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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- The reviews of Sonny Boy may all be different, but everyone's Sonny Boy reaction is the same: "what". In this video, I try to understand this impenetrable anime, and figure out what Sonny Boy is really trying to say. Is this really the best new anime of the season? Here is Sonny Boy explained.
(This video was made at the time of episode 7)
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:30 Penalty
5:39 Pony, Monkies, and Privilege
9:13 Hoshi vs Nagara
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The wolf backstory was my most favorite episode.
Hell yes. Bro I dont know but It got so disturbing out of nowhere. The imagery was insane and the backstory was interesting. I'm on ep 10 and love Minzuho and nagara
@@breakops5339 war reminds of magic man from adventure time
@@Alfonsokingful yes!!
And the soundtrack by the absolute genius Mid-Air Thief himself
*Dog
The show really relies on the "Show, don't tell", but also leans towards, "Tell, don't show" when it needs to.
Oh yess i forgot that this show also has "Tell, don't show" which are Monkey baseball and the inventor of death. Damn
monkey baseball part surprising me, never seen the monologue in anime like this one. The sunny boy give the different experience to watch anime
I love Radjhani so much! I wish there were more characters like him
i agree! he was so unique and charming. mvp
The first character in my entire life that i can relate to. Pure intelligence and loving life as is in all possible points of view. This is the most unique combination. Funny how he is Indian - their religion(s?) truly can be both intelligence centered and fill the natural need for faith. Two thousands years with soul harmony and no depression, with all answers needed for his friends. He is like Nozomi's light for me.
i was worried after the crash, he went a bit insane with the ants but it looks like he got himself back to normal at the end after Nozomi's death and building the Rocket ship
Nah he espoused Nietzsche's ideas, a true free spirit. He also had the speech where he talked about how everything is in a state of becoming and how he resigned to his fate, amor fati.
Yes, but I think sonny boy is also an exploration of our powerlessness to the world and a teenager's journey into the world of adults. How cruel, unknown and frightening the world could be when you don't know the rules anymore. One constantly questions and finds how the world works and who controls them.
But still, we fall constantly. The decision we make often bad ones we don't know why we made them but we still have to live with them.
Yeah man this is a good interpretation!
Time flows differently when your watching sonny boy 6 episodes felt like 6 years
It felt like 60+ episodes instead of 6
I LOVE confusing animes like this. Not confusing like badly written but in the sense of abstract storytelling. Do you know what genre this kind of anime is?
@@MattyTaps do you have any recommendations?
@@menantumakawak watch mawaru penguindrum, then anything else by ikuhara (the director)
Dementia?
I saw the first season of boogiepop and I didn't understand a shit xD
@Spell Check all of those are easy to understand. It's mostly Haruhi and Steins;Gate that only makes you understand when you give it time.
Ep 11 had me all in my feels man it’s just so good and it’s finally starting to make sense
Boutta start ep 10. Love the show. Its gets so crazy out of nowhere but I'm so addicted to mizuho and Niagara.
I agree for me episode 11 and 12 impacted me so much and well made me love the show even though it had a lot of episodes that I just went what ever with my the end like 9, 10, and 7 which just didn’t vibe with me… but stuff like the first few episodes, episode 6, 8 and the finales will always stay with me.. this is that type of show that is not perfect so I can’t say it like better than an 8,5 but I honestly not trying to be perfect and that kinda why it is special
I cried
Sonny Boy is the most interesting anime of this year imo, regardless it being layer cake of arthouse that people need to dissect it multiple times to understand its meanings.
The recent episode 8 even tackle the messiah & follower conundrum in a belief system.
I’m on episode 6 and you might be right, although I do think odd taxi could definitely be considered more interesting
@@DIRTYD33DSDON3DIRTCHEAP wait, someone else other then me watched it
@@Sensei_gojo odd taxi was great, such a shame it didn’t get more hype this year.
Nagara seems to be a victim of some form of societal alienation. His mom is a hoarder and the students stated he has no future to return to.
This anime is the definition of "I don't get it, but i feel it"
This anime is a masterpiece in my opinion. I love how random but awfully complex it is, it really makes you think.
Well I think that it is good and I respect your opinion, but it felt to me like it wanted to tell so many things and perhaps was too much only in 12 episodes. Also the majority of those ideas are from existencialist philosophers like Camus, Sartre and Kierkegaard. If we compare it to Monster, another philosophical anime. You will see that Monster kept one idea the entirety of the series and at the end leaved us with a profound analysis about evil.
@@cinematicxperience233 bruh this is surrealism
@@cinematicxperience233 this anime throws too much a you. But also doesn't really flesh any of the stuff that's being thrown at you out.
I just fell in love with it 🤦🏾♂️
Everytime I watch Sonny Boy, it gave me some existential crisis lol. I always know that it metaphors to the current society and this video helped me to interpret it more!
“Epic highs and lows of highschool baseball” I appreciate the reference lmaoo
Reference to what?
When Nagara saw Mizuno and she didn't recognize who he was, I was scared if it would be the ending because it's incredibly depressing knowing that everything that happened may have been Nagara s daydream, and if it was, then everything that happened was meaningless.
I was fully expecting to feel saddened and empty after finishing the series but I came away optimistic and hopeful. Loved the journey.
Sonny Boy can be a meaningful or meaningless viewing experience depending on your perception. Just like life, it’s up to you to find your OWN meaning for it to make sense.
Similar to how Radjhani said, life is meaningless in that aspect, but it's because of that meaninglessness, there's something meaningful in how an individual lives their life. Sonny Boy is meaningless or meaningful on how you view it.
i always feel dumb when watching anime like this. I have feeling that its this legendary anime but my smol brain just cant grasp nor understand what its trying to say but i look forward to the new episode anyways.
If someone made anything even slightly close to murakami's books as an anime it would be exactly like this
YESS AGREEE
I just finished it and I am sure watching it again will allow me to understand it and appreciate it even more. I am not into philosophy or psychology but the show represents people's response to a crisis that lasts too long, how they're focused on surviving then they start adjusting and thinking about other things (love for example). The best parts of it are the stories told by Rajdhani and the dog, so insightful and thought-provoking, Rajdhani is my favourite character by far and I loved how Nozumi is just a straight forward good pure girl.
Some episodes didn't make sense to me but thanks to your explanation it does now - The monkey baseball league episode-, in addition to the one where they're building a babel tower to reach heaven, I have no clue still as to people's need to believe in something (the story of the falling star) when life is dire and all meaning & hope is lost.
Thank you for the video.
“Not that deep” OH MY F****** GOD” bro it’s so deep that I literally had to look up “sonny boy explained” because I needed a better perspective on what to understand because it’s so cryptic and vague. It’s a good anime but just confusingggggg and not that it was written badly but just because were only given bits and pieces of what’s really going on
It amazes me how different people can read into different aspects of sonny boy and still come up with full, valid and interesting interpretations. Great video! 👍👍
I gotta say, this has to my favorite anime of 2021
everything from the visuals to the storytelling and the god damn music just hit me in ways not many shows do. This show accomplished what very few shows have managed to do, make me tear up. This show evokes so many emotions at the same time that I go feeling happy in one second and depressed the next. Easily for me, this anime will remain as one of my favorites and I hope if they ever do a dub, they give it justice. lastly, the Indian dude was the best character of the anime
Have you watched the entire anime by now? What are your thoughts now? I'm feeling that sonny boy, while very artsy and visually appealing, is kinda fake deep...
@@samuraijosh1595 how so?
@@samuraijosh1595 how is it fake deep?
So much happened in the span of 12 episodes. So many emotions too. ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ I had a ton of questions but I didn't even know what questions to ask. I don't know how to explain it but it was definitely an experience
I think your interpretation is right on the money for roughly the first half of the anime. However, in the second part, I think things start getting more psychological and existential than ethical and political, and probably the second half delves into the deeper ground of the individual s human condition... all I know for sure is that it is an incredibly sad anime about teenagers coming out of the realm of infinite possibilities childhood gives them, and undergoing those random events called destiny, unconsciously making those choices, along the way, that will trap them into the man/women they will become, till it will be too late to change anything. It s sad but that s life as it is, with a hint of hope, at least for the shit teenage life Nagata got for himself: as he says at the end, ‘it s just the beginning’ of his adulthood, he can still turn some things around, even though the best of all the possibilities did not come to fruition in this worldline ( his girlfriend, for example ). I do believe there is some underlying multiverse interpretation in fact, often accessible through the indian student s investigations.
i agree that the second half reads more as an exploration into what the permanence of 'self' means-the process of each group of students growing apart from each other feels like a rejection of the political systems that developed during the show & marks a turning point towards more personal themes
the ending leaves such an indescribable feeling in me, loved the whole series throughout
The ending of the anime was a bittersweet one. Even though there were a lot of unanswered questions, it still left me satisfied.
I understood the first 2 eps just fine but from ep 3 it just gets so hard to understand but in the end I understood the whole story, 12 eps felt like 300 eps
You always do such a good job explaining everything, so far all the videos I've watched of yours are by far some of the best I've watched about anime, it is well explained but not overdone and is always concise, keep up the good work dude :)
Thanks so much! I try to improve each time.
**SPOILER**
I really wanted to see Nagara asking Nozomi to be friends again when returning 🤚😭
This show's a literal Mindjob
I saw the point of the ending was that Nagara thought Nozomi was a different person in this timeline after he saw her dating Asakaze. But after he saw that she still cared about the birds he realized that she is still the same person and there's hope they can be friends again.
@@otto_jk well you're definitely right, it would be possible but there won't be a continuation, which means we won't see them interact as friends in this new timeline
It sucks when shows end lol
I personally was pissed. She made him promise and he was like "nah, I'll pass."
it really break my heart when i saw nozomi dating asakaze in the end, feels like i'm being betrayed, even tho they're all happy, i don't know why..
@@hasanabdullah6339 I didn't feel betrayed because of Asakaze and Nozomi, they had a rather good relationship in the This worlds as well until Asakaze felt threatened by Nagara and overdoing it with the rivalry thing. It totally made sense to me and on the other hand felt super natural.
I felt betrayed by Nagara for not keeping his promise to Nozomi, even though it might not have been the same Nozomi he still promised. Just as @charlie riser said, it felt like he treated this promise and their past relationship/friendship as something meaningless in the present. That hurt me.
This is probably my favourite video on your channel
This was such a wonderful outlook of the series. Thank you!
I've been looking for a video like this since episode one! Finally someone who gets it. Its not about what is Happening per se, as much as it's about what it means and what it says about the characters.
I find it interesting that you interpreted Sonny Boy, a Japanese production, through the lens of Western philosophers. This is not to detract from your analysis, we work within the knowledge we have access to, I'm not familiar with much philosophy anyway. It simply makes me wonder what influenced Sonny Boy's themes, Eastern or Western.
great work man! Loved hearing your thoughts and explanation
I really didnt understand the baseball stuff but that upside down tower was perfection
I regret watch in one day, every episode have different meaning with the other. Wanna rewatch and enjoy the anime with thinking about my own interpretation haha. That's why this anime is special for me
This really helped! I love the show but sometimes it is hard to follow. I’ve loved the last two episodes though with the Ant Farm and the Dog’s Backstory
First time watching the anime, I gave up after episode 2, when I had no idea about what was going on, or what was I even watching. I then pushed myself to another episode, this time trying to understand what was happening, but instead of that, I have discovered a lot of comparisons and different (often satirical) takes on modern society. At that point I understood that this anime isn't primarily about the story, but it wants to tell you something in bigger picture through the character's development. Had to watch the anime twice to get many other references, takes, opinions and metaphores, and I can quite understand that this, alongside with absolutely brilliant art style (that looks like MS paint but I love it) is really something that deserves to be called an art piece, not only visually, but poetically too. Gotta give it another go, since after watching it 2 times myself, reading about other people's opinions and watching videos, I feel like there is still a lot more to understand and "get".
I especially like how it kind of makes you think about stuff, especially when you are in your early 20s like I am, just "entering the adult world" of finding/having a job, routines, giving up your dreams and turning your life basically 180 to adapt to a predefined society.
This helped me understand Sonny Boy a bit more thanks ake
Thank you so much for this vid, i think i'll now be able to understand sunny boy more and to enjoy it more :)
I litteraly talked about Sonny Boy during philosophy class because we were studying Hobbes, Locke and Roussseau and I love how 3 weeks later I find this video where you explain it perfectly with the same philosophers. That's a huge coincidence that I started watching Sonny Boy at the exact same time we studied social contracts.
This video makes me subscribe without hesitation. Please make a video about the whole season 😭
I just "finished" Sonny Boy and obviously had the desire to further understand what I had seen. Watching this I saw scenes I didn't recognize and realized I had missed an episode entirely because I was watching on different devices. I think it's funny that I could have missed an episode and yet because of the nature of the storytelling I had no idea!
Your content quality is so good I hope you get more subscribers
Dude, I want to do videos like you do
I have been looking for a video like this since episode 1
Would love to see your analysis on all episodes. It's a great anime to sit and think about what it wants to convey rather than making sense of what it means.
I haven't watched sonny boy yet , but this is a well thought out video. I am definitely subscribing
Thank you so much!
what an amazing video, new subscriber and keep it up
Love it when you explain about the people behind it for the review
Many reviewer just review the story
And hats off to shingo natsume
I kind of love how with the deadpan nature of the show I find it enjoyable as a sort of iyashikei (healing) show. I may be crazy but I can't be the only
It just doesn't strike me as an Iyashikei like Mushishi at all.
ive never clicked on a video from a youtuber i dont and hit like within the first minute before now. somehow i just knew this was going to be good and you did not dissapoint
Ima rewatch this soon again it gives a deep message when you understand more
I remember start watching this anime just because of the ending song by GING NANG BOYZ and My first impression of this anime is like man! Its been along time I haven't watch anime like this, yes I love confusing story, and the way they tell it is very interesting but I failed to understand Sonny Boy but I do get a hunch whats happening! Thank you for making this video man!
At my first watch, everything was all confusing; at my second watch, I understood it a little bit; and at my third watch, I understood everything completely.
One of my favorites.
Huh. Your interpretation is completely different from mine. I came to the conclusion that the anime was about growing up. As one grows one faces myriad obstacles and situations that require nuanced problem solving skills. Whether it be how to survive in a world with self imposed rules, whether to help strangers when the cost is unknown, or even whether one should live in reality or not, the teenager goes through so many ideas and challenges that it’s a wonder how any of them turn out sane in the end. To me, sonny boy explores all of that and more. Seeing your political science take on the subject was enlightening and just goes to show that people can really see the same thing, but come away with different ideas.
Sonny Boy was the first deep, abstract thing I immediately enjoyed. I had my own thoughts but this video managed to expand them in ways I didn't conceived.
Nice video. Did you like the ending? Are you going to update this "analysis" now that the series ended? I'd really like to hear more
TH-cam probably recommended this video because I was listening to the ost but for me the best way to enjoy sonny boy is to not think at all, like because every episode is different and doesn't really touch the plot of the previous episode. Because at the end of the anime there are more questions than the start 😅
I may not understand it fully but the lingering feeling of satisfaction makes me believe this is one of the best and is definitely a masterpiece
Thank you. A simply Thank you.
Loved this video. Also, I just faintly noticed music from FFXIV, really loved how that's here.
Yes! I love it so much. I was grasping this concept early on. What do you think would happen if the rising antagonist would’ve been killed off prior to them entering the peak of their story. Would the story then plateau? Or would another antagonist take shape and rise???
i just finished it and sometimes it's really refreshing to watch this kind of exceptional show
In a mysterious dimension where you can do pretty much whatever you want, I find it interesting that most of the students decide to make societies that mimic the ones from their original world.
And if anyone could explain to me the dog episode that would be great 😭
From the characters standpoint, for all the shit people give our society, it works better than anything we have ever had in our entire history and on a much larger scale than anything else in history.
From a writing standpoint, its easier to have the characters mimic our current or past societies than it is to have them come up with something new. Lol
From me it seemed the dog took advantage of the girls kindness. And even rejected it at times. When the town feel under the plague he stuck to his selfish ways but still entertained the girl. He was ashamed tho because he could never look her in the eye again continuing the suffering. I think if he would've used her power and sought direction he might've returned to his world. But he fell into the conventional emotions of the real world staying trapped in the "empty space" at least a that's how I seen it
The dog episode is talking about someone who is deeply troubled, avoidant, constantly running away from human connection and doesn't understand kindness and empathy. Who encountered a girl
who is literally a ray of light, people gravitates toward her and seek her help and good opinion. And she brings life to everything she touches.
But no matter how hard the kind girl tries to bring him out of his shell, he keeps avoiding change. Until he finally starts affecting her and all the people around in a bad way "the disease". It's the world that he created where her powers aren't working. it's him ignoring the fact that his refusal of change is affecting people around him. it's him depending solely on her powers to heal everything without him participating, even though deep down he knows he needs to fight his demons and misery. He meets 'War' who took more than 10000 lives, who tells him "you and I are the same" because what the dog brings on people is like the misery of war that drains you out and consumes you before it kills you.
Everyone blames the for taking them both in, and while she kicks out War (who is blatantly a murderer), she holds on to the dog (whose damage is more hidden ). Eventually she asks him to promise her he'll "step out" and "leave to a better world", that he'll finally change his ways and find a light within him. She gets so invested that it literally takes her live, and the lives of whomever encountered him. It takes him 5000 years to finally step out and go to our protagonists. Initiating a friendship instead of running away. Our main op tells him he is also struggling to change, and the dog says: I did it after 5000 years, so can you.
I thought I was stupid for not understanding what was going on. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.
I feel like I've seen this before in a dream.
great now i need another video to explain this video
The story about Monkey Baseball is forever imprinted in my head, that's the main thing I think I'll take from this anime and remember about it in the future
That's my anime of the year so far! Love it.
I understood most of the show, but could someone please tell me who Aki-sensei actually was. We know she couldn't be the real Aki-sensei because only the students could go drifting. Did the show ever explain who she actually was or what her true goals were?
I don't think the show actually explained it, but my personal theory on the matter is that she is/was a fellow student, one with the power to change her looks into others. (Based entirely on what the friendly dog said, and the brief shot of Aki where you see beneath the white coat, a black skirt like most of the girls wear for their uniforms)
@@silasgystad8748 that’s what I thought
I think it was her, but the student version. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned somewhere that she also went to the same middle school, and the flow of time is different in the other world when they met the dog.
Aki was a student who had the ability to look like an adult. In nagamis world adults/teachers are portrayed as Gods so in this instance aki was being what is in the bible as the false Shepard. A person who claims to be a god but is actually a devil or a djinn.
@Zentosi the principal who was god
god made a copy of a highschool & its students to mess around with them because he was bored. the copies were never meant to come back but two of them made it back. The end.
I think my favorite part of this show is that no one person has the same interpretation of it
i loved this anime. wish i could watch it for the first time again.
Interesting interpretation, never thought of Hoshi as a cult leader. I do wonder how the other episodes may have changed your interpretation.
These kinds of anime are especially my favorites; I mean I've watched Steins;Gate three times and it still stands as my favorite anime of all time.
Great job!
Great interpretation but I think the last half of sonny boy really expands on what you talked about especailly when the topic of death is brought up, there is also a eery amount of solitude that is a running theme throughout the anime which I geuss is a form of wanting to reject society yet feeling lonely while being seperated from it creating a back and forth of the pain cuased by conflict within social groups and the pain of not being in any social group, I should really go back and rewatch the show to undersatnd it more
I see it as people dealing with chaos and uncertainty that everyone experiences in life. Learning to accept the hand your dealt and that life is still worth living even if it didn't turn out how you expected. Also making small leaps towards full understanding and acceptance of your fate.
Now I understand why I loved so much Sonny Boy; I was addicted and obsessed with Boogiepop and it comes from the same mind...
Episode 8/the wolf backstory episode left me in tears 🛐💯
my favorite anime ever makes sense he made boogiepop as well felt very similarly written
just to watching this video I binged all 8 episodes and it was worth it. and such a beautiful tumbnail btw
I only watched the first episode when it first came out but because it was so confusing I drop it gonna pick it up now, it sounds like a very interesting show as you explained it.
Yeah I can understand. If you have a foundation for what themes to look for, it can be a more rewarding experience.
This kind of anime is my fucking drug, is the only reason why i can say "i love anime"
Where can one watch this series in the US?
That crash and burn comment hit me hard. Oh, Wonder Egg..
Will you make another video now that the series ended?
I need to watch this what’s this streaming on?
Great content. My only gripe is that I have to look at you talk most of the time. Maybe use that screen time more to show scenes?
Just rewatched the first episode (thanks Crunchyroll-Funimation merger!) and I noticed something. Not to spoil everything, but I love there there is quiet for the entire episode, except for the ambient sounds, and then at the climax of the episode, it explodes at the end with that Banger of a song in the trailer. It felt chatarirtic, liberating, refreshing even.
If you plan to watch the series:
1) Enjoy the ride, because it is wild.
2) Watch each episode at least twice before moving to the next one, for the following reason:
3) Treat Sonny Boy as a gnostic text in form of a seasonal anime, full of mystical and mysterious imagery. Try to decode it not with your mind, but with your soul. Then it will be your soul to understand what it means for your life.
Sonny Boy is a Zen Koan: it f**ks your mind so hard, but only like this you can be enlightened. And try not to be adrift anymore, to save your life a little. In fact, you can’t change the world…
…unless you change yourself.
best anime i’ve seen bru wish it was longer😭😭😭
Can you go over FlCL? It is my favorite piece of fiction in general and would love to see some more attention brought to it?
Part 2 of this since the show ended now? :)
Thank you for your video, I really enjoyed it! I love Sonny Boy so much and now this series is getting deeper and interesting after watching your video. I wish you success ♥️
I’m sorry, but can someone PLEASE tell me the song that played while Nagara and Mizuho were running together in E12?!
10 months late probably lol but it's called Sonny Boy Rhapsody by Toe
I wish I could watch this anime for the first time again.
Gj man, thx a lot
I agree, it is special
U stare directly in camera man spoke me man
Sonny Boy is the Lupe Fiasco of anime
Didn't watch the anime yet but got final year of school now. I hope i got some time to watch this , it sounds good
Its great, just takes a little time to parse through.
@@Akezura Yeah and would you mind explaining the last couple of chapters of boy's abyss if you can. it's kinda getting hard to understand gen's character and the story is so good but weirdly written i think you posted about it on Tiktok too ? maybe if you ever have some time would be great if you want to.