Analysis Of Nagisa Furukawa's 'Death Depicted'

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Death Depicted Nagisa Furukawa was a sweet, shy, and joyful girl. The Japanese animation starts off with Nagisa as a high school student. Her soul was intertwined and connected to the town she was living in. If the town’s condition deteriorates, Nagisa deteriorates as well. Now the time has come and the town is starting to deteriorate. Nagisa’s health became unstable, yet she insists to keep attending class. Later on, she meets her future husband and a few other friends in school as the story progresses. Moving onto season two, she got married and became pregnant with her first child. Despite the hazardous health conditions that came along with the pregnancy, she still wanted to keep the child. Unfortunately, she dies with a smile right after …show more content…

Tomoya did not take her death well, “I thought I had a crappy life... But even someone useless like me finally found something to live for... Right, Nagisa? R-Right? Nagisa... NAGISA!” (Ishihara s2 ep16). This moment of death was intended to teach her husband, Tomoya, to appreciate how blessed he is to have a family. Nagisa smiled until her last moment ensuring Tomoya that everything will be alright and there is nothing to worry about. However, within a matter of seconds, he lost it all. People all around her were depressed when she died. On the other hand, even though she was the one dying she was crying tears of joy. She knew the hazards that came along with giving birth of her child, yet she was brave enough to keep the child and smile during her last moment as if nothing happened. She repeated, “I’m sorry, but I’m starting to feel tired” (Ishihara s2 ep16). After this moment, the screen becomes blank with just Nagisa, Tomoya, and their new born child. This meant that nothing else exists, and it was just their little world. Nagisa was his reason to keep living. However, now that Nagisa is gone, he has to deal with the pain from the horrid world. Their child could have been Tomoya’s new reason to live, but nothing worked out because Nagisa’s soul contract to the town transferred to their daughter. The darkness that came over during that …show more content…

During her death, Tomoya remembers most of the memories they made as if it was a time line or walk through of the time they spent together. With that being said, the audience feels connected to these characters as well. Unknowingly, the audience remembers the good and the bad times as if they were part of the animation as well. This death tried to teach the viewers and characters that death will come unexpectedly. The lesson was sought to teach people to appreciate life as well. Nagisa smiles during her last moment, and this portrays that she is satisfied with what she has even though it led to an unfortunate ending for her. The snow during that winter night represented her pure heart. The white snow shows to innocence of a character and Nagisa was just as pure as the snow when she died. The darkness represented Nagisa 's death and the start of Tomoya 's empty soul that came about at the same time. The White Darkness was an episode that no one expected and was extremely

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