An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Anime Film Club: Biochem, Botany, and Oneiromancy – King of Thorn Spoiler Review.

What in Haruhi’s name did I just watch? I mean, I know what I watched – the 2009 cinematic outing King of Thorn – but… what was that? That’s the sense the film leaves you with. Heck, that’s the sense you spend most of the second half feeling, a barrage of confusion that’s present and relentless.

I’m saying this at the start as a little “heads up” sort of alert, that if anything I relate seems to be disjointed, or to come out of left field, that’s probably intentional as a representation of how the film does it.

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