[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Thelastguardian

Spoiler for 15:

Spoiler for game ending:

At the graduation ceremony, he decided to live together with Mai, who "woke up from the dream" and (mentally)revert back to when she was small, and Sayuri, who promised to take care of Mai for the rest of her life. And the three of them live happily forever after.

After reading this bit about Mai's arc ending in the game...

Spoiler:

I hope that losing memories stuff wont be part of Mai's story in Kanon 2k6. I must say although the story is very entertaining overall and KyoAni's adaption is done masterfully, I grow increasingly annoyed with Key's penchant to fuck their protagonists up with either metal and/or physical magic AIDS at the end. It's such a cheap way to generate feelings of sorrow and loss. After the 4th time I seriously get tired of it. First 2 times when I watched Air...

Spoiler:

Misuzu's stepwise mental degradation stacked on top of her physical maladies (memories a bit hazy on this one), Yukito becoming a bird who's forgotten almost everything about his previous existance...

...then here first Makoto's descent into mental regression and now Mai reverting to a 6 year old mentally. What would have been wrong with letting her live on as a now normal girl? No, let's swing the emotional mallet one more time for good measure! I know these stories are meant to tug at the emotional strings and normally I have no problems with getting teary eyed, but I get annoyed if it's done in such an obvious way, time and time again.

Well, so much for my rant. If it's not as I have interpreted it and there's something more to it or a different outcome, feel free to correct me, as I haven't played the game.