If life is an endless voyage on an infinite ocean, how far do you wish to go? Whether your answer to that lies beyond a raging storm, or just plain uncertainty, what we do all know is that we have to keep sailing forward.

Bit by bit.
Together.

3-gatsu no Lion: A Journey of Life

To find a place in this world to belong to is something that most people probably wish for. At least, I know I do. Yet this feeling of longing is only but a superficial desire. What Sangatsu does an excellent job of is portraying how much depression constricts our own

perception to a confined and isolated place. Despite how much support, love, and care that he's been receiving from the people around him it doesn't take Rei until much longer to realize that a place where he belongs to... is already right there in front of him.

Rei being able to gradually open up this constrained field of vision to see the people around him is one of the most beautiful things about this show. And when I think about it, it also makes me wonder just how much of the world am I choosing not to see.

I've now just come to realize that the people I'm hurting the most for being such a self-deprecating, pessimistic, and unwilling piece of shit are the people who actually care for me. There may not be a lot of them, but the fact that they exist should be enough to be a concern.

Sangatsu has made me come in to terms with my feelings and has given me a better understanding of myself and the people around me. Although there are still a ton of things that I've taken from the show that I want to talk about, in the grand scheme of things, I want to dedicate

this thread to this newfound appreciation of life. That beyond these dark and turbulent clouds of dread and despair, there is a warm beacon of light that brims of hope and compassion. I think that above all else, it is the ultimate gift that this show could have ever given me.

I still don't know what truly lies beyond the storm. In fact, I'm still not even sure which direction I want to take yet. We'll know what awaits us when we get there. But for now, what I do know for certain, is that I'm no longer alone on this journey.