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Beautiful ending, I really liked the final messages. But i'm so sad that ef series ends here ._____.

That was such a great ending and I have absolutely no complaints. I love how they changed the opening and the reunion of Yuuko and Yuu was so sweet T___T

I'm struggling with the score...9/10 for now, but I might lower it to an 8.

Emotional end of a great anime.

I gave the first season a full score and it's a real shame, but I can only give this 2nd season a 9/10, because it was clearly not as good as the first one.

My complaints are a lack of mystery and exciting twists. Yuuko's death was obvious from the beginning, the only questions were "when" and "how". The "how" bothered me though. It was not that emotional and getting hit by a car in a hit and run might be realistic and there could have been a worse reason, but I am not really contend with this. Moreover they didn't use the scene as much as they could have used it. In the game it's clearly better.
My other complaint was the dragged out Kuze/Miki arc. While I like those characters, especially Miki and it was a great artistic way to describe Kuze's condition (it surely is something dramatic and not too uncommon), I felt they made it a bit over dramatic and spent too much time on meaningless scenes.
Generally, in season 1 there were only two of those great artistic scenes (the 99 messages and the telephone call). That was really original and awesome, but they used those things way too often in season 2. Moreover in rather meaningless ways using random words. It was a little bit annoying and overused for my taste, though the first while Yuuko described her wounds, was terrifying awesome. But the others in the Kuze arc were not too great.
Some scenes even felt a bit cheesy this time around.
Another thing is the story. This time they used some of the worst things that could happen to create emotions: Rape, abuse, DV, mass suicide with little children, a deadly disease, a deadly accident. They used all those things in this season compared to the two things in season 1 (Chihiro's memory issue and Miyako's childhood) and failed to create more emotions in my heart. That's ridiculous ironic. Using tanks and still getting beaten by spears ... Well, I know most people think this 2nd season was better, but then again it could not be that better. When you put this in relation to the means they used this time ...

Nevertheless a great anime with great art and a good story all in all. SHAFT succeeded again with their original art style which is so amazing that I can't find the proper words. Excellent BGM and songs and a very original thing to change the opening almost every episode. That's awesome!

Saw the last episode last night, nearly made me cry. Watched it again this morning, had to try to stop myself from crying. I just can't not give this series a 10/10, everything was done really well. The last episode was truly beautiful, especially the part when Yuu said he will be okay without her while trying not to blink (Yuu lies when he blink). You can see when he said "I've always love you", his eyes are wide open, then straight after that, he was blinking like there's no end.

agreed.

I liked the ending, was expecting something different, tho, from such a great series ef is.

8/10

even thought this is a bitersweet ending, i don't feel sad at all when i finish the anime

this was indeed a great and (not in a bad way) very positive ending to an amazing show like ef.

Even if it was only for a glimpse I liked the first season better
but that doesn't change the fact that both were excellent and stunning.

I hated it. I thought that the plots were completely ridiculous and over-dramatic. Memories was infinitely better in my mind: this season was a horrible attempt at creating a more dramatic plot-line with some weak philosophical speeches and a very, very predictable story.

This is all my opinion of course, and I did try to give this series many chances--about 6--after I decided I hated it around 6 episodes in, I was waiting for a better plot to arise. I was probably expecting too much from this anime and maybe its my fault for not liking it, for looking for something too deep in a children's TV show.

You know, when I first started watching anime I thought I'd only stick to cool sci-fi or fantasy shows (I started off with the likes of Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh!) and thought I'd never watch an anime like this one. And now here I am finsihing such an anime and giving it a 10/10 score (I'd give it 11 it was allowed!). In this case I think what really did it for me was the approach to the animation and the direction. Shaft have used a similar style for Pani Poni Dash and Sayonara Zetsoubo (bet I spelt that wrong) Sensei and in the case of those two it added to the weirdness and the comedy of it. In the case of Ef however it made it look much more artistic and serious and I loved it. I also hope that Yuuko's voice artist gets more roles in the future (since according to MAL Yuuko is her only role) because I thought she was excellent, in fact I think she deserves a reward for the end of Melodies episode 6 alone.

Melodies was better than Memories. The former was more emotional, had a wider theme, used more refined symbols and psychological elements. Definitely a huge leap from its rather childish prequel.

Memories gets a 7. Melodies gets an 8, maybe a 9.

Hell yeah she was amazing !!!!

At Magnetic and Chopper_Tonokai:

You are both terribly wrong and you fail at expressing your own opinion. I wont even bother to respond to the likes of you.

I don't care if you liked or disliked my opinion. And you have absolutely no right to say that whose opinion or right or wrong. It's just an opinion. If you didn't like it, you shouldn't have responded in first place. Do you expect me to write a 20 page thesis on it? Take a chill pill kid. It's just a forum. Everyone has his/her own right to have a say, and you have no business to boss around.

The best anime forever!
Outstanding ending for the two

Wonderful ending, I liked the two seasons but in my opinion memories was more emotional

You speak the thruth :3.

Amazing ending, even tough I got spoiled most the serie by a retard who watch raw I really enjoyed it even tough I knew what was going to happen.
Which is good because it mean the feeling the show give cannot be told by word alone, you have to experience it yourself to judge and make your own opinion of the show.

Ef a tales of melodies ftw, best show this season.

Told.

Great and heartbreaking end of an amazing and artistically outstanding show. ^^

Nevertheless, I have to agree with the people which say that "memories" felt somehow more thought-out and intense. So I will give this show a very strong 8/10!





Well, personally I get the feeling slayer545's theory is not that far off. For me Mizuki and Yuu seem to be older in that scene. Mizuki even says that she is an adult now. That implies that at least one year has passed. But there is no Kuze around. So maybe he died already. And we all know that Mizuki has a preference for older men. So, of course she would blush holding hands with the best (single) friend of her former lover. ;)

This anime tells a beautiful story.
I was deeply moved.
It's a really awesome anime!

And comes an end to a great story.
This anime was diffrent from the other anime that's aired so far. This anime had it's own visual style and story telling. I love how everything in the anime was intricate and blended together. Now, hopefully, others will have the same effect as this one did, although I don't think that's possible. This is the only anime where I have actually cried while watching. The emotions felt while viewing were incredible.
And... you gotta love Makato's artwork, he's simply amazing.

I have numerous complaints regarding this season, even this episode is no exception, but a certain key scene was just too powerful for words to convey. When Yuuko was bidding farewell to Yuu and move on with his life...that was just beautiful. I got all teary eyed watching that scene. I never knew such simple words could evoke such powerful emotions and that I feel is the strength of the ef series. The emotions portrayed in the imagery, the masterful bgm tracks, and the characters themselves leave you in the edge of your seats.

Though numerous the complaints...they were nearly forgotten as the two finally meet once again...and they're final farewells...

In the end, this was indeed a fairy tale of the two. Now I just have to play the VN now...*sigh*...better get ready for a long haul...

And no Yuukyu no Tsubasa? Its the damn theme song! Boo! xD