thats the point of JJK. morality isnt enough to survive. a heartless person like mei mei survived because she just ran while nanami chose to stay even though he knew it was suicide. but it dosent matter because even though this world is cruel, and even though we cant make a difference like some hero in a manga. we can still make a small difference. like madoka magica or sonny boy
in fact its only through tragedy, in seeing tragic characters overcome their struggle that gives us hope into our own life. if nanami got a happy ending, that would be nothing but escapism. but because he got a tragic ending, we are inspired to take action in our own lives to help people. because compared to JJK our own suffering feels much easier. It was through these tragic anime, that I was similarly inspired to choose between being a professional gambler that could easily retire early or pursuing the difficult job of being a mangaka. I realized even if i retired early I would just be lazing around without a job, doing nothing and not making a difference. I realized the only thing I was ever passionate about were anime. and I want to create a anime like that myself to share that same joy and give others hope from their meaningless dead end jobs like it did for me
@@christinaturner6548 yeah 7th greatest anime of all time. it is pure creative genius. permanently raised the bar for existential anime. only one to beat it is madoka magica, cyberpunk edgerunners and rakugo shinjuu
I absolutely adored Nanami, his past didn’t make him show a childish front to hide his pain like Gojo, or turn into a monster like Geto. He left, to retain his sanity. But really, his job drained him. He tried to stop the cycle of JJK society that uses children as paper men, of lions led by donkeys. His childhood was taken away from him entirely, and any spark died with Yu Haibara. I like to think he saw a little bit of Yu in Yuji. And at any cost, he didn’t want Yuji to die like a lamb to slaughter. When he died, he knew that he’d helped Yuji in a way he could never help Yu. He could rest, knowing someone cared, that he cared enough to live for someone, and die for someone to save their life.
One of the best "side" characters ever written, he doesn't draw too much attention, and isn't spectacularly flashy, but he does what he is supposed to, I'm glad Mappa did him justice in anime.
Another thing I like is how you interpret his character as optimistic. I certainly viewed it through a pessimistic lense especially with him asking Haibara "What was I even doing?" But hearing your perspective makes me rethink his character. The main reason I see him through a pessimistic lense is because comparatively to characters like Gojo/Sukuna, he doesn't inact as much change. And his death feels so undeserved for such a kind-hearted individual. But one thing JJK will gladly demomstrate, life doesn't care how kind you are. Death will befall you regardless. So all we get to choose is how we live our life. And ultimately, we feel as though Nanami deserves that time in Malaysia, but we also know he wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it if he didn't achieve it through doing the most he could've done to help others.
One of the best videos I've seen on this topic is by Hank Green on the Vlog Brothers channel. He mentions how in life we're all obsessed with this idea of a "life purpose" buy in reality as we all change as people our focuses, our priorities and our goals all shift so you should do what compels you during any given time of our lives. He says that in reality the environment and people we work in really matters more than the actual work, and there's no job that you'll love every aspect of. I personally completely agree. Great video as always LFA, really rooting for you, cheers.
I'm so happy you made this video. For a while, it seemed like nobody really understood what Nanami stood for and represented. He was the realest, down-to-earth man in my opinion and I could feel nothing but respect to the way he carried himself. Great video man 👊🏾
Beautiful. I didn't put 2 and 2 together about his overtime pact being correlated to his character growth. That literally makes the ability make way more sense to me. Gege says he limits it to 80-90% so he can put out 110-120%, and I was like "Okay, but why would he do that?" But now I get that it's not just a joke about how deeply he resents overtime, it's a literal pact with himself to prevent his old habit of overworking and trying to balance enjoying his life. Very nice catch!
I was a nihilist for a very long time. But then trough series like tokyo ghoul, berserk or aot, and lots of self improvement and learning philosophy, i learned about existentialism and forging your own meaning. Thats what i did. Now i still suffer, but i no longer have feelings of meaninglesness
I remember watching you a year ago, and how you had the dream to reach 50k by the end of the 2023, and man, it's nice to see you getting closer to double that the following year. Your advice never is bad, and even if they don't apply to someone at a certain time, it's honestly really interesting just to look into and wonder about. I'm sure some people do have these thoughts, and I'm sure some do more than others. But you really try to explain it, and I think that depth of explanation really lets people not only understand what you're saying, but themselves as well. I know you would do this, even if it wasn't for the money (though that bonus is definitely a motivation booster, I'm sure), so just thank you for making the world a better place, LFA. As for everyone else who may see this video and comment, I believe everyone has some purpose, and it's often not seen from day to day. We're not all special, but we're all special to someone, and that's something to look after for. We've all had dreams too, and if you can't find a purpose outside of that dream (much like Nanami and his job handling money), maybe it's a good sign to look within it instead. This is a quote from Blue Lock and not JJK, but I believe it can inspire many people with dreams, so I'll just put it here: "For the sake of my dream, I will fight the world fair and square. I don't think there's anything embarrassing about that." - Rensuke Kunigami Embarrassment or fear of failure is one of the biggest impacts to why people never explore their dreams and think they might end up with a purposeless life. But I highly suggest just throwing that away, because as that quote says, there's nothing embarrassing about trying to achieve a dream. The amount of people physically able to do a backflip and the amount that actually have are far off, but the fear of failure or embarrassing themselves is what makes the gap so wide. So, to everyone who still wants that purpose or rather believes they can have one, if you have a dream, go for it. It's never too late to try.
beautiful video bro, i really love nanami’s character because of how realistic he is. this video explaining and expanding on that depth there is to him is just perfect. his struggle of wanting to do something that matters instead of just working for money is something that resonates with me to the core, and i hope i can soon find my purpose too💙
My grandpa is always going on about how my generation needs to be the one to “fix the world” it is frustrating that he can’t see my life has more purpose than fixing messes the past generations caused. (I am literally Nanami)
@@LessonsFromAnime Aw man, means the world! 🙏 Great to see you're doing good over here! Will definitely put you onto the recommended channels at Gravemind. Keep going, you create awesome videos!
@@LessonsFromAnime Anime name: That time i got raincarneted as a slime. I am not sure this character as something to learn from him but I want you to see yourself if he has something we should learn or not?
So this is why Ludwig wants to start a bakery and sell bread. Also, I don't think it was mentioned anywhere that Nanami wanted to move to Malaysia when he retired, but I can see that being the logical choice.
no shit he was friends with Geto and Gojo at a young age but his best friend was Haibara when he was killed by some local deity... Gojo took over that mission and Nanami quit after that... following Geto's depression and quiting Jujutsu High..
The boss was wrapped around his shoulder the same way the curse wrapped around the girl
Yooooo I never noticed that!
O_O
Well, shi-
Nanami's entire progression is literally so fking cool and it also transfers to itadori as he delegate his task as a jujutsu sorcerer to him.
The way i unironically pogged reading this
The only thing horrible about nanami's arc is that mei mei got that malaysia vacation instead of him
thats the point of JJK. morality isnt enough to survive. a heartless person like mei mei survived because she just ran while nanami chose to stay even though he knew it was suicide. but it dosent matter because even though this world is cruel, and even though we cant make a difference like some hero in a manga. we can still make a small difference. like madoka magica or sonny boy
in fact its only through tragedy, in seeing tragic characters overcome their struggle that gives us hope into our own life. if nanami got a happy ending, that would be nothing but escapism. but because he got a tragic ending, we are inspired to take action in our own lives to help people. because compared to JJK our own suffering feels much easier. It was through these tragic anime, that I was similarly inspired to choose between being a professional gambler that could easily retire early or pursuing the difficult job of being a mangaka. I realized even if i retired early I would just be lazing around without a job, doing nothing and not making a difference. I realized the only thing I was ever passionate about were anime. and I want to create a anime like that myself to share that same joy and give others hope from their meaningless dead end jobs like it did for me
You just said one of the most important parts of his arc haha
@@yinlu3647sonny boy?
@@christinaturner6548 yeah 7th greatest anime of all time. it is pure creative genius. permanently raised the bar for existential anime. only one to beat it is madoka magica, cyberpunk edgerunners and rakugo shinjuu
I absolutely adored Nanami, his past didn’t make him show a childish front to hide his pain like Gojo, or turn into a monster like Geto. He left, to retain his sanity. But really, his job drained him. He tried to stop the cycle of JJK society that uses children as paper men, of lions led by donkeys. His childhood was taken away from him entirely, and any spark died with Yu Haibara.
I like to think he saw a little bit of Yu in Yuji. And at any cost, he didn’t want Yuji to die like a lamb to slaughter. When he died, he knew that he’d helped Yuji in a way he could never help Yu. He could rest, knowing someone cared, that he cared enough to live for someone, and die for someone to save their life.
One of the best "side" characters ever written, he doesn't draw too much attention, and isn't spectacularly flashy, but he does what he is supposed to, I'm glad Mappa did him justice in anime.
His death is more meaningful when you know Nanami was Gege Akutami’s favorite character 😢
I thought he said Toji was his favorite?
I thought Higuruma was his favorite? There was a picutre of a part of a museum for jjk and theres literally an entire wall dedicated to him
@@UnfitDevotee No, he just said that Toji went to heaven instead of hell
im pretty sure gege stated somewhere that Nanami was his favourite character
That was before his sukuna crush
How does that make it more meaningful?
hes also just like, so hot
That too 😋🤤
Nanami was the character death in jjk that legit made me cry when it happened. Because there was just so much REAL emotions to it.
Same 😢
First you are optimistic because you dont know better, then you become cynical and then you become optimistic because you DO know better.
Bingo. Wisdom is knowing how bad things can get, and always finding the bright side despite that
Nanami is one of if not the best JJK characters
His death changed Yuji into the hero he is today
He was my favourite character from the show 💔
Another thing I like is how you interpret his character as optimistic. I certainly viewed it through a pessimistic lense especially with him asking Haibara "What was I even doing?" But hearing your perspective makes me rethink his character.
The main reason I see him through a pessimistic lense is because comparatively to characters like Gojo/Sukuna, he doesn't inact as much change. And his death feels so undeserved for such a kind-hearted individual. But one thing JJK will gladly demomstrate, life doesn't care how kind you are. Death will befall you regardless. So all we get to choose is how we live our life. And ultimately, we feel as though Nanami deserves that time in Malaysia, but we also know he wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it if he didn't achieve it through doing the most he could've done to help others.
This video and outlook really hits close to home, I think I really need to look into my life now, if feel so much like namami just existing
One of the best videos I've seen on this topic is by Hank Green on the Vlog Brothers channel. He mentions how in life we're all obsessed with this idea of a "life purpose" buy in reality as we all change as people our focuses, our priorities and our goals all shift so you should do what compels you during any given time of our lives. He says that in reality the environment and people we work in really matters more than the actual work, and there's no job that you'll love every aspect of. I personally completely agree.
Great video as always LFA, really rooting for you, cheers.
Yeah we just need too chill a d live our life too the fullest
Help those in need is what gives us meaning. Little things like helping someone in need. That gives so much Joy. More than any amount of money.
I'm so happy you made this video. For a while, it seemed like nobody really understood what Nanami stood for and represented. He was the realest, down-to-earth man in my opinion and I could feel nothing but respect to the way he carried himself. Great video man 👊🏾
Beautiful. I didn't put 2 and 2 together about his overtime pact being correlated to his character growth. That literally makes the ability make way more sense to me. Gege says he limits it to 80-90% so he can put out 110-120%, and I was like "Okay, but why would he do that?" But now I get that it's not just a joke about how deeply he resents overtime, it's a literal pact with himself to prevent his old habit of overworking and trying to balance enjoying his life. Very nice catch!
Everyone loves gojo but this guy moves me to tears sometimes
I was a nihilist for a very long time. But then trough series like tokyo ghoul, berserk or aot, and lots of self improvement and learning philosophy, i learned about existentialism and forging your own meaning. Thats what i did. Now i still suffer, but i no longer have feelings of meaninglesness
I remember watching you a year ago, and how you had the dream to reach 50k by the end of the 2023, and man, it's nice to see you getting closer to double that the following year. Your advice never is bad, and even if they don't apply to someone at a certain time, it's honestly really interesting just to look into and wonder about. I'm sure some people do have these thoughts, and I'm sure some do more than others. But you really try to explain it, and I think that depth of explanation really lets people not only understand what you're saying, but themselves as well. I know you would do this, even if it wasn't for the money (though that bonus is definitely a motivation booster, I'm sure), so just thank you for making the world a better place, LFA.
As for everyone else who may see this video and comment, I believe everyone has some purpose, and it's often not seen from day to day. We're not all special, but we're all special to someone, and that's something to look after for. We've all had dreams too, and if you can't find a purpose outside of that dream (much like Nanami and his job handling money), maybe it's a good sign to look within it instead. This is a quote from Blue Lock and not JJK, but I believe it can inspire many people with dreams, so I'll just put it here:
"For the sake of my dream, I will fight the world fair and square. I don't think there's anything embarrassing about that." - Rensuke Kunigami
Embarrassment or fear of failure is one of the biggest impacts to why people never explore their dreams and think they might end up with a purposeless life. But I highly suggest just throwing that away, because as that quote says, there's nothing embarrassing about trying to achieve a dream. The amount of people physically able to do a backflip and the amount that actually have are far off, but the fear of failure or embarrassing themselves is what makes the gap so wide. So, to everyone who still wants that purpose or rather believes they can have one, if you have a dream, go for it. It's never too late to try.
Good point made, thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you :)
beautiful video bro, i really love nanami’s character because of how realistic he is. this video explaining and expanding on that depth there is to him is just perfect. his struggle of wanting to do something that matters instead of just working for money is something that resonates with me to the core, and i hope i can soon find my purpose too💙
I watched JJK for Nanami
This episode came out at a perfect time for me. Thank you.
My grandpa is always going on about how my generation needs to be the one to “fix the world” it is frustrating that he can’t see my life has more purpose than fixing messes the past generations caused. (I am literally Nanami)
Itadori...Atoha Tanomimasu.
nanami is the goat
Yeah no wonder he looked like he was at peace when he knew he was about to die.
never knew i was kento nanami before that title
This channel is absolutely amazing! New around here, but I love what you do, man!
Yooooooooo dude! I've been listening to Gravemind for years, hope the new channel does just as well!
@@LessonsFromAnime Aw man, means the world! 🙏 Great to see you're doing good over here! Will definitely put you onto the recommended channels at Gravemind. Keep going, you create awesome videos!
Make little moments of happiness fulfilling ❤
Because the life is not when you reach the goal but more making an enjoyable journey.
Thank u for this video i needed this.
No problem 😊
That why can't you is such a slap to me. Damn
Thanks for what u do man. Any tips on UA-cam content? Should you focus on a niche or is a variety channel fine? Or separate the channels?
Depends how closely linked the two are
Man just want a vacation and early retirement
We feel the emptines because we all need God thats why everybody is searching something.
One must imagine sisyphus happy
Highly recommend checking the concept of Existential Vacuum created by Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy.
He went from working a comfortable white collar job, to being a hard working blue collar worker. Absolutely the GOAT
Please make a video on Rimuru please! 🔥
I WOULD LOVE THIS
Who's that?
@@LessonsFromAnime Anime name: That time i got raincarneted as a slime.
I am not sure this character as something to learn from him but I want you to see yourself if he has something we should learn or not?
NGL the amount of philosophical videos JJK fandom has is crazy.
Imagine curse extermination is a little bit better than normal job💀💀💀
Fate/zero, fate/stay night would both be amazing to hear your thoughts on its many interesting characters
man this great story and characters ending with middle finger is crazy
I'm a simple man, I see an analysis video on Nanami, and I click on it 😅
NANAMI IS MEEEEEE
I AM NANAMIIIIIIIII
So this is why Ludwig wants to start a bakery and sell bread. Also, I don't think it was mentioned anywhere that Nanami wanted to move to Malaysia when he retired, but I can see that being the logical choice.
When you see him about to die in shibuya he is dancing on a beach and says that Malaysia would be nice
I wish he was able to survive:(
LFA never stops cooking
Tbf he retired early
Yeah honestly context clues tell us that the jjk afterlife is actually pretty chill
no shit he was friends with Geto and Gojo at a young age but his best friend was Haibara when he was killed by some local deity... Gojo took over that mission and Nanami quit after that... following Geto's depression and quiting Jujutsu High..
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What a boring character anyways. I don't think there's anything deep about the types of characters like him in general
What other "characters like him" 😭
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