I never thought of watching this until one day I stumbled across its ending song in Youtube. Usually suggestions put me off but there was something about the movie poster that clicks. So I listened. And I got addicted. The song was beautiful. Then I remembered that I have seen the movie poster back when I was still a kid (about the same time I started using the PC, so maybe 7~9 I guess?), and IDK I felt nostalgic maybe? One of the reasons I could still recognize the poster was because of its selection of colors: blue with brief colors of the sunset. And the characters playing the violin with contrasting atmospheres.
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Ugh, at first I did not know what was so bittersweet about 'the red road' ending, but clearly I was wrong haha... because the volume of BGM was quite low so I can't listen well, but when the extras came out the track 'forever' was what hit me the most in Sweet Pool. When the two were fusing into one (GEM FUSION), he asks, "Do you believe in forever?", and the answer was "There is no forever." So much for heartbreak and feeeelssss. And the track symbolizes their fleeting togetherness, their feelings for each other, but could not ever be human or have their relationship last forever. They don't 'love' each other, it wasn't even 'romance', but something more heavy, more deep. Like Hope and Light's relationship, which is love, but at the same time so much more than that. Heck love wasn't even the appropriate word to describe it!
Since there are no 'good ends' as all the OTP endings involve Yuuji's death, it leaves you empty and lifeless. And here you wonder why is the game called 'Sweet Pool' when there's nothing sweet about it. And why a pool? The pool only shows up in two of the endings in which Tetsuo survives. Or you can interpret the title like this: the 'sweet' is from the word bittersweet, while the pool... the pool is your tears and feels.
You'll never be the same after playing this game. Before this I thought Clear's end from DMMd was already the worst, but SP is just... IDK. It's been two days and I can still feel my heart clutch in pain whenever I think of their sad fate. However if someone ever asks if I regret playing SP, no. I don't. It's sad and disgusting and nightmarish (whenever I go to the toilet I just can't), but somewhat refreshing to see a protag which is not your usual bishonen, but someone who is actually a man. Look at the OST cover, I mean you'll NEVER be 100% sure who is the protag. At first glance they may actually be mistaken as the love interests. I mean all three of them on the cover. Look at Yuuji's Kira eyes WHAT.
Note: I always had a feeling Tetsuo looks familiar, now I know why - Shinonome from the Warui series argh! Looks alike 'cept the fact that Shinonome grins a lot compared to Tetsuo who's a cool emotionless dude.
Current mood: NO BABY NO IT'S OK YOU CAN MAKE IT! AF FEELS!!!! *SLAMS ON LAPTOP*
5 Centimeters was already pretty famous in Tumblr due to the beautiful scenery and the tear-jerking motif of the film. Mostly all the GIFs I see on Tumblr are scenery porn, so I did not know what the protagonist looks like. I didn't even know how the story will go, except for the fact that they got train-blocked (lol). The movie has three episodes, each episode describes the 'distance' between the central protagonist of the episode.
