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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Thoughts about this episode:
The cliffhanger in the last episode was proven to be unneeded.

The story focused way too much on Akane at the beginning.

The structure of this episode was linear 2.7/3 of the time - A main character talking about its problems to a minor character, the minor character persuades the main character it should try harder.}X2
Then both of the main characters meet and....talk.}X2

Not much else to say about this episode.

Final thoughts:
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ OVA series did not fulfill the potential it had.
The strongest part about this OVA was its animation, but the pacing was slow and story was generally uninteresting.
The long wait between each OVA also is a minus in this case.
Compared to the original TV series, the characters had less depth, and were not as well written.
The motives behind the characters' action were not convincing enough (I still don't see no real reason why Haruka wanted to distance herself from Takayuki).

The ending was unsatisfying.. sure, going to the place where the tragedy happened may not seem as a bad idea at first (as to overcome your fears and accept the past- not running from it), but there were other ways to convey this other than to make it seem like a total cliche' (The obvious just happened , but still the characters run in slow motion to emphasize the drama - and cry and talk and kiss while the surrounding people clap their hands, then the ending segment shows them in the beach - could it get ever more cliche' than this?).

Overall I think that fans of the original series will find Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ OVA series disappointing.
You should just play the game for the Haruka route. I know I will, if it will be translated (the current project seems to be dead, but I'm not sure about this).

Rarri you into this series too? :) Mate glad we can talk more. What a end it is. O_O I mean it exactly what I wanted!

Well I followed this series quite recently due to this OVA being released and you know what? I just wish that the end of the TV series on DVDs would have been replaced with this ending. :D I am very aware that the game has that possibility and that it is eroge.

Well it goes that Akane completely wants her sister Haruka to go back with Takayuki (I think he was a stupid idiot in the TV series and that is because he was screwing Hayase when Haruka was in a coma sick beyond anyone even knowing if she will wake up). That's for another conversation.

Anyways things get out of hand yeah right, Haruka almost collapsed to over stress from emotional bitching, well Akane was not exactly soft on Haruka. Akane knew her sister was stilll recovering from the accident and mentally might not be ok I think she was not right mentally in regards to her fear of streets/cars/same places that may look like the one where Haruka suffered her car accident. (I think she might have ignored that part of her sister and just think "Hey man, go with that guy Takayuki and all is going to be ok." Beep! Wrong Victims like Haruka need more than just attention but also a lot of caring and softness.

I did like the mother mentioning that there is still hope to get back with Takayuki to Haruka and that fear can be overcomed. So painful to see Haruka still being in phobia. I would have preferred she would take some therapy for that or stay far from cities.

The car ride with Kozuki sensei was nice and the sound of the car was nicely recorded, it looked like a Lamborghini or Ferrari.

ART was great and nice!

Although it was very painful to see the difficulty of Haruka to adapt once again to the life she had before the accident, I am glad that she went on to meet Takayuki at that same place in episode 2 of the TV series.

Then, it surprised me Takayuki still had some phobia from that place of episode 2 of TV series. However, finally I can be happy that the end of this episode surprised me in a very happy way ^o^ Takayuki and Haruka finally kiss! Once again! :D

1.I am going to miss these two for sure since they were always funny here and there in this series.
2.Finally my dream ending of this series became real in anime. :D

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Looks like today's magic word is "sacrifice."

Dr. Katsuki tells Akane who's feeling down after the fight with her sister that people sacrifice things for her goals, and she has sacrificed a normal relationship with her sister for her swimming career.

Haruka feels that she has made Takayuki sacrifice everything for her sake, so that's why she ran away, as if that would solve everything.

Somehow through bullshit reasoning ("Honey, there are always challenges in a relationship, you two walk different paths but have the same goals") her mother convinces her to get back together with Takayuki.

So, does she go to his apartment or meet him at work or have him come to her place? Oh no-no-no-no no. She has him running all the way across the city to meet her at the EXACT SAME SPOT the accident happened. Talk about living in the past.

Stupid jamokes all. Although the earlier series was an illogical bawfest, I liked it because the conclusion was about moving. The. F**k. On. This series had little redeeming value, almost wall-to-wall circular conversations (especially episode 2) and an implausible ending. I really don't know why I picked up this series. I know one thing for certain, I certainly won't be touching that Akane OVA, not with a ten foot pole.

Running embrace at the end was nice. I would feel pretty awkward if people around me started to clap when I kissed someone though. Kind of a predictable ending though.

Honestly I feel cheated for having to wait this long for that.

AND a note to the side

If some guy was just going to find his GF in a public place with him shouting her name, without the knowledge of what happened everyone around would probably be thinking "shut the hell up she is right there". Then at the very end everyone begins to clap as if they had followed the whole plot.

Was this a dokkiri? was everyone part of some set up? I don't know but the clapping was unneedd cheese.

Yeah but I liked the effect it made and on top of that it was a sign that this was supposed to be how it ends. I would think that.

dont you just love happy ending!!!

is it released? is the raw out where can i download?

can anyone tell me where i can watch it on a better quality?
i dont know if anyone watched that little clip after the closing credit... but that was soooo sweet

Finally the wait is over!

And I'm not talking about the wait for ep4.

No I'm talking about the four YEARS of waiting for the hole in my heart to be mended. And this last episode really did that. My love for Haruka and my wish for her as character to achieve happiness really sucked me in to this whole franchise.

Speaking of the episode, I too did find it pretty weird and lame to see everyone standing and clapping hands. If it was for us to see Haruka yell "hazukashii" for moe-points, than it was just a waste of time. Her silent blush at the restaurant in ep1 of the OVA was more than enough for that :3


Yeah, I loved that last part. Here are some screenies from the post-credit part: http://www.pici.se/gal/flaskis/Haruka/
(sorry if the site is in swedish, but it makes up for that by its speed ^^)

Yes, very nice pictures of Haruka. :D

This is a story with a happy ending

Has it been subbed yet? If so where can I find it?

i dont think so.. i'm still trying to find a site that's downloadable, i had to used a nabber to actually be able to download it.. but its a poor quality

go here http://www.tokyotosho.com/details.php?id=177695 perfect quality

let me try that.. thank u much

What!!!! come one!!!! Some one put the sub already!!!

where can I watch the raw?

Neeeeeed Subs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Muuussstt find subbed soooooooooon.