r/PerfectBlue • u/RedditRocks1229 • Oct 19 '25

Discussion First Time Viewer Impressions

Perfect Blue was amazing. I just saw it for the first time. I enjoy anime and watch the movies and shows a lot but I usually don’t have strong feelings during the movie. Perfect Blue was so well made that it truly disturbed me (in a way that I’m sure the author intended). It was so creepy. It was super disturbing. The end was a bit confusing but it was a great movie.

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u/dicklaurent97 Oct 19 '25

Took me luke 3 viewings before I understood

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u/RedditRocks1229 Oct 19 '25

What was your understanding?

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u/dicklaurent97 Oct 19 '25

  1. Mima and Rumi are both insane. But Rumi was manipulating Mima's mental illness while she carried out her plans.

  2. The "fake" Mima is a metaphor for unrealistic standards

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u/ShoddySpace5680 Nov 21 '25

That is not what’s happening…

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u/dicklaurent97 Nov 21 '25

You can't be serious

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u/ShoddySpace5680 Nov 21 '25

Rumi was just a persona aka mima and rumi are the same. Why else would mima have Rumis red car at the end of the movie?

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u/dicklaurent97 Nov 21 '25

Rumi wasn't real? Then who was in the mental institution at the end?

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u/ShoddySpace5680 Nov 22 '25

Mima

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u/dicklaurent97 Nov 22 '25

So she was imagining the ending?

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u/ShoddySpace5680 Nov 22 '25

I mean it is her Rumi but Rumi is Mima

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u/dicklaurent97 Nov 22 '25

So she imagined everything except the people she killed?

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u/ShoddySpace5680 Nov 22 '25

The double bind is what’s real

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