Even as an adult now, even though I watched TTGL as a kid, it’s a driving force in my life, and Kamina is now and always will be my role model

Kamina isn’t dumb, he knew all his big talk and reckless personality was digging his own grave But he kept going, because he knew that he wasn’t gonna be the one to change everything, he knew that it’d be Simon who’d do it. Which is why he had to die to tell that to Simon.

I watched gurren lagaan on the request of a good dear friend while I was wallowing in the depression of my wife and child dying, I felt utterly alone and had nothing to live for or any reason to live. Gurren Lagaan woke me up to a reason to keep pushing on, even in this cruel world. And honestly, I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that friend and for gurren lagaan.

One of my favorite parts of TTGL is how Kamina goes from telling Simon "Believe in the me, who believes in you" to "Believe in yourself".

TTGL is, without a doubt, the Best Anime Ever. I've been able to make some hard decisions because i kept it in mind, and it hasn't just helped me when faced with insurmountable problems. i think I'm genuinely a more patient, wiser person for having seen it. i have nothing but respect for writers like Kazuki Nakashima who embue their work with such unrelenting positivity. i recently rewatched promare with some friends, and despite how heavy handed it is i realized i missed one of the themes in the movie the first time, which is the idea that you should never lose hope of finding alternative solutions. i haven't seen many of his other works, but i wouldn't be surprised if that theme is consistent throughout his work. it's so rare to find such a hopeful message. speaking of hopeful messages, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see people like you keeping analysis videos like this alive, even if you post sporadically (i'm a uni student so i definitely understand how hard it is to have time for side stuff). this genre was really influential to me when i was in high school, and even if i haven't seen a good one in months it's still close to my heart in a way. keep turning your drill man, i can't wait to see how far down the youtube hole you can dig.

I love that you say that corniness is important to have in media. Sometimes we need stuff that is just blindingly optimistic because it's so easy to get bogged down by all the problems in the world and how it feels like we don't have the power to do anything about it. Maybe if we all let ourselves be corny, be silly, be endlessly driven to improve, maybe then we can break past all the things holding us as a collective down. Maybe we as humanity need to (metaphorically but also sorta literally) come together in the same way the characters do at the end of the series, bring all our wills together and force the systems that hold us down and tell us we can't do better to change, or destroy those systems if they refuse.

I watched Gurren Lagann when I was younger and it changed my life. I am a different, better, more complete person because of it

You pretty much covered the reason why Gurren Lagann can always bring me out of despair and never lose sight of my goals no matter how unlikely they may seem.

I love Gurren Lagann for a lot of the same reasons. Some reviewers (Glass Reflection I believe) say you have to turn your brain off to enjoy it, but your commentary really covers why that take misses the entire point of the show. The show had so much impact on me, more than just developing an interesting theme.

How Kamina was an act he himself was breaking under fear himself and it was Simon that kept him moving forward deep down he isn’t as tough as he seems to be and the creator admitted if Kamina never died they’d ultimately meet their end he’s supposed to push the characters forward to give them the drive to move forward

Love guren lagan. As an adhd kid this was something i really klicked with. The hyperactivety and over the top energy of kamina was awesome. Then he died and I had to figure out what the rest of the show was actually about. Strangly enough it had the same impact as Berserk did later in my life. Seeing despair and CHOOSING to fight it and actually find peace an joy. I think it comes down to a lot of what most lifelessons get right. We know all these messages, they are told to us again and again. What makes us really understand these messages is a moment of realisation. Art is one way that can make you realy feel and reallise what a certain concept really means. This is the real power of media. For instance, knowing that a lot of people suffer is one thing. Now really think about how many times you yourself suffer. Now really immagine your family has these same feelings. Now expand that immagination to the people in your street. Now expand that to the people in your town. Now to your state, to your country, to the rest of the world. By really engaging with this idea you begin to realize more, even though you probably knew this. This playing with scale and ideas, always pushing further, expanding your realization is what guren lagan is so great at.

Your talk on politics is really starting to have an effect on me. Right now I’m currently at the “I don’t give much of a damn about politics” phase of my life, especially after seeing the amount of arguments and the division it’s causing, but after watching your chainsaw man video and this one, I’m really starting to have some introspection regarding this matter and thinking if me staying in ignorance is only me adding to the problem of things like misinformation and controlling the masses and pitting them against each other. I think I have come across a hidden gem of a channel

That chainsaw man video you made changed my life. Whenever I feel the weight of the world, I rewatch it to inspire me. Thanks for your inspiration media analyses.

This show proved that you do not need 60 or 100 episodes in order to be considered A Masterpiece. Every show has their own and the creators have it each to their own too. However, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tells us that as long as you Believe In Yourself, Almost Anything In Possible. This Experience helps you get out of your demotivated state and gives you The Drive to continue with whatever you want to do in life. You going back into Politics because of this show is A Prime Example of it. 👍

Amazing video "A drive that has brought us from caves to space" gave me chills, great analysis

Your life is your own spiral and in life we spiral together as a people. We will not always go in the same direction, but we have to walk our own path. You will feel doubt as your path intensifies and pushes you to your limit. Maybe breaks you, but you are still on your spiral and need to keep focusing as best you can. When you break you need to take a break and recover and move on. That is a lesson on your spiral. That you can break and not break yourself in your quest. Even when you achieve your goal there is always more. Make the impossible possible at your pace. Remember: life will not let you march at your own speed. You must make life allow you by doing the labor to achieve that. I believe in you.

Kamina believed when no one else did! He was the spark that reignited the ability to re-acknowledge the spiral power once again. Kamina was a madman. and was viewed and treated as such, in his own mind he may have thought the same, but he stuck to his beliefs, he couldn't question himself, if he did none of this would have ever been possible....

I live my life by the oath sworn through courage where there is life there is hope where there is hope there is selflessness where there is selflessness there is compassion where there is compassion there is friendship where there is friendship there is faith where there is faith there is love where thre is love there is passion where there is passion there is courage where there is courage their is determination where there is determination there is will power together as one united, any person who has such courage can over come the most insurmountable of odds and make the imossible possible in thier life with their couragous fighting spirit Honor justice friend loyalty for our friends for our families for our loved ones we must never forget this oath we have sworn through our undying courage That's the closest thing i got to a prayer belief system.and moral code in my life Put more simply Do the impossible for those whom you love Thats all i need to know that spiral power exists in real life

We have been there, i have 2 videos in my channel but i guess it still has few vews 0 likes, people say politicians and politics is like garbage, but no one wants to clean that trash bin. Glad you understood this. Few years from today, you will be the first Weeb president :^),. All the best!

Currently rewatching the series - it's been a few years since I actually sat down with it. Toward the end, it's observed that Spiral Power is tied to the concept of DNA - in other words, it's a power intrinsic to life itself, and which grows with our ability to adapt as species. Furthermore, if we understand the Anti-Spiral's motivation to be the spread of despair throughout the multiverse, then we must interpret the end goal of Spiral Power to be the spread of hope - that is, the very idea that we can grow, change, and adapt, and that by doing so, we may ultimately overcome any obstacle, no matter how dire or monumental. Hope doesn't just wish for a better future - hope enables us to make that future a reality, to overcome despair and embrace the best possible outcomes of the opportunities set before us. Hope takes the greatest risks, against the greatest odds, in order to win the greatest prize. As Simon said, "As long as the chance of success is greater than zero, I'll treat is as though it's a 100% chance!" That is the drill that may just pierce the heavens. 😎 #LiveWithoutFear

The ending of the vid is so good. It is just so understandable and direct, yet it explains such complex concept. As always, thank you for video! Keep moving forward, heh

damn youre a really underrated channel, this kind of well thought out video with plenty of background images to make it entertaining at the same time is really great! hope u keep up with these!

Ive known about Gurren Lagann for years but never really watched it. Recently, I fell out of a relationship with a woman I was dating for 10 years. I was a month away from popping the question. During my sorrow I decided to watch more anime. I sat down and watched G.L. and it has really helped me. To push forward, to continue on, to go against fate and to forge my own future. I wear a drill necklace now as a reminder. Sorry for the rant. Great video. Exactly how I feel. Anime is art, art motivates. G.L is art, and it has motivated me.

This anime pulled me out of the worst depression I've ever been through.

Great video man, I absolutely loved it!

Amazing video brother! This is exactly why I've been showing a bunch of friends Gurren Lagann for the first time at our watch parties!

_Gurren Lagann_ is an anime that, legitimately, made the kid-version of me more spiritual. I have a bit of a tangent, so please bear with me. Looking at a small candle and its flame, think of the sound it makes: like a quiet growling. As fire grows, this gets louder-rumbling growing increasingly deeper, such that furnaces create great roars through which nothing else can be heard. Now imagine what would be the sound of Sol, the Sun. The closest we've gotten to hearing such a sound, I think, is the roar of a spaceship engine-likely among the loudest noises ever created on this planet, barring either the Atom Bomb or the dinosaur extinction meteor. Such a roar-Earth-rupturing and sky-distorting-hearing it almost feels as though you've witnessed the presence of God. I highly recommend everyone to watch videos of the recent spaceship launch. The Sun is as a deity: timeless, boundless, all-consuming and directly responsible for the existence of life itself. Of all the planets in the Universe, only this one has life, and only because it both contains water *_while also_* being within close enough range of its Sun. This orb of inferno has burned for untold millennia and will continue for trillions more hereafter. What this has to do with _Gurren Lagann,_ is that Simon spends his entire childhood dreaming of this mythical sphere of light. To once finally erupt from beneath the earth to bear witness to its fire, and creates a society that works to strive ever eternally upward; rising beyond the Earth towards something even greater. And once its been reached, to keep rising beyond even that, thereafter. Onwards and upwards! Grit those teeth and make the impossible possible!

"We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!"

Great video bro. It is always a pleasure to see how people keep analyzing this masterpiece.

I first watched Gurren Lagaan 3 years ago, and like you, I was cynical about the show’s messages all the way until the very last episode. The show helped me evolve a bit towards the end of covid, but after a few months, I forgot about it due to my focus on my new pursuits in life. I then rewatched it 3 months ago, this time being 100% on board with its messages from day one, and that second watch is what I can say really has changed my life. The changes I’ve made since then have been harder than anything I’ve ever done in my 24 years of existence. Gurren Lagann, along with a couple other favorite shows of mine, have finally pushed me to the next level.

I almost can't believe that Gurren Lagann is showing in theaters soon

And i keep listening rap is the man soul when i workout. Gurren Laggan its life changing, Awesome video man.

TTGL was an anime I discovered quite recently. This anime gave me something my parents never did, it gave me reassurance in myself, to keep pushing myself and not let despair take a hold of me. Thank you for covering the concept of the metaphor of spiral power. Very well articulated.

I hate to do this but I have to point out as well constructed as your argument is, word of god says that Kamina actually produced virtually no spiral energy, it wasn't his overconfidence that killed him it was the fact his confidence was all a facade to cover for him being insecure.

No way bro used the Gas Gas Gas vid, great content, can't wait to see your channel blow up

Spiral power in TTGL is very much an allegory for human willpower and pure determination but I do think there is a point where a human can become so advanced in their willpower and determination that they get the real life equivalent of spiral power. I think there is a development of sheer focus and discipline where someone has gone through enough shit where they effectively can achieve things that I've heard people say is not "genetically possible" and it's very fucking inspiring.

Thank you for this video! It puts into words how felt about it but couldn’t find the words to describe it

I love this video. I finished gurren lagann recently and have been thinking about it, and randomly clicked on this to see what someone else thought of it. I was gonna click off and go to bed (it’s 7 am for me), but hearing your own story connected with me-and the rest of the video was well worth it. This video framed some of TTGL’s themes, as common as they are, in a way I’ve never seen before. Thank you.

You deserve way more subs keep at it

Dang dude really really great video, I haven't watched gurren Lagann in years but this gave me a totally new perspective on it. Commenting for the algorithm

I can never get enough of this Anime. I rewatch it every year. Truly uplifting and a great reminder that I can do the impossible simply to spite reality.

I love gurren lagann, i watched it in 2020 when i was feeling like shit, my lst year of primary school was in lockdown and i felt that when i tried following my dreams, i just couldnt make things work. But now im here, i keep working on becoming capable of creating videogames, and even when sometimes i feel useless, i keep going no matter what

this is the quid of the show great work i too was a cynic little brat, but growing up means we must stop hating and resenting in order to believe and love

Seeing this came out two weeks ago, when I started rewatching GL a few days ago lets me know that things are gonna change.

I'm here because of Destiny 2. I've never seen this show before. Wow, what a great essay. Amazing work. Liked, Commented, and Subscribed.

Great vid

What age were you? When it came out, I was about 27? Maybe? And by 2010, I found myself single, seperated. So then, I focused on bettering myself both mentally and physically! *SPOILER ALERT* I didn't beat it. Life beat me. "It hit me with STICKS" (southern redneck voice- "DEM MEAN OLE STICKS! NMOMMA LOVES ME!!!!!). BUT!!!!! Gurrenn Lagann STILL inspires me to THIS DAY!!!! Literally, I played Libre Me from Hell the theme song for Gurrenn Lagann that is an amazing OPERATIC RAP SONG THAT SLAPS AND SLAPS AND INSPIRES!!! Kids from 5yrs old to 18 yrs old did NOT complain. They nodded their heads and just listened. It was aweinspiring :')

5 years ago, i gave up, heavily depressed, i had my taste of spiral power more then 10 years ago, but after that the fire died out. Eventually i managed to slowly with ups and downs get the fire back and now its fully back. I am now owner and co-owner of 2 social enterprises that work on local empowerment and with insane success of many other people who also have found their spiral power. Sometimes mine can overflow, but its kinda my nature xD. I work together with the local university, i work with people out of heavy poverty, i work with people that are pretty much high end elite. There is no min or max requirement of finding people with spiral power, its just that you meet the people with their hearts on fire and full on passionate feelings of wanting to develop mankind in a different way, where technology only supports us and we still decide what is good for us, where your voice matters and no matter what direction you come from you are welcome. As long as you are willing to fight for freedom.

Well, that line keeps moving. Every bit of every thing needs to work out that tension for itself, over and over, as here and now become new again. That's how a drill works?

Thanks, I needed that

The one thing Gurren Lagaan taught me is that.. when i'm at my lowest I need a friend who's got my back enough to come in and belt me one, just to remind me that stagnation hurts and as hard as moving forward might be, If there's a wall in our way then we smash it down, If there isn't a path, then we carve one ourselves, a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow ,Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix! so get your drill and lets move forward

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Damn bruh you choked me up. Thank you.

Kamina wasn't dumb, he was pure.

even tho i watch this 2 years later, you did a great job and sir you gain 1 subscriber even tho it's not much form me

MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS! good video

underated

See, This why I love Gurrem Lagann, Forever top 10, FOREVER GOAT 🙏🏽💯🐐

Gurren Lagann pulled me out of a depressive state and got me motivated enough to get my shit together and get the training I needed to get a better job than the one I had back then.

Banger

Thank you for this vídeo

Little by little. We advance a bit further.

Amazing video you have a new sub

thanks man 🥺

Good video my dude. btw what anime is at 6:18?

hope your close to a city showing the movies in january!

Do the impossible see the invisible, row row, fight the power! Touch the untouchable break the unbreakable bake the unbakeable take the untakeable...

bro this video is so underrated

I’m m watching GL with a friend who never watched it before. And I can’t wait for him to finish so I can show him this video

Just believe in yourself, and if you don't just believe in Me. The Me who believes in You

6:41 Well Said.

Beautiful

Don’t believe in yourself! Believe in your cat, who believes in you!

damn bro, i got the same reflexion like 3 month before seeing your'e video.

thanks... really

Have you seen tsukimichi moonlight fantasy ? I think you’ll love it dude. Super short. 12 ep for season 1. Season 2 is coming and HOT DAMN. it challenges the isekai trope and knows it

Please help, I'm looking for the name of the OST at the beginning of the video. I believe it is the one played when Kamina appears in the multiverse labyrinth. I just can't find that soundtrack...

Everything I do is in memory of kamina

Yes.

I love the essay, but the repeated mech stomping sound in the background for the first two minutes was distracting.

Can you do Vinland saga essay

I dont think kamina is dumb, i mean he is aware enough he needs to live what h preaches to get him message forward and convince them to empower themselves too. But yeah i mean studio trigger and stuff really hammer home their anarchism too, And while politics is frustrating and slow, and people die , really, its very much working together and yeah they even sho th problms that happen and are frustrating.and still its change and those who fight against a change for better for peoples rights ,

holy crap your the alternate history guy i used to watch that

You see things that the herd can't , I'm subscribing to you 👍

It may be corny. but remember corn is good for you!

I would love to have a Ted talk with you

Spiral power = Will Power

Keep going. Spiral out!

It is getter energy

spiral power is real this is the mentality, believe in yourself with sheer will push you but if you take this to mental and physical you can reach even higher, a way i used this is by flipping off the switch j need for me to completely ragdoll imagine flipping the switch for you to evolve and with this mentality its possible just have faith in God

this show made me a more positive person

6:00 8:00

channle go hard

People minimize the universal truths of the human spirit whenever they see it in movie or shows because they've already given up on themselves after they stumbled and tried to get back up. Seeing someone say that you could have what you want in life if you use your fighting spirit makes them upset since it invalidates all the excuses they've made for themselves. So they just minimize the message and say "it's just a movie and it has a nice message, but real life isn't really like that." They say that even though they know deep down inside that real life actually is like that

Can we do a collab on gurran Lagan please

Summed it up perfectly bro “reject Common sense to make the impossible possible!”

Wait if spiral power Is real could you create gurren lagann if it's possible I'm building it because I want to have a core drill

Holy cow I'm litterally working on this exact type of video (right after I finish the one I'm making specifically about the themes of masculinity in Gurren Lagaan, both positive and negative) I'd love to know what you think so if you want I'll post a link to it when it's done, I'd love to know what you think of it! Thank you so much for making yours so that mine can be even better! (That's what spiral energy is all about after all! Growing and learning and connections with each other to grow, learn, itererate, evolve and above all always keep moving forward! 😁👍) Edit: Until I've made it though here's a link to a similar video about the philosophy of zenyatta from the video game overwatch! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJORqs-nyMu0Y4U.html

My drill will pierce the heavens? No, my friend. MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT WILL CREATE THE HEAVENS!

I love your message and your personal story here, but dammit if I wasn't distracted as hell by your pronunciation of Lagann. You pronounce it like "le'GON" when in the show (original Japanese) they clearly pronounce it like "lah-gun" (with no stressed syllables).