After they manage to be set free, disaster came rolling in as Ishihara was keen on keeping his secret. The scene with Ishihara and the result was emotional and gave a lot of insight about the characters but i find the next scene right after ruins all that and ended up done in a half assed way. I would have liked for Aniki to watch jous match instead of meeting up with sasaki. The same result would have happened, it would've felt better and made more sense but either way it worked.
With that the next arc to the story begins: where you could see that the characters have matured by the actions they took, besides the one who still had a bit of learning to do (uncover) :p. This arc mostly focuses on the struggles and hurdles the group has to overcome to realize their way of life and was done in an extraordinary manner. With reference to the bombings.
A few random comments: With the narrator popping up throughout each episode building up the suspension / emotions it made it kind of hard to tell if the episode was ending i find. But that's nothing.
I really liked the main character "Sakuragi, Rokurouta" or "aniki" and was very sad with his story. The anime could have ended with the first arc honestly and to me it kinda did.
The start of the show felt rushed even if they could fit all the major scenes about the story in one recap episode. I feel they could have fleshed more out, the characters, situation, etc. Thankfully the second arc does this splendidly. After re-watching for the first time in like ten years i was glad i continued through and was not disappointed by the anime in whole.
I also re-watched most of this on LSD so... there's that. I am recently new to reviewing and hope this review is done well enough to give someone the motivation to check out this amazing series!
