I guess this is it. I'm pretty sure these words are meant for us the viewers so this really is the final bit of content we will probably ever get for Non Non Biyori. Or is it? At the very end it actually says "This is the end for now" which hopefully means any new content (I wish for another sequel) can be made in the future but as of now this is the end.
I think this is probably the best way to end a slice of life anime. No random romantic stuff. No over the top drama. Not a random time skip ending. Just this. A day in the everyday life filled with happiness as we go towards the very end of the very best slice of life anime out there.
What I believe the director of this OVA meant was to show us from an outsider point of view that we don't need to worry about these characters. The far away shots where you see the characters but not able to hear the conversations which I believe emphsizes that these conversations will always happen. The characters will go on "living" like this in their own world and they will meet and have fun so this felt like a way of telling us to relax and be happy by knowing their fun times will always be there. It's a way of sending us off with a smile (and a few tears tbh) as we witness our characters' everyday lives continue in their sweet and wholesome way.
Out of all the things I didn't expect tho, the backstory of Ringe's first words. It really took me off guard specially with how the baby Ringe stories have always been so no need to worry Kaede, we all felt emotional :D
And to end everything off, we see Natsumi speaking with her friend in Okinawa and ending the anime with the first sentence I wrote and the one that makes me feel emotional despite all the effort that the OVA went into to not make us feel sad :"D
Thanks to everyone who worked on this, and to anyone that has been going with me in my journey of writing a review for each and every Non Non Biyori-related anime. It has been a wonderful journey.
To end off, I'll use the legendary sentence mr NakeyJakey said before in his videos, "I'm crying in the club right now". The OP being a homage to all the best parts also didn't help in that :"/
As always, I would give Non Non Biyori NonStop OVA a very deserved 10/10. 9.5 for the whole series btw.
Would recommend everything related to this series. Even the ones I rated kinda low.
