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x_scolopendra_x said: Good last episode. Girls went to the hot springs to relax and unwind a bit.  Fox is genki and kawaii as always, Hinako is smiling (!) and Mermaid seems a little sad? I was also a little wary of Hinako's smile. Its unusual to see her like this, especially after the previous events.  So in the end, Hinako and Shiori go for ice cream and talk while looking at the fireflies. I still understand a lot about Hinako. Even if she was having fun, it doesnt change her decision. I mean, it doesnt change anything. And a really sad moment was when Shiori said she would never forgive Hinako. Well, yes, Hinako simply forced Shiori to make that promise. It just selfishness.  I understand Hinako, but it doesnt mean im approve her actions, especially after this episode. Fox and mermaid try so hard to make her happy, they do everything they can, literally idolize her, but Hinako still wants to die, which hurts them both. What should she do? Live for these two monstergirls maybe, idk...   Well, about this anime in general: Everytime i think anime as form of art is dead, a work like this appear. Its nice to know that Japan can still make good anime, not just shounens and one piece. Its beautiful, emotional, subtle, sensual anime about love and desire for death. High quality beautiful visuals, a good soundtrack, a non-cliched story, interesting characters, well conveyed feelings and emotions, and its YURI. I would call it the best anime of the year, if not second season of Sono Bisque Doll. But its definitely one of the best animes in recent years. 10/10  You should check out my AOTY, Takopi's Original Sin, as well if you haven't. Ironically FMC have the same VA and both are suicidal lmao. |
| I lowkey hoped she'd off herself, but I guess that would've been too grim and problematic for an ending. The story was shallow, anyway. Like, it basically was "here's a depressed girl and she wants to die but she doesn't want to kill herself, so we'll put a yokai who claims she wants to kill her, but she actually doesn't, and at the end of the day she's just still suicidal." If they wanted to touch anyone's heartstrings, they failed. |
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| So in the end, that yokai mermaid didn't eat her? Hmm... |
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| So season 2....Dinner for 2.... |
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| Man, I really thought that this was going to be another trashy yuri show with little depth and the same mind numbingly dull character writing seen in such shows, but this exceeded expectations. I think a big reason for this was just how little romance there actually was present, far more psychological and introspective. An iffy start for me (though I definitely had preconceptions coming in and no good expectations for later episodes), but got much better with every episode. Had it at 5/10, finished it at 8/10. Maybe a little too consistently despairing to truly connect, but the mood and soundtrack were top level. |
GakutoDeathGlareDec 25, 2025 11:42 PM
| Even if Hinako's friends arent human, she has the best company. Hopefully we'll get season 2, I love pure depression |
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We can clearly see that Hinako was forcing a smile infront of Miko to make her not feel bad about the trip and to make Shiori eat her soon if Hinako can show that she's happy.
And it seems like Hinako already knows that Shiori is not intended to uphold her renewed promise. Yeah, Hinako can't be that much of a fool to not see that. But still Hinako wishes for Shiori to keep her promise and Shiori is willing to keep this going if she can see Hinako having fun even if it's one more day.
The last line from Hinako was confusing. What did she mean by when she said that she would never make that promise ever again ??
Watatabe was a gem of this season. I'm definitely sure that it would already get greenlit for a season 2.
And it seems like Hinako already knows that Shiori is not intended to uphold her renewed promise. Yeah, Hinako can't be that much of a fool to not see that. But still Hinako wishes for Shiori to keep her promise and Shiori is willing to keep this going if she can see Hinako having fun even if it's one more day.
The last line from Hinako was confusing. What did she mean by when she said that she would never make that promise ever again ??
Watatabe was a gem of this season. I'm definitely sure that it would already get greenlit for a season 2.
| @Niwaka-Samurai Yeah, I knew it she was faking being happy. TO be honest, the PTSD is way too strong for Hinako to be ever happy IMO (it was never possible this soon anyways). Why I say "ever"? Imagine believing in Santa as a kid but realizing he's fake after growing up. Once you realized it, you can never genuinely believe in Santa ever again. I think that Hinako has the same issue when it comes to happiness. There will always be something that'll remind her of her family and prevent her from being actually happy (be it other families, sounds, smells, thoughts. Anything can be a trigger of trauma. Our brain loves to remind us of depressing shit when we're happy). It's not 100% guaranteed she'll never be happy, but IMO Shiori is safe and won't have to fulfill her promise. Felt so bad for Shiori. The way I understood the firefly scene, Hinako is finally willing to keep on living and try to enjoy life, but because of the promise Hinako becoming happy will end up hurting Shiori since she has to kill someone she doesn't want to kill. She'll be forced to do it. That's why Shiori says she'll never forgive her for it. I felt like Hinako regrets it too. The way I understood the last line, Hinako gave up on ever thinking about killing herself (or asking Shiori to kill her - which is pretty much the same thing). In the end, for a moment we see she was again "drowning" in depression but quickly neglected dark thoughts. I think that means 1 of 2 things. 1) She will keep on living and try to enjoy life without forcing herself to be happy; even if that ends with her getting killed by Shiori. 2) Hinako will keep on living but will purposefully avoid being "too happy", like ever! So that Shiori doesn't have to fulfill the promise. I'm leaning towards #2 option. I mean, Hinako says she'll never make the promise ever again (which is to be eaten). She isn't suicidal either anymore and knows how much she'll hurt Shiori (Hinako did say she's really sorry for forcing Shiori to make the promise that day on the beach). Since Hinako isn't suicidal and doesn't want to be eaten, it makes sense she'll try to avoid the situation when Shiori is forced to eat her. Meaning, she refuses to ever be truly happy (just a little would be fine though, like during the trip). Combine this with my take on Hinako's PTSD problem and I think Hinako will not be eaten by Shiori anytime soon (maybe when she's very old and at deathbed?) I think there really is no need for S2. Such open ending I think makes the story better. Biggest issue since episode 1 was Hinako's suicidal tendencies and in this episode we got a confirmation she decided to not think about suicide again. What future holds is how will interpret it. Loved this show. 9/10 Gonna check the OST tomorrow, already few tracks I'm eager to listen to. |
| Nothing burger for an ending. It easily took away 2 points by itself. I was expecting the moment to fullfill the promise to be shown, and for it to be revealed that Shiori's plan was Miko to kill her in that moment so Hinako would continue living a cheerful life. But I guess that would mean to get an ending. |
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@Niwaka-Samurai Yeah, I knew it she was faking being happy. TO be honest, the PTSD is way too strong for Hinako to be ever happy IMO (it was never possible this soon anyways). Why I say "ever"? Imagine believing in Santa as a kid but realizing he's fake after growing up. Once you realized it, you can never genuinely believe in Santa ever again. I think that Hinako has the same issue when it comes to happiness. There will always be something that'll remind her of her family and prevent her from being actually happy (be it other families, sounds, smells, thoughts. Anything can be a trigger of trauma. Our brain loves to remind us of depressing shit when we're happy). It's not 100% guaranteed she'll never be happy, but IMO Shiori is safe and won't have to fulfill her promise.
Felt so bad for Shiori. The way I understood the firefly scene, Hinako is finally willing to keep on living and try to enjoy life, but because of the promise Hinako becoming happy will end up hurting Shiori since she has to kill someone she doesn't want to kill. She'll be forced to do it. That's why Shiori says she'll never forgive her for it. I felt like Hinako regrets it too.
The way I understood the last line, Hinako gave up on ever thinking about killing herself (or asking Shiori to kill her - which is pretty much the same thing). In the end, for a moment we see she was again "drowning" in depression but quickly neglected dark thoughts. I think that means 1 of 2 things. 1) She will keep on living and try to enjoy life without forcing herself to be happy; even if that ends with her getting killed by Shiori. 2) Hinako will keep on living but will purposefully avoid being "too happy", like ever! So that Shiori doesn't have to fulfill the promise.
I'm leaning towards #2 option. I mean, Hinako says she'll never make the promise ever again (which is to be eaten). She isn't suicidal either anymore and knows how much she'll hurt Shiori (Hinako did say she's really sorry for forcing Shiori to make the promise that day on the beach). Since Hinako isn't suicidal and doesn't want to be eaten, it makes sense she'll try to avoid the situation when Shiori is forced to eat her. Meaning, she refuses to ever be truly happy (just a little would be fine though, like during the trip). Combine this with my take on Hinako's PTSD problem and I think Hinako will not be eaten by Shiori anytime soon (maybe when she's very old and at deathbed?)
I think there really is no need for S2. Such open ending I think makes the story better. Biggest issue since episode 1 was Hinako's suicidal tendencies and in this episode we got a confirmation she decided to not think about suicide again. What future holds is how will interpret it.
Loved this show. 9/10 Gonna check the OST tomorrow, already few tracks I'm eager to listen to.
Felt so bad for Shiori. The way I understood the firefly scene, Hinako is finally willing to keep on living and try to enjoy life, but because of the promise Hinako becoming happy will end up hurting Shiori since she has to kill someone she doesn't want to kill. She'll be forced to do it. That's why Shiori says she'll never forgive her for it. I felt like Hinako regrets it too.
The way I understood the last line, Hinako gave up on ever thinking about killing herself (or asking Shiori to kill her - which is pretty much the same thing). In the end, for a moment we see she was again "drowning" in depression but quickly neglected dark thoughts. I think that means 1 of 2 things. 1) She will keep on living and try to enjoy life without forcing herself to be happy; even if that ends with her getting killed by Shiori. 2) Hinako will keep on living but will purposefully avoid being "too happy", like ever! So that Shiori doesn't have to fulfill the promise.
I'm leaning towards #2 option. I mean, Hinako says she'll never make the promise ever again (which is to be eaten). She isn't suicidal either anymore and knows how much she'll hurt Shiori (Hinako did say she's really sorry for forcing Shiori to make the promise that day on the beach). Since Hinako isn't suicidal and doesn't want to be eaten, it makes sense she'll try to avoid the situation when Shiori is forced to eat her. Meaning, she refuses to ever be truly happy (just a little would be fine though, like during the trip). Combine this with my take on Hinako's PTSD problem and I think Hinako will not be eaten by Shiori anytime soon (maybe when she's very old and at deathbed?)
I think there really is no need for S2. Such open ending I think makes the story better. Biggest issue since episode 1 was Hinako's suicidal tendencies and in this episode we got a confirmation she decided to not think about suicide again. What future holds is how will interpret it.
Loved this show. 9/10 Gonna check the OST tomorrow, already few tracks I'm eager to listen to.
| @Sigmar-Unberogen loved your interpretation. It makes so much sense now. The soundtrack was so amazing. Keiji Inai's masterpiece. |
Niwaka-SamuraiDec 26, 2025 8:26 PM
| As long as she can keep her in this life for just one more day is all Shiori desires. I want to think that Hinako will indeed live day to day until one day she suddenly finds that she is an old lady and Shiori will come to her and ask- Hinako, are you truly happy? |
| so this concludes the fraud GL tag, it's straight bullshit to tag something as GL if the actual GL will only come in season 2 (= never), even then as anime only it's very hard to see this taking an actual GL route, it's much more platonic and the yokai/deity dynamic makes it a lot more like they're Hinako's guardians rather than love interests, it's just off putting to think of them as potential lovers when the only thing that qualifies them as such is their morphed forms as fellow teenage girls. I'm not saying it's not possible for the story to transition into yuri in an acceptable way, what I'm saying is that this entry shouldn't be labeled as GL |
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@griddyweeb Do you know if the tags are generated by MAL or by the producers? Because that would change the matter in my eyes. Otherwise, good take
| @thewaflwizard I think both? The manga is definitely intended to be yuri by the author, the studio/mal are just going off by that with mal staff probably weighing in at their discretion, but I do assume they just copy paste the manga tags to the anime, which is what I disagree with |
| Decent ending I suppose although nothing groundbreaking happened. If anything the ending validated what some posters posted in the previous episode (myself included) in that Shiori never planned on eating Hinako other than on her deathbed (probably). On that note it does look like Hinako realized what she has put Shiori through so Hinako will probably try to live her life where she's a little happy but not too much for Shiori's sake. Also, Miko did start looking out for the both of them since I think she understood what happened between them. Overall, I liked this series even if some scenes were a little too quiet and slow. Regarding the girls love tag, this really did not have yuri (minus the kiss/bite) and I didn't sense romance between the girls, mostly just good friendships and with Shiori & Miko watching over Hinako. No idea if we'll get any type of follow-up since this had a somewhat conclusive ending but I would watch if anything else is made. 7/10 |
| Considering the manga is still ongoing, that is a very satisfying way to end the season. I thought Hinako was genuinely having fun the whole time, but turns out she was only pretending. Thankfully there are some moments where her enjoyment is genuine. She asks a very cruel question to Shiori after making a formal promise with her. My thought on the series as a whole. This series is super slow. And I don't mean that in a bad way, I mean it takes its time to let the information really sink in before moving on to another plot point. This show clearly lacks animation, but it doesn't make the talking scenes (which is 95% of the whole season) boring. With excellent voice actresses, music and directing, this show has managed to keep the suspense up throughout the season without relying on action scenes. Heck, I'd say the action scenes are bare minimum lol I really hope this gets another season because there's definitely story to be told here and it's worth listening to. While it has a shoujo ai tag, not one moment certainly felt like it. But it's still a solid 8/10.  |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| While I did enjoy this adaptation of it, the manga is still far superior IMO. 8/10 overall, though. |
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| So the only way Shiori could solve the situation was to agree to eat her later after all. Don't like that and seems like easy way out anyway as it just resets the situation before she found out about the lie so Ep 11 never happened. I also found Miko to be quite annoying a lot of the time, wish she was toned down. I am frustrated as I found the premise to be quite interesting but the execution was fumbled. |
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| It was fine but idk I felt like it was a bit repetitive overall even though the plot moved, but it was less interesting than what I expected, I still liked it though. |
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| kind of disappointed, just flash back, flash back, flash back, and the gay level of this show is below average. 6.5-7/10 |
| There were a lot of things I didn't like in this anime, but also a lot of stuff I enjoyed Hinako and her suffering feel IMO as very real and well written. She wasn't totally fine in the end, but it feels to me that she accepted what have a happens, and will take one day at a time, some good, some bad Point up for being pure, no annoying males or talking about boyfriends. Stuff like that doesn't belong in Yuri. That is the hill I'm ready to die on 🦾🦾 The kiss was censured. WHY I wanted to see the little bite kiss, but no Oh well, at least the lesbians kissed,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I give it 7/10 |
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