I just finished watching Nabari no ou. I’m gonna discuss briefly about the synopsis of the story. The story is about a teenage boy named Miharu who’s embedded within him a secret art called shinrabanshou containing knowledge that surpasses that of human understanding. All of the descendants of the ninja clans namely Koga, Iga, Banten, Kairoshu Togakashi, and Fuma fight over who will possess the shirabanshou. One day, Togaki, a teacher in Miharu’s school desperately recruits him to join their ninja club knowing that the day that shinrabanshou will be awaken is near. After that, the group along with Raimei, a samurai from the Shimizu family who’s affiliated with the Fumas face a lot of encounters with the ambitious kairoshu clan. In one of their encounters, Miharu meets Yoite. Yoite ends up threatening Miharu of granting his wish in exchange of his friends life. And after that they compromise to utilize the shirabanshou that is inside Miharu for themselves and ends up getting separated from the group which resulted to the exarcebation of the conflict. 

So basically that’s the summary of the show. I didn’t particularly like the thing about ninja scrolls and the secret art thing because I think that the main point of this story is the loneliness that we humans feel and how we try to build a wall around us to keep us from being hurt any further. I didn’t like Miharu and basing from the way he judged about what to wish for using the shinrabanshou I thought that what he decided was stupid. Wanting to save a person by granting his wish to disappear is just I think not reasonable because I think we humans should be also the ones to save our fellow if we have the chance. And even if he wanted to save Yoite from his despair I think using his unfathomable power to something trivial is not wise. Thank goodness Yoite knows better. In that aspect, it somehow links to pandora hearts, which makes this whole anime a interesting. I didn’t focus on the ninjutsu shinanigance but what I really like about this show is the complicated message it wants to present to the viewers or the readers (for the manga). 

As I was watching the show I came up with this:

1. The secret art: I think the symbolism for this is our potential to reach for something greater, our desire to materialize what we think best for this world. In totality, this is somekind of a challenge where we are being tested based on how we will react given the power to change everything. The change to make things right. Making us realize what we really want through the power that is invested upon us. 

2. Yoite’s tight grasp on life but at the same time his desire to disappear: Everything has a reason, and everytime we feel like giving up and just simple fade away, we still have an ample amount of hope that guides us through. No matter how much we say that we’d rather wish to die or something like that at the back of our minds, we just want someone to stop us and save us from our despair. 

I really like how the story was focused on the secret ninja art but in Yoite’s story as well. Whenever I see Yoite he makes me want to hug him and say to him that everything will be alright in the end. This is also I think one of the things we overlook, the fact that there are people who care about us but we just tend to get blinded, too absorbed at our loneliness and despair that we overlook it. Like for example, in Yukimi’s case, he really cared for Yoite! And their relationship is so beautiful that I want to cry, I don’t particular appreciate Miharu that much but I think it’s because I’m biased so I’m not going to talk about him anymore okay. 

Yoite is a very adorable person, and I feel happy whenever I see him smile. And whenever an episode ends, it breaks my heart because I can see him lying on the ground curled up and wet. T.T Yoite!! And by the way I decided that if ever I’ll have a cat, I’ll name him Yoite. 😀 

And at the end, when he was able to move on from his past and appreciate the feelings that the people who care about him have I was really happy because he was able to find peace in his short life.

I really thought he was brave when he was able to move on from the past that has been tormenting him for who knows how long. That experience made him afraid of being treated kindly. And I think in that respect I appreciate Miharu’s feelings towards him. Miharu said that he can Yoite is another him because they are very much alike when it comes to loneliness and despair that they both feel. They both feel afraid of kindness because they are afraid of being attached, afraid to trust another person because they are afraid of being hurt again. 

The last scene where he just closed his eyes and became tiny particles of dust made me want to cry my lungs out. 

I think the most applicable quote for that moment is this:

I saw it coming but it still hurts.

Yoite is such a precious precious boy. He deserves to be loved and be taken care of.