{"id":644,"date":"2020-12-05T22:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/?p=644"},"modified":"2020-12-06T01:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:17:45","slug":"a-winters-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/art-of-the-review\/2020\/12\/05\/a-winters-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Winters Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This review is about Fuyunohanashi (Winter\u2019s Story) in the anime and manga Given. This review has the themes of suicide and depression. This is a trigger warning to anyone who may have problems or is struggling with these themes. The suicide hotline is 800-273-8255. Please reach out if you need help.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuyunohanashi  is a beautiful song insert track performed by the band Given in episode 9 of the anime adaptation of Kizu Natsuki\u2019s manga Given. It has been included in the bands own CD that was released a few months ago along with other breathtaking instrumental songs. In this review I will be going into depth about the song lyrics and meaning while showing comparative songs or scenes that make me feel deep emotion with this song. Reviews from people who hear the song describe it as heartfelt, beautiful and how the song makes them very emotional. Some comments from the review section of this song are, \u201cThis is a beautiful and heartbreaking song\u201d, \u201cThis makes me cry because Mafuyu (the singer of the song) was finally able to express himself. He was able to cry and the voice actor did a really good job on expressing this.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given is an anime adaptation of Given manga and was given positive reviews for its soundtrack. An anime critic, Steve Jones, called the series \u201cone of the seasons most emotionally resonant offerings.\u201d The anime is about a young boy, Ritsuka, who had such passion for music but the passion has slowly died inside him. Then one day at school he meets Mafuyu, a boy with a heartbreaking past trying to learn how to play guitar and how to cope with loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song is in Japanese, but its English translates to Winter Story and is about Mafuyu not being able to say goodbye or get rid of his loss. The song beautifully portrays how deep in sorrow Mafuyu is in after not properly coping with his loss. Even with no background of watching the 12-episode anime, listeners can still sense how dreadful the singer is. I highly recommend watching the Given anime in its entirety to truly understand the song but anyone with loss or deep regret can easily relate to this song and how it could help them move on, even if they didn\u2019t get to say goodbye.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

***This paragraph contains heavy spoilers for the series and if you plan on watching it, I encourage you to do so. This paragraph will be the only one that contains spoilers as it gives a background to the song and story being spoken about. Read at your own discretion** In the anime Given, we learn fairly early on that Mafuyu had a boyfriend named Yuki. They were remarkably close, and we see that their relationship started very early when they were kids as Yuki called the cops on Mafuyu\u2019s abusive father. The connection is only shown through flashbacks and we then are told that Yuki had killed himself in winter and because of this Mayufu did not get the closure he needed and blames himself for Yuki\u2019s death. This causes him to lack in expressing his emotions and running away from people who care for him. Mayufu carries around a bass guitar that was given to him by Yuki\u2019s mother and he was wanting to learn it to get closer with Yuki\u2019s spirit but then he met Ritsuka and their relationship started off as merely friends but soon Ritsuka develops feelings for Mafuyu and invites Mafuyu to join his band as a leader singer. Mafuyu agrees and we see in episode 9 that he wrote a song about his lost loves death that happened in winter and how he can’t bear to hold everything in anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Here is the link to watch the song with subtitles. Enjoy. Fuyu no Hanashi (Given EP 9 Mafuyu’s Song)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lyrics to Fuyunohanashi (English translation)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like 
snow that hasn\u2019t completely  melted 
in the shade 
I continue on with these feelings inside of me 
Please tell me how I’m supposed to close the door on this love? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Your everything has lost its tomorrow  
And is now wandering around eternally along with me 
Who was unable to say goodbye or move on <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Just like  
a spell that still won’t break 
Or some kind of curse 
I’m still holding on some heavy baggage  
hey what kind tomorrow  
am I supposed to look for in this town? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
The cold tears that fall  
freeze under the sky  
they pretend to be kind  
and around the time they fall down my face 
two people who were always together are torn apart 
that\u2019s all there is to this story <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Even if your everything loses its shape one day 
you’ll always be here within me  
as I try to move forwards again even though I couldn\u2019t say goodbye  
you’ll always be here with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Centimillimental was in charge of production of the updated anime song Fuyunohanshi and was feeling overwhelmed with how much he was doing, as he was only supposed to produce the song but then he began a relationship with the anime. Then the CD drama after the same title was released and Centimillimental wanted to keep the name but make it his own without having to paint a replica of the \u2018winter story\u2019 that already exists. He released a statement vis Twitter on the song and his thoughts. \u201cI\u2019m sorry if there are any fans who feel uncomfortable. Excuse me. In order to make my own new “Fuyunohanashi”, I read the original, listened to the drama CD version “Fuyunohanashi” many times, and then the best thing I can do as a new anime version “Fuyunohanashi” I made it with all my strength. I’m not asking you to accept it. However, I would appreciate it if you could understand that I am sorry and that I worked diligently with all my heart. \u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This song is hauntingly beautiful and if we are being honest, I cry to this song when I need to let everything out. I have lost someone and was not able to say goodbye, so listening to this song opened my heart to start to understand that even though I didn\u2019t get to say goodbye, doesn\u2019t mean that I need to live on with the guilt and regret I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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