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The real backpack actually now is with Mari, the one that Ghost-Yuuki hold is just another delusion

Here's the better view from Episode 9!!


Look at what Mari is holding!! D***, I just realize that he's dead. Took to some time to look back what's going on~~~

Aha! Okay then, plothole filled. Thank you.

no way! so what does it mean? mirai was always talking to herself in the whole episode 9, and mary didn't notice mirai that yuuki was dead?? >__<

episode 8, too

did you see your dream?

During ep8 and 9 Mari's reaction didn't even caught me that Yuuki is really that.. like I've said before in ep9 about the backpack... but what's with this ep that the death was too much.

But I really think the author would like to put Mirai's state of denial, coz its really hard to forget your love ones right

19:26 lol that was one Goosebump i felt haha

ok so the flashback was very satisfying.. however going back to the E.R scene was too much (ep8)

Loved this episode.
Was it dragged out for the viewer? Maybe, but not for me. What I liked about the handling of Yuuki's death is that it does two different things depending on the maturity of the viewer: If you realized that Yuuki died early on, you were watching a totally broken girl walk around talking to herself because she is in denial...then you get to witness her totally breakdown during this episode, and "hear the truth"; if you were with Mirai in the denial, then you probably started slowly questioning a lot of what happened, and then was with Mirai as the revelation became apparent.

This episode cleanly helped pull Mirai out of her denial, and I loved watching it. To me, not a moment was wasted, since, for Mirai, she was getting to know her brother through the school, the tree, and Itsuki. She felt like she hadn't spent enough time with him in the past two years, and when she was with him, she was a bitch, so in order to let go, she needed this closure. It was beautiful. Since Yuuki died, I've been paying close attention to when Mirai is talking to Yuuki. It was always out of earshot of Mari until maybe right before she left, when Mirai said, "Yuki wants to go home." That's what drew the first puzzled look on Mari's face, but I think she rationalized it by assuming that it was Mirai's thought of Yuuki's wish.

One of the best single episodes of the year. If this were a live action television show, this episode would get a lot of people Emmys.

So is it just Mirai subconsciousness that created Yuuki, or it was Yuuki's spirit? The former sounds more logical, but then again, how could it find Mari's family and save his best friend?

Yuuki didn't do anything. Mirai was walking around, her friend told her to go to the school, then she ran into Itsuki who showed her where her parents were, and it was Mirai who saved Itsuki, not Yuuki. He's a total delusion.

Mirai is sure good in being stubborn, thinking that Yuuki was still alive and kicking. Well, indeed, it was already obvious that he was dead, but it was not known for the people who didn't know ánd Mirai herself. Reminds me that I was one of the few who actually noticed that Yuuki's wrist got tagged with a 'I'm dead' label in what was it again, episode 8. I guess we'll meet with Mari next episode again. If not, that would be lame, as I think she's going to bright slap Mirai.

Nooo,Yuuki it's dead,that's not fair:(.So it really was,me didin't wanted to believe it.If I remember,in the 9th episode,in the last few minutes,when Mirai and apparentally Yuuki left Mari-san,I've seen she had a bag in her hand and I think it was Yuuki's so she wanted to give it back to Mirai.Sooo sad>.<.I have to wait a week more for the last episode,finally!

This series keeps bringing tears to my eyes =( very well done.

Nooo! That can't be true! =(
Yuuki was the best character for me. He was always happy and trying to cheer everyone up...

Now I wonder how it will end...

You'd be surprised what the mind can come up with.

I've heard of everything as "normal" as seeing bugs everywhere to seeing Jesus flying around the room...

Best anime of the season, probably year if Higashi no Eden fails us, with the worst soundtrack. When Yuuki was revealing that he is dead, there should have been some really dramatic piano music, but they just shitted it. If there was some sad music, I would have teared. The series only had like three songs.

As much as I like the show, I dislike how it went from realistic to a hallucination. Kinda pisses me off because I felt like the last two episodes were for nothing.

WOW Best episode and Best anime of this year :)
I reliazed Yuuki's death, when Mirai was at the school...
Damn sad episode and episode 11 is the last:(

wow D= i thought i was the only that dind't notice he was already dead until this epi, then Mari could also see him? seriously what are those hints everyone is talking about beside the dream?

Ah, don't make this series super natural.

WOW, I was in total denial about his death. Looking back at it all the signs were there I just refused to process them.

It will be interesting to see how this ends.

if you read through the episode 8 and 9 discussions you'll realize just how elaborately they set it up... and there are several points where his death is strongly hinted by words and events that otherwise don't make sense, but you have to pay attention to details. The backpack is a good example, and the ways that yuuki interacts (or rather doesn't) with the people around him.

ep 8 clues:
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=110078&show=60#msg4494080

episode 9 just further confirms it, mostly through the duplication of Yuuki's backpack and the "isshouni te" line from Mari. There's lots of instances where Yuuki's actions don't really make sense, though. They really drew it out for a long time... I'm surprised so many people took this long to realize it.