
I would also seriously think about accepting a Faustian bargain to draw like Yoshitoshi Abe.
I also happened to express this sentiment yesterday
the vibes were evidently exactly what I was most susceptible to as an individual able to feel things in 2016
I watched it somewhere that cut out the opening and ending and that helped me feel very immersed in it as a continuous story
I didn't watch new things for months afterward because I felt like I couldn't fairly judge anything else right up against it
I've spent the past eight years trying to forget it as much as possible in hopes that if I ever actually watch it again it can feel fresher, but I don't think it's working enough