To those that were deeply moved by the Reze Arc movie, What other piece of media has changed you like this?

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When the movie came out, I almost didn't watch it because 1. I was not a movie theater goer, I preferred to stream. (Something that completely changed last year when I saw Interstellar, One Battle After Another, and ofc the Reze Arc movie in theaters, two movies I saw three times, and CSM five times). And 2. I had already read the manga and thought it was a generally inconsequential arc (although really cool). My best friend invited me to it and the moment I came out of the theater something had changed. I yearned more, I was very sad thinking about two people trying to make something as fragile as hope of love and a normal life in a world so harsh persist even though they knew and we knew it wouldn't work, and I can say to this day when I have a spare time with my thoughts I still think about that story, and about certain scenes, and lines, and songs, and frames from the movie. The OST was just perfect, Kensuke Ushio was the reason I started watching/reading CSM after coming from the masterpiece that was Ping Pong: The Animation. All of this to say, this piece of media has fundamentally changed me. I can only remember the following doing something similar:

-One Battle After Another (Movie)

-The Fall (Movie)

-Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar (Book)

-Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (Book)

-Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq (Book)

-As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Book)

-Ping Pong: The Animation (Anime)

-Animatrix (Anime)

-Hellfire by Black Midi (Album)

-I Trawl the Megahertz by Prefab Sprout (Album)

-Chainsaw man OST, all of it.

-Animal Body by Haisuinonasa (Album)

What were other things that moved you like this?

Posted Jan 14, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC

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