my last evolution

here we are. episode 39. watching the opening for the last time rn and this really looks like a foreshadowing of kaoru "growing up"...and leaving with the wooden plank 🤢 (it obviously represents nanako's adolescende in general but this can work too). lets get this over with... and see the other girls' episogues

whaaat they're even getting married ewwwww... and wtf kaoru still has to finish high school? wtf?? disgusting she's so young and he's literally cutting her from a normal high school life for his stupid dream. disgusting ending for kaoru ... pleaseeee let smth happen please make mariko object at the wedding or something sighhhh

my mariko <3 im so happy she and her mother got closure and a new home.... mariko you make me so happy <3

stoooopppp pretending your dead sister wasn't a lesbiaaaann... putting fukiko's aside for rei's trauma... she still was in love with nanako. but its good that fukiko got over her stupid crush on henmi and realized it wasn't love.

aww <3 there isn't even henmi at the match yaaaayyyyyy <3 its so sad that kaoru's basketball dream was cut short too because of that stupid man

no comment. honestly it's telling that its raining at the wedding.

yes finally another mariko and kaoru (small) scene!!!!!! yes!!!! i was so scared mariko was gonna be paired with the other guy <3 i know it was a crush not really explored but it makes me happy mariko's feelings for her are recognized again

she looks so good! my nanakooooooo <3 (not showing the kaoru pic)

well that was such a good show overall. i hated kaoru's ending (and rei's too in a way, but more narratively than emotionally) but despite that i really enjoyed most of the plot :]

these outfits are soooo cuteeee especially mariko's in the first one <3 it's interesting she's dressed in nanako's colors! they're all matching

siigh kaoru's story is so sad... her wish to live is such a good contrast to rei's wish for death... tragic there's that spliner wooden plank (henmi) mixed into her story now.. :,(

she's still bringing fresh flowers to rei's grave... sigh. but this was a good moment between these kaoru and fukiko

last 4 episodes...

theyre all suffering... and finally another kaoru episode!

i HATE with all of my heart their relatonship. 1st of all why henmi AGAIN this PLAIN FUCKING BOARD OF WOOD. i hate this so much. and i truly thought kaoru was in love with rei in middle school and that would have made much more sense. even if its not rei, why HENMI uhgggg

mariko should have been the one that went looking for her... why wasnt her cruch for kaoru ever touched again?

sigh. the only interesting this that is coming from this ep is a question... is kaoru intersex? what is she showing? is it simply a scar or a symptom fom her illness? it would be soo narratively interesting if she were intersex. but revealing smth like this in the last 4 episodes is weird so she's probably just taking about her heart illness...

FINISHED THE EP:

ohhh interesting she went through a mastectomy! I guess she was butch before the surgery but its an interesting choice to explore.