There She Is!!

December 13, 2008 12:34 PM

Can a cat and a rabbit ever find happiness? The conclusion to the story of Doki and Nabi. Previously on Metafilter - the first two episodes, episode 3 and episode 4. You can access all the episodes from the top link. Warning - may cause emotions to stir in the blackened cinder you call a heart.
posted by fallingbadgers (23 comments total)

OMG!
posted by grobstein at 12:43 PM on December 13, 2008

Download faster, damnit!
posted by Harald74 at 12:46 PM on December 13, 2008

Well, that was very nice, and I love the visual story-telling.
what happened to the conflict though
posted by grobstein at 12:54 PM on December 13, 2008

I don't know why those things yank my emotions around so hard, but whatever the reason, hey, presto, I'm a fucking wreck once again.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:56 PM on December 13, 2008 [2 favorites]

It's interesting how this series started out so silly and ended up so dramatic. I don't think I completely understood the end though. They didn't leave, so everything magically turned out OK?
posted by Xezlec at 1:04 PM on December 13, 2008

I missed part four, somehow. Thanks for the update.
posted by Caduceus at 1:24 PM on December 13, 2008

Warning - may cause emotions to stir in the blackened cinder you call a heart.

Nah. Nothing could do that.
posted by orange swan at 1:40 PM on December 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

So sweet. I like how dark they take it. It looks to me that after episode 2 that they made the choice to really tell a very clean arc of a story.

Spoiler:

I really like that they stay. They stay and fight, rather than run away - it's really quite beautiful.

Thanks for pointing these out. I'd seen the first two but not the others.
posted by MythMaker at 2:00 PM on December 13, 2008

Cabbits are some of the most wonderful hybrids available.
posted by gman at 2:52 PM on December 13, 2008 [2 favorites]

Superb.

I think I felt my cynical, blackened cinder stir a little in there...
posted by Nice Guy Mike at 3:30 PM on December 13, 2008

Warning - may cause emotions to stir in the blackened cinder you call a heart.

Does not compute.

What is a heart?
posted by flipyourwig at 3:38 PM on December 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

What's the background to all this? Are bi-racial couples in Korea really getting beaten up on the streets? Mobs chanting 'Pure Blood'?
posted by woodblock100 at 4:04 PM on December 13, 2008

Maybe it's just a general purpose tale of the triumph of love over societal expectations?
posted by Caduceus at 4:11 PM on December 13, 2008

I'll be skipping these, as I like my blackened cinder just fine, thank you.
posted by lekvar at 5:07 PM on December 13, 2008

what happened to the conflict though
posted by mendel at 5:39 PM on December 13, 2008

Awwww. Yay.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:54 PM on December 13, 2008

Awwwwwwwwwwwww, shucks....

What!

WHAT!

NOTHING TO LOOK AT HERE! BUGGER RIGHT OFF YOU! LEAVE!

Awwwww...
posted by Samizdata at 9:09 PM on December 13, 2008

My blackened heart is delighted that you have killed the thing you loved.
posted by srboisvert at 6:22 AM on December 14, 2008 [1 favorite]

What's the background to all this? Are bi-racial couples in Korea really getting beaten up on the streets? Mobs chanting 'Pure Blood'?

Being "treated as second-class citizens" (even getting spat on, apparently) looks like a problem. Someone better informed than I am, however, should put "There She Is" in the proper context of evolving contemporary Korean concepts of racial identity, e.g. "Korea is a single-race country".

All this time I've been enjoying a cartoon serial about what I thought was only a cat and rabbit's Romeo and Juliet relationship...
posted by Doktor Zed at 7:03 AM on December 14, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm imagining that the hate campaign is propagated by the Mormons and in their spare time, Doki and Nabi are working hard to repeal Prop. 8 because they understand that no luv should be outlawed.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:00 AM on December 14, 2008

That was really great. Now someone do a FPP about Korean race relations.
posted by exhilaration at 4:21 PM on December 14, 2008

Wow, I'd only ever seen eps 1 and 2. Thanks for the update!
posted by Phire at 6:47 PM on December 15, 2008

Okay, alright, I watched the last three eps, and I cried. There. Hope you're happy.
posted by Phire at 12:36 PM on December 16, 2008