I feel as if I've complained a lot about the music in this show so I'm happy to announce that it was used
very effectively this week. I literally had shivers during the fire scene it. Saki's facial expressions and the beautiful animation certainly helped, but it was the music that really got to me. Well done!
Also, I noticed in this episode how well they've handled the development of Saki and Satoru. Following a character from childhood to adulthood can be difficult for even the most experienced writer. It's common for a writer to get one stage accurate but not the other; portraying both convincingly is very difficult. For this reason I was struck by how believable Saki and Satoru are as adults. They are just as believable at their current stage of life as they were as children. I don't feel that their adolescent stage was handled quite as well as the other two, but getting two of the three right isn't half bad
