*reads thread*
Seriously, guys?
Shun loved Saki. Saki loved Shun. This was made
crystal clear and those who haven't noticed it either weren't paying attention or expected something that this story was never about to give.
Is "how much did they love each other" even important here? Is "was it True Love or not" even important? Especially considering that Shun
died? The only thing that is really important here as far as characters and emotions go and now is how this will affect Saki and the rest of the group, and
that is for the next episode.
(And frankly, all this "let's compare/judge the anime on the basis of a novel that we haven't even read and only have second-hand, out-of-context bits of information to go by" is getting very old. If you want to compare/judge then go and read the novel, and
then come back and complain if you still want to.)