[Midonin]

Spoiler for iM@S 24 - A Step Above Reality:

The first half kind of continued the heavy ennui feeling that persisted throughout the previous episode. There was hardly anybody on screen, and the tone was considerably bleak. It felt very art-filmy at points. I was prepared to keep it brief based on that, but the second half shot itself right back into the tone of the first half of the series, which I thought long forgotten, by the means of a plot device I know well.

That scene where Haruka met her younger self(?) who turned into her first half self(?) and then her Xenoglossia self - okay not really on that last one. But the idea of something vaguely supernatural, a soul-searching journey that makes reality feel not for a second - was something I could totally get behind. Vaguely ephemeral and mysterious, and just a little crazy, but that other Haruka had a purpose - to get the Haruka Haruka back to where she belonged. And everyone else got back together too!

Screw reality. This is where it's at.