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| An emotional episode for Shiroha and Hairi. Yeah, they are together as a couple but something felt off even as happy as they are. This episode seems to tie in with Key's themes related to memories this season. A lot of tears but Umi still had that happy smile on her face after everything. What an episode. |
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| Y’all help 😭 the fireworks scene was so beautiful. For the first time in her life, Umi got to have a memorable happy summer with both parents and see the fireworks. Promise fulfilled.. but it didn’t actually change the future? It looks like we have a time paradox/cyclical story where Umi is always going back in time to change things, her mom sees it and it never works out. Shiroha seems destined to die and nothing can stop that, as things stand anyway. If you want a different result that you have never had before, you have to do things you’ve never done before. I wonder where Umi is traveling to next! It was also interesting to learn the other routes were basically attempts to get hairi and Shiroha to never meet so she doesn’t cause her mom’s death, but they’re destined to always meet with varying degrees of connection I feel so bad for Umi, she has to feel so guilty enjoying time with her parents knowing it was her birth that caused her mom’s death. Even though it’s not her fault, as a child you’d definitely be feeling that way. Hopefully we can find some route where everyone gets a happy ending and our family can be together. I need to see them growing old together 💓 |
Marinate1016Yesterday, 9:05 AM
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I totally understand the grandpa. God damn it, Key! |
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| Sad ending they were not able to change anything. The big question is will they find a way to change to outcome will Umi find it or Shiroha. I wonder if they will continue on this or will next week be a different arc? |
| This was such an emotional and heartbreaking episode. |
Yeah that hit good |
| Damn emotional episode 🙏. No matter what even is Umi didn't even affect the past, her mother would die |
KingShisuiYesterday, 9:06 AM
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| Between the emotional powerfulness of the scene where Umi is saying goodbye to her parents at the fireworks and the horribly painful one of Shiroha's death, I'll admit it: I cried almost as much as when I played the VN. On a more lighthearted note: the wedding scene is anime original, and that plus seeing animated the moments where their friends are happy for them made me smile :) There also are a couple of amusing moments, like when Shiroha and Hairi are waking up next to each other and do not understand why haha. And of course, we do get to see the couple being happy for a while, acting like absolute sweethearts. |
MeguSae38Yesterday, 9:09 AM
| I've never posted here but I've been keeping up with the show since episode 3. This episode fucking wrecked me man. Forget tearing up, I was on the verge of straight up bawling my eyes out |
| Authentic. |
| 1:49 to 1:51 in the op, That's another version of Umi? Uni missing for the pics and largely faded from the timeline. "Please write the rest of the diary." Hits harder than the postpartum scene for me. Without time traveling Umi, timeline advances to the nexus scene. Great Grandpa holding the little jammies. |
LordCrueltyVYesterday, 10:58 AM
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Again who sliced a bag of onions in front of my nose, though I still have questions about Ao's sister, it's like she doesn't exist in the alternate versions or timelines. |
| Oh man, this episode hit hard. Didn't expect to see Shihora actually dead. |
| finally a heavy emotional episode thank you Key |
| Yeah this part is just plain sad, but in the good kind of way that Key can do like few others can Only the actual Pocket route left to go to wrap everything up now |
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| Damn, what a moving episode. I spent most of it in tears. |
| Wonder how much self-control it took Kobato to not go ballistic on Hairi again when the news of the pregnancy dropped lol Speaking of whom though, man do I feel for the old dude. Can't begin to imagine what it'd be like for your child and grandchild to go before you do. |
| Man the fireworks scene along with Umi's retelling of all the different routes got me emotional. I love this series to death and while there were parts butchered earlier in the adaption, I really think feel did Alka justice. I've been enjoying Reflection Blue as of late. Hoping we will get Shiki and Umi's routes as OVAs later on. Haven't finished the other two new routes quite yet. |
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| Oh wow that was actually...unexpected. But in a good way. I was initially confused at what they were going to do with a whole second half of an episode after the climax of Alka but we got a very nice anime-original sequence of Umi's experience. I can definitely appreciate the writer and director attempting to tell the story in a way only anime can tell without needing to rely so much on the visual novel. I remember saying this before but Umi is so much more of a presence in the anime than she is in the vn which makes sense seeing that she is the true main character so seeing her point of perspective in a much wider view is something I like very much. I'm also shocked the storybook wasn't read as well like in the vn but I guess a show don't tell approach is good enough. Now I'm hoping they never get back to it. The wedding scene and Hairi and Shiroha married life was also a good addition to add some weight. It's weird seeing Ryouichi actually wearing clothes lol. Overall Alka was really good. KanaHana we are ready for you. Marinate1016 said: It was also interesting to learn the other routes were basically attempts to get hairi and Shiroha to never meet so she doesn’t cause her mom’s death, but they’re destined to always meet with varying degrees of connection Technically she wasn't trying anything in those routes. She was just observing every possible future. It's one of those instances where she isn't time traveling so much as she visits all the timelines . Umi's scenes and dialogues at the end of previous arcs is anime original so I can't speak too much on that but I'm guessing the parts where she's musing on how that timeline "isn't the right one" or how she's "going to get the next one right" is her doing the opposite of what you said and that she's trying to get Hairi and Shiroha together. But honestly I'm not 100 percent sure what it was supposed to mean. But the important part to note is that Umi was simply drifting through these timelines with a "the friends we made along the way" mindset because remember she's only doing this because she's running away from her sad past. That's why having fun each summer is so important to her. |
raisin-kunYesterday, 1:22 PM
 Latest reviews: Train to the the End of the World and Wonder Egg Priority |
| It's just so beautiful and sad at the same time Time to enter Pocket Route... |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| So Shiroha did indeed die when giving birth, that was one of my guesses, my other one being drowning. Since Umi mentioned Shiroha was probably running away from something sad and painful I wonder what Umi will do (and can do for that matter) because if she alters Shiroha's future it could mean Umi never being born which doesn't sound better, very curious to see what comes next. |
Reply to Frazier0816
@ShiroAlex She still exists, she's still in a coma and Ao is finding her shicheshou offscreen. Each of the timelines of the respective routes still happens in their own way.
| @Frazier0816 Thanks, it's just that it's so behind the scenes that I had my doubts. |
| Yeah Umi wasn’t gone long enough, it was around 5 minutes and she was back, I didn’t feel much from that sadly, also we already knew Shiroha dies in the future so her death didn’t get me either, but I did like the goodbye to Umi on the beach and the reveal of Umi looping that same summer with Shiroha, and the fact she keeps dying because she’s trying to help Umi, it’s a messed up cycle for sure. But it looks like Umi is gonna be heading to a different summer now? Not sure exactly but I’m guessing we’re about to enter the final arc with just four episodes left, some parts haven’t hit with me as well as I wanted them to but I’m excited to see how all of this ends. Also nice ED song in this one, I think the credits crawl is a bit misleading because it feels like it’s the end of the show but I did like the song itself. |
TheColonel76Yesterday, 7:21 PM
| Damn it! WHY DOES THIS EPISODE REMIND ME OF CLANNAD AFTER STORY?! 😭😭😭 |
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| Needed more Umi disappearing build up, fireworks scene had me crying my eyes out in the VN - here I was still tearing up but holy shit the rest of the episode is the thing I was dreading most and yeah that was even more depressing than the VN actually showing us everyone crying at Shiroha's death. Our new MC appears next episode, some people will be confused and others will realise immediately what is actually going on with that. ED (Hane no Yurikago) was cut interestingly, I think they play most of the song in the visual novel at the end of Alka but here obviously had to be cut down for anime - also do not look up the lyrics for that song they almost spoil everything that's about to happen, great song though same with Yasoka. Best episode aired on my birthday, lets see if the last episode can top this, Pocket is fairly short compared to the heroine routes due to being Alka's continuation so shouldn't be to off pace |
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| Feels like clannad after story at this point. I don't know, it is okay, but i love clannad too much. |
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