That last bit about the montage of her hurting people, it's not really her taking accountability for hurting them, because she didn't really hurt Todd either. It's about her quickness to abandon situations, which even though it was just a good thing that she left Gideon, she still probably feels iffy about doing because it's part of the habit.

18:05 "most significant change" as it cuts to Scott's coins in the casket is an S-Tier hidden pun.

I do kinda like what they do with Todd mostly because it seems to me more like a funny play on his character in general. You take the pompus douche preppy jock/cheerleader couple. The kind of people who are 100% straight and make the dude a love sick loser attracted to a gay guy. My favorite line from envy the entire show "YOU BROKE MY BOYFRIEND" I love it lmao

As someone who prefers the original black and white art for the comic, I appreciate it you using that in the video over the colour version!

wow, I just watched this whole video and seeing there only be two comments and 100 views was like a jumpscare. Awesome work, loved the analysis and hope ya get more recognition

This is such a good thorough analysis and should have way more views - currently manifesting that

I noticed in the new series the moment Scott came back and even when Scott was in the first episode. The comedy was amazing the pacing was even better than what it usually is and Scott’s character is just fun to watch wish they did more with him

this is a ridiculously high quality video, I started watching this without looking at the view count, and after it was done I was astonished by how low it was. this absolutely deserves more views, phenomenal work

i don't think Ramona is quite a MPDG in the movie, she's not there to solve Scott's problems, he's there to solve hers. she definitely did have an agency problem and not much of a character arc in the movie however and it's very very cool to see that addressed here. i really enjoyed the series and can definitely see myself coming back to it often. great video, +2 for adding the part about MPDG being a term more recently used to perpetuate misogyny than to critique misogynistic character tropes

I know you've already got a lot of praise but oh my god did you do an amazing job. Your audio, your editing, and your message were all so amazing and it's criminal that this has so few views. This is truly a masterpiece of an essay video and I really hope you are proud of what you have made.

I really, really enjoyed this essay type video!!! Your word usage and outside knowledge of terms or ideas that relate to Scott Pilgrim was super refreshing and just genuinely cool to listen to. I just finished watching the series a handful of days ago, and I needed a video response similar to this one in order to properly COLLECT my takeaways from this adaptation, due to the fact that it’s just so different from all other SP adaptations. (This isn’t a complaint, it’s actually the opposite!) I absolutely LOVE consuming and analyzing media that makes me THINK. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off did just that for me, and this video helped tons!!! Just by itself, the original SP story, (the main story and characterization presented in the comics) contains characters with many, many unique flaws, which sort of drew me to the SP universe in the first place! This new series really dug into those flaws, explained them, and put most of them to rest, if not just really provided a sense of understanding for viewers. This video essay exemplifies this feeling for me personally, and I really appreciate the effort that was clearly put into it. All in all, SPTO was hilarious, emotional, refreshing, and provided me with clarity in a variety of ways for this cluttered, immature universe full of cluttered, immature characters that become not-so immature in the end in their respective ways. And this video essay magnifies that, and displays it in very epic and cool ways!!! Thank you so much for this!! Keep creating!! :)))

Good video man, hope the algorithm gods be with you. Although I don't agree that the show does a better job than the original comics of characterising how it is to grow up, since the show activily takes Scott away and doesn't let him face Knives, Envy, Lisa and Kim personally. But, I see where you're coming from :) I think the wonderful thing about the show is how it maintains the core message of the comics, but says it in a different way.

The last time I read the book series, I was really taken with how the whole series does focus on Ramona and her (possibly self imposed) alienation. Each book (with the exception of the 4th and 6th books) starts with a splash page of Ramona, alone, going about her day. The books are ultimately about her journey of understanding herself and trying to reason with her own toxic tendencies, in the face of the toxic people she has surrounded herself with over the years. So the best part of Takes Off is pushing that theme to the forefront, so her journey is not in the background of Scott's story. The thing that really disappointed me was the lack of Lisa Miller! I saw someone point out that she is in the audience during the Theater scenes, but I actually wanted to see her in the show more, since her character didn't make sense in the movie. I always saw her as a female Scott. You could make an entire second season of this show just based on the side characters in the book.

this is such a good video and review! genuinely sums up a lot of my thoughts on the show! its so wonderful at adapting these characters and expanding on their personalities, i really wish we could get a second season to see more

this is a great analysis! Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was my first exposure to this franchise and it was nice to hear about how the others compare in terms of storytelling.

Commenting because this video deserves to be picked up by the Algorithm.

this is the second time in like a week i’ve heard epitome said without the long e sound at the end of the

This video was great so far but please be more careful with spoiler warnings, I was completely sidelined by Chrono Trigger.

I absolutely love this video!

i just realized why is knives wearing that outfit in the finale

The series, even though it shocked me, was so amazing ^^ I hope we get a second season

Something something live action was bEtTeR. The characters in this adaptation are way more relatable and actually makes the world around Scott Pilgrim so much more interesting.

If I were to have one controversial opinion on this show, while they’re not bad actors by any means I do feel like a lot of the characters personality were carried in the movies by the actors body language while their deliveries were a bit more one note, Scott, Ramona, Wallace and young Neil don’t quite have the same personality or impact as their comic or movie counterparts as their performances are limited to just their voice.

my only criticism of the show is that, while old Scott works amazingly well as a foil to young Scott's naivety and general uncaring nature in his overdone cynicism I think it would've been interesting to have seen it be nega scott, a character who didn't get a lot of time to shine in either adaptation and who serves essentially the same role old Scott does in the show in the movie and especially the book.

Hella good video.

the shit you said about fooly cooly sounded very eerily like mother's basement...

I WAS ABOUT TO PLAY CHRONOTRIGGER AND COULDN'T PAUSE FAST ENOUGH. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Im okay with the spoilers for the show I watched but man, the game spoiler for Chrono...good thing im good on my fingers, also not sure on saying ''LGTB culture'', like, kissing same gender not sure if its culture, was born like that and all

Can’t tell if you just pronounced epitome correctly and I’ve been saying it wrong all my life… or if you mispronounced epitome after mispronouncing Iraq…

i have never seen any of those movies listed

well i was probably never going to get around to playing chrono trigger anyway...

nigga really said epih-tome 💀💀💀💀

Old scott and older scott ruined the original despite what anyone says scott grew a lot in the comics and having him just return to the way he was at the beginning of the comics felt like Bryan doesn’t even understand his own characters anymore this is why i think takes off is simply a terrible show

Excellent vid, you deserve more views. Glad youtube suggested this to me