Name: What comes off as a silly kappa show is actually a touching take on love, lies, desires and connections
Item: Sarazanmai
Rating: 96
Author: Vampy

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What comes off as a silly kappa show is actually a touching take on love, lies, desires and connections · Waifora

I finished this show mere seconds ago, and boi can I say my first thoughts are "Damn that was BRILLIANT".

First off, this show's concept can turn some people away, and that's completely understandable, but the point of the show is so much deeper than kappas pullin' balls outta butts.

What is love?
What is desire?
What are connections?

Sarazanmai asks so many of these deep questions without really giving a direct answer and in my opinion, it's better that way so you can decipher for yourself!
For me, it was about connections being through your actions, not only through your mental or emotional connection with other people. It was about desire as seeing things as objects, with no other meaning as to serve for your own happiness. It was about what love truly is. Love isn't a desire, love is a deep connection with another person. What they say, what they do, what they feel and how that is translated toward another human being in mutual respect and affection. CONNECTION!! Treasuring, wanting, lying. That is what this show is really about.

Strengths:
-They go about demonstrating the connections through nearly every and each kind of relationship (siblings, parents, lovers, friends) dissecting whether what the person wants is a loving connection, or a desired one to fill their own satisfaction and greed
-The symbolism of the villains being Otters=(kawa uso) relating to lies(uso) and how they can distort someone's way of thinking so drastically that they can harm the people around them, especially the ones they love
-The ENDING!! The message that things WILL get better, even if they aren't good right now.
-The art style and animation, a personal love of the squishy character designs and fluidity of the transformation and song sequences
-The songs!! So good!

Weaknesses:
-They honestly could've stretched this to 15 episodes, as I feel it was a liiiittle rushed.

I would recommend this show wholeheartedly, to those who want something silly, while becoming serious in its later half, dealing with death, selfishness and a loss of who you really are.

Final score: 9.6/10

I only spare this from being 10/10 due to the fact that some things don't make much sense until way later on, as information is given to the viewer in parts, but really, I'm nitpicking.

SARA
SARAAA
SARAAAAA

SARAZANMAI!!