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Fri, 02-16-2007, 11:14 PM
#121
Wow. Simply wow.
Ayu breaking down was heathbreaking somehow...
The tree must be very important, for having that impact on Ayu. And besides... we've seen it on the flashbacks, and even Akiko mentioned it.
W00T! 1000th post.
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Mon, 02-19-2007, 01:50 AM
#122
For some reason this episode wasnt as touching as I had hoped it would be.
I just cant explain it, which is sooo wierd since I love explaining things away, and usually have one for everything.
I knew it was a tearjerking moment, but didnt feel much of anything. Hmmm...
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 09:03 AM
#123
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 03:45 PM
#124
Akiko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is terrible, I think I might lose my damn mind. Why her? Why do things have to happen to Akiko? What is this treachery? I can't even remember what happened in the rest of the episode because of the last two minutes.
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 05:20 PM
#125
AKIKOOOOO!!!!
I think my heart just skipped a beat when I saw that. Why Akiko? She is just...= (
I will start killing people with she dies.
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 05:50 PM
#126
I don't know if it was because I'd seen the old version, for honestly I don't remember much of it, but in any case I had this terribly feeling for the duration of the whole show that something must happen to either Nayuki or Akiko. They were such a sweet, warm and close daughter-mother pair that something bad just did have to happen to them. It was as if they were making Akiko so nice just for this horrible moment.
The artistic side of how it happened was very interesting, though. Basically two scenes running side by side, but with a time difference. I think it was an excellent effect. Just like Yuki happened to say to me on irc. It only made it worse because you absolutely already knew something was going to happen, but yet in the other scene Akiko was just happily shopping and helping some kid following her gentle ways. And then *crash*. Man, it certainly wiped the Ayu portion of the episode off your mind.
Edit: A name typo.
Last edited by Kraco; Fri, 02-23-2007 at 06:10 PM.
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 10:00 PM
#127
The crash scene was made amazingly... I saw it frame by frame... even the glasses jump out.
But it was a terrible scene... poor Akiko..
And Ayu's lost item is finally found... now where could she be? (<-- already knows...)
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Fri, 02-23-2007, 10:28 PM
#128
Well, most of what I wanted to say has already been said, so I'll mention this:
I chuckled during the scene where Nayuki is waking up Yuuichi. It was a clever reference to the typical interactive novel clichee.
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Sat, 02-24-2007, 05:29 AM
#129
At first it looked like Aikiko shouldn't have gotten hit by the car the way she did, however after several careful frame by frame reviews I think I know what happened....
The black Truck seems to have lost control, but is trying to swerve away from Akiko (towards the camera) on the snow, it looks like it made it far enough that it would have missed her. Unfortunately the white car collided with the black truck just as it was gaining enough momentum in the right direction to avoid Akiko (and just barely miss the poor schmuck about to step off the curb). The white car had a very inelastic colllicion and stole most of the momentum in the direction that lead to Akiko not getting hit, as evidenced by the back of the white care spinning, and making its front end point towards her. Consequently, the momentum of the white car in its forward direction (into the screen, relatively towards Akikko, and nearly perpindicular to the black trucks trajectory away from beloved Akiko) was transfered to the black truck, essentially throwing it right at the stationary Akiko. Unfortunately the only way I see that would have avoided this accident without anyone else getting hurt would have been for the white car to have noticed the black car and turned into its path, while slowing down. If done right the white care might have been able to pass behind the black car, which would have either ended up on the other side of the intersection in the left lane more or less okay, or on the curb just past the shmuck. If we don't care about anyone else getting hurt then the black truck swerving to it's right to avoid Akiko would have also worked fine, though the people standing in the upper right might have been hit as the black truck got pushed towards them by the white car.
While this scene was evil and I hope whoever decided to hurt Akiko sufferes a terrible fate, it's impressive that the animation was detailed enough for me to reconstruct such a plausible scenario as to what transpired (though in real life I don't think the black truck would have flipped over, it's center of gravity and the y-axis coordinate of the colision were both too low).
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Fri, 03-02-2007, 01:07 PM
#130
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Fri, 03-02-2007, 05:06 PM
#131
Another good episode. The ending really surprised me though.
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Fri, 03-02-2007, 09:33 PM
#132
Another excellent episode.
Before commenting... Yukimura... I must congratulate you on the great analysis of Akiko's accident scene.
Anyway... Ayu fell and... died? Has her ghost been waiting forever for Yuuichi?
And the last scene... touching to the damn bone... Ayu did state "you gave me this headband" several episodes ago..
And Makoto! wow...
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Fri, 03-09-2007, 10:07 AM
#133
The past and the present are really being tied back together now that the end looms so near already:
Episode 23 h264 - SS-Eclipse
Episode 23 xvid - SS-Eclipse
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Fri, 03-09-2007, 05:30 PM
#134
Ahhhh I don't Kanon to end. My heart won't allow it!
And yet again another wonderfull episode. I nearly cried when Yuuchi did. Poor guy...
It is strange that it is ending exactly like I thought it would.
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Fri, 03-09-2007, 09:23 PM
#135
Damn it... this series is gonna make me cry... again... I almost did with the original.
Great touch adding the real Makoto.
The goodbye was... amazing.
Im at a loss for words.
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Fri, 03-16-2007, 12:13 PM
#136
What could be said at this point, when the last episode has been released? It was undoubtly one of the best series of this season, and the production values, as is fitting for a second version, were largely incomparable. Rarely have I witnessed such quality in every aspect, technical and artistic, in one packet. This show surely will be missed, and not only a little.
Episode 24 Final Xvid - SS-Eclipse
Episode 24 Final h264 - SS-Eclipse
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Fri, 03-16-2007, 01:53 PM
#137
I feel much more satisfied with the ending this time around. No deus ex machina ending. A well developed epilogue, happy ending for everyone (except Nayuki's lack of an official arc and unrequited cousin love).
A moving conclusion to a superb anime. Megane-Mai was a nice touch too.
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Fri, 03-16-2007, 02:24 PM
#138
Aye. I'm totally satisfied with this ending. I don't exactly remember the details of the old version's ending, but this new one was executed perfectly as far as I'm concerned. It's also nice how that dream talk was completely made to make sense and explain why all the people encountered their miracles. It was a very neat plot, indeed, in that respect.
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Fri, 03-16-2007, 03:09 PM
#139
Wonderful, this show was simply wonderful. I loved every episode, and the end was executed in such a way as to make you feel too much to bother thinking. It was a well deserved happy ending, paid for with tears and sorrow so as to be all the more beautiful. I was so surprised when it wasn't Mai that saved everyone but Ayu's love, and then it was Yuichi's love that saved her, that made everything fit together perfectly.
P.S. Akiko for mom of the Year!
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Fri, 03-16-2007, 09:33 PM
#140
What can I say apart from what others have said already?
Excellent series till the end.
Now I hope this gets licensed to buy it on dvd.
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