[Skyfall]

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Hm, this episode certainly did not go as i had expected it in terms of emotions - i was expecting a tearjerker. Not saying this is a bad thing tho - despite the painful events happening this leaves you with a good feeling inside. Nice, bittersweet ending, more sweet than bitter i would say. Makoto passed away peacefuly with a samile and without much of a dramatic impact.

For me the most emotional scene was in the begining of the ep where Makoto tries to say her and Yuuichi's name - after that scene i was expecting it to get worse emotion-wise, but it ended rather peacefuly. Tho i have to say i am disapointed how they handled the end of Makoto - poof and shes gone. (Tho this disapointment might come from the fact that i was expecting something like Air emotion wise.... tho this version actually might be better suited for Kanon, because theme here indeed seems more about miracles (unlike Air).

All this time i was bitching about Makoto arc not producing strong enough emotions, but after this ep it makes me think that it was never intended to do so. Rated this with 9.

I am suffering from lack of Shiori and Nayuki...tho it seems i might get to see some more of Nayuki in the next ep. I hope that Kanon will bind the arcs together somewhat - one thing i didn't like about the Makoto arc was the fact that all the other girls seemed to have vanished. I hope this will not be true for the rest of the arcs.

On a side note - what was meant with the scene of Makoto lying on the ground when Piro walks up to her? I doubt that such a seemingly important scene would be added for the heck of it. Makoto vanished, and now we see her again(tho it's not clear wether she is dead or not)... and since Piro was there i assume it was not a dream-scene or something like that. Could this have something to do with the miracle Amano asked Yuuichi about in the end? Hm...