In a Tokyo where gravity has broken, a boy and a girl are drawn to each other…
The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world.
Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families, acting as a battlefield for parkour team battles as they leap from building to building.
Hibiki, a…
Hey Lost, do you know if this interview with Tetsuro Araki saying that Levi's bond with Erwin can't be described as friendship true? And could you reference it please?
Sure thing. This quote is from a 2019 Animedia article innocuously titled "Oh my soulmate". @oscarforjm translated part of it here.
Interviewer: I would like to ask about Levi and Erwin’s relationship. Can we call their relationship “friendship”?
Araki: I think you can say it’s friendship. But of course there is emotion between them which cannot be concluded as “friendship”. I am currently drawing the draft of Levi and Erwin’s scene and has a lot of feeling about Levi and Erwin, but due to spoiler, I can’t talk about it. Like, sometimes you say “try your best” just hoping to encourage someone, but in fact from the other side, people may feel pressure for asking to “try their best”. But Levi and Erwin is different, it is like, there is situation which you can save someone by embracing and forgiving the imperfectness of that person. I can’t say much, but I was thinking about this when I was drawing Levi and Erwin. More specific, to Levi, no matter what outsiders say about the thing between him and Erwin, he never cares and plans to explain it. He thinks even explain, no one can understand. And one more, you can see how Levi glance on Erwin’s back changes along the story. Please looking forward to this.
I don't know how precise this translation is, but there are so many little gems here. I love the line about Levi never caring to explain his relationship with Erwin to anyone, no matter what they say.
The original magazine pages are copied below and the full article is here if anyone wants to read the original.
genuinely i do not have anything against the anime adaptation of death note, i actually think it's quite good, but i wish there was more recognition that it is in fact an adaptation directed by a real human being (tetsuro araki/mochizuki saburo) who made creative decisions and explored themes which differed from those in the manga