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gibbage
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I was very pleased with this series. It TOTALLY broke the sterio-type anime I have been watching, and its a great change!
#1, none of the lovers died. Thank god! I had enough tear jerkers #2, IT HAD A CONCLUSION! Again, im sick of anime's stopping in what seems like the middle! #3, it went beyond just the high school years! So many anime's today concentrate on JUST high school. This is one of the better anime's I have seen, and its going to be one of my faves for a very long time. Such a very nice story, and even better knowing its the completion of someone's life work. As for Ep.25, time will only tell. |
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Aromatic Grass
 Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Just about when they find out that Kotoko spoiler[is pregnant], I think. I haven't watched 24 yet, but all I can say is that I'm excited to finally see an ending. 
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ShadowTrader
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So ep 25 was a "flashback" episode, but to me it felt like filler crap, because it really served no purpose, probably only to fill a time slot. I guess the writers just couldn't do anything better and made up their own background, which to me really does feel like an insult to the original author, since I doubt she had any of this down before her passing.
As far as ratings, I think I was being really generous with a So-so rating. My primary reasons being that it was really weak as far as romance anime, and only occasionally entertaining as far as a slice-of-life anime. I felt like the story wasn't very fresh or original, I think we can all agree that there are dozens of anime out there with the logical and emotional character pairing, where one is not suited for the other but works really hard to make the other fall in love with them. Its just a really familiar theme for me and for this anime to be the best in that category it needed to do a lot more. Also as far as artistic style and score, it was just plain and ordinary, so nothing about this anime really stands out. Overall I don't feel it was a waste of my time but it definitely could have been a lot better. |
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Well, that actually did happen in the manga... It did feel kind of "off" at the end, though. I wonder why they couldn't fit it in there earlier? |
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ShadowTrader
Posts: 231 Location: NJ |
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Probably because it would make no sense to have a flashback episode in the middle of a storyline, so they just decided to tack it on at the end because they needed to fill the time slot. |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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I think they put it here so they could show the family going back to visit and have both visits side by side, which couldn't have happened earlier because then they would have had to reveal the daughter earlier.
However, I'm not sure it really was the best move. I'm sure there were lots of other little plots that they could have used for another episode, and then they would have been able to end on the high of the ep 24's storyline. |
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Mistypearl
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The reason why it ended like it did is probably because the manga artist who created it died in a car accident I think before she finished it, and the only ending that was known was what she told her husband. Though I also did hear that the anime was to have the unfinished manga's desired ending...
I'm just repeating what I probably got off from here, you can look back in the archives to look for the article. |
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Mistypearl
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The reason why it ended like it did is probably because the manga artist who created it died in a car accident I think before she finished it, and the only ending that was known was what she told her husband. Though I also did hear that the anime was to have the unfinished manga's desired ending...
I'm just repeating what I probably got off from here, you can look back in the archives to look for the article. |
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Yes, we know that. The mangaka died in a house accident (IIRC, she fell and hit her head on a table or something). And yes, the ending was what the mangaka had told her husband was how she planned to end it.
But we are assuming that what she told him was what I'm going to call the actual true ending, which was the second to last episode. It's the fact that they chose to do the last episode the way they did it that is unusual, since so much of it is done in flashback. I think it would have fit in better if they had shown that visit in earlier episodes, and then had the family go to visit them later. If that is how the mangaka planned to end the series, I would also question her reasoning, since it just seems very out of place. And the anime creators are clearly aware of this, because the preview for the last episode included the characters wondering what the heck was going on and why 25 wasn't the end. |
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LKK
 Posts: 426 Location: Virginia, USA |
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I have heard manga readers say that the bulk of ep 25 -- the events in the flashback -- was included in the manga in its proper chronological place in the story's timeline, about a year after their marriage.
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demonroach
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The ending episodes just became more and more rediculous and ultimately ruined the series.
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Oh come on, it's not that bad. It actually fits with some of the crazier time issues, since we frequently skipped a fair number of years at a time.
It just wasn't as effective as it could have been and was a poor choice on someone's part. |
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saikano75
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so far this is the only anime i have seen that shows the main leads up to their marriage and first child. but i so love the anime and i put Naoki on my top anime cutie list
anyways the whole anime is cute and romantic, i do think chris is crazy for marrying kinnosuke and i was so pissed off when she told Kotoko that she has bad taste in men! 
but i really loved episodes 17-19 when Keita was trying to be there for Kotoko because he thought that Naoki didn't love her. gosh it was so intense! oh and Non-chan was so cute when he got older, he looks good with blonde hair. and Kotomi is so cute i think its cute how she and her mom competes for Naoki's affection. now correct me if im wrong but didn't Kotomi say in the 24th episode that she was going to marry her dad? i think that was funny and cute! |
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