Anime Discussion Thread - Page 5575

The stuff with Satoru and his mom was great. The relationship building between Kayo and Satoru was also well done. This part of the show was easily the highlight.

Unfortunately, the rest of the story kinda falls apart on closer inspection.

I liked Airi's personality, but she had basically no purpose in the story and was poorly written. In particular, her motivation for helping Satoru was really dumb. It basically boils down to her not wanting to believe her father's a shoplifter.

In the manga, there was a scene where Satoru essentially gives up on re-meeting Airi in the modern day because he doesn't want to make her a target (which had happened in the past). It's supposed to be a touching moment that shows his sacrifice and resolve. And that's fine... except he still gets together with her in the ending, totally invalidating that entire scene. It's like the mangaka was dead set on giving him a happy ending, even to the detriment of the story.

The Revival stuff was obviously just a plot device so that Satoru can travel back to his elementary days. I don't think it needs to be explained completely, but the way it was used ended up being so inconsistent. It felt like deus ex machina.

The stuff with the teacher's past is expanded upon slightly in the manga, but the implication is the same - teacher had a bad childhood and wasn't all that nice to begin with. I'm not really sure why the mangaka felt he needed backstory here at all, because it doesn't really change anything.

The anime ending was almost comedic. Falling off a building onto a crash pad? This is the type of scheme I'd expect from Lupin, not a serious drama. It was also very sudden - all that buildup was for nothing. The manga's resolution wasn't good either, but it was kinda impressive that the anime managed to come up with something worse.

The threat is gone when he gets back with Airi since Yashiro is locked up by that point.

Yes, but it completely invalidates the previous scene. It may make sense in-universe, but from a narrative standpoint, it basically writes off part of Satoru's development.

Also, there's basically no reason for them to be together in the first place. In the manga, that particular Airi has had all of 5 seconds of interaction with Satoru. In the anime, the brief meeting at the hospital even gets cut!

That story with Airi's father was also really dumb in itself. Who gets sentenced that harshly for stealing a chocolate bar? lol

The last Airi scene shouldn't have happened. It's like you said and on top of that she should not even have known Satoru...

And yeah, the crash pad thing was comical. The sad thing is, that it was also predictable.

Last but not least: I agree with your point about cutting the story after ep6. I would have liked it more that way.

He wasn't sentenced harshly for stealing the chocolate bar. But they lived in a rural area where everyone knew eachother and he became known as a thief, so his wife left him and he just moved away. It was never about the sentence, more so about him being 'known' as a thief in the community which is ultimately what made his wife leave him.

That's wrong. He got suspended for 3 month... Which is absolutely unbelievable. On top of that his wife left him because he _maybe_ stole a chocolate bar? lol

I don't see how suspending someone from your store for 3 months is an unbelievable if you think they stole from you, some places give you lifetime bans regardless of what you stole.

Is Tuka actually cured because she still calls Itami dad?The Second season was alright. I didn't like the Dragon story that much. But that pairing at the ending...