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| This episode was very sad, indeed, the rest of the show consist of 15 minutes of sadness for about 12 episodes lol. I'll raise one point because of the well executed ending. 5.7/10 (thanks to the technical/production values) |
| Well, they meet at real world? OMG |
| I cried but still hated the unexpected relationship |
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| I want to eat some mapo doufu/tofu. I really wanted to know how Kanade ended up there. I need another box of tissues, what a fantastic series. |
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| nothing to be explained............................................... for fuck sake.......... oh my fucking god....... kanade and him met in the real world after they were reborn and they lived happily ever after. oh my fucking god dumbfucks. |
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| Nice! to me it was a good ending, kinda sad but good overall everybody moved on! |
| One thing that RUINED this anime was the comedy genre, Graduation ceremonies are so sad damn it, Naoi cried after all, and a confession at a time like this it's like stabbing you 1000 times damn it, the ending was kinda good to be honest if the last scene was the after life of course, if that is true that would be great to see Otonashi not left alone in that place damn it's creepy. 8/10 |
| I unfortunately didn't full on cry like I was expecting but I had wet eyes. The only anime to date that has made me cry buckets were Madoka Magica and Wolf Children. It was also pretty predictable that Kanade had something donated from Otanashi, although granted I didn't think it would have been his heart. Overall though, despite being slightly disappointed with the ending this was a day well spent in marathoning it. 7/10 |
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| The feels are a real thing... A vast portion of the story development was way too cheesy and felt forced (with the exception of the hilarious hyperkinetic-moe Yui <3): the past lifes we got to know where really sad and believable; the ending was a lot more than meets the eye; episode 10 was a huge masterpiece; the scenes were people disappeared succeded at hitting the kokoro with some kind of melancholy. Somehow I feel the show is a bit overrated because of the cheesy stuff... but it managed to send a strong message in the really important scenes. Can't give it less than an 8 and I'm hesitant to give it a 9 because of the "filler" (of course it is not just filler, but was a "not so good" way to develop characters) My kokoro feels stuff... |
Apollo_MadaoMar 20, 2017 2:58 AM
| I'll fade away and classify myself as obsolete! Obsolete!! |
| This finale was very heartfelt and I was touched by it... But despite being arguably the saddest episode, it still didn't make me cry! Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed in that aspect, since I do love a good cathartic cry. The series as a whole didn't really live up to its potential, either. There are quite a few things I wish they would've expanded on, and other things they could've changed entirely, but even though it's not a masterpiece, I still enjoyed watching it. |
 "ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴsᴀɴᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ."  |
Wolf_Gangsters said: It was so sad. Then I got SUPER CONFUSED and I was still crying and I didn't know wht was wht anymore bc I thought the passed so plz tell me why the are still alive. /°~°/ I assume you're referring to the last seconds, where Kanade and Otonashi are shown, lolol. I've seen lots of misconceptions about this. They got reincarnated (somehow keeping their appearances, but we'll ignore that) and are meeting again in a new life. |
| "ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴsᴀɴᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ." |
blackk_rose said: After watching the last episode, I was quite confused because I had so many questions. I think more episodes would have benefitted this anime a lot! I wanted to know the backstories of all of the characters and not just a few. Most of them just vanished without any explanation. But I did come up with my own theory that explains most of my questions. I'm pretty sure some people came up with the same or a similar theory already, but I thought I'd share it anyway. I believe that Afterlife is a place that isn't connected to time at all. However, an entity (whatever that may be) designed it for teenagers of the modern age because there was modern technology and all of them were familiar with it. We already know that the souls that come to Afterlife couldn't accept their fates and were brought there to live a normal life and find peace. But some of them need other people to find their peace, like Yui needed love and Kanade/Angel needed to thank her donor. I don't think that the souls were brought to Afterlife in the order they died in real life. Because Afterlife isn't connected to time, Otonashi's soul was brought there after Kanade's soul, even though he died before her in real life, so her soul could find peace. I also believe that when everyone vanished, they weren't necessarily reborn in a time period after they originally died, but could have been reborn at any point in the past, present or future. They won't remember anything and grow up in that time period, but their souls will remember, which is why they will connect to some people instantly. It also explains how Kanade and Otonashi could meet after being reborn, even though in my theory, Otonashi didn't vanish immediately after Kanade. I believe he couldn't leave Afterlife knowing that souls like Yuri would appear there and might never find peace because they would fight it. So he took over Kanade's spot. After watching the alternate ending, I'm even more convinced that this was the case. Then one day a person that he can trust to take over his spot like he took over Kanade's helps him to finally leave and be reborn. Which is probably the guy he talks to in the alternate ending. That is why he finally vanished in the credits. He spent some time, maybe even a very long time, helping souls in Afterlife (since he was always trying to help people) before he followed the others. Afterwards, he was reborn during the same time period as Kanade. Because their souls remember but they don't, Kanade wrote a song that "just came to her head", not knowing it was written by Iwasawa in Afterlife. She is humming it and Otonashi's soul remembers the melody, which prompts him to talk to her. It is open what happens next, but I like to think that they finally got the chance to be happy together. And I also hope Yui's and Hinata's soul found each other. I'm just wondering who the guy that turned himself into an NPC was. At first, I thought it was Otonashi, but he couldn't have turned into an NPC since we see him vanish and being reborn. He was also not a NPC when the guy explained everything to Yuri. So it can't be him. But who was it then? Was it just one random NPC guy and it doesn't matter? Or is there a prequel or something that explains it? I still rated it 9/10. I would have rated it 10/10 if they explained more and gave us the backstories of everyone. But I really liked this anime, especially how it was sad and funny at the same time. That is a very good theory!! It explains the most significant plot hole of the series and strengthens the overall logic. ^_^ |
| "ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ sᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɪɴsᴀɴᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ." |
| I'm little bit disappointed about the wasted potential of this series. Technically it was a great. Animation, art, synchro, sound and comedy, everything was really good. But sadly the end was way too rushed and it felt somehow anticlimatic. Characters like T.K, Noda and the others didn't even get a conclusion which is kinda sad. Let their backrounds alone, at least they should've been part of the graduation. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth, a few more episodes could've fixed that problem. Also the last scene wit Otonashi and Kanade would've had more impact,if they've focussed more on their romantic relationship beforehand. It was sad and I almost shed a tear,yet it wasn't as sad as I imagined. Nonetheless this anime was very fun to watch and it became one of my favorites. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| 7 years later the feels get me every time I watch this series. |
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| Okay, I admit I cried after seeing tears pouring down Naoi's face. This anime had some likable points but I... wanted it to be so much more. It was rushed, some episodes were just plain boring. It's pretty much a typical, average anime. Nothing to write home about though the idea of rebelling against god in the beginning could have made this much more intense and interesting if executed correctly. Ah well. I probably won't watch it again, but I was too interested because I've been recommended it a couple times. 5/10 |
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| Such an emotional ending. I cried a lot. And when Otonashi was trying to grasp Kanade after she just vanished was so heartbreaking ;( |
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| Umm... I don't get it. Things wrapped up just like that? Even Naruto fillers feels somewhat sadder. Kanade and Yuzuru almost had no romantic progression. Neither does axe wielding guy being in love with Yarippei. Things just don't go anywhere at all. I don't get it, I just don't. They setup so many characters just so that they become comedy plot device with nothing to explain for them. The anime could've just revolved around 5 people and it'd be better because they'd give more characterization to those 5 instead of spreading it out. In the end, we barely knew anything about Kanade. Even Isla from Plastic Memories have more meaningful character than Kanade because she was characterized for 12 episodes instead of just 1-2 episodes. A lot of the story just random. The whole shadow thing, the whole God thing, the whole clone thing, everything is random. There's a good laugh and sad scenes like Yui's "what if" but that's pretty much it. Nothing else is remarkable. I'd even say Akame ga Kill have more feels and comedy than this despite being a half-assed adaptation and as a shonen anime. This anime would've been more sad if we know more about Kanade's past. Instead we got a half-assed answer of her being saved by Yuzuru's heart... which kind of a plothole if she arrived way earlier than the guy himself. Heck, Yui's backstory and what if beats Kanade's story, which is almost none. |
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| that was honestly the best ending to an anime i have ever seen :DD |
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| Ok, so I didn't really like this endig. Were I the only who waited almost the whole anime to see Kanade and Yuzuru together? He tells her that he loves her and she says thank you and go?! like SERIOUSLY?! BC HOW DID NO ONE NOTICED!!!: She tells him that she got his heart, right? but she was at the afterlife world before him! How did she took his heart and also died before him? this is fu.cked up I don't like this end. Yuri just dissapeard and that's not a satisfying end for such a main character. Also, most of the main characters had no ending. Everyone just went. and what about Yuzuru? did he just left behind? right after I ended watching the anime I went to see the Another Epligue and the end there is even terrible. I liked the anime, not the ending. Also, this is so short. right after I started to feel something to the characters, it's over. I hope for 2nd season if it's possible. I wanna see everyone's happy ending and I wanna see Yuzuru and Kanade together. |
LittleBunnie said: BC HOW DID NO ONE NOTICED!!!: She tells him that she got his heart, right? but she was at the afterlife world before him! How did she took his heart and also died before him? this is fu.cked up Seriously? This has been pointed out and explained way earlier than the current 32nd page. Hell, even in this very page, you can see explainations on the scenerio if you actually BOTHERED to look before accusing everyone of not noticing something everyone noticed. Its like me saying, "Why didn't everyone notice they need to BREATHE IRL to live?!?!" |
| That ending: I'll watch the OVA, and then rate the whole series, because it may answer many questions (or not) |
| Around the gif~ "It's a big mistake to think you're the only one who can turn into a car" - Shiori Takatsuki |
| I really enjoyed this anime. The feels just kept on coming. |
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| I think this is the first time that i've cried so much while watching anime |
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| Is there an onion around here? |
| They missed the prefect ending, Otonashi reincarnated as a barnacle and Tachibana a clam. They can be together forever! 4/10 |
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| Naoi was so gay for Otanashi, wow I ship it |
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CelestialWolfie said: Yeah Naoi and Otonashi is my OTPNaoi was so gay for Otanashi, wow I ship it Naoi is my fav character |
| If it was longer it would obviously be better, there are many unexplained plot holes, but even with 13 episodes, Angel Beats managed to deliver the almost whole thing perfectly! I really love the character interaction and development that happens here. The whole story basically revolves around it. Even the side characters of the SSS members are interesting. However, the real deal is Yuzuru and Kanade. Their farewell made me tear up a little bit... I wish I could cry more! It also seems like Yuzuru arrived in this world later than Kanade, even though Kanade die after Yuzuru in the real world thanks to his heart... (There's a thread on that here in MAL) In the end, Yuri never told how she died. Maybe it was really suicide all along, judging by how she reject something like having an internal struggle. Maybe she killed herself with a Baretta or desert eagle (That's the pistol she always uses here) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The name; Angel Beats! must've come from the beating heart of Yuzuri in the angel (Tenshi) which is Kande. it seems like them everybody else have been reincarnated back into the real world (And their appearances are pretty much the same!) Hopefully, they have a fulfilling life... |
ShadowkillZMar 23, 2018 6:34 PM
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| Ahhh, finally it ends, kinda sad tho when i saw them left one by one with a last message |
   » Snowflake - Shihoko Hirata « 0:51 ─〇───── 4:54 ⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻ Traveler, Please enjoy your stay |
| Such a strong and hopeful ending, definitely hit me during the Yuri and Kanade parts. Perfect ending to such a rollercoaster of emotions! |
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| Enjoyable anime. Cried like a bitch, but can't say the writing was all that good through the anime. Well, it can't get really better as this condensing VN to 13 episode anime. Some scenes could have been handled better. And the last scene was just totally unnecessary. If I had to give it a score 6/10 |
| So Sad Ending,Byee~ Tachibana Kanade,will get Seasson 2? |
| This, is the only anime that made me cried, along with anohana and guilty crown. But this one is very best among all. It teaches you that life is short and tell you to live your life fully |
» Snowflake - Shihoko Hirata « 0:51 ─〇───── 4:54 ⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻ Traveler, Please enjoy your stay |
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