2012-11-10, 10:35 | Link #1 |
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Paradise
Coldplay - Paradise
I'm sure a lot of you have heard this song and maybe even seen the video. For some reason it caught my imagination. I was wondering if there was any good anime or manga out there that went along with the lyrics or the similar storyline in the video. I've listed the lyrics below. I feel like it could be interpreted multiple ways. The video shows a happy ending, with the "girl" finding the paradise she always wanted, if she just traveled far enough. I think the literal meaning is more like finding a mental paradise, just the optimism to get away from your problems. Another way to look at it is she's crushed under the wheel as it says, and basically breaks down to the point where the only happiness she finds is in her dreams. Anyways, let me know if you think of something! Lyrics: When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach So she ran away in her sleep Dreamed of paradise Every time she closed her eyes When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach And the bullets catch in her teeth Life goes on It gets so heavy The wheel breaks the butterfly Every tear, a waterfall In the night, the stormy night She closed her eyes In the night, the stormy night Away she'd fly. And dreamed of paradise She dreamed of paradise So lying underneath those stormy skies. She said oh~ I know the sun must set to rise. This could be paradise This could be paradise Last edited by jesh462; 2012-11-21 at 02:41. |
2012-11-21, 03:34 | Link #3 |
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Eh, I guess I'll throw a couple out there...
Kurau Phantom Memory - The protagonist and the beings like her (Rynax) cannot be happy apart from their counterparts, their "pair". The series is all about her reuniting with her pair after many years, protecting her and their happiness, trying not to be separated, etc... They encounter various beings that are rendered lonely/insane/etc. for being separated from their pair.... In that sense the protagonist's journey is all about her reaching her paradise, peace and happiness with her pair... In addition our world/dimension itself is something like a paradise to the Rynax... Haibane Renmei - The characters are flightless winged beings who are living through some kind of purgatory, who have recurring dreams and must come to some sort of epiphany before they can fly beyond the wall to the next stage of their existence... I'm sure much of those lyrics could be related to the anime, lol... |
2012-11-22, 09:48 | Link #5 |
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Arusu wants to live in a magic-using world in Mahou Shoujotai Arusu (aka "Tweeny Witches"), and one day she gets her wish. A world of magic casters turns out to be a lot darker and more complex than her dream, though.
Nina Fortner's struggle in Monster to reveal her past and find her brother might vaguely fit, I guess. The world of Monster is pretty gritty, though, and not very paradisical.
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2012-11-22, 11:29 | Link #6 | |
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For shame SeijiSensei, you of all people should know which anime is the perfect fit for those lyrics.
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2012-11-25, 00:39 | Link #8 | |
Hiding Under Your Bed
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