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Originally Posted by DemiSoda

Spoiler for Ep11:

Menma disappearing and not not coming back to life or some other nonsense +1
Jintan didn't commit suicide or do something too emo +1
Bittersweet ending - the life goes on type rather than a pure happy ending +1
Overdramatic crying (particularly the first half) -1

Haha, you so stole my words, but I do have some more to add:

Loyal to being predictable and not trying to bring surprises for the sake of surprises like some overthought speculations here +3

Bittersweet ending: as in, Menma does disappear and, most importantly, leading to everyone moving on with their lives like the show intended to and not turning into Higurashi or something of that sort +5

It freaking made me want to swear out loud for being emotional shaken even though I do think they cried a little - just a little - too much to force it, but then the seiyuu's, being a star cast, did too good of a job so I can't complain. I hate them for that -20

Despite that the general direction the finale went for didn't surprise me, it did bring me surprises on how they managed to transit the temple scene from "having selfish intention in wishing Menma to RIP" to "trueheartedly wanting to fulfill Menma's wish" +10

Menma's true wish turned out to be a true surprise. Who would think of that? +10

So "真心" did turn out to be meaningful in that scene +2

Hence total score of this episode = 10