware. Most people don't like it because it has a tint of creepy-ness.
Hollywood is just a joke. Kind of that powerful guy who just throws his power everywhere but doesn't have focus.
sounds interesting, I really need tostop being lazy and just watch the damn anime already.
(has yet to watch)
I love this anime. Especially how at first it's presented as the few main characters are Toshio, Megumi, Natsuno and maybe Seishin. And at first they're all linked together and it seems that the vampires are going to be the cliche bad guys. But then all of the 'main' characters diverge and you start to see that the shiki have their reasons for acting like they do, they just don't want to die.
It's really an anime that makes you think about what it is to be human. Is it really just a beating heart?
All I can say at this point is, Nobody wants to die.
I watched this anime because I randomly stumbled upon this soundtrack, and I’m glad I did
I've never watched an anime that kept me thinking about it for so long. Everything else I tried to watch I just couldn't because it wasn't as good. This show is truly a masterpiece
My favorite anime of all time
give a hug
This is the greatest anime I've ever seen imo. complete perfection. Such sadness and beauty all at once.
From all the anime I have seen, this one portrays reality the best. This is how stuff is sometimes. NO one is wrong, but you have to survive. And in my opinion, that's the beauty of life.
I swear Takanashi is so good at making music touch our hearts *T_T*
If you can say your heart doesn't change
Then that is strength.
Those are the lines I will always think of when I think about Natsuno and his position on the Shiki. He is one of the strongest characters in the series, closely followed by Ritsuko (nurse).
Man, it's been over a year and I still can't get over this anime. I thought I was going to go in, choose a side, and watch as, as I thought, inevitably humans won. Nope. Nopenopenopeity-fucking-nope. Holy crap. I rarely ever get emotional, like seriously emotional over anime, but this one really had me thinking and rethinking and just questioning everything. This is a rare type of media where you can see how thin the line between survival and greed is and it's done so beautifully. I'll be honest and say that the artsyle is what really got me. It looked very pretty and romantic and nothing like I would expect a show with this kind of plot and message to have, which definitely heightened it. I think the only reason why I'd give it a thumbs down is because my fragile heart was not prepared for the psychological and emotional input it was bombarded with. Gods, this was a lovely and refreshing anime to watch and I wish it would get more recognition and not just be written off because people are expecting another cliche vampire love story.
One depressing anime. But worth watching
I haven't been so emotionally submerged in an anime bgm track ever. But Shiki, damn you can make me emotional!
yeah it makes me more emotional to the females i want to open myself for them show them who i am probly why i got my girl in the first place
Watching this anime gave me a ticket to the feels train
Such profound sadness and beauty. A stir of melancholia under which lies a yearning hope. I have no idea what anime this is, but I have the immense desire to watch it!
this anime really made my heart wrench painfully. Its philosophies are so deep and intense that I had to take time to lie down and sort out my thoughts and ideologies. I even held off other psychological anime because my brain and heart simply reached its emotional capacity. The graphic scenes are not as heartbreaking as the reason the shiki were culled. They just wanted to live, unfortunately at the expense of humans, who want to live too. Both sides can't understand each other and ultimately can't coexist. The soundtrack really struck a cord in me - it's like Naruto's soundtrack except it's sad and emotional all the time. I hope people take the time out of their lives to watch this anime. In here, it's an unceasing debate between survival and morality, and sometimes the people were more monsters than the shiki.
I believe it's the same composer as Naruto.
Natsuno... Tooru... :'( At least you both go to heaven together.
Yuki is Natsuno's surname.The other guy is Tooru Mutou
Ananya Mukherjee Oh yeah :P My bad. Thanks for correction.
The intention was clear... It's alright..
NewWind WOAH SPOILER MUCH ?!?
Jaida Eh? What spoiler?
Deep and beautiful. I really loved Shiki and its soundtrack.
Natsuno and Tohru aw I found myself humming along to the OST's every time they would play in an episode
The most amazing thing about the soundtrack to Shiki is that it was written by the same guy who did the soundtrack to Fairy Tail.
1:04-2:00 This part sounds like the main summarizing of the eternal relationship between life and death... The singing voices resemble life in its most realistic and touching way, while the organ resembles death. Beautiful.
Spoilers
Tohru's and Ritsuko's deaths made me heart sick for months.
Felt like someone real died, Shiki is one of the saddest things in existence.
+Saul Skywalker Yeah... :'(
This songs sad.......😭
+Saul Cir Tohru is so sweet ;__;
Me too 😔💔
tohru's and natsuno's deaths are the most unfair thing happened in the whole fucking anime world.and ace's from op.these deaths make me still depressed like i was there,like i knew them.
I remember I gave up on watching this anime in the first episode because I found it boring. But I decided to give it another chance and moved on to the next episodes. It was one of the best decisions of my life.
I want this to be played at my funeral
You would come back as risen.
Hammad Hashmi :D
got this on my "play these at my funeral" -playlist
same
Men of war have long known that warriors must often abandon those verities they defend. Peace, human kindness, love… for they hold no meaning to the enemy. And so, to win, do we become what we despise… and despise what we become?
"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich W. Nietzsche
shiki was the perfect anime to make you wonder who the bad people are... loved it absolutely 10,000% and love the OST even more
This score basically covers the feelings of the entire town, but I think Natsuno's character fits it best. He couldn't care less about saving the town, but I think Tohru, Kaori, and Akira were the first real friends he ever had. He did what he did because the Shiki took his life away from him.
So soothing but so sad, so much feels in this song >.
My 2019 summer memory is here
Steps to infinite meditation and deep sadness:
1. Right click
2. Click Loop
3. Watch episodes 20 and 21
the selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love- Uchiha Madara
It's impossible to choose sides... as I sit here writing this, I get chills from the philosophical deepness of this anime. You can't simply choose a side, Shiki or human. Both simply want to survive, but in order to do so, one must die. The anime is truly chilling to the bone, with sacrifice, death and blood. Human weakness is really tested. I think it proves that in the end, most humans are either traitorous or selfish and only save themselves in a matter of life or death. A true tragedy.
Humanity of course. Shiki deserved death
That’s false, Shikis can’t survive without humans and that’s why at the end humans deserve to live. Even philosophically speaking the shikis’ position is wrong, they violate the existence of a village only to create a society for them. Humans THEN became monsters killing as they were the beasts and they are not justified for this. The good ending would have been if Sunako and the other Shikis declared their nature and humans helped them creating a sort of blood donation routine. The shiki’s transformation would have been an interesting way to give an extra-time on earth to people who are going to die and want more time to greet the world.
This anime makes me cry, and yell at it and hate it but it makes me love it at the same time
I think to this day Shiki is the best anime I've seen so far. Unmatched in 10 years at least!
The soundtrack is phenomenal, really adding to the atmopshere & mood of so many scenes. Character designs are unique, the story is brilliant. The manga is fantastic too, although I've never had the chance to read the original novels.
I was never really on either side during the series, just interested to see how everything played out.
Yeah, it might not be perfect to some but for me it's 10/10 & I'm convinced nothing will ever top it for me. :)
But the story is never finished. You never know what becomes of the town or the girl. Kind of bittersweet if you ask me. Good story, but I can’t fathom anyone enjoying a cliffhanger that is indefinite. Because you’ll always wonder what was going to happen next
Sunako is not special. She must subsist on blood. It's likely this will all happen again, though she may have more success with Muroi by her side.
She wasn't exactly selfish. I'm sure she acted impulsively at first, killing others only to keep herself alive, but soon she became friends with those she killed and ended up rising. At one point, it changes from keeping yourself alive but also to create a community that can thrive, that can live on forever! Now if you could create a family that you could love and be with without having to ever part ways with them, would you take the opportunity?
I am drawn to Yasuharu Takanashi's music without knowing omg! Watched the anime, loved the song, searched on TH-cam and found out it is Yasuharu Takanashi again!
Actually, in the other ost's I couldn't really notice. But when I heard this one, especially at 3:50, I had a feeling that this was Yasuharu Takanashi's work.