YUKIKAZE
Yukikaze is a BL anime.
I was lied to.
So I was thinking about doing a Gundam-styled summary of Yukikaze, but damn this OVA is pretty. It's got smooth and shiny animation so I was like eh, I won't screencap anything.
But then this wound up being really, really gay.
So let me set up the tone of Yukikaze for you:
GLOOM
GLOOM
ANGST
GLOOM
ALIENS
GLOOM
And that's pretty much it. It's very dark and dreary. No one is happy. NO ONE.
Let me introduce you to the main characters.
This is Jack Bukhar. Why is he so gloomy? Because a certain someone is out fighting the aliens.
This is Rei Fukai. He is out fighting the aliens.
Yes, you should see the pattern already.
The scenery and action sequences are very dramatic.
Things like that, you know. This was only the opening scene so I won't spam you pictures of planes and clouds, but there's plenty of other gorgeous settings. Nevermind that. You didn't click the cut to read on about the scenery, now did you? Of course not.
So about five minutes in we hit the opening dilemma. Fukai shot down one of their own planes, but it was unmarked and would not respond to them, so his plane (Yukikaze) told him it was an enemy, and Fukai did not doubt Yukikaze's judgement, and blew the motherfucker up. However, their own plane took some damage in the fuckwin explosion that followed. So there was a brief trial of sorts for Fukai in front of a board. This all struck me as normal.
All of this happens in like ten minutes. That leaves roughly half an hour for... what? What indeed.
That leads us to the gloom elevator. I figured this would take the approach of Main Character meets Other Main Character due to Unfortunate Circumstance and they struggle to get to know each other by Last Episode. No. No, not at all. Jack and Fukai already know each other, and they apparently know each other quite well.
Jack is apparently not surprised by Fukai's actions, and in fact trusts Fukai's handling of the situation. Sympathizes with him, even. He tells Fukai to "Be patient. Being grounded isn't the end of the world. I'll make sure you stay busy."
... OHONHON. I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE THING. Unfortunately I was quite right in my thinking. Hot damn!
So Jack was taking Fukai home (I guess) and they parted along the way. Fukai has not said a word but Jack continued to offer up small phrases to Fukai until they (more like just Jack) said farewell. Jack looks after Fukai in the railcar with a sad, longing expression and Fukai keeps his back turned in his ever present angst.
Then the first bit of mindfuck happens.
THE PLANE.
IT IS BLEEDING, TOO.
And this beautiful music is playing and there are no more words, even as Jack and Fukai continue on with their normal lives.
BUT THIS IS THE FAIRY AIR FORCE. LIVES CANNOT CONTINUE NORMALLY WITHOUT HEAPING AMOUNTS OF ANGST.
Waiting for his precious fairy to land.
Yes. You two are meant for the skies. To soar together. Like the fairies you are.
Did I mention yet that this is really fucking depressing? It feels like this story has already plummeted beyond the depths of despair and it's only just begun.
Jack smiles sadly to himself. Then looks at Fukai and decides he needs some
PARTY TIEM.
No, seriously.
So they go grocery shopping together.
...seriously, what straight man says that to another straight man?
Hell I don't even remember things I eat in that amount of detail. And I'm obsessive-compulsive.
What are they going to do with so many oranges, four cases of beer, and a frozen pizza?
...oh right, party.
I don't know if I should laugh at how angrily Fukai eats his food or at the fact Jack remembers it so clearly.
The gay points are soaring through the roof at this moment. Jack's facial expressions when it comes to Fukai are so fucking full of emotion that there are no words. I'll probably spam more of that later.
This is important. Not because Jack is reminiscing about how he met Fukai in a grocery store but I want you to look at Fukai's jacket. IT'S IMPORTANT, OKAY?
.................... oh really now.
Even Fukai's been awakened from his angsting haze by this.
AWESOME. YES. CELEBRATE HARD.
Okay. Now. Seriously.
Not only is this suggestive but he spends a long time thumbing the cork of that bottle as Fukai watches.
A really long time. Making 'mmf' noises, too. I lost control of my laughter while screencapping this and entered a fit of unexplainable sneezing.
pop!
Lol, oh god, and they just stare at the now broken and flickering light.
Hey guys.
Ever wonder what it is like to be Ceiling Cat?
Well, now you know.
Next we enter the stage also known as "Hello, I'm Crazy."
OMG WAKE UP
OH THANK GOD IT WAS JUST A DREAM--
...Where the hell am I?
...
There are no words.
...curses.
Followed immediately after by a shot of Jack sleeping before the scene ends.
...WHY FOCUS ON HIM SLEEPING AFTER THE ANGST HAS RETURNED?
See, it's because Fukai is in love with Yukikaze, and the love triangle is between Fukai, Yukikaze, and Jack.
You can laugh all you want but I'm being totally serious.
JACK IN A FAGHAT. AHHHHHHHHHH ♥ ♥ ♥
I wasn't kidding about the love triangle after all. Evil Bitch knows.
Let me briefly recap this.
We have had 15 minutes of faggotry. A minute and a half of mindfuck. And thirty seconds and counting of faggotry.
We are only 17 minutes into this, folks. Seventeen minutes.
This is Second Lieutenant Cannon Fodder, another source of your angst.
Fukai runs out to be with his precious Yukikaze. Since Fukai is batshit insane about him/her, Jack fills Cannon Fodder in on who that thieving mechanical wench is.
*tears of bitter hate*
fukai loev yukikaze
So we go back to the plot which I have been skipping over, and Fukai proves to Lt. Cannon Fodder that he is, indeed, bugfuck and crazy. Another unidentified plane lures them into a combat situation, and admidst the chaos, Yukikaze takes over.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii--
So Yukikaze is apparently batshit insane, too. Good to know.
Somehow they make it out alive. Lt. Cannon Fodder is really tripped out by all of this, and Fukai, our ever angsty hero who always seems to be in a drug recovery, looks back to Yukikaze.
Whoa.
So they return to base, and since Fukai has no friends, he's playing with Yukikaze, and Jack shows up to tell him what's what. That means it's time for our first on-screen lovers' fight. Yaaay!
And then Unmanned Whore appears.
Such anger--
Jack suddenly gets emotional.
!
...!!
Jack protests--
And Fukai angrily storms away, but...
does not leave.
Fukai confirms this and refers to Jack as Major. Earlier in this exact conversation he had said 'Jack.' It's already come down to this...!
Jack strikes me as the most unfortunate Major ever, even though he's fucking awesome. Also note he has a hot secretary who tells him such things. She makes a great clipboard holder, doesn't she?
Jack stops her lack of explanation.
But Jack is only looking in one place...
...at Fukai.
This OVA is dripping with gay.
Be manly, Jack! Manly is the key to hide your tears!
Clipboard Holder is like oh goddd these faggots are at it again.
...but
his eyes again quickly turn to Fukai, ignoring Lt. Cannon Fodder.
This is actually really depressing, what the fuck.
So back to the action!
I needed to insert a shot of Yukikaze in here somwhere. xD;
Fukai looks to Unmanned Whore.
And Fukai is not pleased.
ALGKHSDG GRUMBLE GRUMBLE while Fukai is out flying, Jack has to chat away with an unknown moron over the phone.
When the champagne cork falls from the light fixture.
!
Fukai is about to take off, when he suddenly has himself a wordless memory...
...I don't even know anymore.
(ALSO, LOOK AT THAT BADASS DRAGON TATTOO. REMEMBER FUKAI'S COAT? OMG LOL DRAGONS.)
YES, LET'S DO THIS...
...AIRCRAFT MY GAY LOVER NAMED!
Later!
It is a dark and gloom-filled night.
Complete with a red aurora.
Jack walks irritated into a crowded room, knocking all the papers from his Clipboard Holder who apologizes for being in his way but he ignores her because SOMETHING IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
...his precious fairy has been lost.
The guy says they've already checked four times, to which Jack promptly responds: THEN DO IT AGAIN!
YES, SIR!
Now it gets kinda depressing. (AS IF IT WEREN'T BEFORE.) Everyone has left the control room, what with the mission over, except Jack and this poor man.
We then see Jack steadily losing his composure as there is no word on Fukai's whereabouts. Jack refuses to believe Fukai was shot down.
HQ is refusing to send out search teams for a single plane.
Jack's losing it and that other guy hesitantly looks over at him. How can you just ignore a man as emotionally distressed over another man as this?
DON'T GIVE UP, JACK! ; ^;
He starts ordering for planes to launch and search anyway. Poor lackey there is like omg I can't do that without clearance sir BUT JACK DOES NOT CARE. GOD DAMN IT YOU WILL SEARCH FOR HIS FUCKING FUKAI. And he starts babbling more orders and his voice is starting to despair...
Oh man. ;_;
Then Evil Bitch returns to once again crush this faggot's dreams. She really seems to love doing this.
Jack begs of her desperately but no SHUT THE HELL UP, FAGGOT, OR YOU'RE FIRED.
;'(
But... but it's okay. Fukai is alive and well out there!
OR NOT?!
...well that's one way to put it.
So this shady guy tells Fukai that he contacted Fukai's base and explained their situation. He told Fukai he was told to take care of them. But ...
This does not seem to set well with Fukai.
Jack eventually gets his way and goes out to search for Fukai himself, taking Unmanned Whore with him. Before we know it, we discover that Fukai wasn't found lost in the desert at all, but rather this was all ANOTHER MINDFUCK. IT WAS ALL IN HIS HEAD. AND HOW DID FUKAI KNOW THIS?
This sums up the OVA pretty well.
I'd go on except honestly this story is really good and I don't want to spoil it TOO much. In fact I uploaded it for everyone to download, because I wound up liking this A LOT more than I thought I would. I've fallen hard in love with this animation, and I now understand why /m/ never talks about it, and why it is referred to as Brokeback Mountain.
I can't wait to watch more but I spent my time after work making this entry and I have to work early tomorrow. I'd bring the rest to watch at work but my mom's computer probably can't play the files.
SO YES, this has skyrocketed to one of my most favorite things ever. I don't know what's going to happen and I can only theorize about certain things at this point. One thing is for certain, though. I will cry at the end. Gonzo does not animate happy things, and with how angst-ridden Fukai and Jack are, the chances of both of them living happily ever after is slim to none. I don't want it to happen. Noooo.
Anyway, here is a download link to the first part of a five part series: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UPDC7DVB
Do download and enjoy! ♥
I was lied to.
So I was thinking about doing a Gundam-styled summary of Yukikaze, but damn this OVA is pretty. It's got smooth and shiny animation so I was like eh, I won't screencap anything.
But then this wound up being really, really gay.
So let me set up the tone of Yukikaze for you:
GLOOM
GLOOM
ANGST
GLOOM
ALIENS
GLOOM
And that's pretty much it. It's very dark and dreary. No one is happy. NO ONE.
Let me introduce you to the main characters.
This is Jack Bukhar. Why is he so gloomy? Because a certain someone is out fighting the aliens.
This is Rei Fukai. He is out fighting the aliens.
Yes, you should see the pattern already.
The scenery and action sequences are very dramatic.
Things like that, you know. This was only the opening scene so I won't spam you pictures of planes and clouds, but there's plenty of other gorgeous settings. Nevermind that. You didn't click the cut to read on about the scenery, now did you? Of course not.
So about five minutes in we hit the opening dilemma. Fukai shot down one of their own planes, but it was unmarked and would not respond to them, so his plane (Yukikaze) told him it was an enemy, and Fukai did not doubt Yukikaze's judgement, and blew the motherfucker up. However, their own plane took some damage in the fuckwin explosion that followed. So there was a brief trial of sorts for Fukai in front of a board. This all struck me as normal.
All of this happens in like ten minutes. That leaves roughly half an hour for... what? What indeed.
That leads us to the gloom elevator. I figured this would take the approach of Main Character meets Other Main Character due to Unfortunate Circumstance and they struggle to get to know each other by Last Episode. No. No, not at all. Jack and Fukai already know each other, and they apparently know each other quite well.
Jack is apparently not surprised by Fukai's actions, and in fact trusts Fukai's handling of the situation. Sympathizes with him, even. He tells Fukai to "Be patient. Being grounded isn't the end of the world. I'll make sure you stay busy."
... OHONHON. I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE THING. Unfortunately I was quite right in my thinking. Hot damn!
So Jack was taking Fukai home (I guess) and they parted along the way. Fukai has not said a word but Jack continued to offer up small phrases to Fukai until they (more like just Jack) said farewell. Jack looks after Fukai in the railcar with a sad, longing expression and Fukai keeps his back turned in his ever present angst.
Then the first bit of mindfuck happens.
THE PLANE.
IT IS BLEEDING, TOO.
And this beautiful music is playing and there are no more words, even as Jack and Fukai continue on with their normal lives.
BUT THIS IS THE FAIRY AIR FORCE. LIVES CANNOT CONTINUE NORMALLY WITHOUT HEAPING AMOUNTS OF ANGST.
Waiting for his precious fairy to land.
Yes. You two are meant for the skies. To soar together. Like the fairies you are.
Did I mention yet that this is really fucking depressing? It feels like this story has already plummeted beyond the depths of despair and it's only just begun.
Jack smiles sadly to himself. Then looks at Fukai and decides he needs some
PARTY TIEM.
No, seriously.
So they go grocery shopping together.
...seriously, what straight man says that to another straight man?
Hell I don't even remember things I eat in that amount of detail. And I'm obsessive-compulsive.
What are they going to do with so many oranges, four cases of beer, and a frozen pizza?
...oh right, party.
I don't know if I should laugh at how angrily Fukai eats his food or at the fact Jack remembers it so clearly.
The gay points are soaring through the roof at this moment. Jack's facial expressions when it comes to Fukai are so fucking full of emotion that there are no words. I'll probably spam more of that later.
This is important. Not because Jack is reminiscing about how he met Fukai in a grocery store but I want you to look at Fukai's jacket. IT'S IMPORTANT, OKAY?
.................... oh really now.
Even Fukai's been awakened from his angsting haze by this.
AWESOME. YES. CELEBRATE HARD.
Okay. Now. Seriously.
Not only is this suggestive but he spends a long time thumbing the cork of that bottle as Fukai watches.
A really long time. Making 'mmf' noises, too. I lost control of my laughter while screencapping this and entered a fit of unexplainable sneezing.
pop!
Lol, oh god, and they just stare at the now broken and flickering light.
Hey guys.
Ever wonder what it is like to be Ceiling Cat?
Well, now you know.
Next we enter the stage also known as "Hello, I'm Crazy."
OMG WAKE UP
OH THANK GOD IT WAS JUST A DREAM--
...Where the hell am I?
...
There are no words.
...curses.
Followed immediately after by a shot of Jack sleeping before the scene ends.
...WHY FOCUS ON HIM SLEEPING AFTER THE ANGST HAS RETURNED?
See, it's because Fukai is in love with Yukikaze, and the love triangle is between Fukai, Yukikaze, and Jack.
You can laugh all you want but I'm being totally serious.
JACK IN A FAGHAT. AHHHHHHHHHH ♥ ♥ ♥
I wasn't kidding about the love triangle after all. Evil Bitch knows.
Let me briefly recap this.
We have had 15 minutes of faggotry. A minute and a half of mindfuck. And thirty seconds and counting of faggotry.
We are only 17 minutes into this, folks. Seventeen minutes.
This is Second Lieutenant Cannon Fodder, another source of your angst.
Fukai runs out to be with his precious Yukikaze. Since Fukai is batshit insane about him/her, Jack fills Cannon Fodder in on who that thieving mechanical wench is.
*tears of bitter hate*
fukai loev yukikaze
So we go back to the plot which I have been skipping over, and Fukai proves to Lt. Cannon Fodder that he is, indeed, bugfuck and crazy. Another unidentified plane lures them into a combat situation, and admidst the chaos, Yukikaze takes over.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii--
So Yukikaze is apparently batshit insane, too. Good to know.
Somehow they make it out alive. Lt. Cannon Fodder is really tripped out by all of this, and Fukai, our ever angsty hero who always seems to be in a drug recovery, looks back to Yukikaze.
Whoa.
So they return to base, and since Fukai has no friends, he's playing with Yukikaze, and Jack shows up to tell him what's what. That means it's time for our first on-screen lovers' fight. Yaaay!
And then Unmanned Whore appears.
Such anger--
Jack suddenly gets emotional.
!
...!!
Jack protests--
And Fukai angrily storms away, but...
does not leave.
Fukai confirms this and refers to Jack as Major. Earlier in this exact conversation he had said 'Jack.' It's already come down to this...!
Jack strikes me as the most unfortunate Major ever, even though he's fucking awesome. Also note he has a hot secretary who tells him such things. She makes a great clipboard holder, doesn't she?
Jack stops her lack of explanation.
But Jack is only looking in one place...
...at Fukai.
This OVA is dripping with gay.
Be manly, Jack! Manly is the key to hide your tears!
Clipboard Holder is like oh goddd these faggots are at it again.
...but
his eyes again quickly turn to Fukai, ignoring Lt. Cannon Fodder.
This is actually really depressing, what the fuck.
So back to the action!
I needed to insert a shot of Yukikaze in here somwhere. xD;
Fukai looks to Unmanned Whore.
And Fukai is not pleased.
ALGKHSDG GRUMBLE GRUMBLE while Fukai is out flying, Jack has to chat away with an unknown moron over the phone.
When the champagne cork falls from the light fixture.
!
Fukai is about to take off, when he suddenly has himself a wordless memory...
...I don't even know anymore.
(ALSO, LOOK AT THAT BADASS DRAGON TATTOO. REMEMBER FUKAI'S COAT? OMG LOL DRAGONS.)
YES, LET'S DO THIS...
...AIRCRAFT MY GAY LOVER NAMED!
Later!
It is a dark and gloom-filled night.
Complete with a red aurora.
Jack walks irritated into a crowded room, knocking all the papers from his Clipboard Holder who apologizes for being in his way but he ignores her because SOMETHING IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
...his precious fairy has been lost.
The guy says they've already checked four times, to which Jack promptly responds: THEN DO IT AGAIN!
YES, SIR!
Now it gets kinda depressing. (AS IF IT WEREN'T BEFORE.) Everyone has left the control room, what with the mission over, except Jack and this poor man.
We then see Jack steadily losing his composure as there is no word on Fukai's whereabouts. Jack refuses to believe Fukai was shot down.
HQ is refusing to send out search teams for a single plane.
Jack's losing it and that other guy hesitantly looks over at him. How can you just ignore a man as emotionally distressed over another man as this?
DON'T GIVE UP, JACK! ; ^;
He starts ordering for planes to launch and search anyway. Poor lackey there is like omg I can't do that without clearance sir BUT JACK DOES NOT CARE. GOD DAMN IT YOU WILL SEARCH FOR HIS FUCKING FUKAI. And he starts babbling more orders and his voice is starting to despair...
Oh man. ;_;
Then Evil Bitch returns to once again crush this faggot's dreams. She really seems to love doing this.
Jack begs of her desperately but no SHUT THE HELL UP, FAGGOT, OR YOU'RE FIRED.
;'(
But... but it's okay. Fukai is alive and well out there!
OR NOT?!
...well that's one way to put it.
So this shady guy tells Fukai that he contacted Fukai's base and explained their situation. He told Fukai he was told to take care of them. But ...
This does not seem to set well with Fukai.
Jack eventually gets his way and goes out to search for Fukai himself, taking Unmanned Whore with him. Before we know it, we discover that Fukai wasn't found lost in the desert at all, but rather this was all ANOTHER MINDFUCK. IT WAS ALL IN HIS HEAD. AND HOW DID FUKAI KNOW THIS?
This sums up the OVA pretty well.
I'd go on except honestly this story is really good and I don't want to spoil it TOO much. In fact I uploaded it for everyone to download, because I wound up liking this A LOT more than I thought I would. I've fallen hard in love with this animation, and I now understand why /m/ never talks about it, and why it is referred to as Brokeback Mountain.
I can't wait to watch more but I spent my time after work making this entry and I have to work early tomorrow. I'd bring the rest to watch at work but my mom's computer probably can't play the files.
SO YES, this has skyrocketed to one of my most favorite things ever. I don't know what's going to happen and I can only theorize about certain things at this point. One thing is for certain, though. I will cry at the end. Gonzo does not animate happy things, and with how angst-ridden Fukai and Jack are, the chances of both of them living happily ever after is slim to none. I don't want it to happen. Noooo.
Anyway, here is a download link to the first part of a five part series: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UPDC7DVB
Do download and enjoy! ♥