Sunday, January 2, 2011

There She Is!!


The sheer emotional impact and cuteness of its art, plot, and message can not be adequately explained with words. Having taken five years to complete, 'There She Is!' is still considered one of the best flash series on the internet. A must see flash series that ought to be mandatory to watch. - Tvtropes.org

Old. It's about a girl bunny who falls in love with a guy cat. And believe me, it's better than it sounds. Only five episodes, 3-6 minutes each. Created by SamBakZa.

Really good. Seriously. Watch here. Go, click Play movie.



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Edited 23.09.11
apparently the link I've given was down, so go here for Step 1 and change the number in the link to 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Suggestion: If you want to read this, read after you watch'em.

So, after some (somewhat) consideration, I want to continue this post! For, I dunno, my heart is totally taken by this series. I don't know how to say this... Its art, plot, message, symbolism, music, twist and the series literally really blew me away. As it said above, it can not be adequately explained with words. So, I'm just putting some characters random facts and some random interpretation of a few scenes. Well, since it has no dialogue, some people might didn't catch some of the things happened in the series, right? Some people like me.


Characters

캐릭터 이미지 - 나비캐릭터 이미지 - 도키
Left to right: Nabi and Doki
Nabi is a cat. Doki is a rabbit. Doki has many pets; she gave them green ribbons. Nabi is a paperboy. Cool one. It looks like that Nabi has some skill in martial arts, or maybe not, probably because he IS a cat; it's not surprising that he got some balance and pretty good at running, or dodging things, or jumping, or climbing trees. If I'm not mistaken, Doki is a nurse.


캐릭터 이미지 - 찐따세트
Left to right: Jjinta Set (Sam-ho, Il-ho, Yi-ho)
Got the names from Wikipedia. Il-ho's a nice guy, he was kind of mad at Nabi at first because he thought Nabi was being pushy towards Doki, but we all know he's not. Sam-ho is kind of dumb. Both of Yi-ho's eyes are still intact, he probably uses eye patch just for a show. Oh yeah, Il-ho's the oldest of the three. And they're brothers. Not that you can't tell.


캐릭터 이미지 - 회색토끼캐릭터 이미지 - 피짜캐릭터 이미지 - 하나
Left to right: Gray Rabbit, Pizza, and Hana
Pizza is Hana's bodyguard. Loyal and dedicated. Hana owns a band.... or maybe she's just their manager or some sort. Once upon a time, she was a singer. Gray Rabbit is an electrical engineer. He likes Hana. If I'm not mistaken, he stalked Hana.


캐릭터 이미지 - 레드아이캐릭터 이미지 - 문캐릭터 이미지 - 피이
Left to Right: The Band (Red Eyes, Moon, and Pi)
Pi is a keyboardist. Moon is a guitarist. Actually, I'm not sure whether Red Eyes is in the band or not, but he's an artist. Oh, and Pi is Yi-ho's love interest.

Easter Eggs
Step 2 - Cake Dance: Click the flying fish
Step 3 - Doki&Nabi: Before it starts, click the top right corner for an alternate intro.

Random Facts (Or Opinions. Or something)
1. Doki tries to catch Nabi with Poké Ball.
2. Nabi's scarf faded since the beginning of the Step 4 - Paradise. It fades further after he saw Doki in the hospital. Turns gray altogether after mourning in his apartment. The rest of his scenes turns into grayscale. Poor thing.
3. The anti-interspecies romance sign (or something akin to it) is shown in every step.
4. In Step 2 - Cake Dance, Nabi, Doki and their friends were thrown out of the cafe because Doki (and Nabi)'s public display of affection.
5. Nabi (kinda) likes his carrot juice
6. They kissed in the end of Step 3 - Doki&Nabi. (It's just the silhouette, so... we can never be to sure)
7. Doki is a big eater.
8. In Step 4 - Paradise, Doki's collars turns gray after she called Nabi and got no answer. She lost hope (or something) because she thought Nabi doesn't care about her anymore, while the real reason is because he was arrested (with Il-ho).
9. Doki's hedgehog died.
10. In (some countries in) Asia, tying a ribbon to a tree and making a wish is how you pray to the gods. It (probably) represents Doki's hope of their love.
11. In the end, the tree with Doki's green ribbons before, changed into real leaves. Probably means that their hope/dreams become reality. Aw.
12. In Step 1 - There She Is!!, Doki imagine a few things about Nabi with horse, Nabi danced with her (or something) etc., and it came true in the Final Step - Imagine.... well.. kinda. See it here.
13. Paradise is a place where a cat and rabbit can be together. Not... literally paradise where people go after they're dead.
14. The music for Final Step, Imagine by Brunch, is somewhat related to John Lennon's Imagine.
15. There's this rabbit guy that showed up in Step 3 with an anti-interspecies romance sign and showed up in Step 4 as a pro-interspecies romance. Either it's a change of heart, or the frame he used in Step 3 is the kind of frame you used for dead people.
16. It's happy ending!
Source: Tvtropes and Wikipedia. Youtube. Check'em out yourself.



"Now let the turtle and the dove,
Let the lion and the lamb,
Let the owl and wolf and ram embrace
Across the countryside.
Fur and feathers, Makin' love;
Paws and claws and jaws and beaks,
Let the song go on for weeks and weeks,
To bless this boy and bless this bride."
—Children, Children, from Bat Boy: The Musical.

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