#4.8.25

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Jubei is cool but I'm kind of sad Kojiro has functionally left the narrative lol

I was MAL relations fiending and got reminded that this has a sort of epilogue sort of recap movie. It's not necessarily been that long since I watched Anohana but I honestly remember fuck all about the whole thing other than buying a can of Pepsi when it was all said and done. Which is a weird thing because it's kind of a cultural touchstone for western anime fandom, or at least it was closer to its release. Yeah I took a while to get around to it and didn't really like it that much but just feels weird how little recollection I have of it. In a sense though I think that made me like this movie more - I didn't feel reminded of what I had seen as such but I guess it's like I got all the emotional highlights with most of the dumb bullshit removed? And the characters get a little more closure too? The final hide and seek bit was actually like fairly effective on me this time around and shit. Makes you think. Still didn't score it amazingly obviously this is a recap movie for a series I apparently think of with such little fondness that I had forgotten all of it but it was still a decent time. I can't really come up with anything else to say about it lol.

Jesus fuck I don't know where to start, it's all so new. Like the OP, the new OP. And I fuckin hate to say this but the OP made me like emotional. Not like upset or anything but as they were showing all these familiar girls and I remembered all the adventures I've been on with them I felt sentimental, and then they still showed mystery red girl and even a brand new girl for me to wonder when we're properly gonna see. It's so scary. Hell when we start the episode proper everyone is here, they don't all talk but Wenders and Kamome get to make actual appearances outside of their routes and I hope they get to reappear more often as well, I like seeing them, genuinely. There's repetition of first episode of each arc shit at play here but Umi being here improves those scenes because she's cute. The actual contents of her arc are weird as fuck lol? Hairi and Shiroha pretending to be her parents for her. I appreciate that it keeps Shiroha in main character status especially after her own arc was cut short but like huh, what an odd one. There's a feeling of genuine freshness with the new OP and moving beyond the original 4 heroines and I'm looking forward to VCing with my friend about this episode tomorrow.

Hamaji Aki mentioned no way Bocchi shared universe

Deeply saddened realising this will end next week

The 13 or so minute long sequence that leads to this shot is without doubt the most impressive animated sequence in the medium of the 2020s so far, and honestly we can extend it far further back than just the 20s as well. I don't know how KyoAni do it. This is beyond talented animators with ideal working conditions this is like fucking several visionaries with infinite resources to do whatever they want and inadvertantly putting the rest of the industry to shame. It's unbelievable. I can't believe that that was a real sequence or that it went on for that long.