The direction of the heart is either a thousand or a hundred.

Damon 2022-04-20 09:02:25

"What the heart wants is a thousand or a hundred." - MindGame (MindGame)

I understand it from three perspectives: ① This animation is a psychological game of the director; all imagination (ie mind) and reality, the realization of all imagination (animation); ② The animation itself is a psychological game (as long as there is a positive Mentality, everything is okay; fulfillment of self prophecy, Pygmalion effect); resurrection, dodging on bridge, drowning, entertainment and imagination, rushing out of a whale. ③ Real life is a mental game (ibid.).

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Mind Game quotes

  • Nishi: We've gotta leave. It's that or drown.

    Yan: But how?

    Nishi: The boat, of course!

    Myon: The cops'll be looking for us.

    Nishi: So?

    Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us!

    Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got!

  • Nishi: This roller-coaster you're trying to stop is a genuine Angel Express. And I can see you moved to tears as you watch that mystic angel spread its wings and disappear into the sky. OK?

    Yakuza boss: The fuck?