Sometimes you revisit a work for the first time in a decade and it doesn’t hit the same and you find you’ve moved on. And sometimes it’s still just as good, and you’re able to find more beauty in it than before. I’m pleased to report Haibane Renmei is the latter - still easily one of the best anime I’ve ever seen, an allegorical tale of guilt and grace and self-hatred and mental illness. Reki in particular is an all-time great character. Yoshitoshi ABe please write another anime