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apparently nintendo is making these "my mario" things for little kids and i can't get over the way they look

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hello! i am still here!

i've been hanging out on some non-youtube sites for a while now because of their ai age verification bullshit (among other things).

it's been hard because of how ubiquitous youtube is but one of the benefits of going non-tube is that you come across hidden gems like this!

"lizard ladder" by ted wiggin (2020)

i love you interpolated neon dog

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stuff soshi thinks she should reflect on: this series

so...what now?

stuff soshi thinks you should watch has become such a big part of my day that it's really weird thinking it's over now.

at the same time, though, i'm actually kind of glad it's over. like i said last week, i like watching and sharing animations. but i don't like writing full-ass essays about them.

and on top of that, studying animations does help me improve, but actually making animations helps me even more.

that said, this series was still really useful. and even if it only lasted 10 weeks, i think it changed me. maybe not fundamentally, but i think i got a better understanding of what i want to make.

it was really fun watching animations from all kinds of people from all across the world.

some of them hit close to home for me.

some of them really made me laugh.

also a lot of what i watched involved cats to some extent, which is really really strange but okay.

but with everything i watched, i could tell that there was something special with them. there was so much genuine love put into every single animation, and that's really inspiring to me.

on that note, though, one question remains: what will become of this sideblog?

the original idea for the-second-soshening was to be about non-cosmic quilt stuff and shitposting. in case you don't know, my main account is dedicated to my personal project, the cosmic quilt, and i've been meaning to get back to posting there instead of here.

so i think the-second-soshening is still going to be focused on animation, but it'll be more like shitposts and me just rambling about stuff i've watched.

said ramblings will be a lot less frequent and a lot more casual, and some of them will also be about more well-known stuff too.

additionally, i also want to post behind-the-scenes stuff and in-progress things because

1) with the rise of ai, it's more important than ever to show your process, and

2) it's also reassuring to see how other people make their art. you know, it's like showing drafts and such!

and of course a lot of it is also just gonna be dumb/funny/confusing shitposts. a lot of the sstysw posts have been fairly serious, so i'm just gonna keep it chill for the foreseeable future.

to close this out, i just want to say thanks. i know a lot of the sstysw stuff was just me scremaing into the void, but even if, like, one person really only followed the series from beginning to end, that's good enough for me.

at the end of the day, this series really meant a lot to me. and even if it's over, i'm still going to be carrying what i learned with me for a long time.

so until then, take care!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 70

so...here we are. the final day of the final week of this strange, strange series. to be honest, i thought i'd never make it!

anyways, you know how i usually save the most impactful animations for sundays? i want to talk about the series that got me into animation in the first place.

without further ado...let's end this with a—

battle for dream island (jacknjellify, 2010)

...what?

yeah, okay. i guess i should elaborate.

it feels weird saying that bfdi, of all things, was the most impactful show i've ever seen. but it really is true!

i remember when i first got into the show, i was amazed that this show was something i could, like, actually influence. and even now, i've never found another series with as much interactivity as bfdi.

whether it's by voting or creating recommended characters, or by joining camps or going to meetups, it's so easy to leave your mark on this show. it feels like you're part of something bigger.

and even though the community it created can get really crazy at times, it's still something amazing. i've made quite a few friends over this show, and that's really one of my favorite things about animation.

the power of animation is that you can take it anywhere. animation is an art, of course, but it can also be used for entertainment. for anything!

animation is so universal that anyone can appreciate it. hell, i believe that anyone can create it. and that's something i've been trying to say with this whole series:

animation can come from anyone.

animation is definitely one of the hardest mediums to learn, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.

going back to bfdi, michael and cary huang created this show when they were around 14. no fundraising or merch or marketing or anything like that. they just wanted to make this show for fun.

and, yeah, i'm not gonna say that the first season looked fabulous or anything, but it's still really impressive considering both their scale and their scope.

and it was especially impressive to young me, who saw this and thought:

"wait, i can make a show too?"

so that's why i chose to end this series with bfdi, both because of what it is and what it represents to me.

ah...i knew this would get kinda sentimental. well...i'll save that for my reflection later on. hopefully you'll stop by again to check it out!

anyways...i'm not sure how to end this post, so i'll just say...thanks for sticking with me.

and in case you're curious, my favorite contestant is tennis ball. we clumsy fuzzy nerds have to stick together!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 69: osean world (osean world, 2019)

anime girl reaches enlightenment, what happens next will shock you

(start here i think...? just search up "ow s1" on osean world and you should be good to go.)

(and then season 2 is in this playlist!)

(oh yeah and flash warning!)

(i haven't put this in a while but this part has minor spoilers! so go watch the damn thing!)

if i must confess...sometimes i have no idea what's going on in half of what i watch. this is especially true here.

i got into yameii and the osean world project pretty recently, so maybe there's some really convoluted lore that i have no idea about.

(luckily, convoluted lore is just my thing!)

regardless, i want to talk about osean world because...

just look at it!

i love everything about this series' aesthetic, from the colors to the music...all of it feels like the type of show i'd want to make.

i already love surreal stuff, but i love it even more when it incorporates modern-day elements. the way osean world combines surrealism with digital technology really appeals to me.

one of my favorite examples of this are these effects:

they're not exactly datamoshing, but they definitely feel reminiscent of it, and they definitely evoke that feeling of, like...

...well, at risk of sounding hyperbolic, it really makes you feel like this comes from another reality. or that there's something wrong with your own reality.

that's the general feeling i get watching this, and i absolutely love it for that.

everything really does feel like a dream. hell, everything is a dream. all of the familiar elements—deadric city, the box—are just familiar enough to make all of the surreal elements pop out. and the way they all intertwine with divine worlds and shit is so...ahh i love it!

and all of this is just the prologue! season 2 really polishes a lot of what season 1 already had.

it features voice acting and really expands on the already unique worldbuilding. not to mention that the animation and the camerawork really improved!

the main cast's personalities really shine in season 2. i love their dynamics, and the voices really add to it.

all in all, osean world is really one of the most unique things i've seen in a while. it sucks that it seems so underrated though. hopefully this show gets enough traction in the future cuz it's really something phenomenal!

anyways, i'm gonna go check out some of the other osean world stuff. the worldbuilding here is something i can really sink my teeth into...

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 68: mau makan apa? (labirhin, 2024)

a show so peak it has to be in widescreen

i've noticed that all of this week's posts have skewed towards slice-of-life stuff, so i thought i'd switch things up with something more serious!

so this is a webseries by an indonesian musician and animator named labirhin. this is an adaptation of his webcomic animated in blender!

this show has a small team, but the visuals are super polished. there's a lot of emphasis on naturalism, right down to the shaky camera.

(on that note, the way the shots smoothly transition between each other is satisfying to watch!)

besides that, the premise is really interesting as well. stories about megacorporations are always interesting to me because...well, just look around you.

beyond that, the premise of a worldwide famine is 1) really relevant and 2) actually not something i've seen a lot in apocalyptic stories.

granted, i don't really watch a lot of apocalyptic stuff, but when i think of apocalyptic stories, i usually think of stuff like nuclear war or aliens or something.

that, or it's something more natural, like meteors, tsunamis, or diseases. but even then, famines, particularly large-scale ones, are a pretty unexplored topic in stories like these, especially since they're usually caused by a larger event instead of being the event itself.

on top of that, i think the ks experiments add a lot to the story as well. it took me a little while to understand what they were actually doing in the story, but after rewatching a couple times and looking through the webcomic, i think i understand.

from what i got, the ks were created as part of the switch star operation, seeing as how they can control spacetime. and that really adds to the themes of this show.

what are you willing to do to prolong your species' survival? do you entrust your survival in the hands of a corporation?

mau makan apa? might seem bleak, but that doesn't make its themes any less relevant. i don't think the world will ever reach a state like this (at least, i hope not), but with the themes of famine and monopoly and all of that, it's hard not to think about the world we live in now.

overall, this show is off to a really great start. my only real critique is in the pacing.

both the comic and the show feel like it's going back and forth between stories too fast, and the entirety of the first episode is really just exposition. this isn't as big an issue in the show, but it kinda makes it hard to follow the story.

with a team of this scale, you can't do really long episodes, but i think just slowing down the pace a bit would definitely make the story feel less disorienting.

anyways, i'd hate for this post to be a total downer, so let's end on a high note.

exo jumpscare! OoOoOoOo!!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 67: sublo & tangy mustard (aaron long, 2015)

i love subs

(i mean the sandwich)

(watch it here!)

have you seen these boys before? i think this might be one of the more well-known webseries i've shown this week.

anyways, this is a webseries by a canadian animator named aaron long. if he sounds familiar, he's also worked as a director on shows like bojack and tuca & bertie.

sublo & tangy mustard is a slice-of-life set in toronto. bit of a trend going on with these webseries, huh? but anyways, i love this little show.

usually i try not to compare animations to other stuff unless it's intentional, but i really can't think of another way to describe the humor here...

this show's humor reminds me of classic simpsons episodes: there's a lot of satire and absurdity packed into each episode (all of the screenshots above come from the same episode!), but there's also an authenticity to it all.

the characters feel like genuine people in the way they talk and act. and all of the references to canadian media and culture add to the show without, like, confusing non-canadians (like me!).

even the process behind the show feels...authentic? it feels strange describing it that way, but long doesn't have, like, a big crew behind this series. all of the voices are from his friends and family, and everything else is done by long himself. the idea of the show was even inspired by long's experiences in college.

there's no executives or agents telling long what to make. it's all him. and i think that's the appeal of not just this series, but indie animation in general. it's people's voices and creativity in their truest forms.

all of this comes together to create a really welcoming show. sublo & tangy mustard has such a homey atmosphere, even if you're only getting to know the characters through little tiny bits.

it's about their job, sure, but it's also about their lives. their friendship. it's something i don't really see a lot in adult animation, and that just makes this show all the more special.

in short...i love these little fellas.

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 66: murphy & mitzi (ajmarekart, circa 2020?)

hey! this series's initials are m&m! that can't possibly be a coincidence!

(watch it here!)

this isn't really a webseries so much as it is a compilation of "microshorts" (as per the creator's description), but i still decided to show it this week because...

i mean, just look at it!

the basic gist of this show is that it all takes place in the early 2000s, and i love how the aesthetic reflects that. y2k-era graphic design and 2000s cartoons are both things i've been interested in recently, and this little series really hits the mark for me.

everything looks really geometric and caricatured. and it's also minor details too, from the characters' thick outlines to even their borderless pupils.

it's a faithful recreation of a lot of early 2000s cartoons. a lot of the shorts feel like bumpers i'd see on nickelodeon or cartoon network, so there's that too!

on the topic of the format, i think this type of "microshort" format works really well. i believe all of these animations were done solo, and they rarely ever feature voice acting.

i know short-form content understandably has a bad rep, but i can tell there's a lot of thought put into these shorts! even if most of it is just murphy and mitzi doing stupid stuff.

i've been meaning to do animations myself, but it's been really hard deciding where to start. and of course i don't want to be known as a "shorts creator" or anything like that, but doing little microshorts like these would probably be manageable for someone of both my skill level and my scale.

even with the microshort format, the characters' personalities really shine through. and i think that's the mark of a good animator: someone who can communicate so many things through just the visuals.

oh, and one last thing:

lovin' the y2k tech!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 65: metrecalia (cramiro starenn, 2023)

everyone knows that the venn diagram of "silly" and "fantasy" is a circle

(check it out here!)

woot, more webseries!

so this is a hispanic fantasy series by someone named cramiro starenn. they've also made a novel, charlotte gaspel, and another webseries called universo brandom.

metrecalia is their latest work, i believe? it's only got a pilot, an episode, and a handful of shorts, but i think it has a lot of potential!

i don't know if this is intentional or not, but a lot of metrecalia reminds me of old flash series i grew up with. the art style is the biggest factor, especially with the expressions, but some of it also comes from its humor.

a lot of the humor is really quirky, rapid-fire gags, but none of it feels forced to me. it kinda just feels like a couple of good friends messing around in a game of dnd!

i mentioned this yesterday, and i'll probably mention it again this week, but it's really refreshing, especially nowadays, to watch something that was just made for fun. i mean, starenn even says that their art is first and foremost "for entertainment and creative expression," and i can definitely see that with metrecalia.

metrecalia is still relatively new, so i don't know what direction it'll take, but i honestly like the casual, episodic format it has so far!

a lot of recent indie series have kinda taken on a more serial format, and while there's nothing wrong with that, i think more episodic series like these have their own merit as well. there's a lot more room to explore these characters because there's so many more opportunities for different situations.

i've only watched, like, 20 minutes worth of metracalia's cast just goofing about, but there's already so much charm to them. if you're looking for a series to wind down with, i think metrecalia is a really good choice!

(but there's blood too, so, uh... :P)

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 64: cuboy (edible castle, 2007-2012)

who up cubing they boy

(check out the series on newgrounds!)

(it's also on youtube but youtube's being more of a fucker than usual so don't watch it there.)

let's kick off the end with a webseries i grew up with: cuboy! featuring the ultimate friend...

anyways, cuboy was created by two guys named william arbuckle and andy dennis. it has 3 episodes and 4 games, 2 of which are part of this kickass series that has unfortunately gone the way of half-life. :P

actually, the whole series kinda went the way of half-life. i think both of the creators work in the industry now? so maybe that explains why the series died off. edible castle's old website apparently belongs to some sketchy casino now anyhow, so you know that thing's in the coffin!

it had a good run, though! i think out of all the old flash stuff i used to watch, cuboy had the most unique visuals.

the style looks so clean, and the animation is pretty smooth. flash animations kinda have a reputation for looking (and oftentimes being) crude, but i think you can really make something cool if you play your cards right, like here!

i think in general, cuboy holds up pretty well. i guess the humor is kinda dated, considering that 1) this was released on the mid-2000s web and 2) this was released on newgrounds, and a lot of stuff on newgrounds has historically been...interesting.

but even then, a lot of the writing still holds up because of how goofy it all is. cuboy never tries to make grand statements or satirize contemporary events or anything like that. at its core, it feels like someone playing with a bunch of papercrafts!

and the music reflects that really well too. a lot of the music incorporates a lot of acapella and electronic sounds, which for me evokes the feeling of a bunch of friends just messing around on their instruments. does that make sense?

i guess what i'm trying to say is that whether it's being dry or absurd or dark, there's a strange sort of innocence that cuboy has. it feels like a show that was made just for fun!

and there's something really nice about that. in the modern internet's climate, i get the feeling (among other things) that people think everything should look and be professional now. but sometimes you just wanna make stuff for the hell of it.

even if cuboy didn't run as long as i wanted it to, it still has a special place in my heart. a little spot for the ultimate friend.

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stuff soshi thinks you should read: this announcement!

uh oh. an announcement. is something bad going to happen?

well, kind of...after a lot of consideration, i've decided that next week will be the last week of stuff soshi thinks you should watch.

yeah, i know that kinda sounds like a bummer but i think it's for the best. my original goal was to do this for an entire year! but there is no way i'd be able to do it without losing some level of sanity.

it's not so much watching and sharing animations as it is writing about them. if you've seen my posts you know i usually write mini-essays analyzing each animation.

but continuing something of that scale for an entire year just wouldn't be reasonable for me—not to mention that tumblr isn't really meant for regularly longposting.

and at the same time, i'd feel really guilty about posting other people's works without adding much substance to it.

however...i'm still going to share animations! just not as frequently. i'll talk more about my plans for the future at the end of next week, but for now, i want to focus on ending strong.

for this series' final week, i'm going back to my roots: animated webseries.

internet cartoons are what really got me into animation in the first place, so it's only fair that i talk about them for the finale.

oh yeah, and i just want to say...thanks for reading stuff soshi thinks you should watch. i don't know how many people actually saw my posts, but i don't really care much about readership. what i care about is helping others develop a deeper appreciation for animation.

but i'll leave the sentimentality for next sunday. for now, let's close this series out with a bang!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 63: "the starry night" (lee jonghoon, 2017)

can't believe van gogh came back to life just to make this

aw, no mature label this time. the trifecta will not be completed. it's okay though because this short is really good!

so this short is by an animator named lee jonghoon, who studied at the korea national university of arts (k-arts). around 2015, he formed a team with his classmates called vcrworks, who helped him produce his graduation film, "the starry night."

"the starry night" was one of the more powerful films i had seen recently. for some reason, it's hard for me to actually feel sad whenever i watch most movies...though maybe it's because at the back of my head i'm usually riffing on it mst3k-style lol

i wasn't bawling by the end of this, but it did make me feel genuinely sad deep down. so i think a lot of this is gonna go to analyzing the emotional experience behind this short.

but first...

look at these designs! i love them! i always love characters with beards. maybe that's part of the reason why this short had such an impact on me?

anyways, back to emotions. what makes this short so...sad?

i think the biggest reason why, ironically, is that the short isn't just sad stuff happening. there's a wide range of emotions—joy, grief, nostalgia, loneliness—and the happier moments make the sadder ones really stand out.

but beyond that, all those emotions add a humanness to the film.

"the starry night" has a lot of happier moments, and including these little snippets of the two just walking around and having fun really adds to how human this all feels. they're just everyday people, so it's easier to connect with them.

but contrast that with the second half of the film. there's a point of reference, and it really makes you feel like you've lost something—or someone, in this case.

it's hard not to feel bad for this guy. he hasn't done anything wrong (at least to my knowledge). it really creates this feeling of injustice without spelling it out too much.

and even then, it's not completely sad. this scene with the constellations spoke to me a lot. there's a sense of acceptance, even if his old lover's death isn't something he's fully come to terms with. all of it comes to this short's most powerful shot:

at the end of it all, there's this release. a lot of the film focuses on this guy coping in different ways, from drinking to playing music to reminiscing about his old lover.

but all of it feels like he's denying that his love passed away, which only makes this scene stand out even more. it's giving yourself room to really process your grief, to truly connect with your emotions, that makes this scene so powerful.

and of course, the music really adds to the experience. the part around here really stands out in particular...

but focusing on the music as a whole, the choice to make it diegetic (i.e. part of the world the film is set in) makes it feel so much more personal. it's like a love song dedicated to someone long gone.

it all ties together to create something that feels so human, and that's what makes this short work. it's a reflection of the human experience.

it's about love, about death. it's about music, grief, happiness. all of these are things that almost everyone experiences in their lives, all under a sky full of stars.

"the starry night" is such a nice way to end a week like this. not to mention that i was able to touch on a lot of stuff i've talked about in the past!

on that note...i have an announcement coming out soon. it's pretty important, so hopefully you get the chance to check that out!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 62: "train world" (ropeszzz, 2025)

not to be confused with rainworld, or trans world

(cw for blood, gore, self harm, body horror)

this is the second animation in a row that uses a mature label. do you think we can complete the trifecta?

this is a short from ropeszzz, who calls themselves an "amateur animator and muralist." but for someone who calls themselves an amateur, this animation is really, really good!

i also think "train world" is the perfect opportunity for something i haven't really touched on yet: worldbuilding!

of course, this isn't going to be deep lore analysis or anything like that. i don't have much to work off of, and i get the feeling this short is really meant to be more surreal than anything concrete.

but i do want to focus on how ropeszzz presents the rules of this world, because they do so in a way that feels both natural and intriguing.

what i mean by that is that there's no exposition explaining this world, no big hints of its past. there's no indication if this is their reality or if it's just their dream world.

you catch onto things as you go on this journey with cat friend, and that's the most effective way to present this world, especially one as abstract as this. it doesn't answer all the questions, but it also doesn't leave you completely confused.

i personally interpreted this as a nightmare world, especially with all the emphasis on body modifications, organs, and fetuses pointing towards something "inner."

on that note, i also do want to focus on the themes a little bit, because i think the worldbuilding ties in neatly with it. a lot of "train world" felt reflective of just...hating your own body. not just how it looks, but also how it functions.

it's that image of literally feeling empty inside, of feeling like your "soul is fake."

it's that image of choosing to destroy part of your own body and sacrificing a fetus to regenerate it.

it's that idea that you're the one "in a cage."

all of it really speaks to desolation. it's not just self-loathing, it's also feeling alone and powerless. and that's what makes this short so powerful.

i'm not sure how to close out this post, so...i know we've really been skewing towards dark, mature stuff, but sunday's short should be a little lighter. it's still really powerful, though. hope to see you then!

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 61: "furrie" (grannola, circa 2023)

owo

FURSUIT FRIDAYYYY

if you've...well, if you've been pretty much anywhere, then you know how misrepresented the furry fandom is in a lot of media. i'm a furry myself, so i was a little worried about what this film was going to be like.

to my surprise, "furrie" was actually one of the best depictions of furries i've seen in a while!

this is a french graduation film from ensad (école nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs), and the basic gist is that it's a series of portraits into the lives of a diverse range of furries. and that's why it works for me.

it depicts all the different kinds of furries, and it doesn't satirize any of them. they're just...there.

there's a little comedy here and there, but for the most part, all of it feels objective. like you're looking through a hidden camera. (except, don't actually do that.)

and i think that's the best way to go about representing furries. not trying to bash them or romanticize them. presenting them as-is is more than effective.

grannola also doesn't shy away from portraying the more sexual side of the fandom, but again, it doesn't feel like she's shaming them or making fun of them or anything like that.

they're just minding their own business. and all of what they're doing, while conventionally "weird," isn't really hurting anyone.

grannola even goes so far as to portray some of the more polarizing parts of the fandom, which is especially important. given the furry fandom's reputation, it's understandable that we'd shy away from furries like this.

but sweeping them under the rug doesn't solve things. the first step is really just acknowledging that these people exist, and that we have to do something about them.

we don't have to fully accept them into the fandom, but it helps to just recognize issues like these. "furrie" recognizes these types of people, but just like all the other furries it depicts, they're just there.

this whole short feels so objective, and yet that's really what makes it work. this shot above is one of the most powerful shots from "furrie," because whether it's about fetishists or artists or gunowners or whatever, the film recognizes that ironically enough, there's a humanness to being a furry.

(unless you don't identify as a human, which is okay. i love you for who you are.)

though it definitely has its issues, the furry fandom is by far one of the kindest communities i've been in. when i see pictures and videos of furry cons, and when i see people bonding over furry cartoons and characters, i can feel the deep connection that a lot of furries have with each other.

because at the end of the day, the furry fandom is a source of comfort and connection. for some, it's a hobby, and for others, it's a lifestyle. but however you approach being a furry, you feel like you're part of something amazing.

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stuff soshi thinks you should watch no. 60: "culinary showdown" (jencilthepencil, 2025)

who's been cooking this time?

FIGHT SCENE FIGHT SCENE i've been meaning to find another fight scene for a while now!

this is a thesis film from the international design school in indonesia. you may know jencil from her dream manhunt animatics, and also a comic called "telltown."

the main course of this post is going to be the fight, of course, but first, i'd like to start out with some appetizers.

this short's characters are drawn in clip studio paint, with the 3d backgrounds done in maya. besides, of course, saving a lot of time on the backgrounds, i love the way the clouds and the mountains look!

personally, the characters in these 3d settings look a little bit jarring, but it's nothing too distracting.

on the topic of the characters, i love these designs! personification is one of my favorite approaches to character design because it's a really fun way to create a cast of distinctive characters.

all of the characters here have strong silhouettes and distinct personalities, and i think that shines best in...

...the fight scene!

i think this short's fight scene does a great job at balancing action with character. it stays true to the characters' personalities, but it also gives them room to develop.

this shot, for instance, captures a lot of what i like about this scene. firstly, their weapons suit their characters: onya's spatula fits with their bigger frame, while chilli's dual knives work with their more graceful personality.

and their fighting styles fit well too!

chilli is more up close and personal, and her movements are really quick.

meanwhile, onya spends a lot of time circling around the plant instead of attacking it upfront. their movements are a bit slower, but also a lot more broad than chilli's...which for some reason i think fits their clumsiness?

i noticed that onya didn't actually hit any of the vines, which makes me think of someone just haphazardly swinging a weapon around without really thinking about it.

in any case, all of this adds a lot of charm to the fight scene! and that really helps maintain the more lighthearted tone of this short.

additionally, jencil incorporates onya and chilli's own conflict into the fight, but she also finds a way to resolve it, which i think works for a standalone short like this. (though she does mention she might make more with these little fellas...but anyways,)

i will admit, i think onya saving chilli was a bit...sudden? i think it feels natural given onya's personality, but i guess the pacing around there could be fixed a bit.

i think having a shot with onya's reaction before deciding to save chilli could help, but i still think the resolution of their conflict works well!

all in all, i really enjoyed watching this! this short was a nice refresher from some of the more serious stuff i've shown lately. hopefully you thought so, too!