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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I'm actually amazed how attached I've gotten towards the characters and how well executed the themes were. Especially the contrast between criminal and respectable citizen, poverty and wealth, freedom and obligations made it a very interesting romance drama. Eventually they all have to deal with their problems and to start over, really love that about this open ending. Fantastic OVA, really. Art, sound( even tho I wasn't too fond of it at the beginning), directing were top notch and it's not common, that a short anime is leaving such an emotional impact on me. I'm a bit biased there, so I'm gonna give a 9/10 instead of an 8 for now. Shotout to Orphans for treating anime fans like that. |
FMmatronNov 17, 2018 6:09 PM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| taka was kind of a douchebag leaving his woman behind to save his own skin lol. guess boys will be boys. greed of men never changes throughout the ages. |
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| A promise made between two people who loved each other, but that couldn't be fulfilled, huh. That's tragic, but it's a different kind of tragedy than I was expecting considering the circumstances. Poor Sara, she helplessly watched her mother dying in front of her, and on top of that she was separated from her brother, and the man she loved. At least she was able to be with her mother during her last moments, and she went in peace after seeing a beautiful dream. But it has to hurt a lot, not even knowing if they are still alive; Saburou's sacrifice at least gave her hope, a pity he was killed and that he couldn't help her to find Taka. I'm a bit bitter with Akiko's part too. I don't think it was fair to lie to her saying that Taka died, but I'm almost inclined to believe it was for the better, after all she was ready to let go of her obsession and to start anew; but her husband did the right and the wrong thing at the same time. He wanted to be honest with her, and so he told her that Taka was alive and where he went, and that's great; but he only did it after sleeping with her because he knew he was going to lose his "chance" if told her as soon as she said that Taka was dead. I mean, I feel bad for him and Akiko's despair felt petty, but it was like he took advantage of her, and it wasn't right. And well, the ending is open to a degree, but it's like Akiko is the one who is going to find Taka, and Sara will stay with Kiyokuni while Taka doesn't "show up." At least Taka ended with Junichirou I guess, still a better ship than Taka x Akiko. lol It wasn't great or perfect, but it was very compelling for sure. |
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| Taka says he won't stop looking for Sara Immediately goes to Shanghai, making it harder to find her This is the most shoujo thing ever |
| I did not expect that, firstly I thought I was missing an episode but that's it, sad ending with the characters left with their love unfulfilled 7/10 |
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| Another tragic shojo ends and I'm sad again, poor Sara, it was the character I was the most invested in, honestly couldn't really care much for Akiko. Also I was surprised at how good the action scenes were. Overall these OVAs have a really strong film noir feel and I loved it, I don't get the low score on MAL |
| Part of the reason Taka gave off such a badass vibe was his seiyuu...who I think had a voice similar to that of Norio Wakamoto. In any case, even an open ending turned out to be pretty great, though I'm really curious what happens in the 9-volume manga this OVA was based on. |
| man, I don't even like romance and shoujo but I wanted to jump to the manga right after finishing the OVA because of how enthralled I was by the story... but none of you damn weebs scanlated it! :( |
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