Kanon 24 [END]
March 16th, 2007 by Shirukii
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And so one of the greatest anime series of late finally comes to a close. While I can’t say my expectations concerning the ending were met, it was by no means a horrible one. Given the source material they had, KyoAni had little choice but to get creative with the ending, and while they didn’t do a horrible job of it, it was far from perfection. With that said, I still enjoyed the episode and, of course, the series as a whole, and am sad to see it end.
Admittedly, the summary was kind of rushed this time, skip ahead to the Thoughts section for coherent and much less boring read.
Episode Rating: 9/10
Series Average: 9.2/10
Uguu~ Count: 113
Changing gears from the angst filled episodes that preceded it, the final starts off in happier times. Months have passed since Akiko’s accident and life has returned to normal. Kyon’ichi wakes up to Nayuki’s usual voice recording and with the help of 20 or so alarms, gets Nayuki up too. The two head downstairs and are greeted by Akiko and a warm breakfast, after which they make a mad dash for school, late as usual.
More good news awaits Kyon’ichi at school, Kaori knows a certain someone who’s well enough to attend classes…yup, Shiori is back and healthy as ever. Kyon’ichi meets her at their usual spot and after some cheerful reminiscing, Shiori breaks down and tells Kyon’ichi that she never really wanted to die and was so scared of being alone, he comforts her and tells her that it’s alright to cry, since she’s been holding it in so long.
Even more good news! Mai and Sayuri have been released from the hospital and are back at school, but since they missed college entrance exams, they’ll have to repeat a year, despite being able to graduate.
Not everything is back to normal though, Ayu is still nowhere to be found. A coincidental meeting with Akiko-san gets her and Kyon’ichi on the subject, Kyon’ichi tells Akiko that he remembers everything about the accident and how no matter how hard he wishes for it, Ayu is no longer in this world. But Akiko-san knows otherwise, she tells Kyon’ichi that she didn’t die, instead she fell into a coma and has been hospitalized for over seven years.
Saddened and relieved at the same time, Kyon’ichi starts to spend a lot of time with Ayu at the hospital, occasionally asking for his harem’s help taking care of her. Months pass by and there’s still no change in Ayu’s condition, until one day Mai comes by and tells Kyon’ichi to go find Ayu, just like he found her. Kyon’ichi rushes to Monomi Hill where he finds Ayu’s headband, still wrapped in the original paper from that fateful day over seven years in the past.
Fast forwarding a few months, Ayu (the real one) is waiting at the very same bench from the past, waiting for the person most dear to her, who happens to have a problem with being on time. Kyon’ichi eventually shows up and laughs at Ayu, who made the mistake of going to a barber for a haircut, and ended up looking even more like a boy. The two head off to a taiyaki party with the rest of the cast as they talk about the happiness that’s surely waiting for them in their future.
Thoughts
Before I get to series impressions and whatnot, I’ll first talk about a couple of the more serious scenes in the finale, those which I thought a simple summary wouldn’t be enough to cover their significance.
First was Shiori’s speech about the recurring theme of the miracle. She proposes a hypothetical situation where Kyon’ichi is a presence in someone else’s dream, that this person has been waiting for a long time and has been rewarded with the power of granting any one wish. Saving a terminally ill person, helping someone involved in a bad accident, healing two injured friends, all the result of this one person’s wish for the one she holds dearest to be happy.
Of course Shiori is unconsciously referring to Ayu, although I’m not sure whether I am willing to accept that explanation. It’s too convenient to defer all the good things that Kyon’ichi has experienced to one single miracle, sure it makes Ayu’s significance in his life that much more predominant, but it weakens the image of Kyon’ichi that has been built up over these 24 episodes. I much prefer the idea that everything was the result of Kyon’ichi’s perseverance and will, he cared for each individual girl and tried his best to make them happy in otherwise unfortunate circumstances. The reward for such kindness was an unreasonable amount of pain and anguish, but he fought through it the best he could and eventually saw his kindness return to him as sicknesses and injuries healed and happiness returned to his life. To accredit all this to a single miracle, in my opinion, kind of cheapens the effect, but since the miracle was the focal point of Kanon, I guess this explanation will have to do.
Another scene that was particularly touching was Kyon’ichi’s final recollection of the past and reunion with Ayu. Cued by Mai, Kyon’ichi finds the hair band he was supposed to give Ayu at Monomi Hill, still intact even after all these years. His realization that he had been living a lie was one of the best moments of the finale, in my opinion. It takes a lot for a person to admit their wrongs and overcome their greatest fears.
Kyon’ichi was like…10 years old when he was faced with the life altering event of losing someone dear to him right in front of his eyes. It’s perfectly understandable that he fought reality and suppressed the memory and everything associated with it. Seeing Kyon’ichi put the final piece of his memories back into place and symbolically give Ayu the present that she had been waiting for for seven years was the finale’s emotional catharsis, where everything is reconciled and set back to the way it’s supposed to be. A truly awesome scene.
Other than those two, I thought Ayu’s final dream monologue sequence was also well done. Her recollection of the passing of the seasons as they paralleled with the outside world, only to be returned to the stagnant hospital room, waiting as the years pass by, this scene really emphasized how long Ayu has been waiting.
But as I mentioned before, the ending was far from perfect. First of all, I’m kind of disappointed at how abruptly the tone of the series changed, the past two or three episodes were filled with drama that would give KGNE a run for its money. So to all of a sudden change to a lighthearted montage of scenes where all the girls are in perfect health and giving thanks to a unified miracle caught me off guard. Although it didn’t really undermine the effect of the preceding drama or the happiness meant to be conveyed by the finale, it was just too sudden a transition, forcing viewers to adjust their mindsets unnecessarily.
Another thing that I’m not entirely satisfied with is KyoAni’s interpretation of the ending. Having Akiko of all people tell Kyon’ichi that Ayu was in the hospital, and the fact that she actually knew all along, wasn’t exactly the greatest way to break the news. Also, the montage of all the girls helping Kyon’ichi take care of Ayu was a little out of place. I’m sure that Kyon’ichi may have mentioned Ayu to the rest of the cast, but having them help with her recovery was odd.
I think it would have been better if the screentime had instead been used to show Kyon’ichi’s reaction to having finally found Ayu, but in a state of comatose. I think it would have been interesting to see his reaction to being pulled out of the depression of thinking that Ayu was dead, only to be thrown into a situation where he is at a loss as to how to help her. One final plunge into sadness before emerging into the much deserved bliss, as it were.
As a comparison, Toei’s ending had Nayuki being the one who told Yuuichi that Ayu was in the hospital, sacrificing any chance she had at his heart. In Toei’s version Yuuichi had the headband throughout the entire series, but did not remember its significance. In the dying moments of the last episode he finally remembers and returns it to the real Ayu, apologizing for being late.
It may be bias speaking, but I would have much preferred something like that, rather than dragging the ordeal out for another year before Kyon’ichi is told by Mai to go end it.
But in all fairness, both versions were far superior to the original game ending, where Ayu kind of just recovers on her own and appears to Yuuichi randomly. That’s how I remember it anyways, it was a pretty anti-climactic ending.
Speaking of Ayu’s headband, after the fuss of making it the key item to Ayu’s recovery, why wasn’t she wearing it in the final scene when Kyon’ichi came to pick her up?! Sure she may have just gotten a short haircut and didn’t really need it, but it’s a sentimental item more than anything, to leave it out was a pretty bad oversight =\
On a random note, I must commend KyoAni for using music terms for all the 24 episodes of Kanon. I even heard that each term is relative to the nature and events of the episodes, I hope someone with a lot of time and musical knowledge confirms and backs this up, it would make my KyoAni fanboyism increase tenfold.
Finally…wth? This short shot really confused me. I have the feeling that KyoAni tossed this in as a final visual comment on the theme of recurrence in the series. The “kanon” theme is one that suggests renewal and recursion…but when I saw that sapling I couldn’t help but thinking “Oh God, it’s going to grow and screw up another poor child’s life” XD Bonus points for kitsune-Makoto in the background though, that’s awesome.
Well, that’s pretty much all I left to say. It’s been a great ride. Like many others, I was initially annoyed because I heard the Kanon remake was the reason SHnY got cut to a mere 14 episodes, whether or not that was true no longer matters. Kanon was much better than I had ever expected out of a remake, even if it was KyoAni at the helm. Although I’m sad it’s over, nothing more could have been done, and I for one hope they don’t try another remake three years down the road.
Thanks to all the commentators out there for sharing your thoughts and feelings right along with me. I hope you guys keep reading even in the absence of Kanon gracing the Friday night blogging slot =P I’ll be doing one more Kanon post soon, the “Kanon Bishoujo Ranking” post that I’ve mentioned a few times in my previous entries/comments, I expect to be flamed for my ordering, but we’ll see how it goes.
Onwards to Clannad! ^^
I bet KyoAni’s producers were sitting around thinking:
“How can we make this episode even better?”
“I know! Moar Haruhi references!”
Yuki channeling ftw.
Obligatory “Fight-o!” screenie
~ Shirukii ~
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>>And so one of the greatest anime series of late finally comes to a close.
Seeing as the pickings have been slim of late, I can’t argue with that.
But still, LOLGRAPHSFORJASONSBONER.
“But still, LOLGRAPHSFORJASONSBONER.”
XD …ok, you caught me on that one, I have no excuses T_T
Heheh dont mind if i put my ratings/10 here as well:
01 - 9.0 07 - 9.5 13 - 8.6 19 - 8.8
02 - 9.2 08 - 9.3 14 - 9.9 20 - 9.6
03 - 8.0 09 - 9.9 15 - 8.8 21 - 9.4
04 - 9.0 10 - 9.8 16 - 9.2 22 - 9.9
05 - 8.4 11 - 8.6 17 - 9.9 23 - 12.0
06 - 9.0 12 - 9.6 18 - 9.8 24 - 9.4
Overall Bonus:
- Excellent graphics and CGs from original game: +0.05
- Great Seiyuu Performance *applauses*: +0.1
- Wardrobe, doh: +0.05
- Excellent previews @ Ep18, 23 and 24: +0.05 each = +0.15
- Brilliant, original ending of the 8 year promise between U1 & Ayu in children form, which recalls the entire series: +0.5
Overall Major Penalties:
- Screwing up the pacing of Mai & Ayu’s arc, double for especially when those two are my favorite arcs *flips table*: -0.4
- Lack of positive Nayuki spotlights compared to other girls: -0.05
- Being lazy at making a proper final episode credit roll!!!! GAHHH: -0.1
- Cheap move of announcing CLANNAD at the end of Kanon, so that they can distract the angry mobs of fans biting on the ending, and clearly attacking Toei’s CLANNAD movie which is coming up soon; KA mite be great, but they’re not all that, i dont appreciate this kind of business attitude, a humiliation of their greatness in the art of anime: -0.1
Overall Average: 9.36/10
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Woohoo, looks like Kanon 2006 barely pass my judgement line O__o
Thanks to Ayu & Nayuki’s excellent performance in Ep23~ (wait, wat about U1??? meh, who cares~ XD) which earned them some bonus points.
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As everyone mite already figured out from my pattern i was really, really, really both upset and delighted during Mai & Ayu’s arc, mainly because them two are my favorite girls in Kanon resulting my extremely high expectation + standards.
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- Will be bak later for more thoughts, and it be a short one as i dont have much to write about besides the second half of the final episode. But meh, who knows~ =P
Ummm…….ok I just watched the final installment of Kanon…….
Am I the only one here saying WTF????
Don’t get me wrong…..it was a good episode……..but I’m actually kind of confused…….here’s why……….actually there are three reasons……….
1) So did Ayu actually appear in the real world via a miracle??? Or was she just vicarously participating in the various arcs in her head, while Yuiichi was telling the stories at her bedside???
2) I’m with you Shirukii…..Akikko-san all of a sudden saying “The girl from seven years ago isn’t dead” was kinda random…….I mean wouldn’t she have mentioned something before-hand???
3) So Yuiichi forgot to give her the head-band…..fine, cool, I get that…..but why was that scene included in ep. 22 just before he blacked out??? It makes no bloody sense
I will be back with some more general comments after the re-watch+viewing Toei’s version of the end……….
@ Nightingale: Totally agree with them not doing a final ep credit roll, surprisingly lazy move from KyoAni. Care to elaborate on the CLANNAD thing though? I didn’t catch anything odd about it.
And I can see how you could be slightly upset with Ayu’s arc, but I thought Mai’s was pretty well done, what didn’t meet expectations?
@ Kanon_fan82:
1) The Ayu that we saw throughout the entire series was indeed real, it was a physical manifestation of her spiritual self…or something like that.
2) They kind of covered it up with Akiko not wanting to traumatize Kyon’ichi with the news before he was ready for it…but it was still kind of weak.
3) The scene at the end of ep 22 did not actually happen, I don’t even know why KyoAni decided to toss it in there, possibly just to confuse people?
Have fun with the rewatch ^^
@ Shirukii
>>Care to elaborate on the CLANNAD thing though? I didn’t catch anything odd about it.
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Ah, indeed. As we all no, a very unpleasant yet common phenonmenum of the end of a.. uh i hate to use this word for KEY’s works: Harem, anime, is that many unreasonable fans will either 1) bite the entire series because their girl didn’t win, 2) bite the entire series because they didn’t think enough to understand what they trying to say from the show and thus accusing the maker of poor adaptation, 3) especially its KA we talking about, many ppl get unreasonably picky and ranting on their perspective of whats missing whats bad whats pathetic without trying to understand the real meaning, 4) especially for KEY’s work, many unreasonable fans will rant on how Kanon is not tear-jerking enough why the hell its not a sad ending blah blah. With ALL these terrible factors combining on KA’s Kanon, they are indeed gonna suffer a lot of rants/criticism/however u see it, and its reeally troublesome for their mailbox department, as well as their reputation (internet forums are very helpful meanwhile destructive media.)
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Now by announcing the making of CLANNAD, they effectively reduced the amount of rants since many fans will be excited and thus distracted from their original rantings. A lil cheap in my opinion, because if ur really good at, and have confidence in ur own masterpiece, why would u bother with these trolls? By holding up a shield u defeat urself by admiting ur aware of the fact that ur work is flawed but didn’t put effort to fix them. This attitude is a hard hit on my faith on KA. But this alone didn’t lead me to that conclusion because i sympathize their stress and the fact that Galgame adaptations are very very challenging projects for small anime company like KA.
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What really upset me upon their action is that, they chose to announce this RIGHT BEFORE Toei’s CLANNAD movie is soon to be release in theater. U see what i mean now? Whether they did it intentionally or not, this action is a direct insult to Toei. As bad as Toei’s adaptation of Kanon TV and AIR movie as many ppl have concluded, as much as i hated Toei’s adaptation for totally distorting the story’s image, i simply CANNOT nod at such disrespectful action, to others and self. I respected KA for their serious effort into anime quality, and they strong respect to the originality of their source material, as well as their fantastic creativity when needed. But with such cheap and obvious business tactic of attacking another competent who are also fellow anime artist for one’s own benefit, i lose all respect i previously have for KA. In fact, this alone destroyed ALL the great image in their anime artist spirit.
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So yea, im kinda regratting now that i didn’t put a -1 point for that as well, but since its not fair for Kanon itself, ill let it go. And believe me, i will be 800% HARSHER upon my criticism when KA’s CLANNAD comes out, because if they think they are so great that they can mock other anime company, they better do a hell of a perfect job and earn that right.
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Note that i was commenting on Kanon upon my previous respect of KA, but such favorism will not happen anymore in CLANNAD.
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@ Shirukii and Kanon_fan82 on other points,
there’s quite a few things i’d like to explain upon KA’s approach on the theme of Kanon, as well as some original visual novel details i’d like to clarify. but i’ll leave that for later as i need to re-collect the information and comments from all the blogs and forums i visited, where i gather some key interpretations as well as some of my own and construct them into as logical as possible, less confusing explainations. In fact i have a word documented database of quotes and lines, positive negative, i collected/wrote for references. You see, being a Kanon/KEY work fan, i wish to let ppl see the best flavor from the deep meanings of the stories.
Nightingale, I’m going to have to disagree with your assumption that Kyoto Animation made their announcement of Clannad out of spite. Quite frankly, looking at the timeframe, I have a hard time believing either company was fully aware of the other’s plans.
The Toei Clannad movie was announced on February 24th. Kyoto Animation’s Clannad was announced on March 16th. I highly doubt Kyoto Animation managed to obtain the rights to the Clannad anime and then already produce a preview for it in such a short amount of time. And I really don’t want to get into discussing conspiracy theories with you about it.
The Clannad movie will come out on September 15th, 2007. How long are you demanding Kyoto Animation to withhold information on their own Clannad’s release? Until after the movie comes out? That’s completely unreasonable. Quite frankly, assuming both companies were already negotiating the rights to the franchise before February 24th, this situation was totally unavoidable. I find your rant against Kyoto Animation to be logically unfounded. Be as critical as you want about Clannad TV, just don’t go using baseless concerns against the company as justification. And quite frankly, I find the idea of a Clannad movie to be somewhat of a poor decision regardless, considering the enormous scope and depths of the original source material.
@ Mirrinus
Ah of course, i will be as balance as possible when commenting on any kind of anime, because that is one absolute oath ive devoted towards anime regarding on opinion. But, being “harsher” it would mean unless KA shall do a truly excellent job that surpasses my expectation, i will nvr have the same respect nor favorism towards them, and as long as i have valid proof and sources, just as much as i do towards their achievements, i will point out their flaws whenever possible - that they are not perfect. And yes, i will regard this as a challenge for a company that i highly respected.
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And no, i have to disagree with u upon their timing. As early as they mite have begun working on CLANNAD, it is obviously NOT without the knowledge of Toei’s CLANNAD is coming under way. Note that b4 their official trailer, it was already + broadly known that Toei will be making CLANNAD for 2007 since last year. Thus, this is a VERY bad timing. They don’t have to delay the announcement until after Toei’s version was aired, but it doesn’t mean they have to announce it just as Toei’s trailer was release very recently. And notice that they announce it in the place of the usual preview slot during the final episode of Kanon. I believe this one slot is something they can control at will. I wouldn’t say anything if they announce it after their next season’s work Lucky Star, after Toei’s trailer heat is cooled down. But at the present moment, no matter how u may perceive it, their timing is VERY bad, and rather intentional too. And besides, Kanon wasn’t announced until 2 seasons b4 aired. So why the hurry to announce CLANNAD? I’m pretty sures its not going to be officially released until next spring, perhaps even until 2009. Even with such hurry shouldn’t they picked a better timing? Why pick less than a month after Toei’s trailer was released? In such case, KA must be either very unlucky at timing or they simply intentionally chose this timing. Note that such business tactic is NOT uncommon in the world’s marketing ring. Which is why im leaning towards the latter.
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If they really just having bad luck, so be it. But it wont matter anyway, because i will nvr make unreasonable comments on ANY anime work. Them doing a successful job in CLANNAD will only gain my respect, and failure will only reduce my impression, no matter how i look at them now. But for now, i shall only wait and see. Consider me perceiving them in a whole new angle, as an audience completely new to their work, that this incident resets all previous impressions/favorism to zero, as a new meter.
aah words.
I’ll agree with this post and the interpretations and perspective on the end.
I don’t really know the Toei version or Key game. Even with the small slip-ups, or things that felt strange, Kanon did a great amount of solid story and development, with great animation.
I think rewatching the last episode, or the last 4 episodes, can open doors to understanding, but I think I’ll just take other’s words for now.
Thanks ^^ and Cheers
Musical miscellaneous knowledge for your sake:
Intro first episodes
1) Overture: a sort of intro
2) Introit: an intro
3) Partita: solo
4) Caprice: light-hearted lively piece
5) Serenade: a song in someone’s honour
6) Divertimento: light-hearted after-dinner special
Makoto
7) Fugue: counterpoint; turn-around in mood
8) Fantasia: improvisation, like a fugue
9) Berceuse: a lullaby
10) Requiem: a Mass of mourning
Mai
11) Intermezzo: interlude
12) Waltz: waltz
13) Trio: three instruments
14) Concerto: solo with backing orchestra
15) Sonatina: a compress Sonata; fugue-like (another transition)
Shiori
16) Oratorio: a Biblical opera-like piece; like a Requiem
17) Lieder ohne Worte: song without words
18) Adagio: quite slow (tempo marking)
Nayuki/Ayu
19) Etude: a study
20) Nocturne: a piece evocative of the night
21) Ronde: a return/chorus; one or more contrasting themes
22) Symphony: symphony
23) Finale: finale
24) Kanon: just because
Yes, I was taking notes because of a project I am doing… Anyways, take these descriptions and compare them to the summaries for the corresponding episodes and you can get some meaning out of it. Most of them make sense, too.
@ pakxenon:
Just to add to your points……Kanon could mean two things when if you substitue the “K” with a “C”
1) Canon in D by Johann Pachabel…. a piece of classical music heard throught the series (and which Sayuri comments on in ep. 14)
2) Canon=a type of hymn in the Orthodox Church with 9 odes based on biblical stories…….
Since we hear the former playing in the cafe while Yuiichi and Akikko-san are talking…..I think it’s safe to assume that Pachabel is the one being referenced in the title :)
Since I fell asleep last night I’m doing the re-watch this afternoon….will be back shortly :)
@ Nightingale: While I’ll admit that some of my disappointment was consoled by the CLANNAD announcement, I don’t think it was a marketing tactic against Toei. KyoAni always announces their next works numerous seasons in advance, and what better place for maximum coverage than the end of Kanon. But I’m no marketing expert XD this is just speculation.
I said it once, I’ll say it again, your dedication to organizing your thoughts in the most coherent manner possible to share with others is awesome. It’s somewhat unfortunate that your standards in anime are so high, it’d be fun to hear your opinion on the many other series out there.
@ Ryan A: If you ever plan on watching the Toei version, I advise just watching the ending (last episode and OVA) everything else is pretty similar and not nearly as detailed as KyoAni’s version.
@ Pakxenon: =O awesome! Even organized it by arcs, if time permits I’ll look deeper into those meanings. Thanks!
@ Kanon_fan82: I’m pretty sure the main reference is Pachelbel’s Canon, Sayuri even explained how the melody is similar to life. The song is based on the individual sounds layering over one another to create a beautiful melody when all combined. She related this to life, saying that even if the changes in your life are seemingly small and insignificant, they eventually cumulate and define your existence.
Well this is my last horrah for the Kanon blogs…..so I might as well make it a good one :)……Long post ahead ;)………
*Sigh*
So Kanon 2006 is officially done :( …..
This is indeed a sad day for me……it was quite literally the highlight of my Fridays amidst all my crappy school work….I’m going to miss it!
First some comments about the blog entry:
@ Shirukii:
“To accredit all this to a single miracle, in my opinion, kind of cheapens the effect, but since the miracle was the focal point of Kanon, I guess this explanation will have to do”
—-> Hmm…. I’m not sure I agree with your overall conclusion….What saves that particular scene is that Shiori says it’s a “What if” situation……it doesn’t mean that it IS the case, but irather, t’s something to think about…….Futhermore, Mai does acknowledge that it was Yuiichi who “found her” and encourages him to do the same for Ayu……
“….the montage of all the girls helping Kyon’ichi take care of Ayu was a little out of place. I’m sure that Kyon’ichi may have mentioned Ayu to the rest of the cast, but having them help with her recovery was odd”
——–> I really didn’t find it that odd/out of place……I think it goes back to what we were saying about Yuiichi’s good karma coming back to him…….The whole harem helps not only because they like Ayu, but also because they genuinely care for Yuiichi….Personally, I found their actions very sweet :)….
“I’ll be doing one more Kanon post soon, the “Kanon Bishoujo Ranking” post”
——> One thing I’d like to suggest……I think there is a qualitative difference between the character development of the girls themselves vs. how their arcs were handled……..From a sheer entertainment/story-line perspective I enjoyed the following arcs the most:
1) Mai
2) Makoto
3) Ayu
4) Nayuki
5) Shori
However, for character development through the entire series, my rankings go like this:
1)Nayuki
2)tie between Ayu/Mai
3) Makoto
4) Shiori
My impressions of this episode:
My expectations were very high coming into this finale, and while it wasn’t disappointing……..it was vastly different from the tear-jerker I prepared for………
Initially, I was taken quite aback by the light-hearted/happy mood at the beginning……it didn’t fit……..
but after a re-watch I appreciate it more…..Especially considering that viewers have been put through the emotional ringer over the last three weeks……
Ayu’s monoluges were very good, and Yuiichi’s search for the head-band/final acceptance was incredibly moving….especially seeing him break down in front of the tree stump…….
The scene with chibi-Yuiichi giving chibi-Ayu the hairband was so awesome :)…It was a perfect way to compliment the arc as a whole……
As an avid Nayuki fan-boy I also have to mention the scene in the hospital…….
When Yuiichi starts to apologize for imposing on her…Nayu-chan corrects him and says that she’s doing it for Ayu….It’s super subtle, but it shows that (while she still cares for him alot) she is no longer totally dependent on her cousin :)…..I loved it!
Also, I can’t stress enough how much I LOVE the fact that Mai was the one who helped Yuiichi realize what had to be done :)….I can’t really explain why…..but it was a nice touch :)…….
Overall, this series is one of the best I have seen in a long time in any medium (movies, t.v., books etc.) :)…….This will definitely be one of the anime that I purchase on DVD :)………
BASICALLY, if Kyoto Animation DID do it out of spite, that just makes them all the more badass and amazing.
I admire assholes.
It’s too bad Nightingale was wrong.
@ Kanon_fan82:
Good point about Mai thanking Kyon’ichi for “finding” her, I overlooked that.
Looking back at it, I still think it’s a little out of place that the whole gang helped Kyon’ichi with Ayu…but it makes a little more sense now, seeing as they all met the spirit Ayu.
Sweet, another Mai fan. Yuki channeling was awesome, huh?
As for Nayuki’s scene in the hospital, that’s what I thought when I first saw it. An ever so subtle indication that her life doesn’t revolve around Kyon’ichi and that she’s more or less moved on.
If Kanon is ever licensed (I really doubt it) I’ll definitely be picking it up.
@ lolikit: You never know, KyoAni might have done it with that in mind, but they would never openly say they did. Nightingale isn’t necessarily wrong, it’s just an unconventional way of looking at marketing ploys.
MAKE ME HAPPY
KANON! ROCKED!!!! XD……….
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