Fumetsu no Anata e Episode 20 Discussion

JayBlue said:
I really have to question why I liked Koe no Koetachi so much because this show was not very good. The only conclusion I can draw that Yoshitoki is a terrible writer.

Atavistic said:
Oh, and of course the show has one more death to churn out for one last dose of forced tragedy. Honestly, when more or less everyone Fushi befriends (except the insufferable Tonari, for some reason) is fated to die because of this show's plot structure, who fucking cares anymore?

To be perfectly blunt, this show peaked with its first episode: that boy's death in the snow after his hopes of a utopia for his people was handled perfectly from a tonal and directing perspective, and the emotion hit perfectly. Since then, though, the show has gradually unravelled at the seams: March was annoying and her death was painfully contrived, Gugu wasn't much better but his arc at least ended on a strong emotional note, and the Jananda Arc was an absolute disaster on every level.

Plotholes all over the place and contrivances everywhere else, along with a plot structure that stopped working due to its blunt predictability: after a while, getting attached to anyone was an impossibility as it was so obvious that the show was going to kill them in an act of emotional manipulation. In that regard, this series was so poorly written that I struggle to believe it was truly written by Yoshitoki Oima just like A Silent Voice was: I know not everything an author writes is going to be of the same quality, but the difference between this and that is so drastic it's hard to comprehend.

I wish I hadn't seen that first episode to end up watching this disappointment. So many weeks wasted in the vain hope it would ever find that level of quality again.

3/10. So, so incredibly disappointing after such a powerful first episode.

Criticiza said:
What a ride and what a way to end it, everyone aging and pioran slowly succumbing to death goddamn.

The symbolism this episode was flipping freaky. Fushi acting how the unnamed boy was with his dog form, nursing him and not wanting to let the dog be alone being reflected in how fushi couldn't not care about pioran, to how march was mothering fushi and fushi then reflected that to pioran, how his self-sacrificial nature of gugu saving reann translated into fushi taking care of pioran, then to how the comradery of the kids on the island was shown through fushi being content with traveling alongside another. Then when pioran was slowly descending into madness, how she accepted and welcomed death, signified by the fire smoke teetering out showing her resolve as well, then the pathetic fallacy of the rain as pioran was dead, to the somewhat cyclical red nose of crying and moving on from death and accepting it, piorans wishes of trasnforming into her younger self similar to how a doting parent would want to look after their child for eternity which hit close to home, this episode was a masterpiece through and through.

Whilst the series itself had its fair share of ups and downs, the first episode and last episodes were by far my favourites, showing fushi's growth through and through impressively through a brilliant 20 minute each narrative. Whilst the first episode was oscar worthy as a self contained story packed with emotions of finding what fushi was, this episode was packed with feelings of why fushi was, an internal struggle brilliantly touched on in every episode, moreso by this one. The end clip with an older looking fushi - older than 14 of course, shows how the fight with the nokkers are only continuing, with bigger and better things to come in winter 2022.

shayed__ said:
a good way to end this. this episode felt more like the fumetsu I fell in love within the first place. Such a shame the 2nd half was, without overexaggerating, horrible.

first arc maybe a 7/10 at best
gugu arc 8,5/10
final arc 4/10

6/10

otakuops7 said:


Agreed, I would even give the final arc a lower mark, it was really poor imo with the introduction of characters I didn't feel any connection with. Definitely an anime that started out okay but then nosedived. I gave it a generous 6 too.

thebrentinator24 said:
I was pretty underwhelmed by the Tonari arc but this final episode was a strong way to finish season 1. Seeing Fushi care for Pioran, along with coming up with ways to make sure she stayed safe from the Nokkers, was heartwarming, but then seeing her get dementia and lose her sense of self was heartbreaking. She was aware of the robed guy's presence, and the way he helped her move on was a beautiful scene to watch. Of course that loss was tough for Fushi but he overcame it. Although this show kind of lost steam after the Gugu arc, it definitely rebounded a bit with this finale. Goodbye for now to one of my favorite shows over these last few months, and can't wait for S2!!