>>19925>This is the first show that's made me cry for quite a while.Yeah, me too.
>Oh all the moments this episode had, what hit me hardest somehow was seeing pic related.Reminds me how seeing the upward tea stalk in the cup of Shichika at the very end of Katanagatari was what broke me back then. That was probably the last moment before this one that I've cried so much on. Damn, it's been what, six or seven years?
Anyway, back on track.
This show could have used two things:
- starting in media res with the third or fourth episode
- using three or four more episodes to cover more answers and build up the world more
It certainly didn't know exactly how to do the worldbuilding, lacking the finesse to answer questions before they are asked. And it certainly started losing the plot near the end, allowing edge to seep through the slice of life-ish atmosphere up to then. They did go back to it with these awkward smiles at the very last scene, of course. All in all, these gripes are what's stopping it from being a masterpiece in my eyes. Which is unusual, I tend to whine about things that make a series below average, not about things that make a series below outstanding.
But you know what would be great?
A second season ala Diebuster: new characters, who follow the legends around the previous set of characters, exploring the world to much deeper level, with the last episode having the old main characters come back. I'd watch the shit out of something like this. Never gonna actually happen, of course.
Also, for some reason I now want an Iris on Rainy Days anime. That won't ever happen either ;_;