To Your Eternity

Not many anime pass the three-episode test run from the jump, but To Your Eternity had me choking back tears from the first episode. To Your Eternity is the anime adaptation of Yoshitoki Ōima’s The Immortal. The series follows an immortal creature called Fushithat starts its long existence as a rock before taking the forms of a wolf and human as it observes humanity. Ōima-san also happens to be the mangaka behind A Silent Voice, and its opening theme “Pink Blood” is sung by none other than Hikaru Utada, so my being moved to tears doesn’t come as a surprise.

The show pulls no emotional punches. Alongside the show’s endearing depiction of humanity striving to do what it believes is best, To Your Eternity isn’t afraid to get heavy when moments of dread, betrayal, and death arise. But oddly enough, the show finds beauty in how Fushi comes to understand our flawed but endearing tendencies and sees through its cast’s shortcomings to help them reach the potential they have dormant within them.