This dude right here could talk about the concept of shitting all day long and he would still move you to tears

Preach it mah boi.

the most depressing moment is, Boss baby won over Koe no Katachi its basically saying "Fart jokes are still relevant and funny"

Thumbnail: tiny dragon waifu is best waifu. Content: Wholesome message through anime

the feeling of transcending to a philosophical weeaboo

Gigguk starting to love slice of life anime is the top 10 anime character developments

This is why I get upset with people who refuse to watch anime just because its anime, I feel sorry for them because they are missing out on such a beautiful and different world of storytelling just because it's from Japan, I feel sorry for them because I was one of them Edit: Just finished watching Clannad After Story and my life has been changed, thank you anime

Where is the “love button”, a mere “like” is not enough for this ridiculous fantastic video. Thank you, cheers to you!

List of the anime used: big thanks to everyone who helped fill it out. :) 0:01: Colorful 2010 (Courtesy of Hshmt Akira) 0:03: mobile suit Gundam unicorn 0:06: Only Yesterday 0:08: shigatsu wa kimi no uso 0:10: Haruhi suzumiya 0:13: K-on 0:16: Nagi no asukara 0:18: 3 gatsu no lion 0:24: Kara no Kyoukai: irai Fukuin (Courtesy of Duke Lee) 0:28: summer wars 1:19-3:20: A silent voice 3:21: Boku dake ga inai Machi 3:36: Wolf children 3:46: Free 3:50: aku no Hana 3:57: Patema Inverted (courtesy of Taratsamura) 4:03: Tamako market or Tamako love story 4:07: Kara no Kyoukai: irai Fukuin (Courtesy of Duke Lee) 4:11: 5 centimetres per second (courtesy of Anita) 4:18: K-on 4:23: Tokyo Godfather 4:28: Macross 4:32: Shelter 4:36: 5 centrimetres per second (courtesy of Anita & Jean) 4:40: Shigatsu wa 4:43: White album 2 4:46: angel beats 4:49: Girl who leapt through time 4:51: Golden time 4:56: Wolf children 4:59: Haruhi suzumiya 5:03: Gundam Thunder bolt (Courtesy of Hshmt Akira) 5:06: Colorful (Courtesy of Oscar Rodriguez) 5:13-5:15: Shinsekai Yori 5:20: Hourou Musuko (courtesy of Taratsamura) 5:23: 3-gatsu no lion(Courtesy of Duke Lee) 5:25: neon Genesis evangelion 5:31: Gurren lagann 5:35: grave of the fireflies 5:41: Colorful 5:43: Haruhi suzumiya (courtesy of Anita) 5:45: Tokyo Godfather 5:49: Gundam thunderbolt 5:52: hibike euphonium 5:57: Macross: Do you remember love? (Courtesy of discopete) 5:59: 5 centimetres per second (courtesy of Anita & Jean) 6:02: Girl who leapt through time 6:06: Eve no Jikan (courtesy of Taratsamura) 6:12: Patema Inverted (courtesy of Taratsamura) 6:15: Summer wars(Courtesy of Life On Track Otaku) 6:17: Barakamon 6:21: Non non biyori 6:24: K-on 6:26: Nagi no asakura 6:30: Naruto 6:57: Wolf children 7:01: The wind rises 7:08: Real life 7:13: Berserk Golden age (courtesy of SkyMushrooms) 7:15: eureka seven 7:18: Princess mononoke 7:23: Shinsekai yori 7:24: Hibike euphonium 7:27: Akira 7:30: Ghost in the shell 7:32: Colorful (Courtesy of Duke Lee) 7:34: Millennium Actress 7:37: Yuri on ice 7:41: Drifters 7:42: Shuumatsu no izetta 7:43: Keijo 7:45: Fune wo Amu 7:57: Princess mononoke 7:59: Wind rises 8:01: Berserk 8:03: Ghost in the shell 8:04: K-on 8:07: Only Yesterday 8:08: aku no Hana 8:10: Tokyo godfathers 8:12: Grave of the fireflies 8:14: kara no kyoukai 8:16: non non biyori 8:21: little Busters 8:24: Planetes (courtesy of discopete) 8:25: ore monogatari 8:28: Princess mononoke 8:30: chihayafuru 8:33: hunter x hunter 2011 8:36-8:38: summer wars 8:40: Silent voice 8:43: Nagi no asukara 8:47: K-on 8:49: Hotarubi no Mori e 8:51: 5 centimeters per second (courtesy of Anita, Fox and Jean) 8:56: Shinsekai Yori (Courtesy of Anita) 9:00: Tamako love story 9:11: Soundtrack from A silent Voice (courtesy of HikariJake)

**wipes tear** this is it, chief.

Gigguk's words should be the standard of literature, every one of his videos are so beautiful.

One of the biggest moments for me was in Re: Zero when Emilia layed Subaru's head on her lap and without knowing what was going on with him said "it's been hard hasn't it". That simple question made him break down and I felt that hard. People don't often understand what we're going through because they aren't us, and we yearn to be understood and consoled. The whole scene just made me feel warm and for a moment that I had that.

I was a very lonely child. I had no friends, I was homeschooled, I interacted with no one but my two brothers. My mother was a mentally and physically abusive person. Every day I would be told how I looked like a gypsy, how I didn’t know how to dress appropriately, how I didn’t know how to brush my hair, how my only friends in life would be a couch and a tv because my personality was so bad. I found friends online in a forum where I would rp for as long as my parents would allow. Then, one of my role play buddies mentioned this thing called anime. I had never heard of it before so I decided to look up this anime called Wolf’s Rain that was recommended to me by my friend. This was in the glorious days of dial up internet. I had to wait for my parents to be done with the computer, my brothers not to need it, and for no phone calls to be expected. The opening scene of Wolf’s Rain played before me and Johnny Young Bosh’s voice hit my heart instantly. What was this? This is a cartoon. Why is it serious? Aren’t cartoons supposed to be funny? I was overwhelmed. I was sucked into this beautiful, amazing story the likes of which I had never seen before. I watched Wolf’s Rain every chance I got. I finally reached the last episode. My parents and brother had gone to the grocery store together and I stayed home to watch the finale. My soul was shattered. My heart, broken. I cried. I sobbed out loud. I had never been impacted by any type of media to cry out loud, EVER. I felt completely empty inside. What the hell was this feeling? I can clearly remember thinking “I can’t watch anymore anime. There is absolutely nothing that can top this.” I had never fucking looked at any other series ever up to this point so obviously I was very wrong lmao! The next anime I started watching was Ghost Hunt. I don’t know why, but it was dubbed and I wasn’t too keen on “subbed cartoons” at the time as I felt it was a bit weird. After that, the next one I watched was Code Geass. I was sucked in immediately and I crammed through the series as much as I could. At the finale I was once again heart broken and left with an utterly empty soul. It was then that I truly realized how amazing anime is. I was never interested in the shows and cartoons my brothers watched and I didn’t understand why. There were two cartoons that I religiously watched however and that was Legend of the Dragons and Avatar the Last Airbender. Now I’m currently at 323 completed series and I can honestly say that anime has literally changed my life, and possibly even saved it when I was going through some extremely rough times. Sorry for this long post. I know no one will probably read this, but I feel a lot better knowing that my feelings about this subject exist in the physical world now. All of my love goes to everyone who has been through those tough times where only the distraction of the many worlds of anime provided comfort.

Me: Gigguk video, this'll be hilarious! Gigguk: then my grandmother died ........ dang, stuff just got real

Honestly anime has been the only medium to really connect with my emotions, to the point where tears come to my eyes for any emotion

Mom said that I was wasting my time on anime I showed her this video she cried and hugged me for the first time in a long time THANK U

Damn that "silent voice" track at the end hit me hard 😓

Fuck Gigguk, I click on your video expecting somethin hilarious and now I'm crying at work goddamnit

2:25 "Sometimes you wear a mask because you're not ready to let the world know that you're not doing ok." Well didnt that age fantastically.

For me, it was Assassination Classroom. Despite the premise of the show, the connection I felt to the characters and everything really touched me.

So you're saying we watch anime because we're unsatisfied with our real life? We want something to connect to? Huh. Sounds about correct.

the main reason why most people watch anime in 9 minutes

i just fucking regret why i discovered this video recently... thanks Gigguk, for speaking up where i couldn't even think of what words to say to express my feelings. Thanks for being a representative for the Anime community, not just as a whole, but for us as fans who just can't help but get and feel a very deep, personal, and emotional connection with these characters. In the end, i don't think they're merely 2 dimensional characters at all. Best of everything for you, Gigguk. I'll always continue to love and support you and this channel. I'm in tears, but don't worry! They come because of joy!!!

It takes money to make an anime famous It takes time to make an anime long It takes skill to make an anime look visually great and It takes a heart which everyone of us have, to make an anime about something that's worth highlighting about.

Anime is the only thing that can make me cry like a little girl, especially Your Lie in April and Violet Evergarden

I am not gonna lie when I clicked this video I expect a meme. But after watching this, holy fuck I had to subscribe, honestly the most amazing video about anime I've ever seen. This is honestly why I enjoy anime, it's not all fanservice, and memes. There are shows that make me break down in tears in one minute then make me laugh the next. Truely an amazing video 10/10.

I already knew Gigguk was going to say "it's to connect," right from the moment he said that people thought he was going to post videos to entertain or to be humorous. Because, anime is a picture, and a picture says a thousand words. Anime literally is the embodiment of whatever you wanted to say, because it is. With the amount of idealizations, realizations, familiarity, expression and experiences one can have, just a simple depiction in anime can really connect you in some form or another. Maybe it was the ideal girl you wanted from having your waifu, maybe it's a realization that you had while you were having a bad time through a scenario in a series, maybe it struck you with this feeling of longing and despair, maybe it made you want to let out everything you had inside you, and maybe, just maybe, anime made you share one more little thing in your life. And that's the power of anime.

"Me crying and laughing hysterically at the last episode of Anohana and trying to explain im not crazy and why it was sad to my mom who hasn't watched it"

Its funny yet amazing how a mere 10 minute video can explain my love and connection for anime and move me to tears at the same time. I dont think anyone could've done it better

I actually clicked because, seeing Kanna, I expected something hilarious. I actually got hit with a sledgehammer of feels crafted with such expertise that I can only applaud you as a genius.

Yeah Hearing the news that your Dad, Grandma, 2 Friends died is Sad, then going to school and getting rejected 4 times by your crush is Depressing, then you work hard and never had a rest for many days with many problems make you wanna die, Ive through all that and anime help get over it.

Believe me A Silent Voice was the very first anime or movie that make me cry for real in my whole life..........

Behind every story is an author who is trying to connect with people. This really made me open my eyes. Now, those 3 star novels on NU doesn't look so bad anymore.

I swear to god if you directed a film it would be incredible.

I found it. Whenever someone wants to get into anime but are a bit cautious, then I will show them this. Thank you

This made me cry a bit coz it’s true when gigguk said “sometimes you were a mask coz you’re not ready to show the world that you’re hurting” really reflected on me

7:43 WE WERE BORN TO MAKE *dictionaries*

the most emotional anime line was "people die if they are killed"

"A silent voice" is the best Shoya ishida ❤ Shouko nishimiya

And Still Some Guys Say Anime is For Kids...

Dude, dude. I wanna hug you. Can I hug you? Please?

"How sad and detached from reality we must be, but that's just it. Some of us wanted that break from reality, and there's nothing wrong in that. We built walls to protect ourselves from getting hurt, shut the gate and threw away the key because it's safer to stay closed, protected from the cruel words of a fellow human being." -Gigguk 2019 Got struck by these words bruh...

Anime makes me to appreicate my life and be a more mature person.

Just watched a silent voice. It was so good

goddamit this video was a feels train not a loli parody

This video justified most anime watchers that are accused as weebs

I know I'm late to the party but i just wanna tell how relatable this video is. I mean, the first time i watch 5 Centimeters per Second, i was longing for them to be together and upset by the ending, but when i reflect on it, i kinda see myself on Takaki Tohno, the naive, faithful boy that believe that him and Akari are meant to be. He is too afraid to confess but too naive and faithful to Akari's love so he close his heart and living in this non existent world. The ending when he smiles knowing Akari is not in the other side of the railroad anymore, it's just a beautiful realization that it's time to move on

This video hit different :' ) Edit: It's been around a year since I made this comment, and I just randomly stubbled upon this video again after scrolling through my liked content. Funny how time changes things so much. Thank you for making this; it really is so true. So imma hit it with a like

I always love when Gigguk does one of these more serious videos. I really appreciate your well-voiced honesty and depth. Keep up the fantastic work!

ravioli ravioli where the fuck's the dragon loli

I related to this movie. But not with Shoko. But with Shouya. I was the bully at one point but I stopped after I had lost some of my closer friends after some shared toxicity I stopped and realized what I did was horrible. After I watched this movie in 8th grade I realized what I did was wrong. So I apologized to the people who I’d bullied and I had that moment where the Xs fell down. I held it in when I apologized but at home I cried for a long time. So having this movie to guide me into the light and realize that I’d never apologized to those victims made me feel terrible but also human. So thank you Shouya for helping me find myself again.

I love anime because it makes you feel so many emotions you could never feel any other way and western films never touch up on important messages of life

I watched this video then watched this movie and i cried so hard. I’m blind in one eye so I’m disabled and it’s really hard for me. I developed a severe form of depression along with suicidal thoughts. People began to treat me different because i couldn’t do a lot of what i used to be able to do anymore. I had to relearn to walk because my balance had almost faded away with the lack of sight and depth perception. I never got my license because i couldn’t drive without hitting something or running off the road because what looked 10 feet away to me was actually 5. That lead to me having to ask people to drive me around so that lead to people becoming agitated with me or just not wanting to be around me. I didn’t understand why it had to be me that this happened to. It wasn’t fair. Not to me, but to the people around me. I felt they shouldn’t have to deal with me and what trouble i caused them. I made two attempts at my life, but gave up before i could do anything because i couldn’t understand what i meant by doing this. Eventually, i gave up on ever being happy again. Then my husband came along. I never knew i could be happy like this. He saw past my disability and saw who i was. He drove me everywhere i needed to go and even helped me find a EMS dog to help my pain. When i saw this movie, i cried. I felt the pain these characters felt, i understood the struggle they go through on a daily basis and everything they did to help each other. He gave up thing for her while my husband gave up things for me. I couldn’t hold my tears back. I held my husband a little bit tighter that night because i couldn’t believe someone actually got what i felt.

A silent voice became the movie that meant something to me. It always tears me up to see all the bad things that happened and the good ending where no one was sacrificed. I've dealt with depression. Ive dealt with being bullied because of my personality being different in high school. I've tried killing myself a couple times but always half assed it or chickened out. Everytime I watched a silent voice, I've always felt the pain of being different from everyone else, but as I got older, my eyes opened more and I realized there were others that were dealing with the same situation as me or didnt see me as weird. Ive gained friends who accept me for who I am and I care deeply of them as well. I'm still dealing with depression from time to time, but I'm definitely stronger than who I was years ago. I'm currently in my senior year of college on my way to becoming a psychologist because I know how painful it is when you feel as if no one is there to help you and having the feeling of the isolation that you never wanted. I want to try and help those around me to seek the better side of times and help cope and destroy the negativity that the world has been given to him or her. I'm glad my attempts to kill myself never worked out or else I wouldnt have had what I'm going for today. For those reading this, thanks for hearing me out, and if you feel as if nothing is working, talk to a friend, find someone who you can trust and make something of it. Just get some assistance any way you can whether it be talking to a person or even going outside and enjoying nature. Be yourself and be who you are, because one day, those who have looked at you in a negative way will probably have a shittier life later in the years. To those who bully people for being different, you're probably in the same boat as there rest of us, but fuck you.

My emotional moment.... watching the entirety of Clannad and After Story. That show wrecks me everytime.

Fr this made me breakdown sobbing, it’s amazing to know that people are thinking the same things about the stuff I like. It’s comforting in a way that cannot be explained.

Just watched a Silent Voice, the first twenty minutes reduced me to tears

Gigguk. I don’t know you. I’ve never met you. I will probably never meet you, talk to you or even get to message you online. Through the vastness of the world and the shortness of life you making this video, and me commenting on it, is likely the closest thing to communication, to connection, to friendship that we will ever be. And yet, watching this, in hearing you say words I’ve looked for but could never find, has perhaps helped me more than the majority of actual friends I’ve had in my life. In ten minutes. I was in awe when I saw my first anime, when a friend of mine sat me down in a dimly lit room and showed me the first episode of Bleach. I cherish the time when I watched Murder Princess, a low budget 6 episode anime with my best friend and us falling in love with it together. But more importantly, anime was there when nothing else was. When nothing else could be there for me, I could find comfort and connection and motivation in anime. I’ve found fan sites and fan art and fan fiction that has been engaging and beautiful and life changing. And I found you. Someone I’ll likely never know, who just summarized all of that into one KZfaq video, that explains all of my rambling better than I could. In such a way that I can show this to people and go, “This. This is why.” and know that they will understand, even if only a little. And that means a lot. So thank you, Gigguk. From one stranger to another, thank you so, so much. R.A.V.

Tbh, in naruto's case it was me relating to him or me encouraging him. It was more like I was his dad, I watched him suffer, cry, try hard, get jealous, make friends. It just warmed my heart every time anything good happened to him. Him finally meeting his dead parents his dad believing in him and entrusting him with things, his mom embracing him for the time since he was born while he's crying, the last goodbye to his dad when the war ended. And It's not just him, everyone had a trajic life in that anime so there's almost no way you can hate anyone in it, from gaara's childhood to nagato in his early days to itachi sacrificing everything for the village and his brother. Backstory was this show's selling point.

you cant just... bring up a silent voice and expect me NOT to cry

Sorry the loli dragon was bait. Have a tearjerker analysis video instead.

I am a very introverted person. I rarely leave my room and interact with anyone. However, I love walking with my headphone, but afraid of my physical endurance. Hibike! Euphonium inspired me to follow my passion despite not knowing what lies ahead. So, I started walking for an hour each day, but with the same route, everyday. It was really easy and convenient since I know the way and know it took exactly an hour. I am afraid of changing my route since what if I got lost, or what if it takes longer, or what if things go wrong, etc. But after watching A Place Further Than The Universe, I decided to turn another way and walk.The new path was... not that impressive; in addition, it took me 2 hours to finish the trip. However, I finished with a smile on my face. Such things might seem small and insignificant for some people, but it was revolutionary for me, and it was thanks to anime.

Anime showed me the Chika Dance that I watch to get over any depression. Anime showed me the AOT betrayal scene that I watch all the time to hype myself up. More importantly anime brought me a medium that I could escape to without having to worry about the problems I face in the real world.

This style of video, but especially this video, always makes my heart squeeze with melancolic feelings. It's always so calming and, it makes me want to cry in a way that I like to cry.

god dam it gigguk why were you chopping so many onions in that video?

thank you, the outside world sees us as sweaty weeaboos watching Japanese cartoons but there truly is something special about anime,I'm at a point in my life where I'm getting a grasp on who I am and how I feel,and I honestly would be sitting here in a deep depression without anime right now

Rascal Does Not Dream of Dreaming Girl made me cry a lot after watching the whole story and being attached to the characters.

This video explained everything I feel while watching anime in the exact way and I litteraly had tears in my eyes, the video is awesome thank you! ❤️

Dude you definitely hit the spot man. I've watched anime since I was 10. And now that I've grown up. I was introducing anime to my kids and my son loved anime. He passed away in July and I'm still dealing with the grief and it took a while for me to do anything that me and my son did together. But I started watching anime again and I watched your lie in April. And I lost it. The feelings you were explaining just overflowed into me.. Thank you giguk. You are awesome man

*tries not to cry* *cries like a bitch* Gigguk y u do dis. Every serious video.

Anime inspired me to keep playing the piano and drawing too. It's imo the most expressive art form that connects people we never seen before as a species

This, this right here is my absolute favorite video on this site. Thank you Gigguk for everything you've done.

Thanks Gigguk, this is honestly your best video. People often than not care too much about style and structure, forgetting what makes a piece of fiction great in the first place. After a few years of watching anime and studying fiction writing here and there, a year ago or so I came up to a conclusion: The best anime are the ones that give you a powerful emotional experience. And in your own way you put up all of this together in this video. Once I said somewhere in a review (sort of) that anime needs to be more "human". I guess our community needs to be more human too. And I hope your video can, not change people's minds, but open ways into making this a better community.

Gigguk you've done it again. A magnificent video. I would have said it no other way.

The videos you make about how beautiful anime is ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY. Thank you. This video made me happy.

The girl who leapt through time I want to eat your pancreas Physic school wars The silent voice Your name 5 centimeter per second Wolf children The mystical laws The garden of words Grave of fireflies Into the forest of fireflies light Patama inverted I have always liked you Weathering with you Tamako's love story This r the anime movies which really touched my heart. I watch a anime per day N they have really created a great positive impact in my life. Which I'll never forget. I'm learning Japanese language just to watch those Anime in their original voice and the dialogs. I love Anime n the songs which r included in the Anime.

Dammit, didnt expect to cry while watching this vid... Thank you Gigguk for explaining in words why so many people fall in love with anime and for reminding me why I love and relate to the ones I have a special attachment to. I will keep this video in mind whenever something just connects, be it anime, games, etc. cause you've got my sub! C:

I'm old. I grew up with anime starting in the late 70's. Never stopped This vid made me cry. Thank you so much.

I always come here once in a few months to remember why i started and why i am watching anime right now.

This is still one of my favourite videos from Gigguk. Bcoz this vulnerable & very REAL side of him is what I connect to the most. ♥️

I'm pretty picky about who I subscribe to, but you my friend have taken me off the fence. You, and your fan base. I really enjoy your videos because a lot of them speak to me on a personal level, and the people who are brought together by your videos are pretty great too. Keep up the good work on your content man, I really appreciate it. And to the fan base, stay classy friends.

One moment on your channel I'm laughing my ass off, and another moment I'm on the verge of tears. Well played Gigguk.

After years of loving your content I still find this one to be my favorite because of how much it resonates with me. Koe no Katachi is my favorite animated movie because of exactly the themes you outlined of being able to personally relate to something on a level that can't be put into words.

Dude, I am late but you made my eyes become watery. Actually few tears dropped

When I was a sophomore in high school, I had experienced this sense of the world as I understood it sliding away under my feet. I was set on a class track in my high school which lead to me taking AP European History, which for any unfamiliar with the type of class its a college level class on European history. That I was taking as a barely functional 16 year old. And to make the situation worse, the teacher acted like a dictator and would, legitimately, scream at us during class if we weren't able to cite lines from our textbook word for word. So, I was pretty terrified of the man and of the class in general. But I also felt a strange sort of enchainment to it, thinking that this is how college classes and the real world are actually like, and I have to get used to this rigorous sort of learning and memorization schedule that demanded I have no social or private life. So I started to become closed off from people and focused only on passing this Herculean exam that would decide the fate of my 16 year old life, not thinking about the consequences those type of choices would have on me. Then, about a week before the test, in the first week of May, while I was skimming through music to listen to while going over some terms from my notebook, a video caught my attention. It was a girl, in a bunny suit and playing a guitar, singing in front of a crowd of students from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I didn't know anything about this show besides the name, and the unconnected fact that TV Tropes loved the show (because it ruined my life). And I played the video just to listen to it, but when I glanced back at it I became transfixed by this girl singing. I didn't know what the hell the song was about or why she was singing, but every time it cut to her singing I felt this uncontrolled sense of raw emotion, like some sort of mix of sadness and regret. So I put down the notes and the homework, for the first time in months, and I looked up what this show was about. And I watched 6 episodes, which Ive sense gathered constituted the first season of the show.. I didn't think much of it, I even thought it seemed generic compared to the sense I got from the video. Haruhi seemed needlessly quirky, controlling and annoying, and I didn't think much of the other characters. But I kept watching it, up until the 6th episode. And I remember watching the whole section of Haruhi opening up her inner thoughts and discontent to Kou in her subconscious world, and her wishing she could escape from it all into a life more interesting, filled with excitement and fantasy and a sense of belonging. And then I realized Haruhi was me. And it was realizing this sense that I wanted to run away from reality, that I wanted more than the souless, mundane life I had grown to accept was all there was to reality that struck a chord in me that has never quite been replicated in anything I have experienced since, be it book, show, play, movie or any experience in real life. And once it was over, I continued my life as if nothing had really changed, and I was back to square one. But what was left was this feeling in the back of my head, a genuine melancholic feeling that my life was missing something to make it whole. And it was after exams, after my life sort of crashed and I started to loose all the friendships and connections I had made in my life up until that point and I started fighting depression for the first time, that sense of wanting something more from my life that was at the back of my head was one of the things that kept pushing me forward. It wasn't something I was constantly thinking about, and it wasn't what helped put my life back together in the end, but it was an emotional imprint that was left on me that has never been replicated and made me start to think about how I wanted to shape my life again, not just to accept how my life should be shaped by others. I haven't gone back to watch the show since then, and I don't have any burning desire to go and finish it either. I just see it as an experience I had once that connected with me on a deep level. And I appreciate it for being able to do that, at a time when I felt locked away from the rest of the world.

All my life i've never really grown up with a real home. My parents abandoned me at 7 and gave me up to a separate family. After about a year of living with them they became desperate and worked as truck drivers. Because of this I had to jump from house to house. Often with mentally abusive people, and other times with alcoholics who threatened to kill me. Because of this I turned into a mean person, I routinely bullied kids at my schools, got in trouble with the administration, and eventually, I became an outcast. I had no friends, no real family, I was completely alone. after the end of my eighth grade year my adoptive parents got into a severe accident. My father was badly burned and the impact nearly severed his spine. I convinced my parents to move to the capital of our state. My intention was to find a new school and start fresh. With my dad being so injured they agreed that they couldn't work on the road anymore, so we moved. My situation was still terrible. I was still an outcast, although it was my inability to connect with others. I had gone so long without friends that I had forgotten how to connect. I was bitter, and depressed. after a while I thought it was pointless to be angry, I'd rather feel nothing. Halfway through my freshman year I tried to commit suicide. I grabbed a handgun from my parents closet while they were away and I sat with it on my bed, the barrel pressed against my head. I couldn't do it. I was far too afraid. when you live in that mental state. Everything turns gray. your thoughts, your face, even the colors you see lack saturation. But one day I discovered Anime. I thought it was weird, but I enjoyed the way everyone got along together (Heavens Lost Property), and after I saw show after show after show. I realized that I was done being alone. I wanted friends. I wanted to fit in. So I reached out to the students I thought were the coolest. I tried my best to have conversations with them (Although I still didn't really know how to talk to people, I got better) And by the start of junior year I had more friends than I ever could have dreamed of. I clicked on this video today expecting comedy. But I saw what you said about A Silent Voice, and i thought it seemed interesting. I have never connected to a character in an anime like I did today watching that movie. The similarities between him and i had me in tears the whole way. Thank you Gigguk for helping me find that connection.

this is just so perfect to be honest I don't know what's better than this. The video brings alot of emotion to me. This is absolutely perfect.

Never knew i needed this video. Thanks, its just a coincidence i stumbled onto this

I rarely comment on KZfaq videos, but I had to leave a comment here. I watched this video and I cried and cried, mainly because how deeply I relate to every word you are saying in this video. There were times where everything was falling apart and I had no one, but I had anime, times were I got bullied but I managed to stick through because of anime, I even got bullied for watching anime and I still carried on and I pulled through. The fact that someone literally understands exactly what I’ve gone through and how anime has helped me in life without even knowing that I exist means the world to me. So thank you Gigguk!

And that my friends, is why I love Anime.

I like these videos gigguk posts where it is just chill and down to earth with minimal jokes and just deep subjects and it makes you appreciate things we take for granted, so thank you garnt.

Oh boy, this video was such a rollercoaster of emotions. I went from crying to smiling to crying and in the end feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. Thank You Gigguk! You put everything so beautifully.

A Silent Voice has changed my perspective on a lot. It's such a beautiful film and the ending scene never fails to make me tear up. And don't even get me started on the manga. The manga had such an affect on me and gave me a ton of new perspective on different things and has honestly changed me as a person.

2 of my favourite Gigguk videos (The Perfect Anime and The Greatest Thing Anime Has Done) were created by him after watching Your Name, and A Silent voice, which coincidentally are also 2 of my favourite series. Loved the Your Name movie and A Silent Voice manga.

Watching a silent voice made me sad having dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts, but it also opened my eyes to the good things that come from bad situations and I now realize all the good I have in life and am happier as a person, anime as a whole has helped me overcome difficulties and see new opportunities and I wish I could find a way to thank them.

Wow, what a powerful video. I’m 37 and just now starting to really get into anime over the last couple months. I remember enjoying watching Sailor Moon as a child, but tucking it away as my father would make fun of it while it was on TV. Fast forward to years later, and spending time with my own son, watching animation with him, ended up serving as a gateway drug that eventually led to anime. There is so much to explore and uncover. And indeed, at this point in my life I welcome any communities I can gain, and this one seems rich. I hope I can find my people in it. I the meantime, anime (and to a lesser extent manga) are serving to me many of the purposes outlined in this video. What a poignant and beautiful statement.

Sometimes Anime makes me regret my decisions and choices. Sometimes Anime makes me think in a different light or perspective. Sometimes Anime lets me connect with either for awhile or forever.

I cried After so long bottled up after a break up failing multiple exams losing entire groups of friends a derailed career and just wholesome lost in life i saw this video and moved me to tears i related to everything he said. Damn

This is my favorite video you've made man. Thanks for the good cry!

I spent most of my childhood with my grandma. She passed away several years ago and to this day I still grieve about her passing. I sympathize with you gigguk. Now I definitely have to check that show out