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the fear of living life wrong

What could I learn from seeing the entire world on a journey? Would I become a better person from travel? Should I see the world? Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful…

ProfessorViral

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Suffering Isn't Purpose

Painful and useless wings within a walled city; is the unfairness of life something we must come to terms with for salvation? Haibane Renmei, an anime from the same…

ProfessorViral

Jack Jeanne OST

Yeah, I dont know why I didnt make one of these sooner. Heres a long overdue index for my reviews, for this one being specifically for everything I…

joyousmenma93

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Salvation: Haibane Renmei

Spoiler warning. Support me to help me do this full time: https://www.patreon.com/spirit_chaser Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Contreras2992 My Anime List: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Spirit_Chaser Anilist: https://anilist.co/user/SpiritChaser Credit to Angel Zakura for the thumbnail picture, and of course to the…

Spirit Chaser

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On Haibane Renmei: life, loss and redemption

By almost any measure, Haibane Renmei is odd. Perhaps because its creator came from a different type of artistic training from most people in the anime and manga…

Spilled Pixels

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13 Existential Anime To Contemplate Philosophy With

Whether you are a student of philosophy or just wish to put an entertaining salve on your own existential crisis in progress, then give these wonderful

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Anime Like The Fire Hunter

After repeated wars, human biology changed. Now when humans get too close to natural fire, they combust. However, society has not completely collapsed without

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Cute Anime to Help you Cope with Depression

3 Anime that genuinely helped me during rough times in my life when I felt depressed or was going through depression. I have dysthmia and a few…

Hiding in Public

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Chatty AF 178: Haibane Renmei Retrospective – Episodes 8-13

Chiaki, Vrai, and Cy return with the second half of Haibane Renmei to discuss its thematic inspirations, depictions of suicide in anime, and the impactful finale.

Anime Feminist

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Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 January 2023: Anti-Stalking Laws, Anime Delays, and The Girl Who Can’t Get a Girlfriend

AniFem Round-Up 2023 Winter Premiere Digest All the winter reviews in one place, with updated content notes where available. Anime Feminist Recommendations of Fall 2022 The team reports…

Anime Feminist

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Chatty AF 177: Haibane Renmei Retrospective – Episodes 1-7

Chiaki leads Vrai and Cy on a look back at the first half of Abe Yoshitoshi's second landmark series, Haibane Renmei!

Anime Feminist

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Anime Color Wheel! When Opposites Match!

As I was bouncing around the anime blog-o-sphere recently, I happened upon an interesting post from Irina at Drunken Anime Blog about her blogging process. Part of her…

Anime Hanabi

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Weekly Round-Up, 16-22 November 2022: Romantic Killer, Shoujo Isekai, and Mental Health in BOCCHI THE ROCK

AniFem Round-Up The trans resonance of Haibane Renmei For its 20th anniversary, Iris Von Gonten shares why the Serial Experiment Lain creator’s third work has extremely trans undercurrents.…

Anime Feminist

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The trans resonance of Haibane Renmei

The series’ use of transformation and body horror resonate with the physical experiences of dysphoria and transitioning; its depictions of mental health struggles, particularly self-harm and suicide, may…

Anime Feminist

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Anime to watch for each day of the dead

I live on the West coast of the US, and not surprisingly as October comes to a close, we don’t just see Halloween decorations festooned on every doorway…

Anime Hanabi

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Haibane Renmei: Questions With No Answer [Part 1, (Mostly) Spoiler-Free]

“The story is a little unusual. It has very few elements that are intended to hype up the viewers’ emotions. Instead, by seeing the characters go through whatever…

SatchiiKoma

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Fanart Friday, Too: Serial Experiments Lain

The further we get from Serial Experiments Lain, the more I find the themes of that series to be current and meaningful—a classic series, joining another one that’s…

Beneath the Tangles

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Haibane Renmei (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

One of Yoshitoshi ABe’s shows received a Blu-ray release in the west in recent years, and I picked it up during a sale.

The Normanic Vault

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Anime that thinks deep thoughts

There is nothing more fun than watching an action packed anime that pops with explosions, and is peppered with daring fights. It’s not surprising that shonen and seinen…

Anime Hanabi

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Anime that thinks deep thoughts

There is nothing more fun than watching an action packed anime that pops with explosions, and is peppered with daring fights. It’s not surprising that shonen and seinen…

Anime Hanabi

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It’s a Crow’s Life: Freedom & Struggle

If crows don’t struggle, they will never know the freedom they have. This is what Kana tells Rakka in episode four of Haibane Renmei when the latter suggests…

Beneath the Tangles

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Haibane Renmei Anime Review – 86/100 – Throwback Thursday

Yoshitoshi ABe is, or at least should be, a pretty recognizable name. You’ve no doubt seen his work and influence across many series while watching anime. From the…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 13 [Reki’s World/Prayer/Epilogue] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to the finale of Haibane Renmei! We’ve made it through another season of Throwback Thursday and you know what that means: Time to vote for the…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 12 [Bell Nuts/Passing of the Year Festival/Reconciliation] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to the penultimate episode of Haibane Renmei! Apologies for the wait on this one, I’ve been quite sick these past few days and didn’t get to…

Star Crossed Anime

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The Death of Anime: Don’t worry, it’s not as scary as it sounds!

Death is big in anime It’s too late, that bubbly, bright eyed anime high school girl has already been run over by Truck-kun. Or maybe Bus-san was the…

Anime Hanabi

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Eighty Six S2 – 3 [Glad to Be Here]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Eighty Six! I’ve been a bit positive lately, what with my coverage of Haibane Renmei and gushing over some recent productions. So…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 11 [Parting/Darkness in the Heart/Irreplaceable Thing] – Throwback Thursday

Hello everyone and welcome to a very late post about Haibane Renmei! I don’t really have an excuse. To be frank I thought this episode was rather dull.…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 10 [Kuramori/Haibane of Abandoned Factory/Rakka’s Job] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to a (late) episode of Haibane Renmei! This week is a bit slower compared to the last few but no less lighter. We got a lot…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 9 [Water Well/Rebirth/Riddle] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another week of Haibane Renmei! This is a rather uplifting episode compared to the last few, a sort of breathe of fresh air. Rakka has…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 8 [The Bird] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another episode of Haibane Renmei! This week’s episode is one of the more unique ones, though the solo title alone probably gives that away. Is…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 7 [Scar/Illness/Arrival of Winter] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Haibane Renmei! This post accidentally got deleted so I had to rewrite it, so apologies for being slightly late. Last week…

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Haibane Renmei – 6 [End of Summer/Rain/Loss] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all to the halfway point of Haibane Renmei! Or close enough to it at least since it’s thirteen episodes. We have a lot to cover this week…

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Haibane Renmei – 5 [Library/Abandoned Factory/Beginning of the World] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome back everyone to another episode of Haibane Renmei! This week we are once again following a new character in Nemu. Is it any good? Was it as…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 4 [Trash Day/Clock Tower/Birds Flying Over the Walls] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to another week of Haibane Renmei! This is another slow one like the last, yet for some reason I can’t help but like it more. Is…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 3 [Temple/The Communicator/Pancakes] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to week 3 of Haibane Renmei! This is a pretty slow one all things considered but there’s still plenty for us to talk about. So without…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 2 [Town and Wall/Touga/Haibane Renmei] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome everyone to week 2 of Haibane Renmei! This episode isn’t to surprising. It establishes the setting of the story and a number of surrounding locations, but what…

Star Crossed Anime

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Haibane Renmei – 1 [Cocoon/Dream of Falling from the Sky/Old Home] – Throwback Thursday

Hello and welcome everyone to the next season of Throwback Thursday, Haibane Renmei! I know nothing of this show going into it and after 1 episode I can…

Star Crossed Anime

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Anime Series Like Shadows House

The Shadows are a family of nobles who live in their massive mansion. They are pitch black in appearance and emit soot that will linger on everything they…

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Anime Series Like Dr. Ramune – Mysterious Disease Specialist

If something takes root deep enough in someone’s heart, it can attract spirits that will cause mysterious diseases that modern medicine cannot cure. For those that have these…

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Anime Series Like Wonder Egg Priority

After the death of her best and only friend, Ai Ohto became a shut in. One night while on a walk, she is convinced by a mysterious entity…

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WONDER EGG PRIORITY: We Don’t Talk About These Things

This guest post was written by longtime support and contributor to our ministry, Bob Aarhus. I encourage you to also read his excellent article about Kimi no na…

Beneath the Tangles

Fanart Friday: Haibane Renmei

★ 【椎名ヤスヒラ】 「灰羽」 ☆

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10 Year Retrospective, Month #4: Throwback to April 2013

As we celebrate our tenth anniversary on Beneath the Tangles, we want to take some time each month to look into the past, not only to commemorate our…

Beneath the Tangles

10 Year Retrospective, Month #3: Throwback to March 2012

As we celebrate our tenth anniversary on Beneath the Tangles, we want to take some time each month to look into the past, not only to commemorate our…

Beneath the Tangles

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Cross-reading Recommendations Part 1

Ever since I started reading manga and watching anime at an early age, I learned a lot about Japanese culture, as well as different cultures around the world,…

Dokugokan

In the grand scheme of things, how important is the finale?

"To address this question, I will take a step back and look what makes an ending, deconstructing the narrative importance of an ending, and coming to terms with…

SpaceWhales Anime Blog

When Manga Brings the Bible Alive

As Christians, we know that the Bible should be like honey to our lips, its words sweet and powerful, compelling us to seek God and follow him. If…

Beneath the Tangles

Conclusion: Like Halos on Our Heads

A rather obscure anime about angelic beings that first aired almost 15 years ago hardly would seem the basis for a change in how we live our lives.…

Studying Haibane Renmei

Class Notes: Session 7 — FINAL (4.24.2016)

On this last Sunday, we did a little team activity before watching the conclusion to Haibane Renmei. Class Discussion Last week, we discussed how we can used media to…

Studying Haibane Renmei

Class Notes: Session 6 (4.17.2016)

For last Sunday’s session, chatted about how we can use visual media for outreach and watched episodes 11 and 12 of Haibane Renmei, which has now shifted its…

Studying Haibane Renmei