For your eternity is one of the most exclusive titles in recent years, offering an emotional exploration of what it means to be human through Fushi’s lens. Its existence begins with a being known as The Beholder, who placed an orb on Earth that would later become the protagonist of the anime. Fushi is an immortal being who has the power to transform into those he encounters after they pass away and replicate items from which he received stimuli.
In essence, For your eternity follows Fushi’s growing relationships with others, memory, and loss. However, despite the philosophical connotations, the inclusion of intense action scenes in the anime takes away from the reflective nature of Fushi’s story. Although action scenes are typically used to create higher stakes, in For your eternity, takes away from the best part of the anime: Fushi’s ever-evolving connection to humanity.
The heart of To Your Eternity is in Fushi’s connections
Fushi’s experiences with friendship, love and sadness increase her understanding of humanity
The evolution of Fushi’s understanding of humanity and the connections it creates are the central aspect of For your eternity. With each encounter, Fushi adds a new layer to his understanding of the human experience, allowing viewers to watch Fushi evolve as he navigates the complexities of humanity and all it has to offer. Fushi’s initial connection with the nameless boy and later deeper connections with March and Gugu create significant advancements in Fushi’s development, allowing him to learn and witness firsthand what it means to live.
This is emphasized by the losses Fushi experiences and how he copes with them. Each character Fushi encounters on his journey offers him a valuable lesson about life and teaches you how difficult it is to say goodbye and yet how devastatingly necessary it is. It is this aspect that resonates powerfully with viewers, as it is a universal experience and enriches the narrative by allowing Fushi to witness both the dark nature of humanity and the ever-powerful nature of the light of the people he surrounds himself with.
Action scenes distract from Fushi’s journey to understand humanity
The Nokkers are useless additions to the story’s narrative
While the heart of For your eternity lies in the exploration of humanity and the connections that Fushi forms throughout his journey, quickly becomes Overshadowed by the inclusion of unnecessary action scenes against unnecessary opponents, especially in the 2nd season. The battles that Fushi faces with the Nokkers are intended to increase and add tension to the anime and provide excitement, however, all it ends up doing is stealing the spotlight from more important themes that the anime addresses.
The same tension and excitement that should be created by Nokkers it could so easily be created through humanity and would have allowed Fushi to further experience the complexity of human existence. Instead of Nokkers, if there were action scenes, they could have just been done by humans who wanted more power or had dark, twisted minds, like Hayase. This would have set up the series to maintain the essence of Fushi’s exploration of the world around him, rather than adding more supernatural elements that would distract from Fushi’s evolution.
To Your Eternity is a missed opportunity to explore the depths of humanity
To Your Eternity Started is completely different from what it became
The addition of Nokkers in For your eternity overshadows Fushi’s heartfelt journey. What could have been a captivating story about humanity evolved into a story about Fushi’s battle against the Nokkers. The anime presents itself as a deep reflection on life, death and morality, but later adds the supernatural element of creatures whose sole purpose is to oppose Fushi’s existence. This shift to action completely changed the course of Fushi’s experience and ultimately led to the loss of opportunities for a deeper and more candid exploration of human experiences.
By leaving behind the single premise he had established, For your eternity ends up overlooking the emotional and moving journey that Fushi embarked on and later disregards it entirely by granting Fushi the power of resurrection. Although your power is limited, replaces the emotional arcs he experienced during the first season. At the end, For your eternity becomes a devastating waste of potential, turning what would have been one of humanity’s greatest and most introspective stories ever told into a story about the fight against Nokkers and the loss of everything that made him stand out during his release.