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| Huh... Eight time skip? That was unexpected. I wouldn't have minded if they took one more episode that focused on the time skip period. I'll have to find the ending to the manga to get some closure. Overall, it was a terrific show. Loved the jazz sessions :D |
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| Wow 8 years of not looking for Sen and not talking to Ri-chan! Damn that just sounds impossible. But with how this series went, it's only one of the few gripes that I have. I love the reunion! Kept me smiling through the entire end of the episode. Excellence. One of many words that describe this series. Soo sad that it's over. More shows need to be more mature like this. |
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| IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the connection between Sentaro and Richie that no matter what how much time passes its still strong. Love how every ones lives turn out and Ritsuko got to see the boys. I will cherish this anime for ever!  Me during and after:  |
| the ending is slightly different from the manga. If u feel a sense of incomplete from the anime ending, take a look at the manga |
| Good show, definitely one of the tops from the season. Solid 6/10 for me |
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PianoBlack said: Lately said: Good show, definitely one of the tops from the season. Solid 6/10 for me I'd love to see what you consider an 8 or 9 Right? Anyway...one word to describe this show. Magnificent. Didn't know what to except when reading the summary before it aired but I can now say it was a beautiful show. Without a doubt one of the best this season. Ending was great. Would like to know how the manga differs by comparison? |
| one of the best shows i have seen in a long time 8/10. |
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| I loved this episode. But, after this ending, it seems that there will be no 2nd season. I will miss this anime! |
| AMAZING !! ohmaigawdicreidsosososossmuch !!!!! it was a good experience!! i LOVE THIS ANIME |
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| beautiful ending is all i can say ;_; this series DEFINITELY deserves a 10 |
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| Wow, that was just a perfect ending. I can't possibly ask for anything else. Closed the story off beautifully but still left things to interpretation. 9/10. |
| Absolutely perfect ending. Also, Maruo becoming a train conductor was like some kind of icing on top of the cake. For me at least. So hard to not give this a 10/10. But I'm sure that after a few months, the impact will wear off and I'll give this a 9/10 anyway. So I'll just give the 9 now. |
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| I loved it!! The emotion, the drama, the angst, the music...brilliant. I'm glad there are anime like this, that open the doors to something otherwise most ppl aren't willing to try (I'm talking about jazz music here) and so I just wanna say...arigatou! |
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| Best show of the season no doubt. Good ending too although hard to believe he didn't get in touch with anyone for 8 years. |
| Heh not bad. Hated it at times, loved it at times, but overall, definitely enjoyed it. The time skip was the highlight for me, as I've always been interested in where people end up. But doctor, really? It's so stereotypical, that as a pre-med, I'm offended - lol. Nonetheless, it's a very good show. So, 8/10 |
KurogashiJun 29, 2012 12:44 AM
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PianoBlack said: VioLink said: Richie boy spends the first part of the episode sulking over his boyfriend just stop posting... Why? What I said was correct. The whole first part of the episode was him being butthurt becuase Sentaro left him. |
VioLinkJun 29, 2012 1:57 AM
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| If I hadn't previously read the manga, I would have felt as though the ending was incomplete and very rushed. (Even the last couple chapters of the manga were a bit rushed as well.) But as is, I feel immensely happy and I think they did a beautiful job with the ending. Would've loved it if the series had been even just one episode longer. But oh well. Either way, 9/10. I won't spoil anything, but the manga does a fairly good job of explaining what went on during the eight year time span. It also provides some cutesie closure to Ritsuko and Kaoru's relationship. I highly recommend reading the manga if you'd like to know more. Because the manga and anime are so similar, you really only need to read the last couple of chapters. (But I definitely think people should read it in it's entirety. <3) |
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basabeo said:  I will miss watching this show every week. I highly recommend the manga for anyone who is curious about what happened through that 8 year gap since the anime sadly skipped all that. indeed. there were `a whole lot more events that filled that timeskip, including Kaoru's meeting with Jun as well as a little tease with regard of with regard of whether or not Ric-chan had already had a boyfriend, and the party at the end too, but the ending got the whole point of the manga, brilliant 5/5. |
KingofConquerorsJun 29, 2012 1:16 AM
| Ri-chan is prettier with the new hairstyle :D Seems rushed but nice ending, I just don't like how Sen left without saying anything though.. I should probably try out the manga.. |
ghritke said: lmao very good.Will Sentaro and Kaoru help Ritsuko find the samurai who smells like sunflowers? waaaaauuuuugh! xMusicMohawk said: Yes, exactly. The ending really didn't flow too well with me though so unfortunately this show for me went from a 10 down to a 9. I loved it!! The emotion, the drama, the angst, the music...brilliant. I will never forget fangirling over Sen and Kaoru's performance at the school festival. That whole scene really blew my mind. I loved this show! Definitely best of the spring season. We'll have to see about best of the year though :) |
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| Great Show. I felt as if the ending was rushed as i prefer the manga ending (although i felt as if that ending was rushed as well). I didn't feel like like i got as much closure as i did from the manga, but i guess i was sort of expecting that. I rate this anime 8/10 |
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| Sakamichi no Apollon goes straight to my masterpieces list. (altough I think that the final was a bit too sudden). The whole show had way too many plot twists imho, but anyway it was an anime which differs from the others, from the OSTs to the extreme realism of the setting/characters. Not to mention my eyes which became a fountain watching the last episode. Damn, why do I always have to cry when they put the opening as ending in most of animes? It always makes me go BAWWWWW ;_; |
| The final episode felt a bit rushed, but a nice sweet ending to the show. Overall a really good series that was a sight for sore eyes in this 'moe' era. |
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| I wanted more closure.Ending was a bit rushed, but it was Ok.They realy need OVA. 8/10 |
| Im glad Sen came back~ :D i was worried he would of killed himself or something~ As for Yurika: CALLED IT! It felt so cliche, to be honest, but that doesn't mean i enjoyed it ^^ as for 8 year later Kaoru: Dat hair~ *_* All in all, i really enjoyed this show. Drama stuff like this usually bores me to death, but i really liked this~ |
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| Great show. Sorry to see it end. Would have liked to have seen it develop a bit more across 24 episodes but I'm satisfied with what we got. |
| SO fyi, manga is up, and there is some more closure in store for people in the last chapter. phew* |
| It finally ends T_T And on a good note This last episode seemd kinda rushed since they suddenly jumped to 8 years later and so the loneliness that Ri-chan or Kaoru-kun or even Sentarou might have felt didnt come out as much. So the reunion of the 3 of them didnt have a big impact. But overall the series was fantasic with some cool music pieces. And that friendship between the 3 of them is really beautiful. This series was one of THE best josei anime Enjoyed every mintue of it Recommened to all shoujo and josei fans. And also to all others who are curious whether or not to watch this show. |
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| Nice and heartwarming Anime, loved every sentiments from the episodes. Glad i picked this up, even I wasn't interested in jazz, but now i kind of feel a different view of what it actually is.(or not?) Sentaro was my favorite character, and i feel really sorry about him and what he has gone through every time i think about him, makes me sad. :( That's why I liked him for who he is. It was way too short, needed more eps. 9/10 Want to see more Anime like these! |
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IZEROII said: PianoBlack said: Lately said: Good show, definitely one of the tops from the season. Solid 6/10 for me I'd love to see what you consider an 8 or 9 Right? Anyway...one word to describe this show. Magnificent. Didn't know what to except when reading the summary before it aired but I can now say it was a beautiful show. Without a doubt one of the best this season. Ending was great. Would like to know how the manga differs by comparison? Nah 6/10 is considered good on my list, just cause I rate mostly based off mals rating with it being "fine". Instead of the norm which considered a 6 failing which it is not. Look on my profile for more info |
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| loved it, 10/10 |
| woah, isnt that guy at 14:59 Maruo?? |
BladedWarrior said: Episode felt a bit rushed, but was still really fun to watch. It's been great to have a show of this caliber to enjoy for the past few months. I hope to see something great like this again soon. Totally rushed! In the last half of the episode they cutted off almost five chapters from the Manga! But the jam session at the church was really awesome! The anime was great althouth I think it deserved at least one more episode. I wanted to see the last chapter from the manga in an anime version... |
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| Drums in church. Oh My! PERFECT ENDING. I'll miss this show, seriously... |
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| Well it was a nice, heartwarming ending although I agreed that it did feel abit rushed, I wish they could of shown abit more during or after the time skip but nevertheless you can't go wrong with a long awaited jam session in a church =D It was a nice retro Slice of life anime that made me notice and love Jazz music even more, hope they show more :3 |
| Holy moly, this episode just single handedly butchered this series. Terrible, extremely rushed ended. They left themselves with way too much to do in this episode, if they wanted to go this far they definitely needed 24 episodes. Let's just forget this happened and pretend it ended with Sen leaving. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| near to give 10/10, but i don't really like the ending so i give it 9/10 in the end... |
| It's kinda stupid how Kaoru and Ritsuko's relationship took so much time to build only to go on the drain so easy. Also, Kaoru displayed a severe case of insert foot in mouth and be a jerk although his feelings are somewhat understandable. The whole 8 year later part was nice but weird. I like the new hairstyles. Ritsuko is cute, but she reminds me of Noda Megumi (Nodame) for some reason . And Kaoru went from nerdy to sexy . The duo in the church was the best part of the episode, and I liked how the older priest scolded them, it only added to the humor of the scene. All in all, this could have easily been a 10/10 series, if the ending had been handled properly ( maybe make it a 13 episodes series instead of 12 ? ). Even so, thanks to the high quality jazz, it can still be considered a masterpiece ( at least in my opinion). |
SailorKagomeJun 29, 2012 1:07 PM
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| Great ending to a fantastic series. That jazz was incredible. I'm really moved by Sakamichi no Apollon. 10/10 |
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| I can't believe that Shinchiro Watanabe actually directed this. Most overrated piece of shit teenage melodrama I've seen in a long time. I don't mind dram, but having drama, just for the sake of drama won't turn out good. So it starts off following the same pattern it always did: Kaoru does something stupid, followed by Kaoru feeling self-loathing and regret. Kaoru does something stupid and he doesn't talk to either Ritsuko or Sentarou for an episode or two, that's most of the drama and it's very weak because it's not believable. There's the scene where he stands outside of her window, followed by the scene at the train station which led to nothing, now I can appreciate these clichés, but Ritsuko and Kaoru's relationship overall felt very, ehh fake I guess you could say. Every single interaction between these two characters feels so incredibly not real or genuine, and I never believed that these were supposedly real people. It was never engaging and never connected with me in any meaningful way, and I'm actually a sucker for romantic comedies with no brains, so that should say something about this show. The train scene I couldn't care less about, the train scene with Yurika and Junichi however, was much more emotional and I genuinely cared, because it felt to me like they were actually in love. Kaoru and Ritsuko though? There's no emotion coming off the screen between those two. Okay enough about those two. Then there's the rest of the episode which is pretty weak aswell. There's an 8 year time skip and Kaoru's working as a doctor and sporting a mullet. Then they show what happened to the guy with the lolifang because that's so interesting ofcourrse (sarcasm). Then he goes and meets Sentarou and then Ritsuko comes or whatever. This failed to have an impact because we never actually got any time to start missing these characters. Ritsuko was gone for like 4 minutes and Sentarou just left at the end of the last episode. Supposedly Kaoru was all miserable or whatever (I guess) from having his bromance leave him and the girl he likes resent him after he got all rapey, but this didn't connect with me because 1. Kaoru's a dick 2. Kaoru's an asshole. But when they meet up they're all friends or whatever and we never know if Kaoru learns his lesson about friendship which was supposed to be the premise of this show. All in all, too much unecessary, boring melodrama, and too little Jazz. A boring main character who might aswell not exist, and also a female lead with no depth or personality. There's no clever writing to be found, no good lessons to learn, and nothing that will really stick with you after you've seen this show The only good thing to come out of this show was the OP/ED music, and the episodes about Yurika and Junichi. 4/10 and then I wonder if I'm being too generous |
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